An Asteroid Crashed and Nothing Burned!
Tube is a ridiculous song. The lyrics are incredibly absurd, yet flow perfectly (in true Phish fashion). It's very important to understand the lyrics, and you can read them below, thanks to the Phish.net. It took me a very long time to memorize the lyrics, but it was well worth the effort.
An asteroid crashed and nothing burned. It made me wonder. 

Do tigers sleep in lily patches? Doctor, mine does run for thunder. I got an ache in my left ear. I felt the truth but I still could hear. Made me think I would not be burned, but rather give myself to science, I felt that I could help. To science, I felt that I can help.

Paranoid the doctor ran, shouting his graphic translation. All out of order. Gang wars and ails of riches, spewing forth their color. He purposely waited till I was done to knock on the lavatory door. Accusing me of ruining the fun, he knocked on it some more. The fun, He knocked on it some more.

And alloy suitors were all inside. An apple or a grape? To put forth a cloud of Mercury, in front of a mighty car. On a freeway in Los Angeles, once the spraying has been done. 'Cause there's more pain from necessity. You're a portrait of your past. There's a mummy in the cabinet. Are there no more arrows left?

What's that rubber bottle doing here? How's that napkin for a proof? Ten cents to a dollar now, for a shelf of pregnant ears. Robert Palmer is applauded again, again, again. So stupendous, living in this tube. 

In the 101 Phish songs poster, there are three entirely separate interpretations of the song. With no chorus and no repeated lines, there was no simple solution. My favorite was when a friend rolled up his poster and looked at me through it, exclaiming "Tube!"

Use your browser's Back button to go back.