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Q: Questions about Phish songs and music...

No one show (and in some cases, no one) can settle for certain what some lyrics "are", definitively; and no set of lyrics is "correct", since Phish is above all unpredictable, fond of antics, and subject to frequent (if not constant) change. There are various interpretations of many Phish lyrics. What the band sings may be a combination of some of these interpretations. This is, thus, not an attempt to answer every question you have about lyrics.

Nor is it an attempt to provide the lyrics to every song. It is an attempt to gather collective wisdom about uncertainties and present fallable answers to questions which routinely take up bandwidth on the Phish.Net, and particularly on the Usenet newsgroup rec.music.phish. Nonetheless...

Songs & Pieces, in Particular

"All Things Reconsidered": is that an NPR song?
"Antelope": three lines near end of song?
"Asse Festival": what is it? where does it live?
"Axilla" and "Axilla II": what's that mean? what's the difference?
"Big Ball Jam": what the heck is that, and when did it start?
"Carini/Lucy"
"Character Zero": what are they saying? something about Mulcahey?
"The Curtain": what's that line?
"Dave's Energyguide": DE, Mind Left Body Jam, or just a digital delay loop?
"Demand": what's that ending on Hoist?
"Faht" / "Windam Hell": uh... what's the story?
"Fluffhead": to my door, or new york?
"Gin and Juice": this MP3 is not phish
"Glide": to my door, or new york?
"Golgi Apparatus": what's that?
"Hall in Solace"?: or Paul in Silas?
"Harry Hood": what's it about? part of Gamehendge?
"Horn"
"Jump Monk": what is it? is it an original?
Junta: how do you pronounce it?
"Kung"
"Llama"
"Lucy (with a Lump Face)"
"Magilla"
"Makisupa Policeman"
Mike's Groove: what is it? is it always that way? lyrics?
"Mock Song": what's Trey singing?
"NICU"
"Nitrous"/"N20"
"Okipa Ceremony"
Piper: what are the lyrics?
Prince Caspain: C.S. Lewis?
Punch: is that Landlady?
Relax: who is Frankie?
Rhombus: what is it? where is it?
"Riker's Mailbox": where's riker?
"Spock's Brain" - what's that about? and where is it?
"TMWSIY"
"Walfredo"
"Yamar"
"You Enjoy Myself"
"2001"/"Zarathustra"

Music, Generally and Connections

Complete Discography
Jamming Types (Type I and Type II; and Type III?)
Changes in songs: which songs have changed, and how have they evolved?
Fugues: Trey often mentions writing fugues; what are they?
Gamehendge: what/where is it? how do i get there?
Hebrew tunes: what are all the Hebrew tunes Phish does?
Songs with Horns on them
Secret Language: how do I know when to yell, "Doh!", sigh, or fall down?
Lyricists: who writes Phish's lyrics?
Rarities: what songs has Phish not played in a long time?
Sound Files: clips of Phish via the Web
Syd Barrett: who is he? where is he in my Phish collection?
Triple Nipple: which songs make one, and which shows had them?
Favorite songs (an NCAA-like pair-off)

Lyrics Resources:

Maffeto's List (some holes, but few)
Maffeto's By Album
PhishFactory's lyrics page
Jure's lyrics page (mirrors Maffeto's List?)
Patleck's lyrics page (mirrors Maffeto's By Album?)
1997 songs (from Andy Gadiel)
1998 songs (from Julia Mordaunt)

Chords & Tablature:

In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time. -- Charles Mingus

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