Right to the Ways and the Rules of the World
| "Right to the Ways and the Rules of the World" | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||
| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album The Pod | |||||
| Released | September 20, 1991 | ||||
| Length | 5:04 | ||||
| Label | Shimmy-Disc Records | ||||
| The Pod track listing | |||||
|
|||||
"Right to the Ways and the Rules of the World" is a song by Ween from the 1991 album The Pod.
Song Details
Recording and Composition
"Right to the Ways and the Rules of the World" is a psychedelic progressive folk song. Due to tape speed manipulation, the studio version is in the key of G# minor, while live performances play it in A minor.
The lead vocals are sung by Gene Ween.
Meaning
Speaking about the lyric "incense and myrrh", Gene Ween says he was actually thinking of "frankincense and myrrh".[1]
Live Performances
Played live as early as 1992, "Right to the Ways and the Rules of the World" has never been more than an occasional inclusion in Ween's live sets. However, Gene Ween has been known to play the song quite commonly at solo acoustic shows.[2]
Personnel
- Gene Ween – co-lead vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboard, drum Machine
- Dean Ween – co-lead vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass
- Andrew Weiss – mixing
Lyrics
Monsters that twinkle like cats in the night
The cosmic conceiver continues his plight
A war of the heavens, what's wrong and what's right
Right to the ways and the rules of the world
Right to the ways and the rules of the world
Spraying the children with incense and myrrh
The hopeless confessions of minds unsure
Spraying the children with incense and myrrh
Right to the ways and the rules of the world
Right to the ways and the rules of the world
I tried to come over and see you today
I tried to come over to want you to say
I wanted you say to come today
Right to the ways and the rules of the world
Right to the ways and the rules of the world
Mindlessly hoping she bore for their minds
Holding the sacraments, secrets unkind
Chewing the curdles of cream from the rain
Right to the ways and the rules of the world
Chewing the grits
Right to the ways and the rules of the world[3]
Song Themes
Screaming, Sung by Dean Ween, Sung by Gene Ween, Tape Speed Manipulation, Uncommon Time Signature
References
- ↑ Ween Cuisine: Classic Food Moments in Ween Songs, Paste, 2015
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=164
- ↑ No official lyrics available - lyrics transcribed from the audio