The Final Alarm
"The Final Alarm" is a live-only Ween song of which no known studio recording circulates.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
The Final Alarm is an outtake from The Mollusk sessions. The lyrics of "The Final Alarm" were written by Claude Coleman and Gene Ween "in a car on a piece of a McDonald's wrapper or something."[1] Coleman referred to the lyrics as "some pretty deep shit" but admitted that "I fuck it up every time we try the tune."[2]
Although there is no definitive version of "The Final Alarm", the best-known version is a video of the band playing the song on a public access television station on May 27th, 1997. Dean Ween described the station as a "backwoods . . . crappy little TV studio". The video, posted on Deaner's Youtube channel in 2006, features the band in white face paint, and drummer Claude Coleman in a gargoyle suit.[3] The same appearance also included a performance of "Buckingham Green".[4]
Ween has played the song live somewhat regularly since 1997.[5] In 1999, Dean Ween said "This is a song we wrote that we never released, and you'll see why after we play." The lead vocals are sung by Claude Coleman, with Gene Ween singing backing vocals. In addition, the Dean Ween Group played the song a few times in 2015. He also played it once in 2013 billed as "Dean Ween and Friends".[6]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
According to Claude Coleman, the lyrics are as follows:
You break the seal the steals the sky
Bequeath my love, it's time to fly
A fatal kiss, a tragic flaw
And in a glimpse you stain the law
And in the night it's time to flee
We'll fly by night and sail by sea
We are the children borne to arms
Screaming the final alarm[7]
Song Themes[edit | edit source]
Love, Sung by Gene Ween, Sung by Others
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://old.reddit.com/r/ween/comments/rh6z6u/more_official_ween_lyrics_this_time_to_the_final/
- ↑ https://old.reddit.com/r/ween/comments/rh6z6u/more_official_ween_lyrics_this_time_to_the_final/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPfHJoEVORM
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnriPwC2ydM
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=205
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=205
- ↑ https://old.reddit.com/r/ween/comments/rh6z6u/more_official_ween_lyrics_this_time_to_the_final/