I Know Your Name (Lemon Demon)
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| I Know Your Name | |
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| Song | |
| Artist | Lemon Demon |
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| Written by | Neil Cicierega |
| Appears on | Hip to the Javabean |
| Sung by | Neil Cicierega |
| Duration | 4:39 |
| Tempo | 142 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Language | English |
| Links: | Needlejuice Remaster Original lemon demon website download Instrumental |
This is about the version of the song released on Hip to the Javabean. For other versions of the song, see I Know Your Name (Disambiguation)
I Know Your Name is the eleventh track on Hip to the Javabean. The song was originally made when Neil was still making music under Trapezoid, being released in an earlier form as the first track on Dimes.
Lyrics
It was a Friday I saw a movie, but it wasn't very long So I snuck into another one Employees caught me. They threw me out into the mall All in all, it was pretty fun But then it happened: I bumped into a random guy He said "Excuse me," and he tried to walk away But I had just had a psychic vision I said, "Sir, I don't know why, but I know your name." I said "I know, I know, I know your name I know, I know, I know your name I know, I know, I know your name I know, I know your name is… Your name is Bob. Your name is Bob Your name is Bob, I know." The guy said, "Sorry, my name is Fred," And then he slowly walked away. I never saw that guy again Went back to my house Went to my room to feed my fish which was floating on its back So I gave it to the cat When he was finished, I took the bones away But right before I reached the garbage something happened in my brain Well I had just had a psychic vision I said, "Cat, I don't know why, but I know your name." I said "I know, I know, I know your name I know, I know, I know your name I know, I know, I know your name I know, I know your name is… Your name is Bob. Your name is Bob Your name is Bob, I know." The cat said nothing And then threw up onto my freshly shampooed carpet I rolled my eyes and walked outside It started raining I ran for shelter in an alleyway that smelled as if an elephant had died There was a box there I looked inside to see a homeless man Dressed in rags, bearded and insane And suddenly I had a psychic vision I said, "Sir, I don't know why, but I know your name." I said "I know, I know, I know your name I know, I know, I know your name I know, I know, I know your name I know, I know your name is… Your name is Bob. Your name is Bob Your name is Bob, I know." The homeless man stared. He looked a bit scared He asked me how I knew his name. I couldn't say And it was awkward. He fell asleep And I walked back home in the rain. (In the rain.) But then it happened: another vision came to me Another psychic idea from my dreams I knew I had to burn down the supermarket to achieve world peace So I did So I did… So I did… So I did… So I did… So I did… So I did… So I did… So I did… So I did… So I did… So I did!
Trivia
- The guitar solo in this version is 5 semitones lower than the one in the Dimes version.
- This version of the song bears similarities to the "Crappy Four Track Version" which it doesn't share with the Dimes version. It's unclear which of the latter two came first; the Crappy Four Track Version is possibly an intermediary step.
- An early instrumental of this version is present as
Lemon Demon - Name Instrumental.mp3on the Lemon Demon 2024 Rarities Dump. The final instrumental was also released at some point prior to that.