Bad Idea - Revision history

Daft Mouth: bonus track specificity

2026-09-10T06:08:26Z

bonus track specificity

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	\|writer = Neil Cicierega		\|writer = Neil Cicierega
	\|singer = [[Neil Cicierega]]		\|singer = [[Neil Cicierega]]
	\|album = [[Hip to the Javabean]]		\|album = [[Hip to the Javabean]] (bonus tracks)
	\|duration = 4:14		\|duration = 4:14
	\|genre = Rock		\|genre = Rock

Daft Mouth: reformatted lyrics and downloads

2026-09-10T05:51:55Z

reformatted lyrics and downloads

P-maner: Music Video

2026-08-27T02:25:42Z

Music Video

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			[[Category:Music Video]]
	'''Bad Idea''' is the 2nd bonus track on the album [[Hip to the Javabean]].{{Infobox_song		'''Bad Idea''' is the 2nd bonus track on the album [[Hip to the Javabean]].{{Infobox_song
	\|title = Bad Idea		\|title = Bad Idea

P-maner at 02:15, 27 August 2026

2026-08-27T02:15:34Z

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	\|externalLinks = [http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/Hip%20to%20the%20Javabean%20(2004)/Bonus%20Tracks/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea.mp3 Download from lemondemon.com]		\|externalLinks = [http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/Hip%20to%20the%20Javabean%20(2004)/Bonus%20Tracks/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea.mp3 Download from lemondemon.com]
	[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Misc/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea%20(original).mp3 Original instrumental]		[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Misc/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea%20(original).mp3 Original instrumental]

			[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badidea Music Video]
	\|tempo = 169		\|tempo = 169
	}}		}}
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	==Music Video==		==Music Video==
	<youtube>tPFYAd96WqE</YouTube>		<youtube>tPFYAd96WqE</YouTube>

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* The music video for this song is by [[Andrew Kepple]], as is the video for [[I’ve Got Some Falling to Do]]. It shares some elements with it, for example, it opens with the guy flying through space, the way the Falling to Do video ended. Somehow, the same guy is also the protagonist of this video, and as a nod to the original, when he falls into the cemetery his head rapidly flashes between several frames of frightened expressions.		* The music video for this song is by [[Andrew Kepple]], as is the video for [[I’ve Got Some Falling to Do]]. It shares some elements with it, for example, it opens with the guy flying through space, the way the Falling to Do video ended. Somehow, the same guy is also the protagonist of this video, and as a nod to the original, when he falls into the cemetery his head rapidly flashes between several frames of frightened expressions.

Daft Mouth: added trivia, fixed spelling

2026-07-15T15:23:30Z

added trivia, fixed spelling

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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* The music video for this song is by [[Andrew Kepple]], as is the video for [[I’ve Got Some Falling to Do]]. It shares some elements with it, for example, it opens with the guy flying through space, the way the Falling to Do video ended. Somehow, the same guy is also the protagonist of this video, and as a nod to the original, when he falls into the ~~cemetary~~ his head rapidly flashes between several frames of frightened expressions.		* The music video for this song is by [[Andrew Kepple]], as is the video for [[I’ve Got Some Falling to Do]]. It shares some elements with it, for example, it opens with the guy flying through space, the way the Falling to Do video ended. Somehow, the same guy is also the protagonist of this video, and as a nod to the original, when he falls into the cemetery his head rapidly flashes between several frames of frightened expressions.
	* The sound effects at the end are from the computer game [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(franchise) Doom].		* The sound effects at the end are from the computer game [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(franchise) Doom].
	* The instrumental originally sounded completely different, but it was scrapped because it was too fast for Neil to sing.		* The instrumental originally sounded completely different, but it was scrapped because it was too fast for Neil to sing.
			* A song called <code>[https://lemondemon.com/rarities/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20electricity.mp3 Lemon Demon - Bad electricity.mp3]</code> was released as part of the [[Lemon Demon 2024 Rarities Dump\|2024 rarities drop]] and was made by muting and unmuting tracks while looping a section of Bad Idea.

Daft Mouth: added track numbering

2026-07-14T23:54:07Z

added track numbering

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	'''Bad Idea''' is a bonus track on [[Hip to the Javabean]].{{Infobox_song		'''Bad Idea''' is the 2nd bonus track on the album [[Hip to the Javabean]].{{Infobox_song
	\|title = Bad Idea		\|title = Bad Idea
	\|artist = Lemon Demon		\|artist = Lemon Demon

ClamDove: information about (and link to) original instrumental, along with a minor change in phrasing

2026-03-27T20:46:12Z

information about (and link to) original instrumental, along with a minor change in phrasing

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	\|genre = Rock		\|genre = Rock
	\|language = English		\|language = English
	\|externalLinks = [http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/Hip%20to%20the%20Javabean%20(2004)/Bonus%20Tracks/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea.mp3 Original ~~lemon demon website download~~]		\|externalLinks = [http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/Hip%20to%20the%20Javabean%20(2004)/Bonus%20Tracks/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea.mp3 Download from lemondemon.com]
			[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Misc/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea%20(original).mp3 Original instrumental]
	\|tempo = 169		\|tempo = 169
	}}		}}
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	* The music video for this song is by [[Andrew Kepple]], as is the video for [[I’ve Got Some Falling to Do]]. It shares some elements with it, for example, it opens with the guy flying through space, the way the Falling to Do video ended. Somehow, the same guy is also the protagonist of this video, and as a nod to the original, when he falls into the cemetary his head rapidly flashes between several frames of frightened expressions.		* The music video for this song is by [[Andrew Kepple]], as is the video for [[I’ve Got Some Falling to Do]]. It shares some elements with it, for example, it opens with the guy flying through space, the way the Falling to Do video ended. Somehow, the same guy is also the protagonist of this video, and as a nod to the original, when he falls into the cemetary his head rapidly flashes between several frames of frightened expressions.
	* The sound effects at the end are from the computer game [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(franchise) Doom].		* The sound effects at the end are from the computer game [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(franchise) Doom].
			* The instrumental originally sounded completely different, but it was scrapped because it was too fast for Neil to sing.

SuperBroy1: fixed link

2025-02-25T17:47:15Z

fixed link

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	'''Bad Idea''' is a bonus track on [[Hip to ~~The~~ Javabean]].{{Infobox_song		'''Bad Idea''' is a bonus track on [[Hip to the Javabean]].{{Infobox_song
	\|title = Bad Idea		\|title = Bad Idea
	\|artist = Lemon Demon		\|artist = Lemon Demon

SuperBroy1: added link to HTTJ.

2025-02-25T17:45:51Z

added link to HTTJ.

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	{{Infobox_song		'''Bad Idea''' is a bonus track on [[Hip to The Javabean]].{{Infobox_song
	\|title = Bad Idea		\|title = Bad Idea
	\|artist = Lemon Demon		\|artist = Lemon Demon

Callowrat: page info

2023-06-21T03:14:35Z

page info

New page

{{Infobox_song
|title = Bad Idea
|artist = Lemon Demon
|albumart = HTTJ.png
|writer = Neil Cicierega
|singer = [[Neil Cicierega]]
|album = [[Hip to the Javabean]]
|duration = 4:14
|genre = Rock
|language = English
|externalLinks = [http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/Hip%20to%20the%20Javabean%20(2004)/Bonus%20Tracks/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea.mp3 Original lemon demon website download]
|tempo = 169
}}

==Lyrics==
<nowiki>Every once in a while there is a shooting star
People say they're good luck, but even if they are
There's not a star in motion that could help me now
I'm in serious trouble, and I don't know how
A pack of deadly creatures followed me back here
I am desperately hiding as they're drawing near
I wish I knew what to do or where I lost my way
So I'm carefully thinking back to yesterday

I was just a normal chap
But I shoulda brought a map, I shoulda
Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda

I got lost and I wound up on a dirt road
I saw signs, and in retrospect they did bode
Bad things, but I shrugged and I still drove
Through to a town where my bad luck overflowed
Everybody in town was nowhere to be seen
So I parked near a house that was marked thirteen
I went up to the door, but there was no one there
And when I turned around, my car was gone, I swear
So I ran to a pay phone but there was no tone
I had an eerie feeling in my very bones
And soon it started to rain, and there was no way out
I couldn't hold my frustration, and began to shout:

"Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no
Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no"

I was stuck in the rain and I was mad as hell
So I began to run, but then I slipped and fell
I tumbled down a hill into a cemetery
I shouldn't have to tell you it was freaking scary
I tried to stand back up, but something held me down
A dead, rotting arm was reaching from the ground
I was utterly helpless till I saw the Sword
I quickly sliced my captor yelling, "PRAISE THE LORD!"

Then I saw the living dead;
It was then I shoulda fled, I shoulda
Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda
Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda

But I stood like a pillar in a hallway
I knew I'd be slaying demons that day
I stared at the rotting heaps of pure decay
And I charged with the force of a gamma ray
It happened in slow motion, I began the fight
Some sort of power kept me going through the night
With that mysterious sword beheading beasts and ghouls
Just me versus them, without any rules
But many more kept rising up from shallow graves
I did my best to fight them, but they came in waves
And soon it was too much, just demon after demon
So I ran as quickly as I could, screaming

"Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no
Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no
This was a bad idea"

So here I am, hiding from fate
I can't win, it's just too late
But something must be done
Yes sirree, this war must be won
I know this, I won't die hiding
I know this, I must keep fighting
I don't know who the winner's gonna be
But there's just one way to see

It's time to kick some zombie ass, la la la la la la!
It's time to kick some zombie ass, la la la la la la!</nowiki>

==Music Video==
<youtube>tPFYAd96WqE</YouTube>

==Trivia==
* The music video for this song is by [[Andrew Kepple]], as is the video for [[I’ve Got Some Falling to Do]]. It shares some elements with it, for example, it opens with the guy flying through space, the way the Falling to Do video ended. Somehow, the same guy is also the protagonist of this video, and as a nod to the original, when he falls into the cemetary his head rapidly flashes between several frames of frightened expressions.
* The sound effects at the end are from the computer game [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(franchise) Doom].

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	\|genre = Rock		\|genre = Rock
	\|language = English		\|language = English
	\|externalLinks = [http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/Hip%20to%20the%20Javabean%20(2004)/Bonus%20Tracks/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea.mp3 ~~Download from lemondemon.com~~]		\|externalLinks = [http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/Hip%20to%20the%20Javabean%20(2004)/Bonus%20Tracks/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea.mp3 MP3]<br>[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Misc/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea%20(original).mp3 Original instrumental]<br>[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badidea Music Video]
	[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Misc/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20Idea%20(original).mp3 Original instrumental]

	[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badidea Music Video]
	\|tempo = 169		\|tempo = 169
	}}		}}

	==Lyrics==		== Lyrics==
	~~<nowiki>~~Every once in a while there is a shooting star		Every once in a while there is a shooting star
	People say they're good luck, but even if they are		People say they're good luck, but even if they are
	There's not a star in motion that could help me now		There's not a star in motion that could help me now
	I'm in serious trouble, and I don't know how		I'm in serious trouble, and I don't know how
	A pack of deadly creatures followed me back here		A pack of deadly creatures followed me back here
	I am desperately hiding as they're drawing near		I am desperately hiding as they're drawing near
	I wish I knew what to do or where I lost my way		I wish I knew what to do or where I lost my way
	So I'm carefully thinking back to yesterday		So I'm carefully thinking back to yesterday

	I was just a normal chap		I was just a normal chap
	But I shoulda brought a map, I shoulda		But I shoulda brought a map, I shoulda
	Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda		Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda
	Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda		Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda

	I got lost and I wound up on a dirt road		I got lost and I wound up on a dirt road
	I saw signs, and in retrospect they did bode		I saw signs, and in retrospect they did bode
	Bad things, but I shrugged and I still drove		Bad things, but I shrugged and I still drove
	Through to a town where my bad luck overflowed		Through to a town where my bad luck overflowed
	Everybody in town was nowhere to be seen		Everybody in town was nowhere to be seen
	So I parked near a house that was marked thirteen		So I parked near a house that was marked thirteen
	I went up to the door, but there was no one there		I went up to the door, but there was no one there
	And when I turned around, my car was gone, I swear		And when I turned around, my car was gone, I swear
	So I ran to a pay phone but there was no tone		So I ran to a pay phone but there was no tone
	I had an eerie feeling in my very bones		I had an eerie feeling in my very bones
	And soon it started to rain, and there was no way out		And soon it started to rain, and there was no way out
	I couldn't hold my frustration, and began to shout:		I couldn't hold my frustration, and began to shout:

	"Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no		"Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no
	Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no"		Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no"

	I was stuck in the rain and I was mad as hell		I was stuck in the rain and I was mad as hell
	So I began to run, but then I slipped and fell		So I began to run, but then I slipped and fell
	I tumbled down a hill into a cemetery		I tumbled down a hill into a cemetery
	I shouldn't have to tell you it was freaking scary		I shouldn't have to tell you it was freaking scary
	I tried to stand back up, but something held me down		I tried to stand back up, but something held me down
	A dead, rotting arm was reaching from the ground		A dead, rotting arm was reaching from the ground
	I was utterly helpless till I saw the Sword		I was utterly helpless till I saw the Sword
	I quickly sliced my captor yelling, "PRAISE THE LORD!"		I quickly sliced my captor yelling, "PRAISE THE LORD!"

	Then I saw the living dead;		Then I saw the living dead;
	It was then I shoulda fled, I shoulda		It was then I shoulda fled, I shoulda
	Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda		Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda
	Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda		Shoulda, woulda, coulda, woulda

	But I stood like a pillar in a hallway		But I stood like a pillar in a hallway
	I knew I'd be slaying demons that day		I knew I'd be slaying demons that day
	I stared at the rotting heaps of pure decay		I stared at the rotting heaps of pure decay
	And I charged with the force of a gamma ray		And I charged with the force of a gamma ray
	It happened in slow motion, I began the fight		It happened in slow motion, I began the fight
	Some sort of power kept me going through the night		Some sort of power kept me going through the night
	With that mysterious sword beheading beasts and ghouls		With that mysterious sword beheading beasts and ghouls
	Just me versus them, without any rules		Just me versus them, without any rules
	But many more kept rising up from shallow graves		But many more kept rising up from shallow graves
	I did my best to fight them, but they came in waves		I did my best to fight them, but they came in waves
	And soon it was too much, just demon after demon		And soon it was too much, just demon after demon
	So I ran as quickly as I could, screaming		So I ran as quickly as I could, screaming

	"Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no		"Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no
	Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no		Maybe this was a bad idea, oh no
	This was a bad idea"		This was a bad idea"

	So here I am, hiding from fate		So here I am, hiding from fate
	I can't win, it's just too late		I can't win, it's just too late
	But something must be done		But something must be done
	Yes sirree, this war must be won		Yes sirree, this war must be won
	I know this, I won't die hiding		I know this, I won't die hiding
	I know this, I must keep fighting		I know this, I must keep fighting
	I don't know who the winner's gonna be		I don't know who the winner's gonna be
	But there's just one way to see		But there's just one way to see

	It's time to kick some zombie ass, la la la la la la!		It's time to kick some zombie ass, la la la la la la!
	It's time to kick some zombie ass, la la la la la la!~~</nowiki>~~		It's time to kick some zombie ass, la la la la la la!

	==Music Video==		==Music Video==
	<youtube>tPFYAd96WqE</~~YouTube~~>		<youtube>tPFYAd96WqE</youtube>
	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* The music video for this song is by [[Andrew Kepple]], as is the video for [[I’ve Got Some Falling to Do]]. It shares some elements with it, for example, it opens with the guy flying through space, the way the Falling to Do video ended. Somehow, the same guy is also the protagonist of this video, and as a nod to the original, when he falls into the cemetery his head rapidly flashes between several frames of frightened expressions.		*The music video for this song is by [[Andrew Kepple]], as is the video for [[I’ve Got Some Falling to Do]]. It shares some elements with it, for example, it opens with the guy flying through space, the way the Falling to Do video ended. Somehow, the same guy is also the protagonist of this video, and as a nod to the original, when he falls into the cemetery his head rapidly flashes between several frames of frightened expressions.
	* The sound effects at the end are from the computer game [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(franchise) Doom].		*The sound effects at the end are from the computer game [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(franchise) Doom].
	* The instrumental originally sounded completely different, but it was scrapped because it was too fast for Neil to sing.		*The instrumental originally sounded completely different, but it was scrapped because it was too fast for Neil to sing.
	* A song called <code>[https://lemondemon.com/rarities/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20electricity.mp3 Lemon Demon - Bad electricity.mp3]</code> was released as part of the [[Lemon Demon 2024 Rarities Dump\|2024 rarities drop]] and was made by muting and unmuting tracks while looping a section of Bad Idea.		*A song called <code>[https://lemondemon.com/rarities/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Bad%20electricity.mp3 Lemon Demon - Bad electricity.mp3]</code> was released as part of the [[Lemon Demon 2024 Rarities Dump\|2024 rarities drop]] and was made by muting and unmuting tracks while looping a section of Bad Idea.