![]() Thirteenth Step (2003) [ larger cover art ] |
Tilling my own grave to keep me level
Jam another dragon down the hole
Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren
One that pushes me along and leaves me so
Desperate and ravenous
I'm so weak and powerless over you
Someone feed the monkey while I dig in search of China
White as Dracula as I approach the bottom
Desperate and ravenous
So weak and powerless over you
Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say
He promised I would find a little solace
And some peace of mind
Whatever, just as long as I don't feel so
Desperate and ravenous
I'm so weak and powerless over you
Desperate and ravenous
So weak and powerless over you
Jam another dragon down the hole
Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren
One that pushes me along and leaves me so
Desperate and ravenous
I'm so weak and powerless over you
Someone feed the monkey while I dig in search of China
White as Dracula as I approach the bottom
Desperate and ravenous
So weak and powerless over you
Little angel go away
Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say
He promised I would find a little solace
And some peace of mind
Whatever, just as long as I don't feel so
Desperate and ravenous
I'm so weak and powerless over you
Desperate and ravenous
So weak and powerless over you
| SpamNRice (Northern, Italy) | Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 05:09 Strangely, this got me through a dark time... |
| msturgis | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 18:02 Still love his voice and sound after all these years! |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 09:01 This is tight and produced sounding, but good. Thanks RP for playing such an acute variety. |
| brownbrown (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 07:11 this made my monday morning, thanks! |
| FooledAgain (43°40'N 79°20'W) | Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 08:19 JonnyNismo wrote: Is that a bannana slug on her face? Go, Fightin' Banana Slugs! —- UCSC '81 |
| kayumann | Posted: Oct 02, 2011 - 04:09 Amazing song from a great Album... Maynard has an awesome voice ![]() |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 18:44 This is cool... very cool... |
| LowPhreak (United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.) | Posted: Jul 31, 2011 - 09:01 mfassett wrote: Really overcompressed! Makes it sound small. It's the "loudness wars" again - bands, engineers, and producers thinking that an album pushed to high compression will sound louder over the 'net or FM play. Fact is though that it becomes very fatiguing to the ear, and/or can make an otherwise good recording sound like crap. Some of the very best engies like Bob Ludwig and Greg Calbi however try to mix with more natural dynamics, and all you have to do to hear the music louder on any playback system is of course - turn up the volume! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Nov 21, 2010 - 08:48 anniebear wrote: Just now figuring that out??? No, figured it out on Feb 5, 2007, seven months prior to your post, and two months after having listened to for the first time, and joining RP. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 09:55 First time i hear this. But not bad. Like this! |
| newwavegurly | Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 09:53 On_The_Beach wrote: Definitely has a "Tool" vibe to it; not sure who came first. Tool was first. Lead singer of Tool was one of the founding members of APC. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Aug 23, 2009 - 21:45 Definitely has a "Tool" vibe to it; not sure who came first. |
| mfassett (Redwood City, CA) | Posted: Aug 23, 2009 - 21:43 Really overcompressed! Makes it sound small. |
| scooterdog (Twin Falls, Idaho) | Posted: Jul 23, 2009 - 07:32 I love just about everything Maynard gets involved in and A Perfect Circle is just another great example. We saw Tool a couple of years ago and it was by far one of the best shows I've seen. Just freakin awesome. |
| dynamaniak (Ottawa Ontario Canada) | Posted: Jul 23, 2009 - 07:30 *big smiles* |
| Marley (Portland, Or) | Posted: Jun 21, 2009 - 12:10 I was just going to say that this song is kinda Doves-like in its sound and here Bill follows it up with a Doves song. This is pretty cool, but please, no Tool..... |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 14:16 Mandible wrote: this song reminds me of an A-hole guy i used to know who listened to Perfect Circle. He claimed he was "depressed" and therefore excusably a total A-hole. Admitted to being one too. Will never subject myself to someone like that again. Thanks for the reminder RP! Most truly depressed folk are so consumed with being depressed that they don't have the energy to be an a-hole. I think yours may have been a poseur. As for the tune...works for me. From the looks of the comments below it's a good thing I have no idea who this band is. |
| Mandible | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 14:11 this song reminds me of an A-hole guy i used to know who listened to Perfect Circle. He claimed he was "depressed" and therefore excusably a total A-hole. Admitted to being one too. Will never subject myself to someone like that again. Thanks for the reminder RP! |
| philipburrows (London, UK) | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 08:26 A Perfect Circle on Radio Paradise, amazing!!! Well done Bill!! How about a bit of Tool...go on, I dare you. But just as you take me up to the heavens with APC, you have to go an pee on me chips with Dildo! Oh why Bill, why? |
| cathal_mchale | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 08:22 anniebear wrote: Why no TOOL?!?!? I agree, bring on the Tool ;-) But great tune!! |
| rdo | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 08:22 anniebear wrote: Why no TOOL?!?!? It's known in legal circles as "Tyrannus Deejannus" |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 08:22 Yippeeeee....PC on RP!!! I am diggin' it!!! (Tool would be nice, too!) |
| dawndays | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 08:19 Thank you! |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 04:38 anniebear wrote: Why no TOOL?!?!? Why no Korn? Or even better In Flames! |
| Martino | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 04:33 spaceman wrote: Alright! Now let's hear some Tool. Please?
My thought exactly! But it's great to hear A perfect Circle on RP! Thanks! |
| spaceman (Vienna, Austria) | Posted: Oct 11, 2008 - 14:04 Alright! Now let's hear some Tool. Please?
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| electronicshaman (miskatonic) | Posted: May 06, 2008 - 19:38 redeyespy wrote: Overproduced, laughable, cliched, silly, overplayed, pretentious..........
Oh wait, that was for Enigma... No, wait, it works here too. |
| electronicshaman (miskatonic) | Posted: Mar 04, 2008 - 18:55 wade44 wrote: Posted: Aug 29, 2007 - 07:15 7:10 am - A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless 7:07 am - God is an Astronaut - A Deafening Distance 7:03 am - Enigma - Return To Innocence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00 am - Beatles - Penny Lane 6:55 am - Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe 6:51 am - Béla Fleck - Shuba Yatra 6:47 am - Muse - Endlessly 6:43 am - Fontaine - Running on Empty 6:40 am - Patty Griffin - Making Pies Deja Vu 6:53 pm - A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless 6:49 pm - God is an Astronaut - A Deafening Distance 6:45 pm - Enigma - Return To Innocence 6:42 pm - Beatles - Penny Lane 6:37 pm - Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe 6:33 pm - Béla Fleck - Shuba Yatra 6:29 pm - Muse - Endlessly 6:25 pm - Fontaine - Running on Empty 6:22 pm - Patty Griffin - Making Pies ziggytrix wrote: That's like comparing chocolate to shit. Come on!! Linkin Park is nothing like chocolate! |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Feb 02, 2008 - 09:00 nightowl wrote: Something about the pop/rage sound that puts them in the same category as a Linkin Park or Hoobastank for me.
That's like comparing chocolate to shit. |
| Cruithne3753 (Bristol, UK) | Posted: Feb 02, 2008 - 08:59 Actually, they're slightly elliptical. And that logo's actually two crescents of different sizes. |
| Martino (http://www.mmgzegwaard.nl) | Posted: Feb 02, 2008 - 08:59 PC on RP?? GREAT!!!! |
| nightowl (Encinitas, CA) | Posted: Jan 01, 2008 - 22:11 A little too ClearChannel for my tastes... Something about the pop/rage sound that puts them in the same category as a Linkin Park or Hoobastank for me. |
| kalkin84 (Sol, planet 3) | Posted: Dec 01, 2007 - 12:51 anniebear wrote: /signed x 10 ^ 983763658279 |
| sirrus (Fredneck, MD) | Posted: Aug 29, 2007 - 07:18 What "slug" are you guys talking about? All I know is that that chick is HOT: "> |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Aug 29, 2007 - 07:16 MOAR! |
| anniebear (chapel hill, nc) | Posted: Aug 29, 2007 - 07:15 Jelani wrote: Holy crap! RP really is on a loop! The same sequence of songs is being played right now.
Disillusionment here I am. |
| SPACEDOG (Sliding Home) | Posted: Aug 29, 2007 - 07:15 anniebear wrote: Now that's a good question. |
| wade44 (2900 Km East of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Aug 29, 2007 - 07:15 Only on RP: 7:10 am - A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless 7:07 am - God is an Astronaut - A Deafening Distance 7:03 am - Enigma - Return To Innocence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00 am - Beatles - Penny Lane 6:55 am - Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe 6:51 am - Béla Fleck - Shuba Yatra 6:47 am - Muse - Endlessly 6:43 am - Fontaine - Running on Empty 6:40 am - Patty Griffin - Making Pies BILL knows how to mix'em! |
| weirsh (chicagolandarea) | Posted: Aug 29, 2007 - 07:15 maxmox wrote: It's a jaundiced nematode heading for her ear. Is that a jaundiced nematode on your face or are you just happy to see me? |
| jenakle (Tallahassee, FL) | Posted: Aug 29, 2007 - 07:14 EXCELLENT Radio (over) played or not (when a new single hits), I love APC...but their first album better mmm rock + violin = heaven |
| anniebear (chapel hill, nc) | Posted: Aug 29, 2007 - 07:14 |
| davezilko (Northern New Jersey) | Posted: Jun 27, 2007 - 06:01 Fantastic! Thanks RP! |
| aronson (Red Hook, NY) | Posted: Jun 27, 2007 - 06:00 YEAH!!! |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Jun 27, 2007 - 06:00 I am fervently praying that the yellow slug did NOT just emerge from her nose. :puke: |
| miahfost (Svensk Socialist Soviet Monarki) | Posted: Jun 27, 2007 - 05:58 Look out for that giant yellow slug on your face! |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: May 27, 2007 - 00:16 This is nice! |
| crowhog2000 (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) | Posted: May 27, 2007 - 00:14 This gets a 7 for interesting album cover anyways. |
| lild (Leucadia, CA) | Posted: Apr 25, 2007 - 13:17 Oh HELL YEAH!!! I LOVE this song... anything with Maynard gets me ALL excited!! Rock on Bill, thanks for bringing them back into rotation! |
| BikeCoachDave (London, Kentucky) | Posted: Apr 25, 2007 - 13:17 once again, YES!!!! |
| brownbrown | Posted: Apr 25, 2007 - 13:16 thanks for playing this - it made my day! |


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