In case you don’t know, I recently released an album (of actual songs) named Odes to My Triceratops, Vol. 1, based on the nowhere-town adventures of amateur songwriter William Griffin, his blind love interest Claire Javernick, and his best friend the sentient triceratops Lorenzo (no last name), back when they were 12-14 years old. You can download that album here.

I’m slowly “remastering” the songs belonging to the second album in order to release it, but I came up with another song for the third volume. It’s titled “Paleontology of Pain.” An unholy, possibly illegal mix of dance punk, surf rock, and cajun music.

Lyrics below:

You’re just another person
As stupid and ugly as the rest,
But I’m gonna tell you my tale,
And if you laugh, I’ll tear you to shreds.

I used to know a dinosaur
Of ancient stock,
With horns as big and thick
As an ogre’s cock.

Lorenzo could have stayed
A creature of the Earth,
But the fiery heart that burned within
Never let him be still.

He needed help, but no one gave it to him.
Whoever offered would have gotten hurt.
Besides, who knows how to treat a goddamned dino;
They went extinct millions of years ago.

Even now, I see him lying on the ground
With a hole in his throat
That kept on pouring smoke.
He was crying, “Don’t leave me!
Don’t leave me here alone!”
But I was already gone.