HORSE the band's lyrics are chaotic and colorful metaphors for vocalist Nathan Winneke's life, often with humorous or abstract pop culture reference titles and bases. Winneke has referred to his style on multiple occasions as "lynchian" in reference to his favorite film director David Lynch and his obtuse narrative style.
The band had jokingly labeled themselves "Nintendocore" very early on in their career in reference to the synth sound they had adopted. Some Nintendo characters that are metaphorically referred to include Cut Man from Mega Man, although the song is spelled "Cutsman" because the song was about a childhood friend Winneke grew up with and that was how they had said the character's name in youth; "Birdo", one of the bosses from the NES game Super Mario Bros. 2, in the song "Birdo" which was actually about Winneke's distaste for eggs and traumatic experiences with his stepfather early in his life ; and the rabbit-like nemesis from The Legend of Zelda in the song "Pol's Voice" which is about Winneke's early loathing of the sound of his own voice. Similarly, the song "A Million Exploding Suns" refers to the Marvel Comics character Sentry, a schizophrenic and agoraphobic hero with this abundance of power, pertaining to Winneke's double life as a musician and as a video rental clerk.
2007's A Natural Death featured significant lyrical and musical evolution into the concepts of nature and mortality while moving slightly away from the Nintendo metaphors. The song "Murder" is inspired by the Western novel Lonesome Dove, in which a Native American named Blue Duck stalks and kills white settlers on the plains. "Hyperborea" as a reference to Robert E. Howard's original "Conan" pulp fantasy stories from the 30s, and "The Red Tornado," a DC comics character from the company of which Winneke is such an open enthusiast.
The band's line-up has continuously fluctuated in its 10 year history. In February it was announced that Chris Prophet had been fired and Jon Karel from The Number Twelve Looks Like You would be filling in on drums during Earth Tour. In July, 2008 the band stated that long-time band friend Daniel Pouliot of Bleeding Kansas had joined as the band's full time drummer. On Wednesday, December 3 2008, the band announced that Dash Arkenstone would be leaving the band soon, though he remains on good terms with the other members and has attended local shows.
The band booked its own tours starting the summer of 2002, including a 3-month tour spanning seven countries. With a carefully maintained web presence including their MP3.com and MySpace accounts, they had gained themselves a niche audience. In the summer of 2004, the HORSE the World Tour 2004 included 85 shows in 90 days, spanning 7 countries throughout North America and Europe.
Their latest album, titled Desperate Living, was released on October 6, 2009.
WerePizza
HORSE the band Lyrics
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Hungry and hateful,
Vicious and covered
In viscous fluids.
Hungry for pizza, the cannibal feasts.
A creature of cravings and conspiracies.
Black arts conspire with brick oven masters, birthing his face: the disaster,
The werepizza is after you.
A werepizza he's been since the age of sixteen when he got disgusting...
Since then he's preyed on the weak and the lame, covering them in pepperoni
And garlic and olive and onion and peppers and cheese and broccoli
And chicken and sausage and mushroom, jalapeños and anchovies.
(Hello Sir, here's your pizza—dear god young man what has happened to you?
What are you talking about sir? What? What? It's your face! It's…it's REVOLTING!!! You look like something birthed from a witch's cauldron boiling full of cheese that coated you while you crawled out and your skin is blistering and popping from the boiling cheese! Fuck you mister. I don't get paid enough to listen to this kind of shit! No wait! Do you want me to kill you and put you out of your disgusting misery? Fuck you mister! Well call me if you can't do it yourself.)
BEWARE or be aware:
Werepizza!
BEWARE or be aware:
Werepizza!
BEWARE or be aware:
Werepizza!
BEWARE or be aware:
Werepizza!
HORSE the band's song "WerePizza" tells the story of a cannibalistic creature, known as the WerePizza. The creature is hungry, hateful, vicious and covered in viscous fluids. It has a ravenous craving for pizza, and it feeds on human flesh covered in various pizza toppings, such as pepperoni, garlic, olive, onion, peppers, cheese, broccoli, chicken, sausage, mushroom, jalapenos, and anchovies.
The chorus, "BEWARE or be aware: Werepizza!", warns the listener to stay alert and cautious of the WerePizza, as it may be around them at any given moment. The lyrics also mention black arts conspiring with brick oven masters, which might be suggestive of some supernatural force behind the creature's existence. The WerePizza is described as a monstrous entity, with a face resembling a black crusty cancer, which suggests the creature is an abomination that defies the natural order of things.
The song is a unique take on the theme of a werewolf, which is commonly associated with transformation into a fearsome wolf-like creature during the full moon. In "WerePizza," the transformation is into a monstrous pizza creature that preys on human flesh. The song's lyrics, while tongue-in-cheek, create a dark and eerie atmosphere that's fitting for the subject matter.
Line by Line Meaning
Tortured and mangled,
Distorted and physically deformed, twisted and contorted in agony.
Hungry and hateful,
Having a strong urge to eat and filled with negative emotions.
Vicious and covered
Having violent and aggressive tendencies and immersed in an outer layer of sticky fluids.
In viscous fluids.
In thick and sticky substances.
Hungry for pizza, the cannibal feasts.
Craving pizza to the extent of killing and eating others.
A creature of cravings and conspiracies.
A being driven by desires and combines secrets to achieve goals.
Black arts conspire with brick oven masters, birthing his face: the disaster,
Sinister forces join hands with pizza chefs to create a face of terror.
Dying a dead black crusty cancer without answers.
Slowly decaying and disintegrating like a terminal illness with no cure or solution in sight.
The werepizza is after you.
The pizza creature is hunting you.
A werepizza he's been since the age of sixteen when he got disgusting...
He turned into a pizza beast at age 16 when he experienced something disgusting that triggered the transformation.
Since then he's preyed on the weak and the lame, covering them in pepperoni
From that point on, the creature targeted easy prey, covering them in pizza toppings.
And garlic and olive and onion and peppers and cheese and broccoli
He added various toppings like garlic, olives, onions, peppers, cheese, and broccoli.
And chicken and sausage and mushroom, jalapeños and anchovies.
He also used meat toppings like chicken, sausage, and mushroom, and spicy items like jalapeños and anchovies.
(Hello Sir, here's your pizza—dear god young man what has happened to you?
An exchange between a delivery person and the creature where the delivery person expresses shock at the creature's appearance.
What are you talking about sir? What? What? It's your face! It's…it's REVOLTING!!! You look like something birthed from a witch's cauldron boiling full of cheese that coated you while you crawled out and your skin is blistering and popping from the boiling cheese!
The delivery person expresses disgust and describes the creature as a hideous being born from a witch's pot full of cheese and boiling until it was coated and the cheese is causing its skin to blister and pop.
Fuck you mister. I don't get paid enough to listen to this kind of shit! No wait! Do you want me to kill you and put you out of your disgusting misery? Fuck you mister! Well call me if you can't do it yourself.)
The delivery person curses and threatens the creature while accusing it of being a burden until he realizes the possibility of being hired to kill the creature.
BEWARE or be aware:
Take caution or pay attention.
Werepizza!
The pizza creature is coming!
BEWARE or be aware:
Take caution or pay attention.
Werepizza!
The pizza creature is coming!
BEWARE or be aware:
Take caution or pay attention.
Werepizza!
The pizza creature is coming!
BEWARE or be aware:
Take caution or pay attention.
Werepizza!
The pizza creature is coming!
Contributed by Mackenzie W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.