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Pavement

Grounded

Release date: 9th April 1995

From Wowee Zowee
Track 5
4:15
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About This Track

'Grounded' by Pavement is an alternative track from the album 'Wowee Zowee', released in 1995. The lyrics sketch a bleak, darkly comic scene of people passing time, from a doctor heading out for the holidays to a string of discomforts and odd behaviours, including talk of ice picks and a car in a parking lot. There is a sense of transactional detachment in the lines about gifts and bargaining, alongside a casual mention of “blotters”. The overall effect is observational and uneasy, like watching small routines curdle into something mean.

"Grounded" is a track by Pavement, from the album Wowee Zowee, released 9th April 1995. The track is 4:15 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Pavement.

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Lyrics

Grounded

Doctor's leaving for the holiday season
Got crystal ice picks, no gift for the gab
And in the parking lot is the Sedan he bought
He never, he never complains when it's hot

He sold a swollen daughter
In a sauna playing contract bridge
They're soaking up the fun or doing blotters, I don't know which
Which, which boys are dying on these streets

I know the medical world could knock you out
To sell the coins that you jayed last Thursday
Dine by candle light and hold your savings tight
You never, you never know when the bridge falls apart

We spoke of latent causes, sterile gauzes and the bedside morale
We traipse around the table talking sentences so incomplete
Please, plea, boys are dying on these streets

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Track details

From Wowee Zowee

4:151995
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Wowee Zowee
Wowee Zowee
Pavement
10th April 1995
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5
Release year
1995
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