My Name [Rock] - Rumpled Blanket

I pulled of my bottle

As a vermilion sunset beckoned me

Life coursed through my dreams

The cliffs were steps and I walked down and away

 

I love you, I love me

If there's no more you

There's lets more me

 

And years of living, loving me

And sunsets all my own

The rumpled blanket of my memory

Is draped over a big fish bowl

 

I can swim, I can bend

And I don't panic when

I'm hemmed in

 

I've seen stars, I've lived large

And living small

Is not that hard for me, in fact

It's easy to reduce myself

I just stand next to mountains or trees

And I feel good and tiny

 

Stars have been known to fall from the sky on occasions

Such as tonight

Treading water in my fish bowl

I look to the sky as I wait for searchlights

 

Yeah, I'm in a dream

And it's going to have a happy ending

Oh yeah, I'm in a dream

And I'm insisting on a happy ending

 

Living through the worst living

Somehow seems to cut me slack

I can still look at the world

If I am laid out on my back

 

I love me, I love you

And if we get a dog

I'll love it too

If you leave, I will grieve

But in the end

There's always me

 

And hopefully the dog

Tacoma-based My Name took hardcore-tinged pop-punk an extra step with their intelligent lyrics, complex drum arrangements and melodic vocal hooks. In 1992, they released their debut album, Megacrush, on Seattle label, C/Z Records. Megacrush won some critical acclaim and helped build their name in the Northwest. Soon after its release, the band gained spots on tours with All and Bad Religion, which helped build a national following for the band. In 1993, they released their second album, Wet Hills and Big Wheels. By this time they had opened for a whole crop of successful bands, including Soundgarden, Primus and Jesus Lizard. In 1996, the band followed up with their third album, Rocks for the Jocks, on Instant Records.