Once I was something but I can't remember Whatever that something should be Once I was something but I can't remember Whatever that something should be Mostly I'm scattered with castaway matter The usual stuff that you see Hours and hours of televised time And occasional pieces of me Once I was something but I can't remember Whatever that something should be Hours and hours of televised wind And occasional pieces of me I still got the hole where my heart was And the head where my mind used to live And the rest of my body was once kidnapped by aliens Who took most everything I've had to give There's palm trees and milky machine guns And sunsets that melt like a gem in the sea Hours and hours of televised wind And occasional pieces of me And I still got the hole where my heart was And the head where my mind used to live And the rest of my body was once kidnapped by aliens Who took most everything I've had to give There's palm trees and milky machine guns And sunsets that melt like a gem in the sea Hours and hours of televised wind And occasional pieces of me And once I was something but I can't remember Whatever that something should be Hours and hours of televised time And occasional pieces of me