Skulls
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The human skull. It combines two of TMBG's favorite things: Heads and Death.
Central theme[edit]
- Austin - "Cutting off my skull", "Removing the back of my skull"
- Contrecoup - Coup and contrecoup are brain bruises caused by collision with the skull
- The Mexican Drill - "We're not building skull thrones"
- Skullivan
- Turn Around - "Turn around, turn around / It's a human skull on the ground"
Briefly mentioned[edit]
- Boomerang - "Between the head bone and the wrist"
- By The Time You Get This - "But our skulls are smiling still"
- Canajoharie - "And that this baby tooth / No longer fits in my skull"
- Old Pine Box - "On your skull full of bats"
- Rhythm Section Want Ad - "The New Age hairstyle made of bones"
- Tesla - "Under an X-ray of Mark Twain's skull"
- This Land Is Your Land - "From the redwood forests, to the skull-and-crossbones"
- Where Your Eyes Don't Go - "Should you worry when the skullhead is in front of you?"
Honorable mentions[edit]
- Back To Skull - On the cover art, a child throws a skull into the air
- Damn Good Times - Multiple skulls in the music video
- Experimental Film - Homestar Runner music video features a skull with arms on a penny farthing
- John Henry - Similar artwork as Back To Skull; features the same skull held by a child in the back cover art, and on the ground on the disc's label
- Old Pine Box - Track artwork depicts a skull in a helmet