Phish - Nicu

nicu ( in an intensive care unit )
from : david douglas mccallum
note : nicu debuted as “in an intensive care unit” – 3/6/92; nicu stands for neonatal
intensive care unit .

D# C# D# [ repeat ]
appendages flailing , you’re running at me
ferocious , tenaciously clawing at me
the devious gelatin holding me fast
miraculous now you let me ooze past .

over the wall rushing rivers of sleaze
the tip of stalactites incising my knees
a slipper , a sand – dollar day at the shore
nice evening at home that i dread even more

G# C#
would you please make clear to me
G# D# G#
i’m peering out through your opacity
G# C#
though you rehearse tomorrow’s verse
G# D# G#
forgive me if i donut sing in your key .

look back on those days when my life was a haze
the gelatin lay on a truncated slate
copernicus drank from a vessel that stank
the freemasons crank to the overflow tank

bane of the weasel , fur biting is fun
jump on the turnstile and watch me go round
swim with the cactus and float with the stone
i try to convey what you strive to condone

would you please make clear to me
i’m peering out through your opacity
though you rehearse tomorrow’s verse
forgive me if i don’t sing in your key .

would you please [ in all that dust and stone ]
make clear to me [ ___ when you see me ]
why nothing is the first thing that i see
[ ??? ( possibly “don’t go” ) ]
and if you do [ in all that dirt and stone ]
and i see you [ ___ when you see me ]
then you will be the nothing left for me
[ ??? ( possibly “don’t go” ) ]

guitar riff ( from gilstein@gateway . net )

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then if you want rake down the low E string to complete the vamp and quickly head
back into the ska – like D# form for more verses . . that’s it . – mk
.