We were talking about this band in another thread about Alice In Chains--
The band [ MRI ] seems to be a poetically inspired group. I am not sure who writes the lyrics but they are quite intelligent and deep to read. There is a book of Lyrics ( in English ) for about 7 of their songs here- It is an online interactive 3D book that you can read/page though on the web

MRI LYRICS PAGE: Song Lyrics

Some of the stuff reminds me of Leonard Cohen and also Thom Yorke of Radiohead. The art on this website is pretty far out too it reminds me of Janes Addiction's PErry Farrel meets Beavis and Butthead style--- Since I am an artist I are trying to send them some art it seems they accept works from listeners -- I have an idea for a video for that song "The Beautiful And Dangerous" using graphics with quotes from the lyrics eg

"fill my shoes with Geritol- wash it down with alchohol " and
"lichens grow under your skin...your vegetable is all within" that zoom in and out of screen--

Here are the lyrics to Rex Regis-- a very curious song - not quite sure what MRI is trying to say here--- Interesting reference to Nietzsche-- the site doesnt let you copy and paste I think these are correct-- I think Rex Regis in LAtin means "King of the King" or " ....for the King"

Rex Regis is the 6th song in the lyric book and in player too-
MRI LYRICS PAGE: Song Lyrics

REX REGIS

well I just don’t ever get it
just wont ever get it
murder me with all the questions
stick a needle in where it hurts
just don’t ever get it
school only made it worse
blood type written double spaced
underground and in the dirt
and I just won’t ever see
and I wont ever feel
because my spine is broken
and forever I will always be
the king of kings when I sleep
but even then I’m depressed
‘cause my castle’s in the basement

well I just won’t ever say it
just won’t ever make it
bludgeon me with all the questions
shove my face right in the dirt
just won’t ever get it
Nietzsche even said it first
“nothing matters anymore-
hold on fast ‘cause it gets real worse”
don’t know where I’ve been
don’t remember anything
like her coma
memories that cease to be now
like the books she’ll never read
forget-me-nots & chrysthanemums
& flower pots filled with heroin
euthanize every politic
eulogize like a Jesuit
every prayer said for everyone
goes to hell and back
before it is gone
wonder how I stay around when
what I lost I haven’t found…
all the things I never did
became the life I never lived
everything's going to be OK
cause there s nothing left of me

I think there is another verse too- We heard an extended version at live MRI show

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Malcolm