Reverse Mullet

Reverse Mullet
Written by	Bora Karaca
Appears on	The Greatest Demo CD in the Universe, Anthropomorphic Bible Assault EP (Demo & Live), Turk Off EP, Cojum Dip
Sung by	Bora Karaca
Duration	4:38
Genre	Metal, Doo Wop
Language	English, Spanish, Turkish

Reverse Mullet is the third song on Cojum Dip's album, Cojum Dip, sung by Bora Karaca. A live performance of this song, played in the Duderstadt Center on February 18th, 2005, is present on the Anthropomorphic Bible Assault EP.

Song Meanings/Interpretations

This song describes a struggle with self-acceptance and individuality. The speaker is urging someone to embrace their ruined hair and not be afraid to be themselves, despite what others may say or do. The individual is also encouraged to stand tall and be proud of their blackness, rather than try to hide it. However, this struggle is depicted as a difficult journey, symbolized by walking down a carpeted aisle that never ends and falling down a hill that always made the person cry. Despite the difficulties, the speaker is encouraging the person to keep trying to find their own state of mind and to embrace their individuality.

Trivia

• "Nadie arregrlará su pelo" translates to "Nobody will fix your hair" from Spanish
• "Saçının esirisin" translates to "The prisoner of your hair" from Turkish.

Lyrics

Take your ruined scalp and turn it back the way you found it
Afraid to do it? Come on, try
Try to lie falling down
Walking down the aisle being passive to your weak mates
Shaking around, never sure of where the carpet terminates
Puff out that chest
Expect one who loves
Nadie arregrlará su pelo
Saçının esirisin
Can’t find time to solo, think, lay low

Try to run away against the wind that takes you to a different
state of mind
Upright your spine!
Afraid of this your blackness
Fall down
that hill that always made you cry

Try to run away against the wind that takes you to a different
state of mind
Upright your spine!
Afraid of this your blackness
Fall down
that hill that always made you cry

Take your ruined scalp and turn it back the way you found it
Afraid to do it? Come on, try
Try to lie falling down
Walking down the aisle being passive to your weak mates
Shaking around, never sure of where the carpet terminates
Puff out that chest
Expect one who loves
Nadie arregrlará su pelo
Saçının esirisin
Can’t find time to solo, think, lay low
(blah!)

Try to run away against the wind that takes you to a different
state of mind
Upright your spine!
Afraid of this your blackness
Fall down
that hill that always made you cry

Cry
Ba dum bu dum (Doo-wop)
Ba dum (Doo-wop)
Bu dum (Doo-wop)
Ba dum-bum
That hill that always,
always made you cry

Ba dum bu dum (Doo-wop)
Ba dum (Doo-wop)
Bu dum (Doo-wop)
Ba dum-bum
That hill that always made you cry

Try to run away against the wind that takes you to a different
state of mind
Upright your spine!

(Rythmic interlude)

Afraid of it your blackness
Fall down
that hill that always made you cry