why is paul banks so loathed a a lyricist

Paul BanksStatement

Branwell, re: having a lyrics sheet on the new record, is it just me or are the non-sequiturs basically just completely gone now

Well, there are the non-sequiturs that didn't make it to the lyric sheets!

("I'm not gonna chase another steak until he's gone" ... wait, dude, you definitely said that in the lyrics, but it's not on the lyric sheet. What happened there, was not that actually a song lyric? I'm imagining it as an aside you shouted at Sam while you were waiting for Daniel to leave the studio so you could and Sam could make a midnight run to go eat steaks while the vegetarian was out? WTF, man?)

Granted, there have been several occasions where I've heard something and been like "WTF, did he just sing that?" and then checked the lyric sheets, and actually, no, he sang something that made slightly more sense than what I heard.

So I don't know if he's being more direct on this record. Or if many of those non-sequiturs were mis-hearings. (No, he definitely sang "let's see about this ham.")

to this day i have no clue what PDA could be about - a rape? a bad breakup? astounding that it's still so impenetrable

Yours is the only version of my desertion that I could ever subscribe to
That is all that I can do
You are a past dinner, the last winner I'm raping all around me
Until the last drop is behind you
You're so cute when you're frustrated, dear
Yeah you're so cute when you're sedated, dear
oh yes dear

Sleep tight, grim rite.
We have 200 couches where you can
Sleep tight, grim rite.
We have 200 couches where you can
Sleep tonight...

You are the only person who's completely certain there's nothing here to be into
That is all that you can do
You are a past sinner, the last winner and everything we've come to
It makes you you
But you cannot safely say, while I will be away,
that you will not consider sadly how you helped me to stray
You will not reach me I am
Resenting a position that is past resentment
And now I can consider
And now there is this distance, so-

Sleep tight, grim rite.
We have 200 couches where you can
Sleep tight, grim rite.
We have 200 couches where you can
Sleep tonight...