[Intro]
What?

[Verse 1]
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, ah-ha
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
I thought I'd pegged you idiot's dream
Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen

[Chorus]
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh

[Verse 2]
I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines
Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth

[Chorus]
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
A-ha

[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
What!
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
Butterfly decal, rear-view mirror, dogging the scene
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth

[Chorus]
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
A-ha
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
A-ha
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
I couldn't understand
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh
I couldn't understand
You wore a shirt violent green, uh-huh
I couldn't understand
I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh