Brain Gallop
By: Stephen Malkmus

Written by: Stephen Malkmus

Versions:
  1. Brain Gallop (5:03)
    Available on Mirror Traffic.
    Credits
    Recorded at: Sunset Sound Studios
    Joanna Bolme: Bass
    Janet Weiss: Drums
    Stephen Malkmus: Guitar (Electric), Vocals
    Mike Clark: Keyboard / Synthesizer
    Beck Hansen: Producer
 
Lyrics:
Brain Gallop [Version (a)]:

Before the knife gets red
Civilization rears its pretty head
I hope it won't stick
Sometimes these words are such bitter friends
Come back to bite you in the rearest of ends

There's not much left inside my tank today
There's just enough to come and whisk you away
There's not much left inside my tank today
There's just enough to come and throw you away

I have no idea when we crystallized
Into talking bookends
But facts, they are facts
I got to have it so I won't let go
I know you like it when I come on too slow

There's not much left inside my tank today
There's just enough to come and whisk you away
There's no much left inside my tank today
There's just enough to come and throw you away
 
The Song:

In 2010 or so, Beck called up Stephen Malkmus and offered his services as a producer. Malkmus and his band, The Jicks, took him up on the offer and Beck produced their album, Mirror Traffic. Beck does not perform on the album, he is merely the producer.

"Brain Gallop" is the fourth track from the album.