Boxes of Armageddon

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Boxes of Armageddon
The Bunny Boy disc art, 2008
Other titles	Boxes Full of Armageddon
Artist	The Residents
Album	The Bunny Boy
Live show	The Bunny Boy, Faceless Forever
Recorded	November 2007 - April 2008
Released	August 22nd 2008 (Residents.com)
Studio	San Anselmo studio, California
Length	2:09
Label	Mute Records, MVD Audio, Santa Dog Records
Writer	The Residents
Producer	The Cryptic Corporation
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"Boxes of Armageddon" (or "Boxes Full of Armageddon") is a song by The Residents, featured as the opening track of their 2008 concept album The Bunny Boy. The song was first released as a free digital download on The Residents' official website on August 22nd 2008, in advance of the release of the album on September 1st. It was also performed on the corresponding live tour from October to December of the same year.

The Residents first revisited the song in 2010, in an arrangement planned for (but ultimately excised from) the live show Talking Light; this version was later released on the album Lonely Teenager in 2011. A solo version of the song by The Residents' long-time composer Charles Bobuck was featured on the album Bobuck Plays The Residents in 2016.

In 2023, the song was featured in the set list of The Residents' 50th Anniversary tour, Faceless Forever.

Lyrics

Boxes full of Armageddon, boxes full of death
Boxes sitting in my doorway, boxes someone left 
For me to see
Boxes full of Armageddon, boxes full of death
For me to see
Boxes full of Armageddon, boxes full of death
For me to see

They were well-worn cardboard boxes, bulging from the weight
Of documents obsessed with mindless slaughter and decay
For me to see
Boxes that depicted a sad reality 
Full of fiction and reflections of insanity
For me to see, for me to see

Boxes full of Armageddon, boxes full of death
For me to see
Boxes full of Armageddon, boxes full of death
For me to see
Boxes full of Armageddon, boxes full of death
For me to see

Boxes full of Armageddon
Boxes full of Armageddon
BOXES FULL OF DEATH!

List of releases

• The Residents Blog (2008)
• The Bunny Boy (2008)
• El Año Del Muerto (2009)
• Lonely Teenager (2011)
• Bobuck Plays The Residents by Charles Bobuck (2016)
• Free! Weird! (2018)
• Bunny Boy Live In Frankfurt (2021)

External links and references

• The Bunny Boy at The Residents Historical
• "Boxes of Armageddon" live video at The Residents' official website (archived via archive.org)
• "Boxes of Armageddon" at Genius
• The Bunny Boy at Discogs