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Hope To Die
01:34
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And still despite what she fails to say
They’ll keep on keep on pushing on like strangers
And still he tries to make himself believe
That it ever meant something
But there’s no try, there’s only do
And that he did
Tearing at the seams
Where nostalgia’s sewn to thought
One more stitch to come undone
Until this sweatshirt’s overwrought
While she crossed her heart
He just hoped to die
Ignored the writing on the wall
Now there’s needles in his eyes
Which makes it easier to see—they’re control freaks all the way
Don’t throw caution to the wind
No, put it in a vase
Keep it in the sun
Water it each day
Comforts away the pain
Of wanting something else
Of wanting something more
Anything else
Everything more
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Raphael Nonsenso
00:54
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The world’s completely fucked
Everything has been sold off
We’re so far from what we want
But we only agree on what is wrong
What’s wrong?
Down at the local city hall
Latest catastrophe
Corporate-eco-brutality
You see a rally of the protest groups
To fight the evil of the Suits
Or just here for new recruits?
To push their narrow agendas
Good luck
‘Cause if they stay divided and they’re dreaming of perfection
Then they’ll never tear it down
Tear it Down
Just tear it down
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3. |
A Light Shower
01:22
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Braced against the trench
Hand clutches the wound
Crimson flows over fingers
Last breath is consumed
And he joins a million more
But he fights for the other team, so who cares?
Fighting overseas
“NewsTV”
It’s a shooting spree
Why do we wonder how (we got burned)
Our kids ever learned to kill?
We’ve heard the Pope apologize
But he won’t bring back all those lives
He’s just a figurehead
Politicians aren’t known to resurrect
Wait...’til the undropped nukes all rust
And the casualties are dust
Will the vets be proud of every fired round? Probably
Nice work boys, this next round’s on me
And the bombs come raining down
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4. |
Sophomore
02:12
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So here we are: our familiar place
Our shouting match, our contest
To see if we can prove the other’s wrong decree
Say what? No, I didn’t ask you
What the fuck are you trying to prove?
Every time we fight turns into what we will deny
Say it’s okay, say I’m alright
Never happened, covered up with smiles and laughs
Why do we go mad?
I don’t know, ‘cause we’re at the end of our rope
So, ten months from now when you are far away from me
Our lives will change
When we look back what will we say?
(My god I’m wrong)
I can’t stand this
Do you know me?
I don’t think you realize at all that we can do this
We’ve been through this so many times before
And I hate it when we can’t communicate the general state of our lives
And I’m falling, my fingers slipping off
We’re at the end of our rope and we don’t have to be...
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The Last Time I Walked
02:48
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And so she said to me
“I’m looking at the skylight
And at the break of midnight
One second everything will change
And I’ll be breaking all your rules, right?
Those rules you hold so dearly”
Don’t tell me everything’s okay
that’s easier for you to say
The grass, the life, is so much greener on your side
Of the adventures I could choose
I’d pick the one that ends with you
If I could, if I could
But you’re gone and it’s just chapter 3
So nothing tells me what you’re about
And why did I have to lay myself down
For you to beat down like some Ringling clown
So why did I have to...
Yours truly drinks this one alone so he can get some sleep at night
Yeah right, great nights
As if rest ever came to me.
My sleepless nights, my coffee days
Somehow you still get in my way
If you knew, but you don’t
So if you asked you couldn’t say
So nothing tells me what you’re about
And why did I have to lay myself down
For you to beat down like some Ringling clown
So why did I have to...
Don’t tell me it’s okay
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6. |
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Your life’s no longer depraved
Now that you know what you crave
Well that’s just great
But there’s still more space
Let’s get Nike tattoos the size of my new shoes and we’ll look really fine
Let’s get yummy soft drinks in our public schools so every little kid gets a math classroom with a neat Coke sign
Let’s rig the Grand Canyon with a sweet Jumbotron to make it interesting
Let’s sell the strips of our home computer screens to some start-up Internet companies ‘cause hey, man, it’s free
Beepers, cell phones, make me sure that I will never be alone
Billboards, TV, let me know ‘bout things I’m gonna wanna need
Things I’m gonna wanna need
I think I’m gonna wanna need that
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7. |
Line Starts Here
01:15
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Like freshly tilled red shale from jersey
The mind splinters in the blades
Medicinal communion daily
Cod liver for the brain
A dark mangled psyche
Transfusions of advice
The doctor is not in
He’s hiding from the Whine
The telltale stretch marks on my eardrums
A record of their tears
A thousand violins are playing
Who cares?
Responsibility ignored for brief salvation
Chained to the nursery, my open invitation
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8. |
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It’s come that time again
The signal is the snowfall
I’ll make it through another year
But without you there is none
I sleep so close to where we used to be
Now I wake at night and wonder why you aren’t here
And it sounds oh so tempting
But it doesn’t sound like me at all
Can I think of anyone at all?
It’s come that time again
The signal is the snowfall
I’ll make it through another year
But without you there is...
A need to rehabilitate and socially remediate
This five-toed sloth who’s locked inside
Metropolis, four-cornered room
Call them home or call them tomb,
I’ll think I’ll skip this snowball fight
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9. |
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I’m running home so I won’t miss my Optimus
Dinobots, Constructicons, Soundwave, Bumblebee and Chip Starscream teaches me about overthrowing the system
I’m learning grammar from Grimlock and leadership from Megatron
My best friends every day
All afternoon, 19 inch screen
One of us went off the air
Was it them? No, probably me
I didn’t grow up but I grew out of that phase
Now I turn on the TV and these new cartoons seem so lame
I guess now is a good time to admit that I’m no longer ten
But oh what I would give to be back with my animated friends
My best friends every day
All afternoon, 19 inch screen
One of us went off the air
Was it them? No, probably me
We’re a bad computerized spin-off of what once was
A robot in disguise, is that what I’ve become?
The last vestiges of my childhood years are through
Keep reminiscing—that’s all we can look forward to
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10. |
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Answers they preach
Wasting their time
No second chance
To live this...
Thirty kids outside and we’re just about to play
A minivan pulls up and two prophets hop out to say “Repent your sins
Get on your knees and pray
‘Cause our god is the only way”
And all that I could think is the only thing that’s sure is doubt ‘Cause that’s about the only thing we can depend on
So if you want security, no, you won’t find that here with me
And still our time is tick-tocking away
A brief existence and then throw our bodies in a grave
And then what next?
We each have what we believe
But who knows which way it’s gonna be
And all that I proclaim is the only thing that’s sure is doubt ‘Cause that’s about the only thing we can depend on
But if you need an insurance plan, then I think their god will be your man
Answers they preach
Wasting their time
No second chance
To live this life
No chance to make this right when we’re wasting time
Yeah, theorize and proselytize, but don’t forget about this life
Wasting your time
It’s really hard to find meaning when
answers are the only thing you see
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11. |
Reno Defibrillator
01:59
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This quarter’s worth so much more here
Potential energy
Placed into his hardened hand
Exploding possibility
Donation married to some hope
This coin will be the last he needs
One shot go yank the slot and ask Is he any different from me?
What’s the story now?
Mistakes along the way
Napping on concrete
Time to defibrillate
Biggest little town
Fortunes made every day
At least that’s what the signs all say
Tearing earth and rock to shreds
Making room for 10,000 beds
Neon lights so bright you could never go to sleep
But why would you want to?
99 cent ham ‘n’ eggs
All-you-can-eat lunch buffets
And I can hardly tell the difference
My brain’s cramped up from anxious fun
Oh shit look at the loot we’ve won
Take our 4 bucks and run
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12. |
Amplifier
02:10
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Lacking subtlety and lyric poetry, a reluctant stand on stage
And finely adorned in punk rock uniforms ‘cause it’s more radical that way
Someone break out the hook and yank this guy out of the pulpit
I’ve nothing new to say, just recycling old trash
So maybe I should just hum
The words I screech in garbled speech are not grand philosophy
But I’ll write them down but keep them underground ‘cause it’s subversive that way
Now I’m blowing smoke at the punk rock show like some televangelist
They got us amplified like these feeble cries should have extra emphasis
They got us amplified
If you scream without this thing do you still make a sound?
Could it be that we each need the sound of our own decay
To come pouring out ten times as loud on some shitty PA?
Could it be that we all need our passion and our hope
To come pouring out ten times as loud at some all ages show?
They got us amplified
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De La Hoya Brooklyn, New York
NYC Punk / Hardcore band. 1998 - 2002 and again briefly in 2008.
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