1. Pieces
2. Quitters Never Win
3. Tour Diary
4. Yammer
5. Board Games
6. Okay
7. Space Cadet
8. Living On A Couch
9. Picture Perfect
10. Day Off
11. Blocked Up
12. Stuck
13. Past Mistakes
14. Benner Has No Soul (instrumental)
Pieces
up all night, maybe i'm crazy, i leave myself open.
naked but not naked. Everything's related. i'm wondering just
what i have to do to get it through your head that i don't want to go to
sleep now i just want to go to bed. (so what if i'm silly, serious but
fun. it's a place to rest my head, i'm confused, i'm not drunk.)
break me down into pieces back together, what do you have? a mess
in my head, get it to come out. one of many, one in a million.
sometimes it really sucks. i know what i want but can't have it in
a letter it leaves me stuck. i'm wondering just what i have to do
to get it through your head that i don't want to go to sleep now i just
want to go to bed. (so what if i'm silly, serious but fun. it's a
place to rest my head, i'm confused, i'm not drunk.) no rest, no time i
wish i had more time to get you off my mind. break me down into pieces
back together, what do you have? a mess in my head, get it to come
out. no rest, no time. i wish i had more time to get you off
my mind. break me down into pieces back together, what do you have?
a mess in my head, get it to come out. no rest, no time.
i wish i had more time to get you off my mind.
Quitters Never Win
I used to think that i would always sort of have
it good and never need to try too hard to waste as much time as i could.
i'd never need to get a job or have to earn a buck. now i wish i
could just quit it all, i guess i'm shit out of luck. you could call
me a loser 'cause i guess i never win, but whoever's got my voodoo doll
must be running out of pins. i'll keep walking down the road, holding
up my chin. i'm here for the duration because quitters never win.
back when i first met you i was hopeless and confused. i never cared
too much about my knack for self abuse. sometimes i feel like climbing
into a hole that's six-feet deep, but why should i quit on myself you never
quit on me. you could call me a loser 'cause i guess i never win.
but whoever's got my voodoo dolls must be running out of pins. i'll
keep on walking down the road, holding up my chin. i'm here for the
duration because quitters never win. quitters never win.
Tour Diary
Burritos every day, instead of running to the border.
i'm running to the toilet. the weather's got me pissed and i'm always
bitching about something. can anything ever go right? my bed
is a million miles away. (miles from where i want to be) and it's lonely,
but it's not as lonely as me. they call him a maniac, that's his
name i understand. he's just human. i play every night, sometimes
i play with myself it's cool. it's fun yeah baby alright! my
bed is a million miles away. (miles from where i want to be) and it's lonely,
but it's not as lonely as me. tour diary. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Yammer
how could i let this happen? i want to punch
myself right in the head. it was wrong but i felt right, now i can't
even fix it. i feel torn apart. a confused mental wreck.
if it's not my brain it's my heart. so i beat myself 'till i'm numb.
what a mess i made, i feel dumb. over and over what can i say?
maybe i won't and it will go away. i feel torn apart. a confused
mental wreck. if it's not my brain it's my heart. how could
i let this happen?
Board Games
what do i say when i'm late and she knows it too?
i make up a dumb excuse. is this time for real? hey, what's
the big deal? it was just a birthday that's all. been sent
to jail without passing go. it's my last card and i forgot to call
uno. so i climb and climb i won't stop 'till i reach the top.
this ladder doesn't seem to end. it this time for real? hey
what's the big deal? it was just a board game that's all. been
sent to jail without passing go. it's my last card and i forgot to
call uno. been sent to jail without passing go. it's my last
card and i forgot to call uno.
Okay
i looked outside today. i saw the sun was
shining. i knew that everything would be okay. i looked outside
today. i saw the sun was shining. i knew that everything would
be okay. feed my fish and brush my teeth. grease an egg and
put on some feet. rush around until i'm out the door. as i
lay here and smoke my butt in bed, i think about all the things i said.
as i lay here and smoke my butt in bed, i think about all the things i
said. i looked outside today. i saw the sun was shining.
i knew that everything would be okay. i got a fish named scooter.
i got a ferret too. i got so many things that i've gotta do.
as i lay here and smoke my butt in bed, i think about all the things i
said. as i lay here and smoke my butt in bed, i think about all the
things i said. i looked outside today. i saw the sun was shining.
i knew that everything would be okay. i looked outside today.
i saw the sun was shining. i knew that everything would be okay.
Space Cadet
My life has no direction, always spinning 'round
and 'round. and no matter how hard i try i can't seem to get my ass
up off the ground. i have no money but that's ok i have nothing to
spend it on anyway. people seem to like me better when i'm not around.
let me tell the story of the boy who lost his mind trying to find a place
in life. in a life where a good place is hard to find. i want
to go back in time to find out when i crossed that line. cause i
used to care about what i do and now i'm wasting all my time. my
future was so bright, but now it's getting hard to see. i really
don't know just how to get out from under this cloud that seems to follow
me. when will i ever get ahead? I hope it's before i am dead.
i'm having the time of my life, but the best times in life are never free.
i know i sometimes act like a space cadet. i'm surprised you haven't
kicked my ass out yet. i know one day TV will be my doom. i'm
an astronaut who never leaves his room. i don't have any time to
deal with you. i have way too many pointless things to do.
let me tell the story of the boy who lost his mind trying to find a place
in life. in a life where a good place is hard to find. i want
to go back in time to find out when i crossed that line. cause i
used to care about what i do. and now i'm wasting all my time.
wasting all my time. at least i'm having a good time.
Living On A Couch
I'm living on a couch and you didn't think when
i moved in that i would eat all of your food. play all day with my
pets, i'll help them make a mess. if you're not careful, i'll turn
your house into a zoo. because i'm a scavenger and i'm living on
a couch. you go to work all day and i make a mess of your house.
my back might hurt sometimes, i'm living on a couch. my brother calls
me a geekbird, a lazy bum, a scavenger. he said i never worked a
single day in my whole life. roll out of bed around noon, because
my belly needs some food. sit and think to myself that this is the
life. because i'm a scavenger and i'm living on a couch. you
go to work all day and i make a mess of your house. my back might
hurt sometimes, im living on a couch.
Picture Perfect
Every time i call you, i don't feel the same.
and every letter you write me, i feel like i'm the one to blame. (one to
blame for what i didn't do) got a picture in my mind. it's not perfect
all the time. i go left, you go right. you throw out the bait,
i bite. it's picture perfect. it's all i see. it's picture
perfect. just you and me. (all i have to do is take a look at you
and then i'm not so blue) two hours later it's the same. playing
one another's games. i give in and so do you, because all the things
we go through are all the things that i don't want to. (never want
to go through with you) got a picture in my mind. it's not perfect
all the time. i go left, you go right. you throw out the bait,
i bite. it's picture perfect. it's all i see. it's picture
perfect. just you and me. (all i have to do is take a look
at you and then i'm not so blue) it's picture perfect. it's all i
see. it's picture perfect. (all i have to do is take a look
at you and then i'm not so blue)
Day Off
all i wanted was a conversation but you got into
my car. now you have no one but yourself to blame. 'cause now
you rule my imagination, but while i'm so far away it does nothing but
drive me insane. you never need to think that i might not be sick
in the head. but what could be better than a day off with me inside
your bed? the arms of another boy could never be as warm as me.
and miles can do nothing to our informality. i want to be better
than the rest, so let me help you get undressed. we've got the weekend
off, so let's just make the best of it. you never need to think that
i might not be sick in the head. but what could be better than a
day off with me inside your bed? and if you want to know the truth
i never thought i'd have someone like you. it's not entirely your
fault. i can lose an argument with myself, but i could stand to lose
a few. now at least i'm getting help.
Blocked Up
it's so hard to swallow all the lumps in my throat
on the tip of my toungue and i still choke. if you squeeze me i might
bleed. just what i'm feeling, cause i feel so empty. staring
through a window, but a curtain covers it. i must be so foolish.
all this junk in my pockets is starting to hurt my leg. it's starting
to weigh me down. i'm down but i'm not out. it's so hard to
swallow all the lumps in my throat on the tip of my tongue and i still
choke. if you squeeze me i might bleed. just what i'm feeling,
cause i feel so empty. there is a band-aid on my finger, but the
scar is in my head. i feel so exhausted. and i stare into a
mirror, and i'm staring back at me. i'm looking down at the ground,
all around. i'm down but i'm not out. and i try to see clearly
but my eyes are half shut. there's a cloud around my head 'cause
i'm all blocked up. and i try to see clearly but my eyes are half
shut. there's a cloud around my head 'cause i'm all blocked up.
it's so hard to swallow all the lumps in my throat on the tip of my tongue
and i still choke. if you squeeze me i might bleed. just what
i'm feeling, i feel empty. it's so hard to swallow all the lumps
in my throat on the tip of my tongue and i still choke. if you squeeze
me i might bleed. just what i'm feeling, cause i feel so empty.
Stuck
I didn't want to want you. i didn't need
to need you. i didn't memorize your number so i wouldn't be calling
all the time. now we get in a fight, and i can hardly sleep at night.
my head is tired but my fingers dial you number one more time. isn't
it ironic that you and me are both moronic? i'll stick with you no
matter what you do. and isn't it a gas when you and me are low on
cash? stick to me and you will see, i'll never peel you off of me.
if you leave please don't forget the time the only heart that was stuck
on you was mine. (i'm stuck with you. you're stuck with me.
can't you see it was meant to be?) i'm not saying that you changed me but
i know that you rearranged me. you kicked me in the right direction
when you kicked me out of bed. i know i'm far from perfection.
at least i still have your affection. i can turn off the radio, but
you i'll never get out of my head. isn't it a shame that you and
me are both so lame? i'll stick with you no matter what you do.
we have such awful luck. i guess we're lucky to be stuck. stick
to me and you will see, i'll never peel you off of me. if you leave
please don't forget the time the only heart that was stuck on you was mine.
(i'm stuck with you. you're stuck with me. can't you see it
was meant to be?) is it such a bad mistake to commit yourself to me?
how much more of this can you take?
Past Mistakes
You call me your friend and now you're taking it
back again. change your mind one hundred times. so i'll just
pretend i let you get to me and tear me up inside. i've made some
past mistakes along the ride. so hard to deal with. wish it
didn't have to be that way. (i try to talk to you, i just can't get through.
i'll put it off for another day.) you're always right. what more
can i say? You call me your friend and now you're taking it back
again. change your mind one hundred times. so i'll just pretend
i let you get to me and tear me up inside. i've made some past mistakes
along the ride. so hard to deal with. wish it didn't have to
be that way. (i try to talk to you, i just can't get through. i'll
put it off for another day.) you're always right. what more can i
say?
Benner Has No Soul (instrumental)