1. Addiction
2. Evil Twin
3. Right Hook
4. Intolerance
5. Nothing New (The Blast Bandits cover
song)
6. Resist In G Minor
7. Step up
8. Face Down
9. My Girl (Madness & M. Barson cover
song)
10. Past Tense
11. Time For Change
12. Tengo Nada
13. Peril After Peril
14. Unbroken
15. Nowhere Fast
Addiction
addiction.. two faces of. addiction... it's
always an addiction, that makes your life an all out race. addiction...
so face your. addiction... cause when you race addiction, you'll
always end up in second place. you cannot rely on the drug or the
drink. they can't save you forever. doesn't matter what you
think. addiction finds a way to make you not understand. the
reason why you seem to be stuck without a plan. fact of the matter
is that it's you against you until your number gets pulled. the cradle
fell because the bough broke and now the piper wants his payment in full.
it seems to me that you're addicted to pain. you're used to everything
not going your way. you're searching high and low for a better way
to think. but it always leads you back to the drug and the drink.
you say that it's your savior, but both you and i know that that's a bunch
of fucking bull. you bit the hand that feeds you. now you got
no place to go and the piper wants his payment in full.
Evil Twin
why can't i help. my opinion dig it's way
out. my opinion and i, we are separate entities these days.
no one sets me on fire like you. nothing punctures completely through.
i've taken all that i can take. i'm sick of lying to myself.
one more day of this and i'll crack. i can't keep on pretending it's
okay. it's time to work my way out of this self-sprung trap.
it's a matter of will. it's an internal dilemma. now i've got
an evil twin, and time is wearing thin.
Right Hook
i can't express my level of conviction. i
can't explain this sudden change of mind. it's not coincidence or
contradiction. we've all got brains and i'm gonna use mine now.
why can't we just get together? thoughts can be realized. you've
been searching all your life. that's something we can all sympathize.
stand your ground, never let it get you down. it's all too often
we stop before we want to. it's such a shame to see a dream die.
it's not an option to trade yours for another life. so it shouldn't
be a choice not to try.
Intolerance
despite the past and what's taken place you bring
back the notion of a master race. the years you've preached, the
children you teach. pushing for a world of hate and moral breach.
your mind is blind. i just can't relate. you block out the
truth when you focus on hate. i hope that you can change and learn
you're wrong about this life. no tolerance for racial strife.
get the fuck away from me. i'm sick of your desperate pleas.
please try and come back to the sane. and stop using race to blame.
despite the scars left by hate, you push the wave of racism and hope it's
gonna break. you've learned bullshit for such a long time.
the disease has spread. now you won't change your mind. let
me tell you something that i hope you can grasp. your delusions of
granduer, they will not last. and you'll soon understand the truth
about this life. no tolerance for racial strife.
Nothing New (The Blast Bandits cover song)
walking down the halls to class. wondering
why i'm always last. i better run and move it fast. the teacher's
gonna kick my ass. i'm sitting here alone again. wondering
where my time has been. they say i live my life a sin. well
notify the next of kin. coming down... live it up. why do i...
give a fuck? acting weird... strange enough. why do i... give
a fuck? i'm looked upon as if i'm nothing new. i'm looked upon
as if i'm just like you. they speak to me as if i'm standing there.
they talk to me as if i give a care. i'm bored out of my fucking
mind. i start to laugh and lag behind. i hurry up and waste
no time. start behaving out of line. got my mind on something
else. the schoolwork and the lunchtime bells. a million trillion
songs to sell.
Resist In G Minor
punk police trying to keep me down. with
head and heart you've got to stand your ground. they give no trust
in your own decisions. they want us to be part of society's vision.
don't give in, to what they tell you. fight for what's right, and
don't give in. you've got to resist, the power structure at hand.
make your own decisions, and we will rule this land.
Step Up
Face Down
fall from grace onto the floor. promising
myself this won't happen anymore. same thing happens every night.
wait and wonder why i'm not living this life. a dreamer dies every
night. fall awake into this life. don't need to open my eyes,
to see what's right. carry the torch through the rain. drown
it in memories of heartache and pain. can't seem to shake the feeling
of regret. they tell me it gets better, but it hasn't yet.
My Girl (Madness & M. Barson cover song)
my girl's mad at me. i didn't want to see
a film tonight. i found it hard to say. she thought i had enough
of her. why can't she see? she's lovely to me. but i'd
like to stay in and watch tv on my own, every now and then. my girl's
mad at me. been on the telephone for an hour. we hardly said
a word. i tried and tried but i can not be heard. why can't
i explain? why do i feel this pain? cause everything i say,
she doesn't understand. she doesn't realize. she takes it all
the wrong ways. my girl's mad at me. we argued just the other
night. i thought we got it straight. we talked and talked until
we got it light. i thought we agreed. i thought we talked it
out. now when i try to speak she says i don't care, she says i'm
unaware, and now she says i'm weak.
Past Tense
we once owned the way that we thought. i
hate the fact that it all had to end. the best times of my life that
i can recall, are the times when you were my best friend. can't even
label how the whole thing began to break. or how it escalated beyond
control. i just wish there was a way to get it through to you.
we were invincible and immune to pain. the predicaments we find ourselves
in now, were nothing then because we had no shame. and when i think
about what stands between us today. i can't seem to understand why
both of us remain so stubborn and proud. i think we each need
to act like a man. now i think about what comes next. and i
sincerely hope that we don't lose track of what used to make our lives
so enjoyable. i hope that we can get that back. i'm through
living in the past tense.
Time For Change
you gave it up. you pawned your brain for
a pat on the back and a star by your name. and now you think you're
one of them. but you cannot allow yourself to live under the doubts
of someone else. the time is now. the time for change!
it's time to think for yourself. the time is now. what do you
need that you don't already have? what they provide to you is never
gonna last. and you're gonna find out a little too late that you
cannot allow yourself to live under the doubts of someone else. the
time is now. the time for change! it's time to think for yourself.
the time is now.
Tengo Nada
you see me standing on the corner. you wonder
if i'm gonna ask you for some change. no cardboard sign explains
my situation. tengo nada. pocket full of peanuts. quiero
nada. pocket full of lint. tengo nada. pocket full of
janglin' keys. each time i try to get things started. i spin
my wheels and then i run into a wall. i ask myself, "is this really
worth it?" i want your cash. i want your home. i don't
want your life. i can't be you.
Peril After Peril
came up short in time to fall behind. i don't
wanna give up, i've sacrificed my life. peace will settle in, be
forever incomplete. but we're... still trying. live for the
day. an uncertain life. untimely demise. chance will
take it's toll. it could end at any minute. enjoy it while
you can. live for the day. unconscious thinking of the future.
the freedom of the road vs. the threat of today. it could end any
moment. the death of a dream. euphoric visions of the past
serve to drive this thing. confidence builds... the lifestyle takes
hold. things come together. play the rockstar role. spend
every waking moment trying to preserve the past. and we're... still
trying. please don't complain about your situation. open your
eyes or this will be the end. the time of your life and with dear
friends. there are many bad times. don't take your problems
out on them. not down yet... so we've beat the odds. treasure
every moment held deep in the heart. peril after peril... pull ahead.
in the end, things look up. in time they'll fall down again.
Unbroken (Dedicated to the memory of Nick Traina)
i can still hear our music, sound of one hundred
screaming. silver tongued and simon-pure. half complete without
you here. thick as thieves. miles worth more than memories.
the curtain is coming down. in yesterdays we drown. i know
you'll never leave. i've lost faith in everything. i hold our
memories dear. AND I MISS YOU! a sunrise in Hollywood.
the sun set in september. it forgot to rise the next day. let
your light, light our way.
Nowhere Fast
Julie had a bad day so she headed north on I-5,
she just wanted to get the hell out of Los Angeles. Thought maybe Seattle,
but ended up on Haight Street, bumming change from
a young gutterpunk named Mario. Do this: All I have to do is die.
Think this: all I have to think is why. Be this:
all I have to do is try, I'll be what I want. Julie was on cocaine but
she kept the
car in her lane, thought she didn't have a clue
where is would take her... Nowhere fast, that's where I want to be. Give
me
good times and someplace to sleep, the price of
freedom doesn't actually come cheap... Julie had a migraine because she
was out of cocaine and she finally got her ass
back to Los Angeles. Julie, she was crying as she headed across the bay
bridge, she just had to get the hell away from
Mario. Thought the lower east side counded good but she was so tired, she
just parked outside a crack house in South Berkeley.
Julie, she was running, so she kept the car at 80 and it died just
norht of Gilman Street in Albany. Julie was a f*ckup,
but I swear she wasn't stupid, and she finally got her ass back to Los
Angeles.