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Intro
00:20
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Infomercial
02:06
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Last night I stayed up all night
hypnotized by the glare from the television light
it was playing an infomercial
that repeated and repeated
repeated and repeated
and repeated and repeated
and repeated and repeated
then it stopped
because after it was done
the morning news was on
so I turned the TV off
(some woahs)
Today, I slept all day
cause I stayed up very very late
The product I can't remember
but I remember
they said it couldn't break
why don't we have that for humans
a device that never lets us fall or feel heartache
but then I remembered that emotions
are what keeps us alive in the first place
(some more woahs)
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3. |
London Transit
02:17
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when I saw the map behind you
of the London transit
I looked all the spots
and all the places we could stop
but we never made it to London
and I'll never go to Rome
and we will never be together again
so I guess I'll just stay home
I know I'm being selfish
and I should let you go
but I've been so down lately
that I don't know how to live
I'm acting on compulsions
that I've never had before
and I'm starting to get sick
and realizing I'm a sore
loser when it comes to
not having my way
I'm just like a little baby
I just kick and scream
so please call me pathetic
it's the most accurate description
I don't understand myself
maybe something is missing
or maybe I'm just lost
or maybe I'm just afraid
of the future and what it holds
and you are where I want to stay
because in you I found comfort
and in you I found peace
but I am such a wreck
and to you I feel like I'm a disease
so go
be happy
I'll be alright
don't go
please help me
please stay the night
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4. |
Chokeslam
02:38
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Every Monday night
He'd watch his favorite wrestlers fight
throwing those punches at each other
till there faces covered in blood
wishin they could call their mothers
and he'd stay up till 11 o clock
waiting for his favorite stars to show up
He wanted to be Mick Foley
He wanted to be The Rock
As time went on
and our friend got grown
he used to jump off his backyard shed
once down for so long
his friends thought he was dead
but he got up
he always got up
wiped the blood from his face
never ever ever ever ever heard him complain
He turned twenty one
him and his girl had a newborn son
in need of cash
and sick of kissin ass
he decided to
lace up his boots
went to the local promotion
got in the ring and caused some commotion
A certain big wig from Connecticut noticed
wanted our hero at the next circus
put him in the squared circle
first match Monday night
against The Big Show
and Mr.Show put his giant hands
around the new guy's neck
pulled him up for the chokeslam
gripped so fucking hard
it crushed his larynx
and that was the end of it all
our little boy with a dream was choked to death
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5. |
Dead Winter
04:10
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back when I was nine
there were some months
I wasn't doing so fine
January you left
and February you left me too
I couldn't forget
no how could I forget either of you
(chorus)
I would sit
up in my room
only a little kid
crying my eyes out to the moon
but I'm so glad you both
were in my life
teaching me so early
what it means to survive
well I'm so sorry January
but you've never felt so heavy
my best friend decided it was time
laying under the New England pine
I miss my four legged friend
oh god dammit
I miss my dog dammit
(chorus)
Hey there February
what a damn mess you made me
my dog was gone
what tricks could you pull
kill my grandma from cancer
well February you ripped apart my soul
(chorus)
we know life ain't fair
we know that that much is true
but I was nine what was I to do
I was terrified from the sadness brought to me
but propped alive
from the life you both gave me
(chorus)
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6. |
Ska Is Dead(Interlude)
00:42
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Ska Is Dead Leave It In The Grave in Florida
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7. |
New York City
05:29
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I ain't never been to New York City
I ain't ever been to New York City
I never been to New York City
don't worry babe
you don't have to pity
because I know
where I go
is where I'm meant to be
and that's what the cities don't see
I remember the times you said we should drive
down to the train just to waste our time
in a city that would
probably just eat us alive
and wouldn't care if we lived or died
I ain't ever been to Los Angeles
I ain't never been to Los Angeles
I ain't never been to Los Angeles
I never really had a reason to flee
because I know
where I go
is where I'm meant to be
and that's what the cities don't see
I remember the time you said we should drive
down to the airport just just to fly all night
to a city that would probably just eat us alive
and wouldn't care if we died
and I'm so sick of
this synthetic opera show
yes I’m so sick of this
synthetic opera show
Yes I'm so sick of this
synthetic opera show
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8. |
Bathroom Walls
05:28
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there is blood all over the bathroom walls
there are limbs chopped up in the tub
there is a smell of rotting flesh floating through the halls
there are no signs that a suspect was even here at all
No one warned me that my family would be murdered
but that is life I guess
one day you're fighting with your significant other
the next day their head is detached from their neck
oh well who cares
put the bodies in the bags
my children are dead
now they're just lifeless corpses
my wife she took an ax to her neck
my kids took bullets to their heads
I found all three of them in the tub
in small little pieces
how can I get through this
everyone who would care
is now dead
oh well who cares
put the bodies in the bags
I must move on
I must get by
the only thing that ever do now is cry
I used to think about what my story would become
I never thought that the plot twist would have this much blood
I'm going insane I can't believe everyone is gone
I saw saw the pinks of both my children's brains
I saw my wife headless her head in the freezer
and the rest of her body chopped up with my children's remains
its been years, new life, with some new wife
and her kids from a previous marriage
that I don’t even fucking like
I want to take them in as my own
but I'm not their real father
they'll be off to college
before I can even get to know them
my new wife she has divorced me
because I have too much trauma
from walking into the house of my previous family
and seeing them all murdered
wouldn't you?
I'm going to go to my old house
take a gun to with me
and stand right in the bathtub where first family was chopped up
I'm going to pull the trigger right up to my temple
I hope to feel no pain
there will be a bullet in my brain
and there will be blood all over the bathroom walls
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Kevin Boardman Townsend, Massachusetts
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