from the album “Vultures”
OUT TO SEA
The air is cold, I’m getting old and going nowhere.This job is shit, I want to quit, but money is scarce.
I’m on my knees begging please but you don’t care.
Every day seems the same, another blank stare.
All I want is to breathe, to feel like there’s a part of me that still believes
In all my hopes and my dreams, to know that there’s a heart that beats inside of me again.
I hate this town and all the sounds that drive me crazy.
I want to run or buy a gun, but I’m too lazy.
I feel so dead, I feel so numb, will nothing phase me?
I check my pulse but nothing’s there, I think I’m fading.
All I want is to breathe, to feel like there’s a part of me that still believes
In all my hopes and my dreams, to know that there’s a heart that beats inside of me again.
Out to sea, nothing but waves to surround me,
And all I feel is pain, it’s the only thing that’s real,
And all I need is time to reflect on the life I lead.
I’m lost at sea, nothing but ocean to drown me in.
THE HIT
Hey record company, do you need a hit, cause I need a hit too, to give me a different view.Hey Mr. Producer, do you want a hit, cause I want a hit too, to keep me from hitting you.
Just being in the same room with you, it makes me want to get high so I can forget you.
Just being in the same room with you, I think I’m losing my mind, I’ve got nothing to lose.
Hey landlord, do you need the rent, cause I need the rent too, so I can afford food.
Hey baby, do you need some of my time, cause I need my time too, to not think about you.
Just being in the same room with you, it makes me want to get high so I can forget you.
Just being in the same room with you, I think I’m losing my mind, I’ve got nothing to lose.
Take me away from these people that want shit from me, just tell them I’m busy, so fuck off and die.
Hey record company, do you need a hit, cause I need a hit too, to keep me from hitting you.
LOSER
I’ve always tried for the best, I never wanted everything to end up so confusing.If all my life is a test, I never thought that God would find my failure so amusing.
Give me something good and I’ll fuck it up, all my life I’ve tried but never had much luck
To be happy but I guess it’s just not meant to be, I’m gonna die a loser.
I’m sorry, family and friends, I always wanted to be something you could all be proud of,
But all I am is a mess, and you still give me every chance in the world and all of your love.
Give me something good and I’ll fuck it up, all my life I’ve tried but never had much luck
To be happy but I guess it’s just not meant to be, I’m gonna die a loser.
JESUS IS THE MANAGER AT WAL-MART
Come on in, little one, but remember where you are, hold your thought and your tongue and grab yourself a cartTo fill with all the shit that keeps you on your knees, and if you lead a life of sin, when you’re here, pretend your clean.
Because Jesus is the manager at Wal-Mart.
He freed us from our sins and gave the world a new start, and now Jesus is the manager at Wal-Mart.
Close your mind with the door to keep the demons out, everyone in the store has shut their little mouths
Except when to say, ‘Look how much we saved,’ and all we have to do is smile while our minds decay.
Because Jesus is the manager at Wal-Mart.
He freed us from our sins and gave the world a new start, and now Jesus is the manager at Wal-Mart.
And if you say He died for you, then you’ll be saved.
And if you say He died for you, then you’ll save.
Close your mind with the door.
THE FREAKS ARE COMING
Never questioned anything about the way that you were raised, keep your life so plain, everything the same.Every Sunday take your kids to church just like your folks did, don’t let them complain and never go insane.
You’re scared of the changing world round you, but you know what to do.
So lock your doors and shut the blinds cause you know that the freaks are coming.
Cover your ears and close your eyes cause you know that the freaks are coming.
Don’t let your kids be hypnotised by the way of the world that you live in,
So lock your doors and close your mind so the freaks can’t get in.
Bleeding questions all the time, wondering about this life, show them the Christian way, keep them nice and safe.
Public school is not for you, there’s too much sex and drug abuse, it’s a scary place, those people have no shame.
You’re scared of the changing world round you, but you know what to do.
So lock your doors and shut the blinds cause you know that the freaks are coming.
Cover your ears and close your eyes cause you know that the freaks are coming.
Don’t let your kids be hypnotised by the ways of the world that you live in,
So lock your doors and close your mind so the freaks can’t get in.
Look away, you’ll be fine, don’t let the evil of this world in your mind,
Try to stay in the light, these freaks are wrong and you know that you’re right.
MORNING LIGHT
All the pain brings me down again, I’ve fallen to the floor.Drag myself through the dirt again, I’m heading for the door.
I know it’s there on the other side, the moon is setting slow.
Use the last of my will to fight, this feeling’s got to go.
In the morning light I’ll start again with open eyes, and I feel alright, the pain is gone, I’m still alive.
Try to stay as clean as possible, the dirt just wont come off.
Pull myself to the window sill, see how much time I’ve lost.
Dwelling on the mistakes I’ve made, my soul has paid the price.
Times are hard in the perma fade, I never see things right.
In the morning light I’ll start again with open eyes, and I feel alright, the pain is gone, I’m still alive.
Is my soul supposed to bleed, it’s happening again and I’m feeling so lost without you.
It’s getting hard to see, I hope it’s not the end, cause I need your help to find the answer.
ADJUSTMENTS
Pull the wool over my eyes, make me feel secure before you stomp on everything that I have ever stood for.I know your tricks, I know your game, I know your every lure, I know you think I could be great with just a few adjustments.
So open your fucking ears and listen to my words, there’s nothing you can ever say to change my mind.
I need to make this clear, these words they must be heard, I’m only me and I don’t care if you don’t like it.
Say the right things all the time, heard it all before, and I don’t need another asshole in my life right now.
Try to be my everything, my everything and more, but everything in my life holds me down and keeps me bored.
So open your fucking ears and listen to my words, there’s nothing you can ever say to change my mind.
I need to make this clear, these words they must be heard, I’m only me and I don’t care if you don’t like it,
I don’t give a fuck if you don’t like it, fake it, love it, hate it.
HERE’S TO ANOTHER
I walked into a bar tonight, I knew that it was the last place I should be.I’m like a fly to the neon lights, a good buzz is the only thing I need.
Pull up a stool, nothing to do except shot after shot, drink till I puke,
And I’m standing on the edge of what is real, I feel like I’ve drank away the better part of years.
My fears have me pinned against a wall, but without them I would fall,
So before I’m gone let’s have a cheers.
I’ve lived through some hard times, I’ve done the best I could with what I’ve had.
Life is never a short flight, I’m still so young, how did I get so …?
Pull up a stool, nothing to do except shot after shot, drink till I puke,
And I’m standing on the edge of what is real, I feel like I’ve drank away the better part of years.
My fears have me pinned against a wall, but without them I would fall,
So before I’m gone let’s have a cheers.
DISEASE
I’ll take the blame so you don’t have to feel ashamed, I’ll hide your pain so deep that you won’t feel a thing.As I hold you, I’m drowning too, I’ll hide my tears to help you through,
But inside I’m screaming for some healing, never felt so empty and I’m telling you, it’s slowly killing me.
Bleeding for some meaning, I need to know there’s something more to living than this horrible disease.
I’ll block it out, these screams that fill my mind with doubt, please quiet down, I need you to be calm, not shout.
As I hold you, I’m drowning too, I’ll hide my tears to help you through,
But inside I’m screaming for some healing, never felt so empty and I’m telling you, it’s slowly killing me.
Bleeding for some meaning, I need to know there’s something more to living than this horrible disease.
Calm, wash it down to help you take it easy, to keep your heart form freezing, just for now.
LIVE FOREVER
Try hard but it’s never enough, and I’m all out of energy and I’m tired of fucking up.Hide scars and pretend that I’m tough when I know on the inside life is calling my bluff.
The world will knock you down, the world will take you out,
There’s not one motherfucker in this world that’s gonna live forever.
So sure that you’ve got it all down, you’re so strong and confident, you’re the king of this town,
Then life sends a shattering blow, and now you’ve lost everything and there’s no place to go.
The world will knock you down, the world will take you out,
There’s not one motherfucker in this world that’s gonna live forever.
I hold these scars in remembrance, loss of blood for my arrogance, hold out my hands for deliverance.
BETTER OFF ALONE
Starting with a whisper, turning into screams of words that only blister.I thought that I had missed her, but only in my dreams, so I’ll drink this bottle of Listerine
To try and numb the pain, a bullet to the brain.
This fighting tells me that I’m better off alone, I’m better off alone than nailed to you.
This heart inside me is turning into stone, I’m better off alone than nailed to you.
I feel like such a loser, playing in this game, to make sure I don’t lose her.
I think I’m just afraid of facing anything, so I’ll drink this bottle of Listerine
To try and numb the pain, a bullet to the brain.
This fighting tells me that I’m better off alone, I’m better off alone than nailed to you.
This heart inside me is turning into stone, I’m better off alone than nailed to you.
Pass me a shot to calm my fear, take me anywhere but here, pass me a shot to calm my fear, help me.
VULTURES
When all the fish are in the game and everybody looks the same,It’s hard to tell if they’re your friends, they’ll never be there in the end.
That’s why I hate the smiles and I hate the flies that buzz around the bullshit.
I can’t wait to die so all the mouths of the vultures can be fed.
They only care when you’re on top, they’ll fuck your girlfriend when your not,
Live off your blood, live off your pain, and when you’re gone forget your name.
That’s why I hate the smiles and I hate the flies that buzz around the bullshit.
I can’t wait to die so all the mouths of the vultures can be fed.
My life is not a fucking game; fuck you, my life is not a game.
HOLLYWOOD
A pile full of trash you’re fighting for, everything you’ve ever dreamed and more.Cut a piece so huge one day you’ll see this waiting job is only temporary.
You’ll be on the road, stop and smell the marigolds.
You’ll be on the road, let’s all move to Hollywood.
Fuck you, you want some fuck-face shit, you stupid motherfucker why don’t you eat a dick?
You can’t handle this cause I’m ready to die, go to Hollywood and get hella high.
With a bunch of bitches with my nuts in they mouth, rolling down the I-5 going south.
Making records, you can’t fuck with that, in Los Angeles where the fucking beats be phat
And the girls be fine, they fucking blow your mind, and the cush be kind, the music makes you press rewind,
It’s about time I’m getting ready to go, blow the fuck up and rock this show.
You’ll be on the road, stop and smell the marigolds.
You’ll be on the road, let’s all move to Hollywood.
from the album "Consciousness"
FAKER
Cold eyes and a painted face, black heart pumping discount rates, the shell you’ve built around your world lets nothing out.So take your fucking faker face and stay away from me, I'm trying not to hear your lies or see your make-believe.
The words you speak are empty and your stories full of holes, you've got to know you'll burn in hell for all the lies you've told.
Trust built on a mound of shit, all signs pointing to your sins, the smiles only make it worse for you, you'll see.
So take your fucking faker face and stay away from me, I'm trying not to hear your lies or see your make-believe.
The words you speak are empty and your stories full of holes, you've got to know you'll burn in hell for all the lies you've told.
Look deep in the mirror but try not to see, look deep in the river and try not to scream, you've never been a giver, it's obvious to me.
WE'RE THROUGH
In your face I can see I've let you down and the error of my ways, never listen to the sound when you're crying out in pain.You push me deep in the river and drown the part of me forever that loved and ever gave a shit about you,
So don't be surprised when I figure it out, I don't want to see you foam at the mouth when I tell you that I'm gonna leave you, we're through.
In this place you can feel it if you're still, every part of me that aches, overthrowing every will cause I'm tired of this pain.
You push me deep in the river and drown the part of me forever that loved and ever gave a shit about you,
So don't be surprised when I figure it out, I don't want to see you foam at the mouth when I tell you that I'm gonna leave you, we're through.
I tried to tell myself that we can work this out but I was wrong, I'm tired of this hell, I think it's time for me to move on to another one now.
DON'T EVER LEAVE
Half-inch fuse, ready to bite, never said you're sorry cause you've always been right.Tell me I'm lame every Saturday night cause you drink too many and you want to fight.
All my life, hold my breath, wonder what trouble is coming next.
Hold on tight through this mess, sing that song cause you sing it best.
I love it when you're spitting in my face, the way you scream when you're breaking all my things,
I love the way you put me in my place, don't ever leave me alone.
Five-cent heads, two bucks a pint, always late with the rent but I never say die.
Wet my bed, is it ever gonna dry, learn to take your shit with a big-ass smile.
All my life, hold my breath, shrugging off visions of an early death.
Hold on tight through this mess, sing that song cause you sing it best.
I love it when you're spitting in my face, the way you scream when you're breaking all my things,
I love the way you put me in my place, don't ever leave me alone.
I love it when you rip my heart away, can you hold it in my face so I can see?
I love the way you bring to my knees, don't ever leave me alone, hold on to me.
COMPROMISE
Drive through your neighbourhood, you hide like I knew you would, you don't ever call me.You told me to stay away, a game that you always play, but I know that you want me.
And I'm staring at the walls again with these pictures that are in my head.
When will you realise you’re now and forever mine, you don’t have to run.
I won't compromise all that I know is right, you and I are one.
I write but you never do, I smile when I think of you, I wonder where you're hiding.
And baby when you think of me, do you cry or do you scream, the path we walk is winding.
And I'm staring at the walls again with these pictures that are in my head.
When will you realise you’re now and forever mine, you don’t have to run.
I won't compromise all that I know is right, you and I are one.
I'm feeling like a loser, how could you just choose to leave and change your number, was I so bad?
Someday I will find you, then I will remind you, babe, you are the best thing that I have.
FACELESS
God only knows all the side effects of listening to static on the radio.Stare at the screen til the videos have driven you to lunacy with visuals.
And I can't believe you sold, I can't believe you sold out, rip your soul out, RIP your soul.
Would you face me and look into my eyes before you lie straight through your teeth,
And maybe you pull it off again but you can count me out.
Look to the sun for the energy you're gonna need while fighting for your legacy.
Take it and run so they'll never know the Holy Ghost is not in you and never was.
I can't believe you sold, I can't believe you sold out, rip your soul out, RIP your soul.
Would you face me and look into my eyes before you lie straight through your teeth,
And maybe you pull it off again but you can count me out.
Can't believe you're selling out, know we bury all the useless, we bury all the useless every day.
They're so tasteless, changing to be the one they want; faceless, wasted, you don't know who you are.
STAY ALIVE
When nothing you say is heard and nobody cares if you hurt,I know how it seems, hear nothing but screams, but take it from me, it's not the end.
When all that you try goes wrong, heard nothing but lies for so long, I know how it seems, it's hard to believe, but take it from me, it's not the end.
Stuck, keep moving, stuck, don't let it die, stay alive because it's almost over now, stay alive for better days to come around.
When nothing is right in your head and all of your tears are shed,
I know how it seems, you're in this too deep, but take it from me, it's not the end.
Stuck, keep moving, stuck, don't let it die, stay alive because it's almost over now, stay alive for better days to come around.
Screaming, needing something that's not misleading, try and get by and keep all my wounds from bleeding.
WALKING AWAY
Just another lonely day, you don’t even know me anymore and I don’t even know what to say.This is getting so old, this is getting so hard to take, imagine that we used to be so close but now that seem so far away.
Breaking out from the inside, breathing air from the outside baby, breaking out from the inside and I’m walking away.
Just another lonely phase, I don’t know if things can get much worse, I’m already flat on my face.
This cage will never hold me, wait, I need to find the strength inside me now to stand up for myself and get away.
Breaking out from the inside, breathing air from the outside baby, breaking out from the inside and I’m walking away.
And I'm feeling so confused in this place, and I’m trying not to lose my mind.
BAN NUYS
Close to the edge of the fire burning, you'd run if you knew what’s best.Hiding the sound of the mind I’m losing, crumbling under stress.
Buried inside this tomb, alone with the thoughts, tied up in knots,
Hoping the sun shines through the darkest of clouds, warming the ground, clearing my mind, giving me life.
Leaving behind any rational thought, blurring the lines again.
Paying the price for the hardest I've fought, burning for every sin.
Buried inside this tomb, alone with the thoughts, tied up in knots,
Hoping the sun shines through the darkest of clouds, warming the ground, clearing my mind, giving me life.
The weight of the world has got me down, feel like I’ve had enough right now.
Falling apart, no one is noticing sound, I need to turn this all around.
ALONE WITH NOTHING
Daze off in a broken dream, so lost in the open seas, held down somewhere in between, I knew you wouldn't wait for me.As I try to stand you keep pushing me down, does it never end, will I ever win with you?
So take everything, all of me, it's okay, I like it when you break all I've got, I feel free on the floor, alone with nothing.
Work hard through this broken life, high hopes it'll be alright, beat down but I'm still alive, hold on for another fight.
As I try to stand you keep pushing me down, does it never end, will I ever win with you?
So take everything, all of me, it's okay, I like it when you break all I've got, I feel free on the floor, alone with nothing.
I find my strength in being on the ground, don't need nothing from you.
L.A. RIVER
Dumb blonde, skinny bitch, no talent but her daddy's rich, and any wish she had was granted.Now she knows that she wants it all, moved to Hollywood to be a star, but nothing's working as she planned it.
Just another drowning in the L.A. River, just discovered starring in this big screen thriller,
Just another sinking down and all her dreams lay on the ground.
Hollywood's bigger than it looks on TV or in any books or magazines that made her love it.
Get a job cause the rent ain't cheap, downtown living with the freaks, this doesn't feel like home now does it?
Just another drowning in the L.A. River, just discovered starring in this big screen thriller,
Just another, it drags me down, and all her dreams lay on the ground.
REFLECTION
You're closing off to me and showing no emotion, I'll never give up on you.The song you used to sing is swimming in distortion, I'll never give up on you.
I can't save you from all the things I've put you through or change who you are because of me, I just hate the things about myself I see in you.
It's hard to tell if this is you or my reflection, I'll never give up on you.
This negativity is not the right direction, I'll never give up on you.
I can't save you from all the things I put you through or change who you are because of me, I just hate the things about myself I see in you.
Push the anger out, don’t let it have your soul, listen to me now, don’t ever lose control.
O'LORD
O Lord save me from my own abuse, o Lord help me to see the truth, I've been blind for so many years, o Lord.O Lord help me be a better man, o Lord please help me understand why we all must hurt like this, o Lord.
Hard to keep the faith while falling, hard to see your face while crawling, hard to keep the faith while falling down with no one around.
O Lord help me to control my rage, o Lord tell me it's not too late, I've been angry for way too long, o Lord.
O God help me get my head on straight, o God take all this booze away, I've been locked in a drunken haze, o Lord.
Hard to keep the faith while falling, hard to see your face while crawling, hard to keep the faith while falling down with no one around.
Doing this alone is not working out, bruised and broken bones are keeping me down, I need some direction, I need it right now, I'm falling down.
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