SEVEN DAYS OF SAMSARA
lyrics from the "a reason to sing" cd

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
you say youre pc? id say pretty confused, cuz there was nothing correct about the girl you abused. she trusted you and laid by your side. but you touched her in her sleep not once but twice. i think you should fucking die. i hope you fucking die. fuck you simon. fuck you simon. you had to ruin it. percieved safety among friends. THIS SONG GOES OUT TO EVERYONE WHO ACCUSES HARDCORE OF PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED. FUCK THAT. THIS SONG IS ABOUT HOW HARDCORE KIDS ARENT SO "ENLIGHTENED". THIS SONG IS ABOUT A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS SEXUALL ASSAULTED BY ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE "PUNK/HARDCORE COMMUNITY" WHO SHE BELIEVED WAS A CLOSE FRIEND. RECENTLY SOMEONE HEARD THIS SONG AND EVENTUALLY FIGURED OUT WHO IT WAS ABOUT (its not that hard). THE KID DIDNT BELIEVE THAT HIS FRIEND COULD DO SUCH THINGS. THATS THE HARD PART ABOUT IT. THE RAPIST LOOKS THE SAME AS YOUR FRIEND. THE KID WHO ASSAULTED MY FRIEND COULD BE THE KID STANDING NEXT TO YOU AT A SHOW OR HE COULD BE THE DRUMMER OF THE BAND YOURE BOBBING YOUR HEAD TO.

THE END OF THE WORLD AS I KNOW IT
if your finger were bigger id hang myself but instead i hang my head. id buy you saturn saturday if that would make you stay. id buy you saturn saturday if that would make this feeling go away. THIS SONG IS ABOUT HOW LOW YOU CAN FEEL WHEN THINGS DONT GO AS YOU PLANNED. THIS SONG IS NOT PRO-SUICIDE. RECENTLY A KID I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD. I DONT KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE, BUT I KNOW THERE HAD TO BE A BETTER SOLUTION. THIS KID WAS GOING TO GRADUATE COLLEGE IN 8 MONTHS.

PHONE IS RINGING, OH MY GOD
the dictionary is necessary when you cant open your mouth. a loss of words is what i heard when we met eye to eye. basement shows are not the easiest fucking place... and i called just to say goodnight. called you up just to say goodnight. and i called just to say goodnight. woke you up just to say goodnight. cant you see the frustration thats growing on my face. constant anticipation of every move that you know ive been dying to make. why cant life be just like a phone call? why cant life be love? "phone is ringing but wheres my angel" SOMETIMES IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY FACE TO FACE. ITS MUCH EASIER TO EMAIL OR CALL THEM ON THE PHONE. THIS SONG IS ABOUT THE FRUSTRATION OF NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS.

BURY YOUR HEAD
as our sun sets im stuck here with regret waiting for the sky to fall down to crush my heart and everything that surrounds. at night, im too afraid too afraid to turn on the light to see this lonliness my existance has become and i say that i know its not my fault and youre the one whos really missing out but i dont believe it. you lye in bed with your smile so wide so wide it brightens up the sky. i close my eyes. you wipe my tears away as you say "is everything going to be alright?" how could everything be alright when i wake up shaking in the night. when the cat that i love has got my tongue. words on the run. as our sun sets...THIS SONG CAN BE ABOUT A MILLION DIFFERNT THINGS. I WROTE IT AS A BAND THAT I HAD BEEN IN FOR THREE YEARS HAD DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS. THE SONGS NOT ENTIRELY ABOUT THE DEMISE OF THE BAND, BUT ITS A GOOD STARTING POINT.

COLOR BETWEEN THE LINES
trace that thought in chalk red velvet one foot from its eye six feet below the line that divides the earth and the sky. dear angel youve grown horns so sharp theyll stab through your eye and right through all your lines. darkness is quickly coming in the outlook is constantly sinking. optimism is a thing of the past. i want it back. dont ever trace that thought... and as all exciting thought becomes a new outline in chalk i will stand up for myself and for this world's mind. you can not leave me behind. you will not leave me behind. never decline from this process so divine. if you let them censor your thoughts then then control your mind and thats all youve got. for all of the earth's mind. for all of the world is mine. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE AS LONG AS YOU KEEP AN OPEN MIND. OPTIMISM AND IMAGINATION ARE THE KEY.

THE POSITIVLY STUPID YOUTH
what the fuck do you think that youre doing? its something positive you and your crew will ruin as you take it past the x-treme to the ultra-militant hardline hate-edge courage crew bullshit. your actions make me sick but this sickness gives me a reason to sing. "fuck all who cheapen what i truely am in others eyes." go! i fell in love with the scene as an escape from fucks like you but its the face not the floor you punch, youre carving an X, so fuck you. I, DAVID RUDNIK, AM STRAIGHT EDGE. I DIDNT BEGIN CALLING MYSELF STRAIGHT EDGE SO I COULD GO AROUND BEATING UP KIDS WHO WERE DIFFERENT THAN ME. STRAIGHT EDGE IS A POSITIVE MOVEMENT. I WONT LET IT BE RUINED BY A FEW KIDS IN SALT LAKE CITY OR THE SXE THUGS THAT YOU CAN FIND IN CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. FUCK THUG LIFE. XXX


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