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Broken Nose
04:08
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It comes along now all too often
I find myself sliding backward
Let's replace it with a memory
It's never boring it's something better
Up until the moment I draw my last breath
I’ll never believe it's all for nothing
So what's the point? Can just this once
We compromise and tell no lies
Wouldn't it be
Nice if I could
Find a way to
Pacify the
Drug they're selling
On the street and
In the air?
Savior of a losing cause
Seller of an uncut drug
Buyer of a broken nose
If nothing's wrong how am I to believe
I’ve come so far when we are nowhere
So let's erase it with a melody
Go pick a subject and I’ll give a hand
So what's the difference? It's all the same to me
And if it's all the same to you then do what you do
Distribution the spoils go where they go
And the burden of truth sinks like a stone
Wouldn't it be
Nice if I could
Find a way to
Pacify the
Drug they're selling
On the street and
In the air?
Savior of a losing cause
Seller of an uncut drug
Buyer of a broken nose
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2. |
Be Excited
04:18
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Down at the rock shop
They're giving contracts out like candy bars
Down at the rock shot
They're spending money like they're millionaires
Atrophy
Down at the sock hop
You jock your way up to the microphone
Down at the suck up
You tell a lie and then you strike a pose
Running headlong
Into nowhere
Fucking dumbstruck
By my bad luck
Down at the rock shop
They keep your photograph upon the wall
Down at the rock shot
You point the finger but you heed the call
Down at the sock hop
You go attracted to a million stares
Down at the boardwalk
You play to nobody cause no one cares
Running headlong
Into nowhere
Fucking dumbstruck
By my bad luck
Clean as can be? Not any more!
Pack the filth, stack the bills, and watch the bodies fall
You fill me up with your reasons, I don't feel nothing at all
Sweet as can be, you're the belle of the ball
Running headlong
Into nowhere
Fucking dumbstruck
By my bad luck
Atrophy
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3. |
Suspect
05:07
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I went to school today
Not the one on my block, but the one of hard knocks
I lost control today
Your life's a world away
Always eating a peach while you sit on the top
Your life's a world away
But I need you, just like a slap right across my back
And I want you, so full my mouth I could fucking choke
Am I looking for trouble?
Am I looking for redress?
Am I looking for morals?
Am I looking for content?
Do for me or let me go
Do for me or let me know
Why won't you let me go?
The push is on its way
Moving into the dark, moving out of the pack
No more thrills, no more delay
But I need you, though I can feel that you won't be back
And I want you, so full my mouth I could fucking choke
Am I looking for trouble?
Am I looking for redress?
Am I looking for morals?
Am I looking for content?
Do for me or let me go
Do for me or let me know
Why won't you let me go?
Am I looking for trouble?
Am I looking for redress?
Am I looking for morals?
Am I looking for content?
Am I looking for problems?
Am I looking for pretense?
Going on about morals
Am I looking for coat check?
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4. |
You Can't Love
03:46
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Plastered up on the side of the wall
You can't relate
Don't realize you've been hung out to dry
Your tears away
You can't love, you can't love, you can't love,
You can't love, you can't walk away
I bet you lose every game you play
But it doesn't matter anyway cause
So much alcohol
So much in the world
So much for the girl
Deprived what you're made of
And you don't even care
Blackened out at the end of the road
And now too late
Don't realize you've been hung out to dry
Your tears away
You can't love, you can't love, you can't love,
You can't love, you can't walk away
I bet you lose every game you play
But it doesn't matter anyway cause
So much alcohol
So much in the world
So much for the girl
Deprived what you're made of
And you don't even care
You can't love, you can't love, you can't love,
You can't love, you can't walk away
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5. |
Behind You, Soldier
03:27
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I get to live in your culture
I get to live in your trash
Tinsel eyed so scintillated
I get to pick up the mess
Bombs and guns and aeroplanes
Sheiks and sikhs completing the disease
I’m not an instigator
But I’m not free from it all
Congratulations, we're going to hell
Too many people with their hands in the till
I’m not an operator
And I’m not clear as a bell
One chance to get out, one chance to get out
Calling all favors, your future's in doubt
One chance to get out, one chance to get out
Conversation's obsolete, there's no time for that now
One chance to get out, one chance to get out
We're integrating, you scream and you shout
One chance to get out, one chance to get out
Don't delay me with a truce, start running now
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6. |
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I hate you and you hate me
So the only thing we have is that we disagree
I don't know why you don't get it even some of the time
When it's obvious I’m right and that's the reason why
You should
Look over your shoulder you smug son of a bitch
I’m laughing out loud
Because I’ve waited for this moment
For such a long time
You need assistance with your resistance
Well count me in
I’m working on a dish that's best served cold
So I hope you bring that appetite for which you're known
I’m not about to jump the gun and make a mistake
So for now I’m going to help you out
But you just wait
Keep your friends close
But keep your enemies closer
I’m laughing out loud
Because I’ve waited for this moment
For such a long time
You need assistance with your resistance
Well count me in
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7. |
Defector
05:55
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8. |
Rise and Shine
04:14
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Thank you for your vote of confidence
But I’m not at all impressed with a hero
A man who's everything to everyone
And you're a legend, all hands stained black
While you feed from a loaded gun
Disinformation, got blinders on
Don't give in that plastic face will
Suit your style with a crooked smile
A rubberneck jack seen playing lookey with
The one he likes and with a laugh
You're reaching for your halo
Passing counterfeit trust to the best and worst of us
I know your profile, you're a motherwit clown
You're a jack you're a motordrone
But I’m feeling good, and I’m feeling fine
Cause I like to smile, laughing all the time
Maybe if you look me in the eye
But your face keeps slipping in and out of rhyme
You're into chaos, I can see the wires
Running through your mind
We're going nowhere in record time
Don't give in that plastic face will
Suit your style with a crooked smile
A rubberneck jack seen playin lookey with
The one he likes and with a laugh
You're reaching for your halo
Passing counterfeit trust to the best and worst of us
I know your profile, you're a motherwit clown
You're a jack you're a motordrone
But I’m feeling good, and I’m feeling fine
Cause I like to smile, laughing all the time
And I’m feeling clean, and I’m feeling high
Cause I know what's yours, and I know what's mine
Spitshine
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9. |
The Fear
05:25
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Come take me by the hand now
Indoctrination by the book
Come play the role of god now
And push the others to the floor
Believe it or not, it's all very clear
Preparing for nothing, it's only a drill
Too late for your shadow, one less thing to fear
Come take me for a ride now
Ain't that just what friends are for
Cold comfort in the crossfire
I’m gonna need a miracle
Confused and distorted, it's all very well
Ring up the curtain, descend into hell
Too late for your shadow, one less thing to sell
Incomplete, the feelings are there
What do you mean, why should I care?
No operator, no secrecy here
Five, four, three, two, one dimensional
I want to get what I feel I deserve
Not just the pleasure of your company
Not just a measure of the promises you made
And what's more
I don't believe a single word you say
Would it matter anyway?
Strayed for a moment, so let's make a deal
You keep to the valley, I’ll keep to the hill
Too late for your shadow, one less thing to feel
Incomplete, the feelings are there
What do you mean, why should I care?
No operator, no secrecy here
Five, four, three, two, one dimensional
Indiscreet, yet so self-aware
You play a part in everything I seem to fear
So what's the problem, is everything clear?
Five, four, three, two, you're one dimensional
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10. |
Damage Control
04:25
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You burned down my house again
All alive without indecision
Burned to the ground my friend
So much for your first impression
I vote your promises
And when you get what you want, I get nothing
But all your best laid explanations
And your good intentions
Even though you planned the whole thing out
Left no room for doubt
I’m sure you noticed that by now
Even as you struggle for high ground
Let there be no doubt
Water's rising to your door
And all you live for
We're lining up again
Down at the end of the block with our tickets and
Hand me down revolutionaries
We come for your history
Even though you planned the whole thing out
Left no room for doubt
I’m sure you noticed that by now
Even as you struggle for high ground
Let there be no doubt
Water's rising to your door
And all you live for
Have we given up the best years of our lives for nothing?
Have we given up the rest to hollow fields of no one?
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11. |
White Car
05:59
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They don't really hear you, so they can't see
What makes you different, what makes you free
Supplication, for the world I missed
When a change of weather takes another friend
The closer I find I’m to God, the more that I know I’ve done wrong
Can't see for the shining white star
You drive like a motorcar, in all directions
And into heaven, you fly in your shining white car
A capsule in the court of the burmese king
A light streak shining to the bedouin
A momentary freeze and the frightening
Distraction in the source of the burning tree
Original sin originality
God-given reason and the reasoning
The closer I find I’m to God, the more that I know I’ve done wrong
Can't see for the shining white star
You drive like a motorcar, in all directions
And into heaven, you fly in your shining white car
Big house come down blowout speedball
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12. |
Into the Void
05:24
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Monkey was born in the land to be king of all he could see
Because he had eyes he soon realized his will was the way
Monkey was driven by thoughts and by fears and over the years
Monkey would rise to the top of the bill, all else he would kill
Into the void
Into the void
Money could turn a good man to his end and onto his knees
Raping the land and the conscience of man just like a disease
Money was made but flaws in the trade would turn us to slaves
Money to take and spirit to break the fools and the brave
Into the void
Into the void
Into the void we turn
Into the void
Many would fall but challenging all, their souls thay had saved
Others would cleave to gear and to blade, a choice that was made
Money to sell, to poison the well, the usual fee
Nothing was learned through fire and ruin, so monkey was thrown
Into the void
Into the void
Into the void we turn
Into the void
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Viva Death Los Angeles, California
Viva Death is an alternative rock recording project led by Scott Shiflett (Face to Face, Gimme Gimmes et al) and producer Chad Blinman (Real Space Noise). Past collaborators have included Trever Keith, Chris Shiflett and Josh Freese.
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