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You've got this feeling someone's always breathing down yer neck
you gotta get out and away but you don't know where to go next
the weight of the world, the pressure of society
it just ain't for you, just like it wasn't for me
you've got no fucken choices and yer life's looking dim
these expectations aren't yer creation but yer living up to them
and when you wake up one day in yer 'perfect' little world
you'll say its just too much and yerself out a window you'll fucken hurl
are you really happy just living doing what yer told?
or does it make the world feel a little empty bitter & cold
are you too complacent to find the things you really want?
or do you think that if you just sit back, to you they will be brought?
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Knife & Child
03:16
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Oh Lord, wont you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive porsches, I must make amends
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends
So Lord, wont you buy me a mercedes benz?
Oh Lord are you up there watching in the sky?
Are you comfortable just sitting back and watching your little humans die?
Have you had enough to eat today? Do you find it hard not to smile?
If I could bring myself to believe in you then I might just want to fucken die
Oh lord you might be credited with saving us from sin
But sin is not so pressing when fucken napalm is burning off yer skin
Aren't you gonna send a savior? Cause it's been a little while...
And if you're reading all my thoughts
Just forget the one about the knife and yer 1st born child
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3. |
A Bit Of Bloody Vomit
02:18
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do you wake up feeling angry do you wake up feeling used?
don't you know we've got a cure for that, a little pill made just for you!
it takes away yer feelings of insecurity
you gotta take it in the morning and then again before you sleep
hey! hey! don't you listen to the press?
we got FDA approval don't you think we know what best?
if you dont believe the studies or you think they might be fixed
just try it for a week and we're sure you'll be convinced
don't you wanna feel better? don't you wanna put to rest
all your feeling that are causing you this overload of stress?
our side effects are minimal in all our clinic tests
just a little bit of bloody vomit as you body adjusts
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4. |
My Point Exactly (2007)
04:08
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I’m back from the recession and I see more than reflection
Like the prism splits the spectrum I’ve got nothing left to hide
Its evolution at its best, I attest, I’m enthusiastic
This project’s now osmosis
and from the reeds I pulled this baby out a basket
Its true, for me there’s no more sitting quietly on a bench
Cause when those gears are running smooth
you know I can’t help throwing in a wrench
Thoughts that splatter quickly shifting
that you’re missing my point exactly, cue the laughter
I’ve got unfinished business with half the population
Got no intention of accusation, this is purely emission
But if it’s weakness that you want, I’m sorry I will not disappear
You might find more resolution when you look into the mirror
Its evolution at its best, I attest, I’m fucken manic
This project’s now an open door where before we just had static
Its true, for me there’s no more walking blindly thru this mess
Cause now that things are running smooth
I just have to put you to the test.
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5. |
I Am A Vector Quantity
04:04
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I have no desire
its locked inside a cage
like a homeless man upon the street
ignored and pushed away
i have no desire
at least that's what i'm told
i'm rejected time and time again
i wonder – am i human anymore?
my aim is a direction, influenced by my root
and if i had a gun, there's only one thing i would shoot
i'm just a selfish prick who should try to understand
can't always blame the supplier for not keeping up with the demand
finely-grained time fills a bucket of lost sensation
i'm still waiting for the train after they've already closed the station
i find it hard to comprehend the current state of affairs
the apple fell, i took a bite, and then it flew back up in the air
i'm chain-smoking cigarettes because it curbs my appetite
my heart is beating so fast i can't get no sleep at night
if i had a little window i might sympathize the view
but the walls are bleak and barren when yer locked inside a padded room
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6. |
Dead Man's Float
03:32
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i’m sick i’m fucken sick & tired
this overpopulated shithole takes its toll and i just wanna die
and every morning i wake up already bored
nothing to look to, nothing left to hope for
i've said it before and dont you know i’ll say it again
nobody's gonna tell me how to live
but this apathetic position's got me thinkin once again
theres only one wat to free yrself when the blade of a knife is yr only friend
dead man's float
i cant even find the strength to fuken cope
the possibility of a future worthwhile is so dim i dont even try
i’m sick i’m fuken sick and tired of cliches and lies
that keep me thinking this is life
dead man's float
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7. |
Already Dead
02:33
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i’ve got a problem and I cant find a solution
the end is not in sight & im losing faith in revolution
and I cant discuss it cause its such a fucken bore
we just end up in the ground after being treated like a whore
when I look in yr eyes I cant help but see myself
an active mind, motivated& convinced this fight will be a success
youthful optimism- used to think it was a joke
but now all these politics are makingme sick
and when hard to swallow you wanna choke
theres nothing left there is no hope all the potlucks and soccer tournaments wont save you now we’ve got 24hrs. The bombs gonna drop we’ve got nowhere to go this is annihilation it cant be stopped everything we worked for is dead we never had any control we convinced ourselves of our own lies, just like they did to us the world we dream of is death we’re already dead
I’m sorry to say but the bombs can not be stopped
the power structure is not affected
by our posters and bike tube slingshots
the only chance we’ll ever have is a suicide revolution
we can burn down all the city halls
but the human race remains an institution
we can sit and discuss rhetoric and political tactics
we can even go as far a putting theory into practice
but even on yr mountain home they’ll be no place to hide
when the earth itself is screaming
cause napalm bombs are raining from the sky
yr already dead
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8. |
Mistakes (My Life)
02:37
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is it worth the time everytime I wanna fight?
no its never gonna happen no I’ll never get it right
and I just wanna I wanna see it burn
the insight gained thru mistakes are the greatest lessons ever learned
I cant compete with this system of repression
I cant afford to eat and I’m dealing with my own depression
I thought I had hope for a world with a new tomorrow
but now I’m just bored cynical obsessed and filled with sorrow
my lifes a mistake and I’m believing it more everyday
my hands are stained & this blood will not wash away
if I’m living in privelidge then why do I feel this way
jesus damned the world but he goddamn loves the USA
I cant escape this cycle of produce and consume
and I know my every purchase is someone else’s doom
but I wanna find a way to end the worlds affliction
I’m looking in the mirror and the only solution is hanging from the ceiling
why did I wake up today?
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9. |
Hypocrites & Liars
02:49
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sometimes I have to question how effective are our tactics
using the same old methods is becoming problematic
and I don’t wanna step on toes but isnt it time for change?
aren't we all a little tired of holding back all this rage?
I’m not a pacifist but I play one on TV
cause they’ve put it all on film and now that reality
we could all live in peace (after we’re annihilated)
so take out as many people as you can before you kill yourself
I had a daydream sequence happen just the other day
dreaming of anarcho farms in places that were far away
and I used to think thats exactly what I wanted
but I’m realizing now that nothing can be picture perfect
and I could turn a blind eye to the way things really are
but the workers keep on working and they’ll still not getting very far
there will always be suffering there will always be pain
but no longer will you have to suffer in my name if i kill myself
it doesnt really matter what I wanna do
this world is ruined and consequently that means you are too
I’m destroying the world without even being conscious
but suicides the one thing I can actually do on purpose
humans = garbage so don’t even waste yer time
just live the way you wanna live & then yr gonna have to die
fight the the things you have & love the truth if you can find it
but don’t get too attached cause were all hypocrites & liars
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Fuck Love
03:08
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theres no such thing as love and I’m under the impression
that we mistake love a lot for what is really obsession
feelings and emotions are mere chemical at best
and if I really had a heart I’d stab myself in the chest
”don’t hold my hand if you cant look me in the eyes”-?
or we could keep our mouths shut and then we wont tell each lies
I’ve had enough of make believe and I want reality
I want to know its nothing when yr bodys pressed against me
we all find it hard to escape social conditioning
but its not fair to each other to keep up this old tradition
and I for one refuse to be manipulated
and I wont rely on falsehoods to help justify our existence
falling in love is just another superstition
you might get tricked a few times but soon you’ll lose yer erection
and then they give you pills to help cope with yer dis-ease
but the real problem you refuse to face is called monogamy
you can call it what you want just to make yerself feel better
but the way you think you feel about me isnt what gets me wetter
and if my body is a temple then come on and give me head
but the truth of the matter,Love, is that yer God Is Dead.
we all find it hard to escape social conditioning
but its not fair to each other to keep up this old tradition
and I for one refuse to be manipulated
and I wont rely on falsehoods to help justify our existence
theres not much in this world that really matters to me
I don’t think I’ve ever hear a truth that I could believe
so if love isnt real then what is there left?
may be life is a lie and the truth is death?
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Maybe Someday
03:08
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maybe someday there’ll be a world where we all get along
but I know I wont be around for it
humans in my eyes are evil creatures
and everything we do is selfish we destroy each other
there cant ever be peace
until we stop stabbing each other in the back
but you'll see that even if we make a promise to better ourselves
we just backslide its just our nature
a small group of us think that we can change the world
with our actions based on political thought
some of us try to remind ourselves
that when we were young we used to have a heart
but as we’ve grown older we’ve turned to stone
and the system feeds off our distrust and frustration
in turn we’ve dug ourselves a hole so deep
that fixing this world is too complicated
maybe there’ll be someday when its worth it
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Hate Filth & Lies
02:51
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theres nothing left and I wanna die
a life of sin has left me empty inside
I cant be forgiven cause I’ve been so blind
the devil controls me looking out thru my eyes
jesus came while I was smoking outside
said he wanted my life to the janitor guy
he was gonna help me get my life right
I cant live like this any more, hate filth and lies
if I ever saw jesus I would grab a fucken knife
I’d cut his fucken wrists so he’d fall off the cross
I’ve got no time for doing what I’m told
and with the devil on my side I’ve got some where to go
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Deprived
05:01
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this life
the price is high
I can't pay
to survive
my life
is this life?
emotion deprived
and I feel like I’m drowning
and I feel like i'm suffocating
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14. |
Related To A Wave
03:58
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My Revenge
02:10
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Sometimes it seems there's nothing left worth fighting for
And I don't care I don't care I never did before
Things fall apart and the same shit happens to me
What you need is not always what you want to see
I found out there's alot of things still worth fighting for
And you don't care you don't care you never did before
there's not many people who really want to see things change
A lot of them just sell the scence to get paid
There is no peace
This will never stop
You can sing and dance
You can pray to your god
the only way this ends is the way it began
It's in your hands
This is my revenge
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Revolution $ells
03:03
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So many bands are fucken full of it
Using revolution to sell their bullshit
"Bigger venues equal a bigger audience"
More like bigger venues equal a fatter wallet
You can't justify corporate backing
What ever you say your story's lacking
Corporations aren't either good or bad
They turn the music into a fucken teenage fad
Anti-Flag turns the amerikkklan flag upside down
But they'll play with Vans (and Coca-Cola & Busweiser) ads all around
At the the Casualties have nothing to say
"Spikey hair punx and 40oz, Hey! Hey!"
Well what's the point of music anyways?
To stay underground and then just fade away?
Then no one gets the message..... but thats not true!
if you're fucken good your stuff gets out and people hear it....
that's just a cop-out
Tell me what happened to DIY?
Mail-order and independent shops
Why can you buy punk rock at the mall?
Epitaph, Fat Wreck - Hot Topic's got them all
have bands just lost faith in themselves
they words they sing now mean nothing at all
"Well you know sometimes you have to compromise!"
Fuck that shit, its just another selling lie
Can't we organize this shit ourselves?
Taking donations instead of tickets for sale
We don't need fucken corporate sponsors
But some people think its not a problem
Oh, people like me take the fun out of punk
"Bullshit Crass" so why don't I just shut-up?!?
I know the underground is well and alive
It'd just be cool if people opened their eyes
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Figure It Out
03:26
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I see so many things wrong
Where does my resistance belong?
There seems to be a set dialogue
Set-up for playing this part
Its always one or the other
Extremes faced against each other
There seems to be a set dialogue
Set-up for playing my part, I gotta...
figure it out
The days tend to get so dark
When I'm not giving them thought
Passively drifting on by
This is my consumers life
I always feel the hope
Squatting roof-tops and being broke
Sometime I just get tired
Its hard to stick with either side
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Dead Men Don't Rape
05:09
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The streets aren't safe and I can't sleep
Thinking about them holding down arms and feet
Sick and twisted fucks are out in the dark
Bag your head and have their way with you down at Franklin Park
A girl got off the bus and was approached by a few men
They gang-raped her on the bike trail right then and there
high-traffic area and no one saw it?
I read the paper the next day did anyone write a column?
2 males ride around in a well-described car
picking up womyn by gun-point at sunset
Brutally rape them and beat them with a gun
Cops say their "looking" but haven't found anyone
I put up some flyers and we had a vigil
but it happens again and rapists aren't getting the signal
The healing process takes more than days and hours
But put a bullet in a rapist's head and the streets are ours
Three guys wearing baseball caps
grabbed someone outside the club last night
they held her down while she kicked and screamed
They carved the word "fag" right into her skin
The tolerence in this city is so upsetting
I'm not saying a song is setting things right again
I fail alot in my own apathectic reactions
I'm not sure how to stop this from happening
It make me afraid of myself because of my gender
Am I at fault because of my genitals?
I start to think about self-mutilation
Ease my mind that I'm physically incapable
Of ever causing this kind of harm
No blood on the hand at the end of this arm
One sure way to find resolution
Dead men don't rape so shoot to kill
Dead men don't rape
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Explanation
02:36
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Compromising myself and my ideas
Actions of the world
For a limitless black hole
Bombardment
Of no conclusion
Pounding information
Without the birth of any tangible
Explanation: That's what would kill the soul
Not one speck of sand
to make it cohesive
I'm killing my heart
The innate - Anything to keep me tethered...
tethered to this world
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20. |
No Hope No Future
01:32
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Grab your flag and wave it high
The blood from it is in my eyes
amerikkka, oh I despise
It's murder! It's Murder!!
Always have to watch my back?
The news says we're under attack
I think the world's gone black
No Hope No Future
"Go get you gun, this 'Paki's' mine"
Asking questions is just wasting time
We've been at this war for years
and never once have I seen a tear
America's so pissed cause New York blew up
Got a mouthful now, can't chew, so we spit it up
no hope no future
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DIY is not a slogan to fill your appetite
Its not supposed to be something that'll make you sleep better at night
Clear Channel venues shouldn't make you feel alright
Against Me!, Le Tigre - what happened to your insight?
Once it was "DIY or DIE"
Now its just something on the side
When you cross that line, the meaning gets lost
Hypocrisy won't get your message across
Thats why... I'm doing it myself
How many bands have to go down this path
Before we realize Time-Warner waters down our wrath
You say "fuck the war!" and the auidence buys a coke
On Colombia's oppression I hope you fucken choke
Ending is better than bending...
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22. |
The Dream Is Over
02:58
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And time sits still upon our minds
Recollecting greys and blues
A letter written but never sent
Somethings you lose, somethings you give away
Why do good things never want to stay?
A bit more pay, a bit more poverty
Sometimes it feels as though the past and the future
Are pressing so hard on either side
That there's no room for the present at all
Those who can't forget the past are condemned to repeat it
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23. |
Smash The Class
02:57
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Its time to smash the class boundaries
Peace can't exist while there's still poverty
Middle-class working class its a type of modern slavery
no more taking this abuse lightly
We've gotta stand up and believe
That you really can bite the hand that feeds
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter where you're from
As long as you want some equality
No war but class... war
Far too long we've been living in this dream
Of making it big on the american scheme
Something we've all failed to see
Capitalism enslaves us all
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Yr Choice
02:33
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Fighting, whining, winning, and losing
Get in or get out, the choice is yer choosing
Living, dying, anger, repression
Accepting you fate, accepting oppression
The facts, or fiction, a life of afflictions
Wearing the crown of yer submission
I care too much to accept my position
This is a fight worth your affection
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Went to the Music Zone to see the Toasters play
Not that far just an hour's drive away
$15 just to fucken get inside
Pissed off already cause the cover was too high
Drinking beer and dancing to Regatta '69
Got a free CD and everything was going fine
Then the Toasters started playing and Isaac hit the ground
He got back up but then he went to go sit down
Asheville Music Zone don't care about the scene
Making lots money is the owner's only dream
Took some bottles and smashed up the door
Broke some windows but we should've broke some more
Isaac laid down on a couch in the back
He wasn't bothering anybody - he just felt like crap
Bouncers harrased him and tried to pick a fight
Pushed him out the door, laughed, and said "Have a good night!"
Somebody told me he was lying in the street
And they were gonna call the cops if I didn't get him to his feet
"Well whats the fucken problem, and why'd you kick him out?
They said "This ain't no fucken hotel
and you cover money -it don't count"
Asheville Music Zone doesen't care about the kids
They just want to see their pockets full of dollar bills
Here in S.C. a few shows is all we get
Just trying to have fun and they've got to be pricks
Fuck Asheville Music Zone
I won't support them
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26. |
Drink!(?)
01:37
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I love drinking! It makes me me!
Nothing wrong with it that I can see
People say that I don't think, but that's the whole point when I drink/
DRINK!
When I drink P.C. kids get pissed
Start calling me asshole and sexist
I'm so sorry, can't you see??
I've been drinking: The excuse for me!
Drink! -?
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27. |
TV Makes Me Happy
03:56
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The Way An Animal Operates was the solo project of William Gustafson, aka Anima Logic, from 2000 - 2007.
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