1. |
Safety In Numbers
03:36
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There has got to be a way
For me to break out of this place
Cuz every turn i make betrays
Staring through the glass, tormenting eyes, never look away
(stop seeking, stay sleeping)
So I See
a way to get me out of here
maybe
(No peaking, keep dreaming)
costs me more than I can pay
Safety
(Stop seeking, stay sleeping)
Is living inside of this cage
suffering
do all good deeds help buy my way?
are glass ceilings merely glass slipper displays?
(Stop seeking, stay sleeping)
So I see
Something that’ll set me free
Maybe
(no peeking/peaking, keep dreaming)
Something that is just the same
Their parade
marching in sorrow
just say a prayer for me
thy kingdom come; thy will be done
forgive our trespass; forgive those who trespass
lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Now I see
the branches of the knowledge tree
razed me
I realize that I don’t care/I realize I love the pain
(You are the saint of suffering)
so save your prayer for me
For me
For me
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2. |
Wait and See
03:27
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She sleeps thru Monday mornings
Like I slept through all the warnings
That we’re not a match
She thinks my friends are boring
So I dropped them while out touring
Cuz she such a catch
Every time she stays the night
I get a semblance of a life
And we both know
That we’re nothing on our own
I fucked up my life for you
No well laid plan no longer view
Other than
Trying to be your man
And you fucked up your life for me
Threw away everything
Don’t think I can
Ever understand
Why we’re not meant to be
I guess I’ll wait around to see
My sister calls each evening
Asking me why I’m not leaving
Says I’m codependent
I don’t defend it
They can’t capture my attention
In this family interventions
It’s getting so redundant
So I go absent
But each time I try shit on my own
The fear of missing her brings me back home
Cuz we both know
That we’re nothing on our own
And I fucked up my life for you
No well laid plans no longer view
Other than
Trying to be your man
And you fucked up your life for me
Threw away everything
Don’t think I can
Ever understand
Why we’re not meant to be
I guess I’ll wait till
My parole officer starts calling
And this fucking bank teller is stalling
And my ankle bracelet won’t stop its incessant beep
She pulls the stocking off of my face
As the whole swat team surrounds the place
But she tells me it’s ok
That we’re back in bed still fast asleep
Just how Monday mornings ought to be
Now our families both reject us
Cuz were serving a life sentence
Now I see
That you fucked up your life for you
Serving hard time for two
I hope you understand
This was not the plan
Cuz I fucked up my life for me
No chances of early release
Don’t think I can
Ever be with you again
Unless you cop a plea
I guess I’ll wait around to see
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3. |
Mate Feed Kill Repeat
02:08
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That girl with 1000 eyes
can’t wear no Groucho disguise
when she dances the room spins clockwise
her lasers can vaporize
her mama teaches ballet-
students that crime doesn’t pay
those chicas indulge anyway
In their tutus and machetes
make no mistake
that paper covers rock
and tarantula will always beat rattlesnake
wake up next to your boyfriend’s-
dead body it’s the new trend
tell all his pals this weekend
you don’t know quite what happened
make no mistake
there’s a pick for every lock
and no one got nowhere
without cutting some brakes
here’s some advice that is free
but you didn’t hear it from me
life’s meaning is no mystery
mate feed kill and repeat
mate feed kill and repeat
mate feed kill and repeat
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4. |
Tiny People
02:26
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Look at the people
The tiny people
The burden of Mother earth
Look at the people
All the tiny people
Been separated since birth
From the forest through the trees
They don’t want to see
The dynasty of their disease is born
Look at the people
These walls are see thru
Stabbing the backs of their friends
Look at the people
From the church steeple
You know we’re better than them
From the forest through the trees
They don’t want to know
The dynasty of their disease grows
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5. |
Know Time
04:50
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Stop light says
That I’m already late
A sequence of reds
Signals hurry up and wait
Xeroxed days
Fill another calendar page
The plans we make
Pave a pathway to old age
And I’m stuck
In a moment
That I don’t recognize
Reminding me to try
And take it slowly
The clock is ticking
Take it slow
We’re out of time
Take it slowly
The hour hand I’m holding
Take it slow
The minute hand slips by
The speed I move
fades days in the rear view
Break lights glare
Obscure the now and then, who cares
Cuz I’m stuck
In a moment
That I don’t recognize
Reminding me to try
And take it slowly
The clock is ticking
Take it slow
We’re out of time
Take it slowly
The hour hand I’m holding
Take it slow
The minute hand slips by
The dashboard clock
Is never going to stop
So take it slowly
Inhale this moment
Take it slow
Second hand slips by
Take its slowly
The breath your holding
Take it slow
Holds you up high
Take it slowly
Exhale that moment
Take it slow
And say goodbye
Take it slowly
Another one is coming
Take it slow
The ebb and flow of life
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6. |
Calling The Shots
03:07
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If we let it burn
What would be the appeal
Somebody skipped my turn
Somebody ate my meal
You’re my type of people
I like to see killed
Slippin down a steep hill cuz my labor is unskilled
No way
Keep out
Symptoms
No doubt
Might be
Right now
My Place at the table’s x’d out
My plea
Ripped out
Victim
No doubt
Return
With some
New head of the label pimped out
Make up your mind
You can’t drive blind
The next episode
You get a brand new suit
A rattail for a necktie
A pair of cement shoes
You don’t count as people
So now you gotta steal
You might think your civilized rat racing on your wheel
Make up your mind
You can’t drive blind
Make up your mind
You can’t drive blind
Nobody’s calling the shots
Nobody’s calling the shots
Nobody’s calling the shots anymore
So this shot’s the only one that we got
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7. |
Farm Road
01:44
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8. |
Blank Stare
04:12
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I keep my scene undercover
It’s going all right
I keep myself undiscovered
Out of the spotlight
Ain’t that strange
To never try your hand at fame
Don’t keep a list of the venues
We’re too small to play
Don’t keep an eye on the follows
No new ones today
Ain’t that lame
To live a never ending game
But it’s ok
I still love it
It’s ok
I still care
Never reach for a hand out
Never gotta meet a blank stare
I keep meaning to remember
The real reason why
I keep a leash on my ego
And reign in the angry guy
That’s not me
The bitter punk I used to be
I keep an empty schedule
And never waste no time
I keep a lock on my bedroom
Till I think of a rhyme
Ain’t that great
One way to never have to date
But it’s ok
I still love it
It’s ok
I still care
Never look for another
Never gotta meet a blank stare
Falling away against the sunshine now
But it’s ok
I still love it
It’s ok
I still care
Never look in the mirror
Never gotta meet a blank stare
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9. |
Goth Lessons
02:27
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Staying at home
Is making me sick
Cuz I’m missing out
On my one life to live
But the phone doesn’t ring
And everything’s closed
All dressed up for depression
Again I suppose
But I hear there’s a girl
Who lives in our town
Down by the graveyard’s
Where she can be found
She’s got a method
When you wanna end it
If you feel like breaking
She’ll teach you to bend it
She’s teaching
Goth lessons
To the neighborhood kids
She’s gonna test em
On what it means to be pissed
She’s mad at the world
And you can be to
Just follow her lead
It’s so easy to do
First paint your room black
Tell your mom to frig off
Put on Sisters of Mercy
Not Dua Lipa
If you wanna look hot
When the temperatures top
Wear a crushed velvet cape
And a pair of arm socks
She’s teaching
Goth lessons
To those who are bored
She’ll answer questions
If you can afford
She’s mad at her dad
And probably yours too
And if your big brother teased her
She’s mad at him too
At rainy day recess she puts on The Craft
And at graduation she said we were already dead
And just laughed and laughed
Yeah I knew a girl
Who could show you the way
But the PTA burned her at the stake
For teaching
Goth lessons
To your wayward kids
They thought she
Wouldn’t infect us
But she already did
We’ll burn down your rules
And dump black paint in your pools
Until goth lessons are mandated in schools
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10. |
Stare Into The Dark
03:25
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I’ll walk along with you
Just as long as you want me to
Wherever we may go
Whatever we may see
I’ll take your hand in mine
As we stroll till the end of time
Come whisper to me now
Make dreams come true somehow
And all the truth spills out
Lips part like candy clouds
Your heart knocks twice for yes
Behind your angel breast
As we stare into the dark
As we stare into the dark
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11. |
Tarot
02:49
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My baby lay a’dyin
as I say my morning prayer
It’s a cold day in November
Still there’s fever in the air
I ain’t never been too lucky
In my meek and humble way
I’m a gambling man by nature
Pissed my money all away
Old Black Coat’s outside knocking
He’s unlocking my front door
His hour glass has run empty
Lord he’s been here twice before
He come calling for my daughter
He drag off my only son
And if he takes my baby
I’ll be left the only one
I had no gun to shoot him
And send him back to heck
The only thing I kept loaded
Was this novelty card deck
I said Old Bones I’ve got a challenge
You’ve made my life so hard
And you can surely take it
If’n I can’t guess your card
A grin spread across his skull
The Devil perched up in his eye
He’s a gambling man himself
So he agreed to let me try
I shuffled and I cut em
And with every trick I knew
I fanned the cards, held out the deck
And I marked the one he drew
Now Demon, I say certain,
I know your tarot card
You’re Death of course, the reaper
And now you must keep your word
That one-eyed Jack smiled at me
He pointed to my queen
Follow me to my boat, he said
My suicidal king
My heart stopped and breath escaped
For I had knew I’d lost
He revealed the Wheel of Fortune
And then sprinkled us with frost
Now I lay with my baby
As the children laugh and sing
Humbled and exalted
Watching winter turn to spring
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12. |
Cutting Ties
03:10
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Don’t wanne be the same
Carry my fathers name
In a long line of shame
Ain’t nobody need to know about it
I changed my name to Lee
I cut my tries by three
And without apology
I took the bus on down to Summerset
If you leave you’re still blood
You’re still one of us
Strap on your boots
Just to trip over your roots
Cut us out, break our trust
You’re still one of us
Your bag is packed
But you can’t outrun your past
Sirens singing wake unto me
I cast my demons out
I’m gonna be devout
Ain’t no shadows cast a doubt
I’m gonna fly straighter than an arrow
I'm gonna claim what's mine
But I won’t cross that line
I left a life of crime and now this time
I'll walk the straight and narrow
Sirens scheming ways undo me
Sirens blaring coming for me
Ain’t I still one of you
All that you said was true
The city beat me black and blue
And I shed the blood to prove it
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13. |
Cold Roaming
04:52
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Keep breathing
I’m leaving town
For good
Going further
Stay with me
Don’t leave me here
We’re good
Going nowhere
Can’t be on my own again
Cuz it’s getting cold again
But you got too close my friend
So I’ve got to roam again
Keep breathing
I’m sinking down
Alone
Going further
Peal dead skin much to thin
Withering/I let you
Down to the bone
Dying, growing
Cuz I’m on my own again
it’s getting cold again
you got too close my friend
I won’t let you roam again
Don‘t make me say it
I’d rather be
Anywhere else
Than here with you
And I‘d rather be
With anyone else
Apart from you
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