Alexisonfire
Mailbox Arson
[Still like.]
(Your mail's not safe in this town)
I strike a red bird on your face
And pour the kerosone in your mouth
I watch the match fall down your throat
I burn all your precious bowels
I watch the smoke pour from every crack
And breathe in your secret lives
All your bills, pay, and welfare cheques
But I don't think I can stay for long
There's lots more mail that's not yet ash
(Your mail's not safe in this town)
I watch the smoke start to rise
One hundred homes, one hundred fires
Everything you own now burns away
This town is no longer mine
It's fucked with me for the last time
How I wish that I could see your face
When the sky is streaked with plumes
Know that it's my signature
Upon this wretched fucking city
Mailbox arson
My sweet revenge
I'll strike a match and burn away every tie that binds
me to this place.
When the smoke clears
You can consider us even
(Your mail's not safe in this town)
Chiodos
Queen of Diamonds
[Still love.]
Look at all that rain
Let her keep her brain
What light is for lovers
Hide under sheets or under covers
So get up and leave the room
And lose what you love
I caught the Queen of Diamonds
Staring back at me
Cute Is What We Aim For
There's a Class for This
[lawl. I miss this song now.]
What you got now, gotta gotta give it up
We keep ourselves a mystery
But we provide, provide the clues
But the rest is up to you
And don't forget to check the obvious
We are so serious
I guess it all comes down to how curious you can be
Drama doesn't follow me, it rides on my back
I may be ugly, but they sure love to stare
And you check your labels more than the FCC
And these calories are, are killing me
This is a sticky situation
So keep your chest in the game
And drop your jaw and coax me
This is a party without the people
This is a show without the sounds
This is a dance without the steps
Now I gave you the clues
So find what I've found
From Autumn to Ashes
Autumn's Monologue/The Fiction We Live
[Still love.]
Oh, why can't I be what you need?
A new improved version of me
But I'm nothing so good
No, I'm nothing, just bones
A lonely ghost burning down songs
Of violence, of love, and of sorrow
I beg for just one more tomorrow
Where you hold me down, fold me in
Deep in the heart of your sins
I'd break in two over you
And each piece of me dies
And only you can give the breath of life
But you don't see me
You don't
Here I'm in between darkness and light
Bleached and blinded by these nights
Where I'm tossing and tortured till dawn
By you, visions of you, then you're gone
Shock bleeds the red from my face
When I hear someone's taking my place
How could love be so thoughtless and cruel?
When all that I did was for you...
Now you see me
Now you don't
Now you need me
Now you don't
You might be just what I need
No, I would not change a thing
Been dreaming of this so long
But we only exist in this song
The thing is I'm not worth the sorrow
But if you come and meet me tommorow
I'll hold you down, fold you in
Deep in the fiction we live
I break in two over you
And if a piece of you dies
Autumn, I will bring you back to life
Of course I see you
I do.
Protest the Hero
The Divine Suicide of K.
[Still like.]
I better think of my answers now
Because I know questions will be asked
If I brought the joy I'd found
In the confessions of a mask
The tip of my tongue's already
Touching the top of my mouth
It's meaning manifest and mercy
Burning down the house
It's about to come crashing through
I'm walking one last mile in big steps as your alter
wine
I'm doing it in tattered shoies that aren't even mine
Because my own are in a box
Along with possessions I can't have
Like the gunman with his future
And the prison priest's golden calf
(Walking one last mile)
Blindfolds aside
I'd probably still close my eyes
I'd try to feel for a trembling fetal life inside
Of the shotgun barrel
That's about to make me bleed
Like an ulcer in the stomach of the beast
Like a little girl on a bed
That was years ago deceased
But ressurected last night
With a letter she can't trace
Ressurected to be killed
And maybe born again
I'll always be Kezia
So long as any hope remains...
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Seventeen Ain't So Sweet
[rofl. I suck.]
She never was the best
At following the trend
Stayed one step above the rest
And even if it seems like the world is crashing on
her
She wouldn't let it hold down
Wouldn't hold her back
Don't worry; you'll show them
There's a fire in your eyes
And I hope you let it burn
There's a scream in your voice
And I hope you will be heard
There's a fire in your eyes
And I hope you let it burn until you're heard
Seventeen is just the test
And I would recommend
That you live with no regrets
And even if it seems like the world is crashing on
you
You shouldn't let it hold you down
Shouldn't hold you back
Relax girl, turn down the lights
No one can see you shining
Relax girl, it'll be all right
No one can stop you if you try
Point of rhythm is the fall awaiting time
To listen to the beating in your mind
Remember if you seek then you shall find
Say Anything
Admit It!!!
[Still my anthem. XD]
Admit it!
Despite your pseudo-bohemian appearance
That vaguely
leftist doctrine of beliefs,
You know nothing about art or sex
That you couldn’t read in any trendy New York underground
fashion magazine.
Prototypical non-conformist,
You are a vacuous soldier of the thrift store Gestapo.
You adhere
to a set of standards and tastes
That appear to be determined by an unseen panel of hipster judges (bullshit)
Giving
a thumbs up or thumbs down to incoming and outgoing trends and styles of music and art.
Go analog baby, you’re so
post-modern!
You’re diving face forward into an antiquated path.
It’s disgusting, its offensive
Don’t stick your nose up at me!
Yeah, what do you have
to say for yourself?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
You spend your time sitting in circles with your friends
Pontificating
to each other forever competing for that one moment of self aggrandizing glory
In which you hog the intellectual spotlight,
Holding
dominion over the entire shallow, pointless conversation.
Oh, we’re not worthy!
When you walk by a group of quote unquote normal people,
You
chuckle to yourself patting yourself on the back as you scoff.
It's the same superiority complex
Shared by the high
school jocks who made your life a living hell,
And it makes you a slave to the competitive capitalist dogma
You spend
every moment of your waking life bitching about!
Cause I’m proud of my life and the things that I have done
Proud
of myself and the loner I’ve become.
You’re free to whine, it will not get you far.
I do just fine, my car
and my guitar.
Well let me tell you this, I am shamelessly self-involved.
I spend hours in front of the mirror, making
my hair elegantly disheveled.
I worry about how this album will sell
Because I believe that it will determine the amount
of sex I will have in the future.
I self medicate with drugs and alcohol to treat my extreme social anxiety.
You are
a faker (Admit it!)
You are a fraud (Admit it!)
Yeah, you’re living a lie, your life is living a lie.
You don’t
impress me (Admit it!)
You don’t intimidate me (Admit it!)
Why don’t you bow down, get on the ground, and walk
this fucking plank!
I'm drifting...
And I am done with this.
I wanna taste the breeze of every great city.
My
car and my guitar, my car and my guitar.
So you've come to be, made of these, urgent unfulfilled
When I'm dead I'll
rest
I'll lay still.
Say Anything
WOW, I Can Get Sexual Too!
[Hehe.]
If I die and go hell real soon
It will appear to me as this room
And for eternity, I lay in bed
In my boxers, half stoned
With a pillow under my head
I'll be chatting on the interweb
Maggots prey upon the living dead
I have no interest in the things she said
On the phone, everyday
I'll permanently hit the hay, hey
I called her on the phone and she touched herself
I laughed myself to sleep
At this rate, I'll be heading for electric chairs
I'm only human with my cross to bear
When she described her underwear
I forgot all the rules
My rabbi taught me in the old shul
You're too young to be this empty girl
I'll prepare you for a sick, dark world
I know that you will be my downfall
But I call and I call and I call
I don't know what I want...
Senses Fail
The Rapture
[Blah.]
I waited for the light to come
And change my life
Now I am blind, my faith is gone
I'm finding out the good book was wrong
And I must face
That I won't be saved
We're destined to all die alone
I buried my cross with a rose
I won't kneel at your alter now that I know
It's a table for a magic show
UnderOath
It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front
Door
[Still love.]
I've been up at this all night long
And I'm drowing in my sleep
I prayed for your safe place
And it's time for us to leave
Time is running, it's running on empty
And the gas is running out
I've decided tonight is the night
That I set love aside
Full speed ahead this seems to be the place
I've seen this once before
Planned perfection, sought in my dreams
Hoping this would take you home
My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
(So hold on tight)
Kiss me one last time
(Shut your eyes)
Around this turn where the cross will cast your shadow
The people will all gather
To remember such a day
Where the flames grew as high as trees
And the world stopped for you and me
I will now bring new meaning to the world alone
Endless nights of dreaming of life
And the days we shoudl have spent here
Drowning in my sleep
Glass shatters and comes to a halt
I thought we be there by now
I thought it would be so much quicker than this
Pain has never been so brilliant
I made sure you were buckled in
Now you can walk hand in hand with him
UnderOath
Reinventing Your Exit
[Shtill <3.]
Twelfth and Hide on a Sunday
Feeling like we're gold
And we're nothing short of invincible
It starts again, can you feel it?
It takes your breath away
Stop saying that we're invincible
Around and around
You're uninviting, unrewarding
And I'm misinforming you
We all want to be somebody
Right now we're just looking for the exit
This is the way I would done things
Up against the wall
You've got me up against your wall
It's you and me on a Monday
The lies that we told
This is where we both go numb now
You broke my heart again this time
You're fading now, you crossed the line
Reaching out for a hand that's not there
But you're not there
UnderOath
When the Sun Sleeps
[Still really love.]
I thought you'd come back, at least I prayed
The romance has been dead for years
But I've been too afraid to dig the grave
Relief support never came
Memories carry me through the day
Of when we were kids
And angels came to watch us play
Close my eyes, just for tonight
The sun still sleeps, and when she wakes
A movie that plays in my mind
Remembring
you helps me survive
Every day a re-run of the next
I promised to stay by your side
That all would change, I
can't complain
Another victim of the game
Maybe love will find us again
For there is always tomorrow
Sincerely
till the end
You'll be a memory
[Note: I am surprised at how many of these songs I don't hate.]