Earthquakes
earthquakes, flooding rain,
tornadoes and hurricanes
why should we care about her
when all she does is cause us pain
i'm only one
and i don't care about the long run
i don't buy that hippy crap
those liberal scientists overreact
i think that things will be just fine
cuz i don't have the time
to worry about the worlds problems
i've got my own to mind
not everything will be just fine
if we all just decline
to worry about the worlds problems
and we're runnin out of time
it's time to see the theories point to the facts
it's time to react
Give War a Chance
unlawful enemy combatants
they'll be no cut and run without my consent
admit defeat, over my dead body
can't you see the defeatists flee
aren't we all sick of war
wouldn't it be nice to see it no more
well, no, not when it grants you power galore
the whole world can be your enemy
run your country down six feet deep
and then alibi the author of liberty
so give war a chance
before you take a stance
think of what you could finance
if you give war a chance
casual contempt for democracy
any dissent is disloyalty
freedoms don't come from god or the state
freedoms are granted by the people who relate
to the human race
Demonstration
lyrics written by Junior Byles, except*
(Music written by Lee "Scratch" Perry)
Demonstration and protest
are putting brothers against brothers
juvenile delinquents are putting mother against child
men are building rockets
going to outer space
others building implements
to wipe out the human race
well i don't know
i don't know what the world is coming to
i don't know what in the world we're gonna do
*magnetic ribbons and bracelets
signs of patriotism
but are we doing anything
to fight corrupt politicians
This is Not a Bomb
this song may blow
but it's not a bomb
would you believe me if i said
my word is bond
this may be improvised
but it's not an explosive device
the song may blow but i really don't know
if we should stop the show
bombs are dropping, let's go shopping
ease our minds at war
until it hits home
the danger's postponed
leave the innocent dead unknown
until it hits home
let the media roam
leave the cost of war unknown
Dubblespeak
I contemplate with sovereign reverence
the state of this wall, an invisible fence
freedom of belief we can dismiss
cuz "freedom" today is too ambiguous
their words have a way of hiding what they really say
intelligent design, like jumbo shrimp
jesus is my homie and darwin's just a chimp
so long ago prophets saw the light
so there's no need for science to prove what's right
words have a way of hiding what they really say
and doublespeaking has become the law
with god on our side there is no flaw
preaching peace while practicing war
casually the casualties increase
as we pray for peace, we're down on our knees
change ain't gonna come until we're back on our feet
god is government
I can read between the lines
Our country's got a destiny
A mission so divine
So we gotta stay on top cuz america's the best
So we kill all the rest and claim mission accomplished!
Their words have a way of hiding what they really say
But no one is listening anyway...
Apathy Keeps Me Going
If no one else seems to care
Then why should I?
I've got my own mess of monkeys
Clinging to my spine
Lord knows I try
But just can't find
any time, no, there is no time
For my own peace of mind
Does no one move without a movement?
so apathetic and indifferent
there's too much going on
i've got to pick and choose
only fighting battles i know i can't lose
a generation of stagnation,
procrastination,
self-damnation
Liberate your conscience from the guilt of apathy
Choice Hops
Give them the choice cuz what's it mater to you?
we're not asking you to change your views
you can think what you want, just as we will
but don't turn your opinions into a bill!
The President's Hidden Horns
He's on a mission
with his permission slip
signed by God
detainment camps,
nightly news with a slant
spreading freedom like the plague
Rocky Shores from a Bird's Eye
President G. W. Babylon
chosen by Him
just dug up and old friend
a bird named Jim
Together they will fly and stablize a central lie
high above the tide
while the bottom rung are left to drown
and God is still renowned
Row row row,
gently below the crow
we'll build the Tower of Babel all over again
plead to God and say Amen
We'll build a monument for ourselves
plead to God and place Him on our shelves.
it's an invisible institution, therefore
it needs no resolution
Of Fish & Water
how can I implement the notion
to sing about persecution?
Why do I have this impulsion?
I cannot start a revolution
Still I try, I don't know why-
we claim we're color-blind
but that's a lie, nevermind
i can see you really don't mind
Well I can't join, but I can surely help
cuz i believe in human rights
for more than just myself
am I wrong to want to fight?
maybe i would understand better if
if i was more like my kind
blind and ignorant, selfish, inconsiderate
believe me i'm far from perfect-
maybe i just need to get away
and escape all this hate-
but it's everywhere I see
and I was born the enemy
No I can't join, but I can surely yell
cuz i believe in human rights
for more than just myself
am I wrong to want to fight?
You have no idea what it's like to be me
But I could never have a clue what it is to be you
Too scared to protest or to question
Let's make the most of our social regression…
if i could make like a snake and shed my skin
would it be a big mistake or my remission of sin?
Grab a Shovel
Crises going on they don't want you to see
So it's not in the news or made reality
Pile on the dirt, we'll just revert
And destroy another piece of the puzzle
Soon it will vanish into history
The truth will be buried in layers of debris
A hundred thousand lives in another genocide
but we've got better places for our troops to reside
plus, we don't know what to do,
if there's nothing to pursue
and when it's all through we'll grab a shovel…
Bureaucratic Beat
Nostalgia indicates there's a problem today
The youth are armed and lie in wait, in total disarray
There's money for more guns
while the school's are lacking funds
We're taught to kill before we learn to write our will
And this instrument of mine
is just a weapon in my mind
Which stays confined
Big business sucks up and spits out
My small future seems to be in doubt
This Bureaucratic Beat is the Babylon we speak
What we aim to defeat, but it lookin pretty bleak
when all the kids are marching to the Bureaucratic Beat
tho they're scarce resources
we'll work them like horses
[support the corporate mercenary]
we'll fill 'em with pride
so their death is justified
But what can we do
when social protest is taboo?
ADD to the Album
Don't stand in line, shop for free online!
Download one song, don't listen, move along
Novelty song culture, Save the single…
Change the CD and break the shellac,
I've got music ADD so skip the track!
Oligopuzzled
These oligopolies must be destroyed
This oligopoly- I've got a plan to employ
But I can see our options are falling
5, 4, 3, 2, 1
it's the Big 5! Then Big 4! Soon the Big 3, then 2, 1
Pretty soon they'll all be one
And the album will be gone,
And no one will care,
We'll try to save it I swear…
But I can see our options are falling
5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Big 5! Big 4! Big 3, 2, 1
It's the business man verses the musician
But in the end there's no competition
Money beats every opposition
We've got the freedom of speech
But not the freedom to be heard
If it won't move millions
Then the chance is absurd
Enjoy your cd's while they last
They're goin the way of the 8-track
And soon nothing wil be tangible,
Just digital ...
No Child Left
I've decided to be unresolved and effectively useless,
positively unsure, undoubtedly dubious,
I'm happily depressed, and I relish in the stress,
Yes I'm comfortably awkward
Econo, inefficient, intelligently absurd
I've successfully failed and attempted
to make no effort-
I quickly decelerate, and the inadequate
I'll appreciate…
They say No child left behind
But take a closer look and you're bound to find
that this Act segregates and then isolates
The wealthy from the poor and the latter
don't get a dime
Kids enter school a question mark
but taught to leave a period
Forced to suppress their creative spark
thrown at the bottom of the pyramid
They've successfully failed
at attempting to make no effort
They educate the already educated
And the rest of you can shovel dirt
Why do we accept this prejudiced assessment?
I can't pass this test, so an idiot I must be
Classify us like a piece of meat…
Now you see why I have no ambition?
No matter how hard these kids will try
They won't have the same opportunity as me
So why try?
...no, not a dime
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
while they're ignored and fighting the war
they say no child left behind
you're outta sight then you're outta mind
And surely they're left behind…
Pop n Pillage
Oh man, my head is splitting-
luckily we've got these pills
Oh man, my clothes aren't fitting-
luckily we've got…
These pills, they're proven and tested,
But do you even know what the test is?
They may kill, but life's not worth the fight
If everything's not perfectly right- right?
Dedication to medication without question…
Dedication to medication without regard
Oh man, won't the shit just hit the fan
Once the side effects get outta hand?
Poppin pills, runnin thru mine fields
That the doctor has prescribed
But I will do what I am told to do
The diagnosis is bona fide
Pop some more and hit the dance floor
Cuz who needs self control?
Stomp your feet to the beat of the elite
Play their game and know your role
Machines of Nature
The notion of truth is a projected concept
that truly has no objective content
but what seems to be,
uncertainty 's got the best of me
you gotta sift thru the shit to barley bear a bit
of truth in the mainstream
philosophy, psychology, theology
ain't of the essence, you just need faith
Christianity is sanity, the vanity
is obsolescence, and you can't debate
cuz this freedom's enforced
til it pins you right to the floor
The notion of faith is a projected conception
that faithfully has no objective contention
i don't need reality to educate me
cuz i've got strength in my convictions
you know i believe (blindly)
and if man is made in the image of the lord
I better take his holey face off my dartboard
we are just machines of nature
Vicar of Christ to the dog in the manger
Machines of nature...
in God we trust, an American must
it's organized religion, faithful or bust
so arrogant and god fearing
it's no wonder why… (we three are sneering)
she said "the world's gonna end,
and I'm goin insane"
so I can get away with murder if it's in god's name
What the fuck is wrong with these Americans??
I thought we've progressed from dumb barbarians...
Got A Feeling 21
we don't ever wish for
words we can't erase
this is our time to lie
and we don't ever think on
thoughts we can't escape
isn't is great to be alive
just knowing,
i will laugh last
that i will laugh last, at last.
and we don't ever want love
a love that we can't taste
this is our time to lie
and we don't live our lives for
walls we can't escape
isn't it great to be alive
just knowing,
i will laugh last
that i will laugh last, at last.
and we don't ever step towards
any existing place
this is our time to lie
and we won't live our lives for
a God we can't disgrace
isn't it great to be alive
just knowing,
i will laugh last
that i will laugh last, at last.
Harvard Ave.
well i've drank till every girl is pretty
til every angry face was a friend
and now i'm drinking like the night just started
like this isn't the end
but take me down again
and i'll smile in the knockout
i'm recreating defeats i thought that i had worn out
then why
why am i here again
and sitting on this curb like it's my island
say hi
to the champion of defeat
alone and cold
with my whole world around me
trying to sleep but still competing
with the spinning of the earth
and every day she wakes me up
a little earlier
but baby everything is free
when it's right after dawn
when this crying child's quiet
when everybody's gone
but take me down again
and i'll smile in the letdown
i'm replaying defeats i thought that i had lived down
then why
why am i here again
and sitting on this curb like it's my island
say hi
to the champion of defeat
alone and cold
with my whole world around me x2
just me just me just me just me
just me just me just me just me
just me and my empty stomach
down where the sidewalk ends
i've already thrown up
all my best friends
Blue Ribbon Baby
they've got you right where they want you
and they want you
you heard it from me
they've got you right in place
in places
right between their teeth
blue ribbon baby, yeah
you're blue ribbon baby
these people are vampires
an insomniacs ghost
they've brought their knives out
with lust in their throat
blue ribbon baby, yeah
you're blue ribbon baby
j'espere que ta mere est heureuse
j'espere que ta mere est heureuse
avec tu, little piggy yeah
avec tu, little piggy
blue ribbon baby, yeah
you're blue ribbon baby
Liquid Spear
you had such a big surprise for us
we spoke too soon to say
cuz there you are with that smile for us
but when you get close, i go away
cuz i thought that we got
to the end of you
i thought we got the last word
i sang a ghost's song for one night
like it was some game to play
you grabbed my wrists and shoved my hands in the light
i never found the words to say
cuz i thought that we got
to the end of you
i thought we got the last word
i thought we got through to you
when i threw you off the end of the earth
cuz there's no next time
there's no next time for now
no there's no next time
there's no next time for now
but here we go around again
like nothing's wrong
around again around again
something's wrong
i self-frustrate again
swallow fire
around again around again
make me a liar
cuz there's no next time
there's no next time for now
no there's now next time
there's no next time for now
cuz i thought that we got
to the end of you
i thought we got the last word
i thought we got through to you
when i threw you off the end of the earth
Five Weeks, 7 Months Removed
no curses and no praises
we paint the walls in grey since
familiar faces from family memories i've never seen
start appearing in my dreams
with their scary similarities
and this boy that resembles me that i laid deceased
well make the same mistake but make it count
til there's not a wall left on his house
screaming at that structure til it all fell down
when all he ever wanted was out
no praises and no curses
carry out the tears in hearses
did this dead man drown
his blood in tears, the only life he'd pass down
now he prays
that his time ticks past
and packs his bags before he can
make the same mistake but make it count
til there's not a wall left on his house
screaming at that structure til it all fell down
when all he ever wanted was out
motives my irresponsibility
my mood to leave a scar
the evidence in capillaries
hello jupiter my failed star
make the same mistake but make it count
til there's not a wall left on his house
screaming at that structure til it all fell down
when all he ever wanted was out
lyin' here
or so i'm told
i was unaware
of all that i'd give away
lyin' here
or so i'm told
i was unaware
of all that i gave away
this is my last shot at redemption
to do the right thing
and all that i give away
in my life will dissipate, end.
An Oil Fire At Sea
oh is this yours
this loving steel between my ribs
well i guess this is the place
ask me if you
can kiss my wounds
all you want's a little taste
but you burned me
yeah you burned me
cuz talk ain't cheap,
or is it babe?
or is it babe?
exhume my love
from the bottom of the sea
but maybe what's left is best left best best
bring it up
but i failed to mention
there's no key to this chest
cuz you burned me
yeah you burned me
cuz talk ain't cheap
or is it babe?
cuz you burned me
yeah you burned me
cuz talk ain't cheap
or is it babe?
or is it babe?
oh what a lovely crypt you keep
well goodbye
you act so fast but can't catch me
not tonight
oh what a lovely crypt you keep
well goodbye
you act so fast but can't catch me
not tonight, not tonight
cuz you burned me
yeah you burned me
cuz talk ain't cheap
or is it babe?
cuz you burned me
yeah you burned me
cuz talk ain't cheap
or is it babe?
or is it babe?
talk ain't cheap
or is it babe?
One Bad Wave Through H-town
oh look at you
all drugged up and wonderful
if they could see you now
they'd laugh
it's too true
no lamp in the lighthouse tonight
and no turning back
the time's past
for the ghost
of an overdose
and slow suicide
but who knew?
oh look at you
all slack-jawed and superior
you'd call on them now
but you lost track
it's too true
like sleeping thoughtlessly
no inner truth
just went black
for the ghost
of an overdose
and slow suicide
cuz you can't stay high
no you can't stay there all the time
but who knew?
now you're bleeding from a thousand cuts
screaming please someone just sew me up
sew what? sew what? so what
you're the ghost
of an overdose
and slow suicide
cuz you can't stay high
no you can't stay there all the time
but who knew?
