1. |
Take The Reigns
03:04
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18, you think you're free
To be what you wanna be
Have a job or 2 or 3
You'll say you're sorry
Don't try to run or fight
Ask how or when or why
Who cares what's wrong or right?
It's money that matters
Each day just like the next
We struggle on and on
In nightmares but we're still marching
Handcuffed to life again
Don't try, they'll only push you down
What's opportunity?
You've got what you wanted now
How long till I'm my own?
Independence doesn't start
When you leave home
Locked in, can't get out
Your cube is your new home
4 walls, no windows, no doors
Handcuffed to life again
Don't try, they'll only push you down
What's opportunity?
You've got what you wanted now
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2. |
Russian Roulette
02:31
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Something isn't right, something's got you down
You feel mechanical, a lost soul in the crowd
You're one of us so none of us are going to listen to you complain
You better shut your mouth, or when we're through with you,
You'll be ashamed
If you wanna be in, you're in
If you wanna get out, get out!
Or take the Russian roulette, and bet you're going down
Thought you had friends, thought you knew this band
If you want your life to be your own, divided we stand
Shooting for stability is pointless cause you gotta deal with me
I'm seeing red, if you turn back now you'll wish you were dead
You better watch your back cause we're on the attack
You better watch your back,
there's no turning back when I say...
Don't you understand what you've done?
Let's even up the score
By now you'd better be heading for the door
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3. |
Say It If You Mean It
03:18
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"Don't walk on eggshells for me
I'm not as fragile as you think
Stop making your words fancy
Why say I don't know HER
When you actually do?
Just tell me what you really mean
Really mean
When we're alone
Why can't you tell the truth?
When we're alone, you know what you should do
Avoid reality
As you dig yourself a hole
Excuses are pathetic
Why say I apologize
When you don't regret a thing
Just tell me what you really mean
Really mean
You say these words
Why should I put up with lies?
You say these words when you know that they are untrue
Mean what you say 'cause no one will take the blame
Mean those words; the responsibility's yours
Mean what you say 'cause no one will take the blame
Mean those words; the responsibility's yours
Don't walk on eggshells for me
I'm not as fragile as you think
Stop making your words fancy
Why say I don't know HER
When you actually do?
Just tell me what you really mean
Really mean
When we're alone
Why can't you tell the truth?
When we're alone, you know what you should do
Why should I, apologize?
You say these words when you know that they are untrue
Why can't you tell the truth?
When we're alone, you know what you should do
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4. |
Roundabout
03:03
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1 A.M., the club is closing down. it's been a long day
We're on a great big road trip from coast to coast
The map is in our hands, wave goodbye and off we go
Do what we want to do
This adventure is our history, we're out here on our own
[Chorus:]
Whoa, here we go
We'll never get there, we'll never get there
If we didn't, who would care?
6 A.M., the sky is turning light. Wish I could go home
LA to Salt Lake in one long night
The sun is coming up but my body feels cold inside
What am I doing?
This adventure is our history, we're out here on our own
Then there are times when
I feel so alone and no one knows who I am
Then there are times when
The only thing I'm wishing for is a friend
Then there are times when
The kids we meet mean more to us
Than we ever thought they could
[Chorus]
Driving all day, driving all night
Asking for directions, should have driven right
Sleeping on the floor, driving through the snow
Sweaty, smoky venues at every single show
El Diablo is our home
Still one question: where does the time go?
[Chorus x2]
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5. |
Top 40 Hit
02:20
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They're making you what you are:
Soldiers with no brains
You think (you think) you have a choice
(You don't) Money chooses for you
You play the role
Follow the herd
You play the role
Remote controlled
They scoop it up, shove it down your throat
And you swallow...
You play the role
They have their hands over your ears
You'll never hear the sounds that matter
Brainwashed by repetition
(They open your mind) with a soldering gun
Don't let them tell you what to like
Don't let them tell you what to buy
You see (you hear) what they decide;
Your radio (has got to die)!!
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6. |
20 Going On
04:04
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7. |
The Simple Truth
03:59
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Even though I'm always gone
Doesn't mean I'm not thinking of you all the time
And when life is getting rough
I imagine us sharing our whole lives
We could run away
Leaving behind anything bigger
Not knowing where we're going to stay
When there's no Mondays
You're part of me, it's so easy to see.
In the simple truth
When I'm in your arms, I feel safe from harm
And sorrow too
You're part of me, it's so easy to see.
In the simple truth
But most of all, nothing couldn't be solved
When I'm with you
The memory of your smile
Pierces through the dark when I go to bed alone
And when I'm about to fall apart
I remember your open arms
Waiting for me to come home
Let's create our own world
Make of trust, simple and honest
I'll sing a song you've never ever heard
No one can hear
You're part of me, it's so easy to see.
In the simple truth
When I'm in your arms, I feel safe from harm
And sorrow too
You're part of me, it's so easy to see.
In the simple truth
But most of all, nothing couldn't be solved
When I'm with you
But most of all, nothing couldn't be solved
When I'm with you
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Ask her to stay
Ignition turns, the engine burns to life
She drives away
Away into the night
Storm rolling in
The darkness descending and then
She picks up her poison bottle
Cloudy sky, cloudy mind, now she feels at home
She drinks away her pain
As she takes your life into her hands
Out on the road
The poison has begun to settle in
She's going home
But wishes she could disappear again
She starts to swerve
The white line means nothing to her
She picks up her poison bottle
Heavy head, heavy eyes, will she make it home?
She drinks away her pain
As she takes your life into her hands
Her memories remain
As she takes your life into her hands
Losing control
Bits and pieces scatter like small toys
She'll never know
The lives she has taken and destroyed
She looks around
At flames eating bodies on the ground
She sees her broken poison bottle
Pick it up, smash it down in a pool of blood
The cops came and they took her away in chains
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9. |
Count Me Out
00:45
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I saw things that gave me reason to justify attack.
In your hair and in your breathing, I know just what you had.
Down with hope and down with you, down with all your friends.
I've been trying too hard.
I don't wanna be there when you fall down, even though you deserve it now.
Give it up you're going down. I hope you made it count.
Back it up, I'll back you out. Baby back down, back down now.
I won't be the one to wait around.
For you to keep me honest.
I won't be the one to hit the ground.
Running when your lips are stuck to his.
I won't be the one to be let down.
I won't be the one so count me out.
I don't wanna be there when you fall down, even though you deserve it now.
Give it up you're going down. I hope you made it count.
Back it up, I'll back you out. Baby back down, back down now.
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10. |
El Diablo
03:04
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I think about what's going on, then I stop thinking about it
I had a reason to believe that something's wrong...
It was only you for so long
The people ask but i don't hear
what's the question anyway?
I collect a fuzzy cloud of memories to sell to people who care
Not worth the time or energy
Take us for granted, you'll get what you ask for
Go! And don't look back at what you know
Now it's over and this chapter has been closed
The slate is blank, the day is new
The past is over, future's in view
I take my strength and apply it here
Obsolescence: that was what you feared
Don't look back at what you know
It's over and this chapter has been closed
When I open my eyes, you'll be gone
For you it's over, for me it's just begun
Let's not dwell on the past
My memory is fading now
I don't know you
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11. |
In This Together
03:11
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Take a look around the room, eyes red from crying
No one knows what is true, then I see you
I can't even try to convey how safe I am
(When you're around me)
You donate your strength when I am broken
Like a tiny grain of sand, I'm insignificant
Who is a foe, who's a friend, and who pretends
For his or her own benefit and all the while I know
(You're thinking of me)
Even when I'm alone, you're thinking of me
Sometimes I wish I could become a painting on the wall
Watch the people passing by, they don't notice me at all
Wish I could disintegrate like a fading dream
You remind me that you're by my side,
and you're thinking of me
You take my heart, I'll take your hand
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There's a light inside my head
Flickering but almost dead
My will to be awake
Covered in two tons of sand
More weighed down than when I began
Impossible to get up now, it's too late
And I feel like moving on
And I feel like getting on with life
To feel the presence of the sun on my face
Is what I need to smack those cobwebs into shape
My room is an empty cave
Darkness swallows up the day
The shades are always drawn
Skin as pale as dirty soap
Eyes that do nothing but close
Can't even see that my love of life is gone
And I feel like moving on
And I feel like getting on with life
To feel the presence of the sun on my face
Is what I need to smack those cobwebs into shape
Oh, but outside my bed it's cold
Each day I'm swimming through molasses
How will I wipe the sawdust from my eyes?
Each day I'm swimming through molasses
Oh, but outside my bed it's cold
Each day I'm swimming through molasses
How will I wipe the sawdust from my eyes?
Each day I'm swimming through molasses
Covered in two tons of sand
More weighed down than when I began
Impossible to get up now, it's too late
And I feel like moving on
And I feel like getting on with life
To feel the presence of the sun on my face
Is what I need to smack those cobwebs into shape
Oh, but outside my bed it's cold
Each day I'm swimming through molasses (Dragging along, my motivation's gone)
How will I wipe the sawdust from my eyes?
Each day I'm swimming through molasses (Pick myself up and take back my life)
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Tsunami Bomb Petaluma, California
Founded by Dominic Davi and Oobliette Sparks in 1998, Tsunami Bomb came out of the Northern California punk scene based around Petaluma, CA. Getting their start from AFI bassist Hunter Burgan's label Checkmate Records, and later Tomato Head Records, Tsunami Bomb would release a number of limited run EP's before signing to Kung Fu Records in 2002. ... more
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