1. |
The song about this song
03:06
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Is there anything cooler than
an accapela intro?
The merger of our voices sounds so beautiful
Some say music sounds better when performed by a whole band
So let's ride with the tide and please our fans
Notice the simplicity of this melodic punk song
Could we make this harmony our band anthem?
Lighters up, fists in air
Everybody sing along
Don't worry we will print the lyrics on the next album
We will keep it simple so everyone can
Learn' em and sing along
with the whole band
A symphony of street punk poets
Like an old song from NOFX
Prepare yourself for what comes next
So now we sing
Later we'll drink
We'll pat our backs
We'll bond and laugh
We might get drunk
or passed out on the floor
But we will never stop to rock 'n' roll
We will keep it simple so everyone can
Learn' em and sing along
with the whole band
A symphony of street punk poets
Like Disconnected from Face to Face
So now we sing
Later we'll drink
We'll pat our backs
We'll bond and laugh
Drink beer directly from the tap
We're growing old
but never bored
cause we will never stop to rock 'n' roll
Is there anything cooler than
an accapela outro?
The clapping and the voices sounds so beautiful
Some say music ends better with a solo in the end
So let's ride with the tide again
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2. |
My last dance
02:53
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I don't know if I can face it this time
Will I make it cause
the countdown has begun
Six letters not auguring well
A memorandum straight from hell
Like a vow of silence, my testimony can't be heard
No one can lead them to accept this tragedy
I may be proud but I cannot hold my tears
They're dancing in my eyes
It's too late to heal and also way too soon to leave
I'm affraid and paralyzed by their gaze
My life is slowly vanishing like a whisper in the wind
I'm overrun by a conscienceless enemy
So now I know, I just can't win
Still strong enough to grin
I'm surrounded by all my friends and family
The curtain slowly falls right after my last dance
I know I'm fading out
It's hard to find the appropriate words to describe my deliverance
Pain's gone after all
She's done, I'm peaceful now
I look around then smile at my son
one last time while the light drifts away from my eyes
I know that I will make it this time
I'll deploy my wings then fly to find where I belong
Like a vow of silence, my testimony won't be heard
Now one will lead them to accept this tragedy
My life is slowly vanishing like a whisper in the wind
I'm overrun by a conscienceless enemy
But now, no longer need to win
I can see my father's grin
He kept me a place next to him
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Xenophobic
03:08
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People are clearly out of mind
Boasting themselves all the time
Desperately searching for a better way to shine
Irony is headlining all your thoughts
There's no awareness without trust
Emptyness in your gaze just prove that you're lost
It's a to-may-to, it's a to-mah-to
Don't you realize how dumb we sound right now?
We look like kids in a kindergarten fight
The second we start arguing, it's been too long
Everlasting debate, the same old song
I've heard them all
Would you like to buy a vowel?
Inaudible
Is your mouth full of marbles?
But above all, I'm getting sick and tired off your mockeries and cheap pleasantries, your condescendence and obstinacy
Sometimes you're acting like a jerk cause insensibility hurts
Can you be down to earth?
A little tolerance won't hurt
Annoyed by people with a french accent
He's not an alien, he's a Canadian
Why put so much emphasis on such details?
Let's call a cat a cat, you're disagreeable
You hear me the first time, don't dare tell me you don't
Your xenophobic ways are growing old
The second we start arguing, it's been too long
Everlasting debate, the same old song
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4. |
By leaps and bounds
03:28
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I paid the price once again but for the last time
I swear to God, today I've learned to shut my mouth
Things are complexed when you're surrounded by
spineless so-called friends
who are supposed to take your side
By leaps and bounds
I unavoidably reached this end
Introspection introduced me to a life size game
The world is the panel with rules quite simple
Observation's the key but don't get involved
Don't let compassion get in your way
A lot less commotion bred by being low profile
Now I am playing well with others by staying away from fires
Now I'm wading through the mire
Hidden away in an non emotional core
I'm frigid, impassive and remorselessly answering everything you want or need to hear
By leaps and bounds
I unavoidably reached this end
Introspection introduced me to a life size game
The world is the panel with rules quite simple
Observation's the key but don't get involved
Don't let compassion get in your way
Pacifism is the premise of neutrality
So indifference, make-believe and a "couldn't-care-less" attitude is vital for me to succeed
Indispensable for me to succeed
By leaps and bounds
I got you in my devious plan
Introspection's a real joke, I'll never play this game
Cause you're so judgemental and I'm susceptible
I hope you're familiar with sarcasm
The look on your face's incredible
I didn't know you were so gullible
I didn't like the sermon you gave me
and I'm showing it to you the extreme way
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5. |
Miami
02:56
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These last few weeks, grin thinly veiled
I took a trip down memory lane
Thoughts of that night with our friend Jack
Inebriation was our guide
Cottonmouth, drunken debates
Then something shined through our nonsense
So we packed up and moved away
The best decision ever made
Fragile minds in fragile times
Traveled the highways and byways
Badly in search for inner peace
to write down this page of our history
Fragile minds in fragile times
My friends that went their separate ways
In my heart forever engraved
Getting booze with fake I.D.'s
and "Lucky green socks" Tommy
The night we pierced my friend Jay's ear
with needles from a sewing machine
The neighbor's pool, evidently,
was a nice playground for Gen and me
Crestfallen, kinda depressed
Goodbye was waved to "sunshine state"
Nostalgia hurt
Oh how I missed
Miami's heartwarming embrace
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6. |
Catch and release
03:07
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Some say you're just another face in the crowd
Someone that nobody cares about
I wish I'll get close enough to you
and find a way to make you smile
I want this picture in my mind
All your memories are punctuated by
emotional scars
Eternally searching for a new sin
A new way to escape
Your dreams are turning into nightmares
Blindly guided by fear
Too scared to feel something real
I gotta let you go now
I can't hold you anymore
It's hard to see you go back there
without any kind of remorse
You're back in troubled waters
Coveted by old sharks
The peaceful morning breeze;
A sign that you've been caught and released
Your so-called mates are complicated and thinks they control who you are
by playing games with your weakness
They only win your hate
Your dreams are turning into nightmares
Blindly guided by fear
Too scared to feel something real
No one knows who's really hiding behind your storyline
On your own side of a two ways mirror
You slowly lose your mind
It's getting harder every time
It's getting longer every night
Don't let the darkness win on light
Girl, wake up now cause it's time to fight
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