Alkaline Trio

ALKALINE TRIO
100 STORIES
you're in the next room sleeping and i'm shouting out a song for you i shouldn'
t wake you over the furnace, but i should swear to someone you'd have loved ever
y note so dream a good one tonight. i'll listen to the bad ones when they come g
et up in my ear 'til i hear every word. with every turn of your tongue i will ti
ghten my grip no one could tell even if i fell one hundred stories straight down
no one could tell even if i fell one hundred stories down i was getting bored w
ith hurting myself if you fall down enough, well soon enough, you will find hell
it can't be as pretty as we hoped it would be it's not even warm here, not even
ten degrees this bed is too big to sleep in, and i'm dying just to feel you bre
ath. you couldn't see across the ocean, but i was turning over 'til the vampires
sleep so dream a good one tonight. i'll listen to the bad ones when they com. g
et up in my ear 'til i hear every word. with every turn of your tongue i will ti
ghten my grip no one could tell even if i fell one hundred stories straight down
no one could tell even if i fell one hundred stories down i was getting bored w
ith hurting myself if you fall down enough, well soon enough, you will find hell
it can't be as pretty as we hoped it would be it's not even warm here, not even
ten degrees dream a good one tonight i was getting bored with hurting myself
ALKALINE TRIO
5 3 10 4
Schoolyard freaks are freezing, down getting teased again I'm looking back and
down and watching it go by Down at the stockyards cattle screaming Tthe trains s
queak by again I can feel my breath and I'm so thankful I'm not one of them The
sound of the ground freezing is pounding once again It comes with the wind that
once wiped off our smiles Alarm clock bells are screaming out the same routine a
gain Scrape open your eyes, rise and fucking shine, 7 am Sit down, dead weight,
and wonder Unsure, unslept, uncovered The new light of dawn discovered by ungrat
eful eyes, Through 5 3 eyes Schoolyard freaks are freezing, pushed to the ground
again I'm looking up and west for black to fill the sky The sound of bottles br
eaking still breaking in my ears They opened just in time to empty out And gouge
away the years Sit down, dead weight, and wonder Unsure, unslept, uncovered The
new light of dawn discovered by ungrateful eyes, Through 5 3 eyes Schoolyard fr
eaks are bleeding, down getting kicked again I can taste the earth and feel it i
n my eyes The sound of cattle screaming, still screaming in my ears They came in
metal coffins chained me up and hacked me off my years Sit down, dead weight, a
nd wonder Unsure, unslept, uncovered The new light of dawn discovered by ungrate
ful eyes, Through 5 3 eyes
ALKALINE TRIO
97
I've got it now, a thorn in my side the size of a Cadillac.
Drive it through, cause backin' up now would be next to impossible.
I had it all.
When I was with you I forgot about everything.
Eighteen months, eighteen months seems like fucking eternity...
but you'll be there, to dry my eyes when I breathe you in.
in ninety seven... in ninety seven.
I've got it now, like a thorn in my side the size of a Cadillac.
Drive it through, cause backin' up now would be next to impossible.
I had it all. When I was with you I forgot about everything.
Eighteen months... I won't breathe for eighteen months.
I don't deserve this,
I don't deserve this,
I don't deserve this.

No, I don't deserve this.
No, I don't deserve this, no
ALKALINE TRIO
ALL ON BLACK
i put it all on black no color you're all dressed in and a stab in the back lef
t you bleeding on the floor and i'm mourning the death the recent passing of you
r insides i smile in regret every time i think of how i spoke to you i put it al
l in back of my mind where i hold you i'm just trying to keep track how far back
it really goes and i'm living in lack of the blood sent from the heavens i'm ju
st trying to relax as a killer's waiting right outside my door what's black and
white what's read all over? this tired book this organ donor sweet blasphemy my
giving tree it hasn't rained in years i bring to you this sacrificial offering o
f virgin ears leave it to me i remain free from all the comforts of home and whe
re that is i'm pleased as piss to say i'll never really know i put them all in b
lack the four walls of my bedroom and i trimmed them in red peeled your picture
off the wall and i'm living in lack of the blood sent from your heartbeat that a
rrived in your neck every time i salivated over you what's upside down what's co
ated in silver? this crucifix is my four leaf clover sweet blasphemy my giving t
ree it hasn't rained in years i bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin
ears leave it to me i'll remain free from all the comforts of home and where th
at is i'm pleased as piss to say i'll never really know one of these days it's g
onna catch up to you throwing looks like those around one of these nights i prom
ise to you i'll soon be sleeping sound as soon as i leave town
ALKALINE TRIO
ANOTHER INNOCENT GIRL
He likes to act like he's all grown up He wanted to grow up to be an actor But
he never told anybody He likes to spill all of his guts On the top of a well sto
cked bar And then swallow them bit by bit remembering every scar It's a valid re
ason for every drink And a new tattoo is a new reason to think He likes to prete
nd that he is all sewn up It makes for a much stronger case But there is blood u
nderneath that skin That scar is not so easy to erase He walks with a glass cane
now He's careful when holding his body up straight Can't go outside anymore whe
n it's raining Can't smash up that beautiful face Another innocent girl just mad
e his list That self pity shit is just too hard too resist And when we get home
you'll see that this part of him is now part of me He likes to act like he's all
grown up He wanted to grow up to be an actor But he never told anybody He likes
to spill all of his guts On the top of a well stocked bar And then swallow them
bit by bit remembering every scar It's a valid reason for stronger drinks And a
new tattoo is a new reason to think Yeah when we get home you'll see That this
part of him is now part of me Yeah when we get home you'll see That this part of
him is controlling me Yeah its way too easy to fake this smile lead you on Well
maybe I'm wrong but everyone gets bored once in a while
ALKALINE TRIO
ARMAGEDDON
I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photograph Behind your back it
goes A little something like this is way to big to miss I got a letter in the ma
il The sender failed to let me know where it came from Opened it up and sure eno
ugh there we were arm in arm (up in arms) again I know it's small but my last ca
ll's been called half an hour ago I know it's late but do you think you could at
least fix it for me Then I'll go I'll go alone I swear I won't tell a soul I'll
drink this beer and write in fear of a song everybody hates Armageddon, let the
light in Before we say goodbye give us something to believe in Armageddon, we'r
e not begging For too much I don't think Just need a goodbye kiss (one last salu
te) Before we sink We sink
ALKALINE TRIO
AS YOU WERE
Stale as a 2 day half full beer Cigarette boats float around in here A field in
my gut lacking sunshine Put down like a teenager's first drink I cough up compl
iments I think You're better off walking away while you still can She was passin
g through to climb a hill As you slipped and slid on my gut spill My better half
was praying for you to fall Rotten like a 3 week half full glass of breast milk
, drunken off my ass I would give anything to erase the past nine years of my li
fe Put down like a prostitute in court All liberty soon to abort like my sanity
Like thoughts of you She was passing through to climb a hill As you slipped and
slid on my gut spill My better half was praying for you to fall Praying for you
to fall So pitiful Praying for you to fall I'm fuckin' pitiful Praying for you t
o fall So pitiful Praying for you to fall So fuckin' pitiful
ALKALINE TRIO
BLACKOUT
Don't you ask me to come out
When the sun does shine
Let us stay here with curtains drawn
In darkness you'll be mine
Let's wait for the blackout
The light is too bright
Wait for the night
Well welcome to my basement flat
No windows to see through
With darkness closing in my friend
We'll both know what to do
Wait for the night
Come lay with me upon the earth
That keeps us both alive
No living thing has lasted here
Yet we shall both survive
Wait for the night
In darkness there is no sin
Light only brings the fear
Nothing to corrupt the eyes
There is no vision here

At first you may find it strange
But do not go away
The darkness holds a power
That you won't find in the day
ALKALINE TRIO
BLEEDER
You came to me like a dream, the kind that always leaves.
Just as the best part starts, it ends so abruptly.
And leaves you stunned and naked in your bedroom all alone.
It s kinda funny how something so soothing gets interrupted by the ring of a tel
ephone.
And you broke me like the cigarette that I busted on the day I quit.
But now that I've been drinking, I'm outta smokes and I wish that I had it.
Woke up to my daily headache and the realization that you are gone.
Oh my sweet darling happiness you've been away from me all along.
One thing that I've never said, I'm truly happy in my heart and in my head.
A lonely liver suspended in liquid.
ephone.
Its one thing that I never did was smile.
Missing a case, lacking a lid.
My heart bleeds for what you never did...
You never did.
For what you never did...
Never did.
Never did...
Never did...
Never did...
You never did...
You never did...
It s one thing that I've never said, I'm truly happy in my heart and in my head.
My heart bled for what you never did until now
ALKALINE TRIO
BLEEDER
ephone.
And you broke me like the cigarette that I busted on the day I quit.
But now that I've been drinking, I'm outta smokes and I wish that I had it.
Woke up to my daily headache and the realization that you are gone.
Oh my sweet darling happiness you've been away from me all along.
ephone.
My heart bleeds for what you never did...
You never did.
Never did.
Never did...
Never did...
Never did...
You never did...
You never did...
It s one thing that I've never said, I'm truly happy in my heart and in my head.
My heart bled for what you never did until now
ALKALINE TRIO
BLOODIED UP
You don't say much of anything When questioned of your whereabouts And I just c
an't see through the evidence It's evident It's right in front of me in black an
d white and red And I don't believe in much of anything I'm glad I have people I
call friends If it was up to me I'd never have to miss you It's for the better
in the bitter end I guess you'd know the best You have every right to be This ap
palled with me Join the club I signed up a long time ago and I know how you feel
And when you decked me You left me knocked out on the floor I came to bloodied
up, but you weren't around I picked my teeth off the ground like they'd been the
re before
ALKALINE TRIO
BLUE CAROLINA
it's everything that i can do right now to not think about you moving further o
ff with every passing second and every night of this lonely summertime i feel yo
u missing from my heart, a part was kidnapped from my soul well i can hardly wai
t... until i get the sun and your lips both pressing on my skin well i can hardl
y wait... until i feel that thrill my heart that starts inside your eyes and a s
ong in my head that burns so good on my tongue yes i will the night is aging as
the sun warms your face won't you turn around and stay for good, the air is gett
ing much too cold i am nervous and anxious. it really counts this time and you k
now all my favorite singers have stolen all of my best lines well i can hardly w
ait... until i get the sun and your lips both pressing on my skin well i can har
dly wait... until i feel that thrill my heart that starts inside your eyes and a
song in my head that burns so good on my tongue yes i will someday i'll burn th
is bed, only two feet wide but where i'll hide... for the next seventeen days...
i will ask myself, how badly do i want this? i really want this
ALKALINE TRIO
BLUE IN THE FACE
it's about time that i came clean with you i'm no longer fine and far from runn
ing smooth i thought that i found myself onto something new one more line i repe
at over and over again 'til i'm blue in the face with a choking regret as i talk
in circles 'round you on my bed can't say i blamed you one bit when you kept it
all inside when you left that night it's about time that you get sick of me no
longer fun and so far from interesting i thought that i found me a cure for feel
ing old just one more line to keep me sleeping loudly and cold in disgrace with
a shameful regret as i talk in tongues to myself in my bed can't say i blamed yo
u one bit when you kept it all inside when you left that night and all that foll
owed fell like mercury to hell somehow we lost our heads for the last time now i
can't dream since i quit sleeping and i haven't slept since i met you and you c
an't breathe without coughing at daytime neither can i so what do you say? your
coffin or mine?
ALKALINE TRIO
BYE BYE LOVE
[Originally by The Cars]
I can't feel this way much longer
Expecting to survive
With all these hidden innuendoes
Just waiting to arrive
It's such a wavy midnight
When you slip into insane
Electric angel rock and roller
I hear what you're playing
It's an orangey sky
Always it's some other guy
It's just a broken lullaby
Bye bye love
Bye bye love
Bye bye love
Bye bye love
Substitution mass confusion
Clouds inside my head
Were fogging all my energies
Until you visited
Eyes of porcelain and blue
Could shock me into sense
You think you're so illustrious
You call yourself intense
It's an orangey sky
Always it's some other guy
It's just a broken lullaby
Bye bye love
Bye bye love
Bye bye love
Bye bye love
ALKALINE TRIO
CLAVICLE
Been on top of the world since about six months ago Marking the first time I la
id eyes on you I lost all train of thought as I entered the room Saw what looked
like really good food then I saw you And so did you I want to wake up naked nex
t to you Kissing the curve in your clavicle Kissing your clavicle Been on top of
the world since about 1 week ago Marking a time when I was drunk enough to talk
to you I lost all train of thought as your eyes met mine Told you I thought you
were gorgeous You gave me your phone number, I gave you mine Before you left I
said that you can bet I'll be bothering you soon You said No bother, please do I
've called you twice It's been a hellish fight To not think about you all the ti
me Sitting around waiting for your call I want to wake up naked next to you Kiss
ing the curve in your clavicle Kissing your clavicle I want to wake up naked nex
t to you Kissing the curve in your clavicle
ALKALINE TRIO
CONTINENTAL
i've got a dying urge to feel the way you do too close for comfort bed and brea
kfast in a spoon the shortest breath of your young life a long walk home on frid
ay night you made one last stop at the store so close to perfect swear to hell t
hought it was you this bouncing baby boy's now turning baby blue i've got your p
ictures on my walls i've got a long list of calls i must make to your existing f
amily you had nine lives and one by one you chewed them up your final coffin nai
l's been driven far too much this won't take long you said i'm not going far go
wait in the car go wait in the car i often wonder what it feels like to be you a
mess like this stuck on your hands with krazy glue ran outta time no kiss goodb
ye wish i could learn to let this sleeping dog die without lying to myself you h
ad nine lives and one by one you chewed them up your final coffin nail's been dr
iven far too much this won't take long you said i'm not going far go wait in the
car go wait in the car you had nine lives and one by one you chewed them up you
r final coffin nail's been driven far too much this won't take long you said i'm
not going far go wait in the car go wait in the car
ALKALINE TRIO
COOKING WINE
Sorry i'm late. i was out spoiling my liver. i couldn't wait... the sun was up
for far too long today. and i can't see straight, but the two of you look awfull
y pretty. and i couldn't wait... been awake for far too long today. and is it st
rong enough to burn away the cooking wine? and i'm just tired enough, if i close
d my eyes i'll sleep for days, i'll sleep for days... sorry i'm late. i was out
spoiling my liver. i couldn't wait... the sun was up for far too long today. and
i can't see straight, but the two of you look awfully pretty... you're fucking
beautiful. and is it strong enough to burn away the cooking wine? and i'm just t
ired enough, if i close my eyes i'll sleep for days, i'll sleep for days
ALKALINE TRIO
COOKING WINE
Sorry i'm late. i was out spoiling my liver. i couldn't wait... the sun was up
for far too long today. and i can't see straight, but the two of you look awfull
y pretty. and i couldn't wait... been awake for far too long today. and is it st
rong enough to burn away the cooking wine? and i'm just tired enough, if i close
d my eyes i'll sleep for days, i'll sleep for days... sorry i'm late. i was out
spoiling my liver. i couldn't wait... the sun was up for far too long today. and
i can't see straight, but the two of you look awfully pretty... you're fucking
beautiful. and is it strong enough to burn away the cooking wine? and i'm just t
ired enough, if i close my eyes i'll sleep for days, i'll sleep for days...
ALKALINE TRIO
COP
Wonder what it was that made you this way Maybe as a baby you dropped your ratt
le And it still rattles you to this day You better practice your evil looks in t
he mirror They don't work on me Slowly crawling up from the down low The other c
ops still call you 'fatso' Short fuse and a top to blow Unhappy wife, shitty lif
e, hit the bottle Your whole world dropped from under you Left you with sorry ex
cuses Left you with meaningless things to prove Like why you became a cop Why di
d you become a cop? Wonder what it was that made you this way As a boy your toys
were taken away And it still toys with you to this day You better practice your
evil looks in the mirror They don't work on me Slowly crawling up from the down
low The other cops still call you 'fatso' Short fuse and a top to blow Unhappy
wife, shitty life, hit the bottle Your whole world dropped from under you Left y
ou with sorry excuses Left you with meaningless things to prove Like why you bec
ame a cop Why did you become a cop? Shut the fuck up. After my court date I'll f
orget about you I'll tell my cellmate I'll forget about you After the jail break
I'll forget about you After I'm through singing this song I'll forget about you
, I'll forget about you!
ALKALINE TRIO
CRAWL
Waking up zeroed in on medicine Am I waking up at all today Seeing lights, feel
ing pain There's my cure on ice I can walk but I will crawl there I will crawl t
here Sitting straight, feeling faint An exhausted smile screens my words But I w
ill hear them Here's a phrase that we all know But I can't make sense I don't kn
ow words but I will hear them I still hear them Never ran away for the sake of s
cars Tried not to move but she was armed And shots were fired Now a hole in the
head of this wounded liar Never had a drink that I didn't like Got a taste of yo
u, threw up all night I got more sick With every sour second rate kiss Everythin
g I never would miss again I don't know who your boyfriend is
ALKALINE TRIO
CRINGE
Wide eyed Knee deep in surprise Just below your thighs the temperature drops 5
degrees Your stand by flight has just arrived Tongue tied bleeding from your eye
s Even Christ himself would cringe at the sight of your scars While you're count
ing sheep I'll count my lucky stars You were the last good thing I ever saw I lo
st it all I lost it all Burned out on 2 hours of shut eye Eyes glazed at the tho
ught of the next 8 hours Headwind cold rain to wake me You were the last good th
ing I ever saw
ALKALINE TRIO
DEAD AND BROKEN
A deep dark secret
Down at the bottom of this drink
Can't keep it
I've forgotten it
A story that was told
As I worked harder than we ever wished to be
Me, I'm burning

I'll grab the boat if you go grab the anchor
The talking twine and the weights that sank her
They weren't enough to shut up a blue light's head is shining through
Illuminating you
As we lay side by side
Dead and broken
Our lives aren't the same since the night yours was stolen
Blood ran black beneath the moonlight
Your lover's blood ran cold
Cutting off the hands I used to hold
A deep dark secret
Down at the bottom of this drink
Can't keep it
I've forgotten of the story that was told
As I worked harder than we ever want to be
Me, I'm burning
Side by side
Dead and broken
Our lives aren't the same since the night yours was stolen
Blood ran black beneath the moonlight
Your lover's blood ran cold
Cutting off the hands we used to hold
Hold..........hold............hold
We used to hold
ALKALINE TRIO
DEAD END ROAD
I thought that you were joking
When you said you couldn't breathe
You said you couldn't breathe
Turns out that you were choking
On a town you couldn't leave
You knew you'd never leave
It met your disapproval at the age of 8 years old
You were only 8 years old
From then on there was no removal
From that one way dead end road
That one way dead end road
I thought that you were laughing
When you cried your eyeballs out
You cried your eyeballs out
And i don't mean to be prying
But what were you so sad about
What are you still sad about
Met your disappointment at the age of 9 years old
From then on there would be no ointment
To take away these burns
To make that pain grow dull and forever ain't that long
When your smile's stuck in your head like a pop song
All you think about is death

Your dirty head has gone unswept for way too long now
For way too long now
I thought that you were sleeping
When i found you there in bed
I found you there in bed
When i touched you you were freezing
It turned out that you were dead
It turned out that you were dead
It met your disapproval at the age of 8 years old
From then on there was no removal
From your fucked up head and your broken home and forever ain't that long
When your smile's stuck in your head like a pop song
All you think about is death
Your dirty head has gone unswept for way too long now
ALKALINE TRIO
DONNER PARTY
so it began this way i can't recall how it got started so it began this way i d
on't recall a thing and all in all i guess it's for the better if you don't reme
mber anything sit and sing there was a time when everything we did seemed second
nature there was a time when everything we did seemed free and all in all i gue
ss it's for the better if you don't remember anything sit and sing and i, i want
ed you to know it was you that we were thinking of as we quietly died in the sno
w a place we'd never leave a place we'd never want to call home a place we'd cal
l a final resting place in pieces so we began this way i don't recall where we g
ot started and so we end this way no trace of us in spring all in all i guess it
's for the better if you just can't feel a fucking thing fall asleep and die i w
anted you to know it was you that we were thinking of as we quietly died in the
snow a place we'd never leave a place we'd never want to call home a place we'd
call a final resting place in pieces and i, i wanted you to know it was you that
we were thinking of as we quietly died in the snow a place we'd never leave a p
lace we'd never want to call home a place we'd call a final resting place in pie
ces
ALKALINE TRIO
EMMA
emma appeared like an angel. emma fell like rain into my lap like a heart attac
k. like lightning from her name i'm running dry of bad excuses. don't want to li
e or seem intrusive, but time hasn't told me anything, and neither has she a poi
nsettia in poison rain... traded true love for insult and injury we washed it do
wn the drain with one silver bullet and two vicodin emma woke up in darkness, su
itcase already packed note on the bedstand signed in blood, sincerely, never com
ing back. a nightmare on my street the day she arrived a nightmarish household i
n which she died, 'cause it made her feel at home somehow made me feel at home a
poinsetta in poison rain... traded true love for insult and injury we washed it
down the drain with one wooden stake through the heart, and two vicodin a poins
etta in poison rain... traded true love for insult and injury we washed it down
the drain with one silver bullet and two vicodin and we watched the sun fall cro
wn on a city that sleeps in a world upside down a slow ticket straight out of to
wn you went out with a bang when you took with you all my dreams underground
ALKALINE TRIO
ENJOY YOUR DAY
So where'd you go? How was your vacation home? Well obviously you were busy, to
o busy for me So this is how you leave me? I'm broken hearted on the floor, My t
ears seep through the crack under my door Where I am locked in, shut down, I'm s
o tired of picking myself up off the ground So Happy Valentine's Day I hope the
sun's out in New York I hope he bought you roses I hope he bought you roses So H
appy Valentine's Day I hope the sun's out in New York I hope he bought you roses
I hope he bought you roses
ALKALINE TRIO
EVERY THUG NEEDS A LADY
i know it's dark here, you know that i'm scared too for some reason right now,
of everything but you right now you're all that i recognize you know i came here
when i needed your soft voice i needed to hear something that sounded like an a
nswer now i wait here and sometimes i get one it's nothing i'll forget when the
moon gets tired you are stuck to me everyday believe in what i am because it's a
ll i have today and tomorrow who knows where we'll be from here i can hardly see
a thing but i will follow anyone who brings me to you for now, forever, for on
and on and on you know it starts here, outside waiting in the cold kiss me once
in the snow i swear it never gets old but i will promise you i can make it warme
r next year you know i came here when i needed your soft voice i needed to hear
something that sounded like an answer now i stay here, and everyday i get one it
's nothing i'll forget when the moon gets tired you are stuck to me everyday bel
ieve in what i am because it's all i have today and tomorrow who knows where we'
ll be from here i can hardly see a thing but i will follow anyone who brings me
to you for now, forever, for on and on and on so go plug in your electric blanke
t we can stay in 'til our southern summer wedding day go plug in your electric b
lanket, we can stay here
ALKALINE TRIO
EXPLODING BOY
I couldn't hear a word you said. i couldn't hear at all. you talked until your
tongue fell out. and then you talked some more. i knew if i turned... i knew if
i turned, i'd turn away from you. i couldn't look back. i couldn't look back. te
ll yourself we'll start again. tell yourself it's not the end. tell yourself, it
couldn't happen... not this way. not too late. not too late. i couldn't hear a
word you said. i couldn't hear at all. you talked until your tongue fell out. an
d then you talked some more. i knew if i turned... i knew if i turned, i'd turn
away from you. i couldn't look back. i couldn't look back. tell yourself we'll s
tart again. tell yourself it's not the end. tell yourself, it couldn't happen...
not this way. not too late. not too late. not too late. not too late
ALKALINE TRIO
FATALLY YOURS
there's no mystery no more just no talking to you guess you had other things in
store guess i just felt i was through i answered every question as accurately a
s i could i don't hear from you no more but i get the message you crashed your c
ar through my front door i pulled you from the wreckage you told me that you mis
sed me but you meant with the grill and hood you'd kill me if you could and if i
t's ok i'll just grab my shit and leave i won't say one word i'll keep my tricks
up my sleeve flew off of the handle you opened fire on me put me down, put me o
ut of misery i'm fatally yours you set fire to me that night you lit and left me
burning out of my mind but in my sights i saw the tables turning i had a friend
that needed me you made a wish that won't come true and now it's killing two an
d if it's ok i'll just grab my shit and leave i won't say one word i'll keep my
tricks up my sleeve flew off of the handle you opened fire on me put me down, pu
t me out of misery i'm fatally yours i'm fatally yours i'm fatally yours i'm fat
ally yours i'm fatally yours
ALKALINE TRIO
FINE WITHOUT YOU
Well I'll sit here and convince myself it's true.
If you keep on telling your friends that we're through.
I've got nothing here but loneliness
Holes in walls and bleeding fists.
My head is pounding like a pillow, like a big black song.
Well my friends and I try to tell me you're gone.
Won't listen to myself or anyone.
You got on a plane and off you went.
You're never coming back again.
I'm trying to convince myself it's true.
Convincing myself
I'll be just fine without you. [x3]
I'll be here telling myself it's true.
I sit here trying to convince myself it's true.
But you keep on pretending you have no clue.
I'd kill for you and eat the flesh.
Give you the heart and burn the rest.
A thousand miles ain't shit to walk if I'm walking to hold you but
I'll be just fine without you [x3]
I'll be here telling myself
I'll be just fine without you [x6]
I'll be here telling myself it's true
ALKALINE TRIO
FOR YOUR LUNGS ONLY
A right turn gone wrong. nothing left but the dust, left to fill your lungs up.
have to choke, and choke, and choke. repercussion, what got us this form. facil
itation for feeling listless. repercussion, what got us this form. facilitation
for feeling listless. the son sits out in the sun, and that's when he calls 'fat
her'. he realized a long time ago, he's never coming home, no. repercussion, wha
t got us this form. facilitation for feeling listless. repercussion, what got us
this form. facilitation for feeling listless
ALKALINE TRIO
FOR YOUR LUNGS ONLY
A right turn gone wrong. nothing left but the dust, left to fill your lungs up.
have to choke, and choke, and choke. repercussion, what got us this form. facil
itation for feeling listless. repercussion, what got us this form. facilitation
for feeling listless. the son sits out in the sun, and that's when he calls 'fat
her'. he realized a long time ago, he's never coming home, no. repercussion, wha
t got us this form. facilitation for feeling listless. repercussion, what got us
this form. facilitation for feeling listless
ALKALINE TRIO
FUCK YOU AURORA
My, my what a mess we've made of our pretty little heads these days It appears
a heavy wind's blown through here recently Best wishes have been made for you Yo
u never had no say it's true You have to be the cutest gravedigger I've ever see
n And all your lonely nights in the city of lights are much like all these crowd
ed bars I so often find my stupid self stumbling through My, my what a mess was
made of my head when I heard what you'd been through that day It appears a viole
nt storm's passed through you recently Letters meant to be sent have been torn T
he phone lies off the hook, on the floor All these I'm sorry s and I miss you s
are useless, I fucked this one up long ago And all your lonely nights in the cit
y of lights are much like all these crowded bars I so often find my stupid self
stumbling through Fuck you Aurora, You took my only friend And although it's all
my fault, the blaming myself had to come to an end so I say: Fuck you Aurora, Y
ou took my only friend You wont catch me behind the wheel of a Chrysler ever aga
in My, my what a mess we've made of our precious little lives these days It appe
ars a big fucking tornado has twisted us up recently Best wishes have been made
for you You never had no say it's true You have to be the cutest gravedigger I'v
e ever seen And all your lonely nights in the city of lights are much like all t
hese crowded bars I so often find my stupid self stumbling through Fuck you Auro
ra, You took my only friend And although it's all my fault, the blaming myself h
ad to come to an end so I say: Fuck you Aurora, You took my only friend You won'
t catch me behind the wheel of a Chrysler ever again
ALKALINE TRIO
GOODBYE FOREVER
Take your wings outside, you can't fly in here. besides, a purple sky is better
soaring for you my angel. you're angel, you little devil. as for me i'll stay i
nside. i'll be just fine and i'll watch from the window. cannot categorize the n
ature of this sickness. a miracle that you're alive. stuck to the roof of my mou
th with a staple. remember last april when we saw u.s. maple? somehow the singer
showed the fireside exactly how i feel. and we say goodbye and go underground.
or up towards the sky, up in smoke, burnt down to size. at least we're still fri
ends. at least we're still alive. take your wings outside, no use for them in he
re. bad luck to open inside, work like umbrellas, like a broken mirror. it's get
ting clearer. the end is closer than ever before and you'll want nothing more wh
en your head hits the floor, and you're lost in the darkness. and we say goodbye
and go underground. or up towards the sky, up in smoke, burnt down to size. at
least we're still friends. at least we're still alive. and we say goodbye and go
underground. or up towards the sky, up in smoke, burnt down to size. at least w
e're still friends. at least we're still alive
ALKALINE TRIO
GOODBYE FOREVER
Take your wings outside, you can't fly in here. besides, a purple sky is better
soaring for you my angel. you're angel, you little devil. as for me i'll stay i
nside. i'll be just fine and i'll watch from the window. cannot categorize the n
ature of this sickness. a miracle that you're alive. stuck to the roof of my mou
th with a staple. remember last april when we saw u.s. maple? somehow the singer
showed the fireside exactly how i feel. and we say goodbye and go underground.
or up towards the sky, up in smoke, burnt down to size. at least we're still fri
ends. at least we're still alive. take your wings outside, no use for them in he
re. bad luck to open inside, work like umbrellas, like a broken mirror. it's get
ting clearer. the end is closer than ever before and you'll want nothing more wh
en your head hits the floor, and you're lost in the darkness. and we say goodbye
and go underground. or up towards the sky, up in smoke, burnt down to size. at
least we're still friends. at least we're still alive. and we say goodbye and go
underground. or up towards the sky, up in smoke, burnt down to size. at least w
e're still friends. at least we're still alive
ALKALINE TRIO
HATING EVERY MINUTE
Sit down and please make yourself comfortable
I might need some time to dance around what I need to say
I love you to death, I think I need a break
I spend my days worried out loud
I get in my head I choke it back down
It hurts me inside to see you inside
So close my ears tight, lies to decide
This
It's
This
It's
is the way we disappear

easy if you burn out like a star
easy like a fifty foot fall
I'm waiting for a little bit of time

To evict these words that are burning up my mind
I'm waiting for every minute I don't speak loud
I can be laying down
Are you laying down?
Relax on this bed of nails
On this plastic sheet your blood leaves a trail
Right back to me would you please allow a moment to think?
This
It's
This
It's

easy if you burn out like a star
easy like a fifty foot fall
I'm waiting for a little bit of time

To evict these words that are burning up my mind
I'm waiting for every minute I don't speak loud
I can be laying down
ALKALINE TRIO
I LIED MY FACE OFF
Well, it's not fair, it's not even close. you tied me down, where i'm forced to
watch as you poke holes in every part of me containing something secretly. some
thing sacred to me. i lied my face off when i said that i would be okay. it's ne
ver fine when you go away. these cuts run deep. these scars are permanent and al
ways on display. this makes things difficult for me. it's not fair, it's not eve
n close. you fed me the sun. burned me up inside and watched me choke on everyth
ing we did. on everything we lived. let's see if i can live again. i lied my fac
e off when i said that i would be okay. it's never fine when you go away. these
cuts run deep. these scars are permanent and always on display. this makes thing
s difficult for me. head like an empty, sterile room. somehow i made a mess. lik
e watching newborn babies crack from work related stress. head like an empty ste
rile room. somehow i made a mess. like watching newborn babies crack from work r
elated stress. i'm bad luck, can't fuck. got no reflection today. maybe i'll sta
y down next time i get hit by a train. by a train. i lied my face off when i sai
d that i would be okay. it's never fine when you go away
ALKALINE TRIO
I LIED MY FACE OFF
Well, it's not fair, it's not even close. you tied me down, where i'm forced to
watch as you poke holes in every part of me containing something secretly. some
thing sacred to me. i lied my face off when i said that i would be okay. it's ne
ver fine when you go away. these cuts run deep. these scars are permanent and al
ways on display. this makes things difficult for me. it's not fair, it's not eve
n close. you fed me the sun. burned me up inside and watched me choke on everyth
ing we did. on everything we lived. let's see if i can live again. i lied my fac
e off when i said that i would be okay. it's never fine when you go away. these
cuts run deep. these scars are permanent and always on display. this makes thing
s difficult for me. head like an empty, sterile room. somehow i made a mess. lik
e watching newborn babies crack from work related stress. head like an empty ste
rile room. somehow i made a mess. like watching newborn babies crack from work r
elated stress. i'm bad luck, can't fuck. got no reflection today. maybe i'll sta
y down next time i get hit by a train. by a train. i lied my face off when i sai
d that i would be okay. it's never fine when you go away
ALKALINE TRIO
I'M DYING TOMORROW
I'm dying tomorrow This house, this street, Chicago I'm dying tomorrow Did I do
it right Did I remember to sleep in Take lots of pills Commit irreversible sins
Did I at least try to kiss the prettiest girl At the right time Did I remember
to keep your beer as full as mine Did I remember to say cheers Did I at least tr
y to make sure everybody had a good time Had the best time Did I remember to sta
y up late Drinking for the fun Singing for the taste Did I run outside to catch
the rain Under electrical skies I'm dying tomorrow This house, this street, Chic
ago I'm dying tomorrow Did I do it right
ALKALINE TRIO
IF WE NEVER GO INSIDE
a train appeared in town one night. for some of us it changed our lives a few o
f us never saw it coming, then like the fire it disappeared. it happens at a won
derful age, with the traffic lights your mind can change we made up rules to fol
low for good, no wonder we're fucked up, some of us did tonight never ends if we
never go inside. the moon is always full your calendar is always pinned on summ
ertime were you planning on staying forever? you don't fit in this hole or don't
you remember....hold your breath walk don't run through the graveyard a train a
ppeared in town one night. for some of us it saved our lives a few of us never s
aw it coming, then like the fire we disappear it happens at a wonderful age, wit
h the traffic lights your mind can change we made up rules to follow for good, n
o wonder we're fucked up, some of us did i'm just scared i might never say goodb
ye... i won't be around to hold you down, pry open your ears and ask you why wer
e you planning on staying forever? you don't fit in this hole or don't you remem
ber....hold your breath walk don't run through the graveyard is this why you've
worked so hard? is this why you've run so far? same place, same hello, same good
bye... helps you pick through beat up insides
ALKALINE TRIO
IF YOU HAD A BAD TIME
If you had a bad time
At one of my parties
Well I wouldn't expect to be seeing you soon and that's fine
You have to know what and why
Those things may you happy
You have to know that a second guess ain't worth the try
Just some words of advice
You may have heard them before but here goes
Just be true to yourself if it lands you in hell at least now you know
Loud and clear if your life's big and bright some of the places you'll someday g
o
With one million things holding you down, now you're one of those things
I don't know, no big deal gotta go
If you're up to your ears
In blood, sweat and wasted years
I'm hoping you're going to open your throat
And just scream
You have to know when, why
Which ones miss you when you die
You have to know a second guess ain't worth the salt in your eye
Maybe you've heard them before but here goes
Loud and clear if your life's big and bright all the places you might someday go
No big deal
If your seat's on my shoulders you're breaking my neck
We get crazy with it and now you're under my bed
Now it's dark all the time, all the time
Maybe you've heard them before but here goes
Loud and clear if your life's big and bright all the places you might someday go
I don't know, no big deal here I go
ALKALINE TRIO
JAKED ON GREEN BEERS

It's been a long time since I've been close to you
It's been a long time since I've been sad.
It's been a while since I've really spent time with you
Wish I could take back the times that I had.
The only thing that you ever really did for me
Was make me oh so miserable.
And the hope that I never see your face again
Is anything but questionable.
I hope this is goodbye.
There was a time when I thought you were a friend to me
I think those times I was probably just drunk.
And if they offered a test about being a good friend
I'd put money down that you'd surely flunk.
The only thing that you ever really took from me
Were my records to sell them for dope.
Now all I have left is this heart in my chest
And my happiness helping me cope
I hope this is goodbye [x4]
It's been a long time since I've been close to you.
It's been a long time since I've been sad.
It's been a while since I've really spent time with you.
Wish I could take back the times that I had.
The only thing that you ever really did for me
Was make me oh so miserable.
And the hope that I never see your face again
Is anything but questionable.
There was a time that I thought you were a friend to me
I think those times I was probably just drunk.
And if they offered a test about being a good friend
I'd put money down that you'd surely flunk.
The only thing that you ever really took from me were my records to
Hawk them for dope.
Now all I have left is this heart in my chest,
Your dishonesty helping me cope.
I hope this is goodbye....
ALKALINE TRIO
KEEP EM COMING
14 hours ahead a head that's heavier than lead and I've got toothpicks in my ey
es A smile more yellow than the sky I've got a song stuck in my head One that I
miss more than my bed It's a song sung from a fallen milkman Who's drinking blea
ch instead I'm much like him 14 hours unfed I spent the last cents in my head Th
ey're worth much less than pennies now Food for one thought shared with a crowd
and I've got a painting in my head A deeper blue bled thicker red More red than
Bloody Marys coast to coast I hate flying I said that's what I said Sad, sorry e
xcuse Just like everything that made her smile and everything I use I won't go b
ack to the way it was I'm now huffing gas and sniffing paint, to take away this
buzz that I call you 14 hours ahead a head that's heavier than lead Toothpicks p
ry open eyes A smile more yellow than the sky I've got a song stuck in my head O
ne that I miss more than my bed It's a song sung from a fallen milkman Who's dri
nking bleach instead I'm much like him 14 hours unfed I spent the last cents in
my head They're worth much less than pennies now Food for one thought shared wit
h a crowd I've got a painting in my head A deeper blue bled thicker red More red
than Bloody Marys coast to coast I hate flying I said that's what I said Sad, s
orry excuse Just like everything that made her smile and everything I use I won'
t go back to the way it was I'm now huffing gas and sniffing paint, to take away
this buzz that I call you
ALKALINE TRIO
MADAM ME
The sunrise fills your eyes, cannot hear your cries Pleading please just go awa
y I can't take another day of this No surprise, a surplus of lies, freed from th
e skies Is there something that I missed? Can't even take another day of this Lo
wer than piss, have you ever felt like this? She can't recall the last time she
avoided it Lower than piss, have you ever felt like this? Judging by your eyes l
ike crystal balls Madam Me is predicting that your answer will be yes The sunris
e burned out your eyes, failed to apologize As it was eating at your face, took
your smile away without a trace of it Warmer than piss have you ever felt like t
his? It just might take a fever to encounter it Knee deep in shit there's no avo
iding it From your knees you're coated brown, to your toes there is no sound lik
e this And I will keep you warm in hell And I will keep you warm in hell And I w
ill keep you warm in hell Way down in hell
ALKALINE TRIO
MAYBE I'LL CATCH FIRE
This house is full of ears but I can't talk to anyone They've heard this one a
thousand times Most exciting thing I do Hang half way out a third floor window,
Maybe throw lit cigarettes down And maybe I'll catch fire, Something warm to hol
d me, Something pure to burn away the darkness That hides inside my mind All tha
t evil shit's not hard to find I guess I only claim to be nice This house is ful
l of eyes but I can't look at anyone They've seen this face a thousand times Mos
t relaxing thing I do Hang half way out a third floor window, And look at rocks
if I fall out, And maybe I'll fall hard, Something tough to break me, Something
sharp to rip into my insides And bleed out all that pain Sorry I don't even know
your name I guess for me it's easy this way Maybe I'll catch fire, Something wa
rm to hold me, Something pure to burn away the darkness That hides inside my min
d All that evil shit's not hard to find I guess I only claim to be nice
ALKALINE TRIO
MESSAGE FROM KATHLENE
I guess I'll always stop and see you And we'll run into each other's lives Yeah
, I guess, although it tears me up inside Everytime it burns my eyes with tears
But I know you're worth the pain I've so much more to gain by waiting for you Yo
u're going away but you're not going far So if he decides to leave you alone and
crying You know I'm still here, the faithful one Waiting for a message from Kat
hlene Then I'll come.. faster Than I ever thought that I could run Cause I.. I n
eed you more than I ever thought That I could need someone Someone Someone Someo
ne else I know I will always stop and see you And we'll run into each other's fu
cked up lives Yeah, I guess, although it tears me up inside Everytime it burns m
y eyes with tears But your waking up is the start of my lost cause And then you
decide to leave me alone and crying But you know I'm still here, the faithful on
e Waiting for a message from Kathlene Then I'll come.. faster Than I ever though
t that I could run Cause I.. I need you more than I ever thought That I could ne
ed someone Someone Someone Someone else
ALKALINE TRIO
MR. CHAINSAW
When was it that you lost your youth or traded It for something more for them t
o use so jaded Why is it that you never said I love you more than just a friend
I pray this gridlock never ends And when we get there just depends I found out r
ecently that you are leaving For good I hope I softly tell my ceiling It's bette
r now to be alive Sleeping is my 9 to 5 I'm having nightmares all the time Of ru
nning out of words that rhyme Everything that you could never say Would never ma
tter anyway I took a hammer and two nails to my eardrums long ago Before that st
eak knife took my eyes I looked up to the sky For the last thing I would ever se
e For the last time I'd cry When was it that you sold your life or wasted Every
bite of that small slice you never tasted I guess I should be one to talk There'
s nights that I can't even walk There's days I couldn't give a fuck And in betwe
en is where I'm stuck From blocks away I heard somebody screaming That small chi
ld inside of you that you left bleeding You stabbed him up not once but twice Cu
bicles will now suffice Some say it's the roll of the dice I think they're wrong
I know I'm right Every breath that I could barely breathe Could barely make it
past my teeth I took a blowtorch to both of my lungs a long long time ago Every
step that i could take Every one more difficult to make Mr. Chainsaw came and to
ok my legs a long, long time ago In case you're wondering I'm singing about grow
ing up about giving in In case you're wondering we're singing about growing up A
bout giving up and giving in
ALKALINE TRIO
MY FRIEND PETER
I dont care who you've been sleeping with these days
You're outta my hair
It's growing just above my smiling face that I wear
Every night I drink myself to sleep
Not thinking about you
Not thinking about anything at all
I don't care who you've been dining with these days
It's more than fair
Much rather be drinking anyways
With my friend Peter
Who lives so fucking far away
Yet not as far as you
Even though you live right down my fucking street
And I'm tired of sleeping with myself
I'm tired, all these drinks and drugs no longer help
I'm tired of lying about not thinking of you
Maybe my friend Peter can tell me what to do
I dont care who you've been kissing on these days
It's out of my hands
and in my mouth with such a pleasant taste
I need a beer to wash it all away without a trace
And then i'll drink 23 more
To wipe this stupid smile off my fucking face
I'm tired of sleeping with myself
I'm tired, all those drinks and drugs no longer help
I'm tired of lying about not thinking of you
Maybe my friend Peter can tell me what to do
ALKALINE TRIO
MY LITTLE NEEDLE
I'll come down to get you high Or maybe sing you a lullabye Sing you to sleep a
sleep you'll never wake from Sing you to coma so to speak When I fall down I'll
fall apart Trade in my bike for a shopping cart and beg change from a world tha
t needs some like I need someone So where are you my little needle? The stack's
been burned away But I'm so inebriated that I cannot see three feet in front of
me Between the moon and you, lunacy is setting in Lately I've been feeling dead
inside Like my guts have dried up and died But every night I water them back to
life yeah every night I water them back to life When I fall down I'll fall apart
Trade in my bike for a shopping cart and beg change from a world that needs som
e I'm tired of sleeping alone So where are you my little needle? The stack's bee
n burned away But I'm so inebriated that I cannot see three feet in front of me
Between the moon and you, lunacy is setting in
ALKALINE TRIO
MY STANDARD BREAK FROM LIFE
I've got a regular problem
So my standard break from life is in order
I'm having trouble making sentences
I'm older but I don't feel any smarter
You see I don't know what I said to you
And now you're pissed at you know who
And I guess I deserve it
I wish I could waste my time without wasting all your time
I try to leave a good impression
But it's hard when my obsession's in a wine glass
And when you're only 23
It's not attractive to complain about your sore back
Yes I can bitch until my eyes are blue
And you're in bed with someone new
And I guess you deserve him
Wish I could waste my time without wasting all your time
You say I'm fixable
A classic case, lack of will
I say I don't wanna try
I'd rather stay here all night
I've got a motivation problem
So my standard break from life is getting longer
Spent over 30 hours in this bed
In two days, I guess I could've phoned her
But now that I'm awake
I'd rather take a drink
And walk down to the lake
And beg the sky for lightning bolts
I can't waste my time without wasting all your time
You say it's fixable
A classic case, lack of will
I say I don't wanna try
I'd rather sit here all night
ALKALINE TRIO
NOSE OVER TAIL
Crack my head open on your kitchen floor

To prove to you that I have brains
Meanwhile tin men are led by little girls
Down golden roads that lead to nowhere
Fine time to fake a seizure
Feel your mouth on mine, you're saving me
Whatever happened to that silly dream you had?
I want to make it real
I'd love to rub your back
Like a plane crash that never hits the ground
I fall in love with you
I'm nose over tail for you
Your voice like the sound of sirens to a house on fire
You're saving me
ALKALINE TRIO
NOSE OVER TAIL
Crack my head open on your kitchen floor To prove to you that I have brains Mea
nwhile tin men are led by little girls Down golden roads that lead to nowhere Fi
ne time to fake a seizure Feel your mouth on mine, you're saving me Whatever hap
pened to that silly dream you had? I want to make it real I'd love to rub your b
ack Like a plane crash that never hits the ground I fall in love with you I'm no
se over tail for you Your voice like the sound of sirens to a house on fire You'
re saving me
ALKALINE TRIO
OLD SCHOOL REASONS
I got these thoughts in my head
dirty as fuck and never leaving
and then best left unsaid
all the drinks under breath
got some shit off my chest
put on my back next to the monkey nest
that somebody left
with me the day I was born
I got a hole in my head
the size of lake fuckin' michigan
my pipes lined in lead
got old school reasons to die
all my money's been spent
on a face lift via alochol
this sinner repents
to an empty bathroom reflection
please take these two words
and do with them what you would like
It's a dream I had, drove me mad
just your time, just my fucking life
I got a bottle in hand
straight to the ground with all my memories
It's best left unsaid

when they've all been left behind
all my money's been spent
on a DIY lobotomy
this sinner repents
to a lake and bathroom mirror
please take these two words
it's a dream I had, drove me mad
so take these two words
it's a dream you had, drove me mad
and that's my life
over and over again
just my fucking life
it might seem meaningless to you
but it means everything to me
and I'm fucked without you
please take these words
it's a dream I had, drove me mad
and that's my life
over and over again
just my fucking life
ALKALINE TRIO
OVER AT THE FRANKENSTEIN PLACE
[Cover]
In the velvet darkness
Of the blackest night, burning bright
There's a guiding star
No matter what or who you are
There's a light
Over at the Frankenstein place
There's a light
Burning in the fireplace
There's a light
In the darkness of everybody's life
The darkness must glow
Down the river of night's dreaming
Flow morphia slow
Let the sun and light
come streaming into my life,
into my life
There's a light
Over at the Frankenstein place
There's a light
Burning in the fireplace
There's a light
In the darkness of everybody's life
ALKALINE TRIO
PRIVATE EYE
I drained this lake looking for corpses Dusted for prints, pried up the floorbo
ards Pieces of planes and black box recorders Don't lie And I've been preoccupie
d with these sick, sick senses That sense DNA on barbed wire fences Maybe someda
y I'll find me a suspect That has no alibi New Year's Eve was as boring as heave
n I watched flies fuck on channel 11 There was no one to kiss, there was nothing
to drink Except some old rotten milk someone left in the sink And there's no ri
ng on the phone anymore There's no reason to call I passed out on the floor Smok
ed myself stupid and drank my insides raisin dry But at the right place at the r
ight time I'll be dead wrong and you'll be just fine And I won't have to quit do
ing fucked up shit For anyone but me And at the right place at the right time It
will have been worth it to stand in line And you won't have to stop Saying I lo
ve cops for anyone but me Your private eye
ALKALINE TRIO
QUEEN OF PAIN
There's a fire forming, not too far from here
Along the east coast maybe, it resides in you, my dear
Worn out on our courtesy, we've made our curtain calls
Like vampire bats deprived of blood, into the New York City that we crawl
And you've got a funny way of showing off your bathoom surgery
You said you were just cooling down from plans of leaving me
There's something I should tell you, for we may not have much time
I've never met arms like yours
The stars at night are big and bright
Deep in your eyes, Miss Vincent
You told me once I made you smile
But we both know damn well I didn't
I'm not much of a jester, but I'd test poisoned food for you
Your majesty, you're royal blue
I'm royalty, my king of pain
There's a hard rain falling, flooding your attic, it's clear
Can't put out the fire that resides in you, my dear
There's something I should tell you, for we may not have much time
I've never seen scars like yours

ALKALINE TRIO
RADIO
Shaking like a dog shittin' razorblades, waking up next to nothing after dreami
ng of you and me I'm waking up all alone, waking up so relieved while you're tak
ing your time with apologies, I'm making my plans for revenge Red eyes on orange
horizons If Columbus was wrong I'd drive straight off the edge I'd drive straig
ht off the edge Taking your own life with boredom, I'm taking my own life with w
ine it helps you to rule out the sorrow, it helps me to empty my mind Making the
most of a bad time I'm smoking the brains from my head Leaving the coal calling
the kettle black and orange and red This kettle is seeing red I've got a big fa
t fuckin' bone to pick with you my darling In case you haven't heard I'm sick an
d tired of trying I wish you would take my radio to bathe with you, plugged in a
nd ready to fall Shaking like a dog shittin' razorblades, waking up next to noth
ing after dreaming of you and me Waking up all alone, waking up so relieved whil
e you're taking your time with apologies, I'm planning out my revenge Red eyes o
n orange horizons If Columbus was wrong I'd drive straight off the edge I'm seei
ng red I've got a big fat fuckin' bone to pick with you my darling In case you h
aven't heard I'm sick and tired of trying I wish you would take my radio to bath
e with you, plugged in and ready to fall Plugged in and ready to fall Plugged in
and ready to fall Plugged in and ready to fall
ALKALINE TRIO
ROOFTOPS
[Originally by Hot Water Music]
I've got the scars to remind me. I've watched the clocks go around. I've walked
myself through some days that have put me where I am. In another time, in anothe
r place all things might have been in place. But for now I'm finding myself righ
t here standing on a rooftop screaming. Hey world are you listening... listening
to me? I'm here and I'm hurting to begin again. It's another time, it's another
place and we are making more old days. But for now I'm finding myself out here
standing on a doorstep screaming. Hey world are you listening... listening to me
? I'm here and I'm hurting to begin again. Hey world I'm ready to listen (Lurch
smokes weed) and learn something new. I'm here and I'm willing to get myself thr
ough
ALKALINE TRIO
SADIE
You're on your own my little nightmare
You cannot stay here
It's far too bright for you
If they attack, you just lay there
Play dead there
It's your only hope of pulling through
In seconds they seem

Like a lifetimes of dreams
Recurring a dream that can't come true
I pin it all on you after all you've been through
Said it Gee, she's crazy see
That's what the white ghost said
Now it's losing me
Now you're losing every opportunity
To put us all away
Go run along my little nightmare
Your job is done here
You scared them all to death
If they allowed them
Just sit there, just smile death
Make them thankful for every breath
The sentence may seem like a lifetime of scream
That's curbing the blood they found on you
Your knives and clothing too
Charlie's broken 22
Said it Gee, she's crazy see
That's what the white ghost said
Now it's losing me
Now you're losing every opportunity
They found you and shipped you up a river the same way
You're bound and gagged, shot and stabbed
You tried to set them free but they've thrown away the keys
I think that if I found a god to me that was so beautiful that I'd do anything
for him. I'd anything for god. Even murder, if I believed it was god, how could
it not be right? Because he said it was. I have no remorse for the killer inside
of me, I have more to do
Whoa [x4]
ALKALINE TRIO
SAN FRANCISCO
Choking on the thought of leaving Drinking to keep from sobbing 4pm, 4 dollar p
ints SFO the time and price With all my happiness aborted The PA painfully start
s boarding I sink deep, 30 thousand feet Into my window seat, electric chair And
I was drinking you goodbye A heart floats in the bay From sour home Chicago I h
ear it beating far away There's no telling what I'll do If I don't return to you
Hopeful thoughts of soon returning can't put out my stomach burning Plastic win
gs and plastic smiles Unsalted peanuts stretch my miles Choking on the thought o
f leaving Drinking to keep from heaving 5pm, 5 dollar pints Hellbound Airlines t
ime and price And I was drinking you goodbye A heart floats in the bay From sour
home Chicago I hear it beating far away There's no telling what I'll do If I do
n't return to you I was drinking you goodbye A heart floats in the bay From sour
home Chicago I hear it beating far away There's no telling what I'll do If I do
n't return to you
ALKALINE TRIO
SHE TOOK HIM TO THE LAKE
Do you remember the story of the boy and his first date? She took him to the la
ke and he fell in love She spent one summer waking up between his arms She told
him how good that felt, told him he was the one And then she went away, his call
s were not returned He went to see her but her eyes were burning a different sta
re The focus was somewhere else And that feeling had somehow disappeared Do you
remember when they both drove out of state? Stealing kisses behind her cousins b
ack, with a love so strong tell me who could wait When it seems so right and it
feels so right Man, it had to be right When it seems so right and it feels so ri
ght Man, it had to be right gotta be right When it seems so right and it feels s
o right Man, it had to be right But then she went away and she's not coming back
and I'm pretty sure that boy is staying in tonight
ALKALINE TRIO
SLEEPYHEAD
All you've been asking for's been placed in front of you The headaches, the sha
king, The boredom the boardroom brings You're scratching at itching brought by t
he spiders beneath your skin The answer in question is over before it begins Hey
there sleepy smile, I see you've brought your bedroom eyes Not assuming you wan
na keep 'em, I'm assuming you reckon you won't All you've been asking for's been
placed in front of you The headaches, the shaking, The boredom the boardroom br
ings You're scratching at itching brought by the spiders beneath your skin The a
nswer in question is over before it begins Hey there sleepy smile, I see you've
brought your bedroom eyes Not assuming you wanna keep 'em, I'm assuming you reck
on you won't Nothing to see here but the rain There's nothing to hold you but th
e flames Nothing to see here but the rain There's nothing to hold you but the fl
ames Nothing to see here but the rain There's nothing to hold you but the flames
Nothing to see here but the rain It's raining flames Earth to sleepy smile, Whe
re'd you take those bedroom eyes? Not assuming you wanna keep 'em, I'm assuming
you reckon you won't
ALKALINE TRIO
SNAKE OIL TANKER
This time you've dug yourself an anchor
too heavy to move ahead with
Resembling a faker, charming snake oil tankers
Don't let them strike you down
I know that you wish I was dead
I know 'cause you told me last weekend
And Christmas has never felt colder
I've never felt colder
I haven't felt colder since
ALKALINE TRIO
SNAKE OIL TANKER

I've never felt colder
I haven't felt colder since
ALKALINE TRIO
SORRY ABOUT THAT
It hasn't been that long Since we drank to the sunset, until it was gone And do
wn with it went our pain and fear As we slowly broke contact more and more with
every beer And we passed out in each other's arms Both admitting we'd never felt
better Never felt so warm But awoke in each other's eyes Without wearing a stit
ch of clothing We were both deeply in disguise And maybe I just set aside The fa
ct that you were broken hearted In my own special selfish way And if I hadn't se
t aside The fact that you were broken hearted Hell knows where your heart would
be today Maybe with me It seems like it's been so long Since we kissed through t
he darkness Until it was dawn Up with it came our pain and fear That we'd alread
y lost each other We both knew that the end was near Maybe I just set aside The
fact that you were broken hearted In my own special selfish way And if I hadn't
set aside The fact that you were broken hearted Hell knows where your heart woul
d be today Maybe with me Maybe with me Maybe with me Maybe with me Maybe with me
Maybe with me
ALKALINE TRIO
SOUTHERN ROCK
I can't believe my heart's still pounding I can't believe how close I came And
meanwhile heaven's falling The fallen angels flown away And that'll be me someda
y With stolen wings and evil ways Straight south with the keys to the pearly gat
es Hard to believe my heart stopped pounding Hard to believe I played this game
My worst nightmares became real I got so scared that I forgot my name And that'l
l be me someday With stolen wings and evil ways Straight south with the keys to
the pearly gates
ALKALINE TRIO
SOUTHERN ROCK
I can't believe my heart's still pounding
I can't believe how close I came
And meanwhile heaven's falling
The fallen angels flown away
And that'll be me someday
With stolen wings and evil ways
Straight south with the keys to the pearly gates
Hard to believe my heart stopped pounding
Hard to believe I played this game
My worst nightmares became real
I got so scared that I forgot my name

ALKALINE TRIO
SOUTHERN ROCK
I can't believe my heart's still pounding
I can't believe how close I came
And meanwhile heaven's falling
The fallen angels flown away
Hard to believe my heart stopped pounding
Hard to believe I played this game
My worst nightmares became real
I got so scared that I forgot my name
ALKALINE TRIO
STEAMER TRUNK
Why you turned out the way you did That thunderstorm is still crashing in your
cranium Find that all these funny faces look the same I know who's to blame But
I swore I wouldn't say Its time that I got moving on As you're still burning the
dress you wore to senior prom Try to forget how you've been touched I loved you
so I told you But it didn't matter much And I'm trying to figure out What you'r
e all about these days I don't have much to say to you And I've been drunker tha
n a skunk Ever since the day I left you With your darkest secret safely packed a
way Up in my steamer trunk Why I turned out the way I did Someone somewhere drop
ped me on my cranium I'm sorry can you repeat what you just said My short term m
emory is gone But my long term's far from dead And I'm trying to figure out What
you're all about these days I don't have much to say to you I've been drunker t
han a skunk Ever since the day I left you With you're darkest secret safely pack
ed away Up in my steamer trunk In my steamer trunk And I'm trying to figure out
What you're all about these days I don't have much to say to you I've been swear
ing like a sailor Ever since the day that I left her With her darkest secret saf
ely packed away up in my steamer trunk
ALKALINE TRIO
STUPID KID
There are things that used to make me smile One of them was you for just a litt
le while You left me for dead so far away I replaced you with fear and shame You
'll be happy on the day I die There are things that used to make me laugh But no
w they're deeply buried in the past I left them there so far away Replaced my hu
mor with my pain I'll be happy on the day it dies Remember when I said I love yo
u Well forget it I take it back I was just a stupid kid back then I take back ev
ery word that I said There are things that used to make you cry One of them was
me for just a little while Why is it that you had to say Goodbye in your special
way You slashed the tires on my car Remember when i said i love u well forget i
t i take it back i was just a stupid kid back then i take back every word that i
said Remember when i said i love u well forget it i take it back i was just a s
tupid kid back then i take back every word that i said
ALKALINE TRIO
SUN DIALS
You were like a toilet bowl at the end of the rainbow
Something like a pot of gold stuck under my pillow
Keeping me up at night you kept my head spinning
And wishing there were windows to throw you from
Throw you from
Day or night
Fuck if I know
Hard to tell with no fucking window
And sundials
What good are sundials once the sun is gone?
What are you good for?
And we laid in my bed like a train wreck
And we both got laid like concrete
And we fought like soldiers
But we died.. we died like flies
Day or night
Fuck if I know
Hard to tell with no fucking window
And sundials
What good are sundials once the sun is gone?
What are you good for?
ALKALINE TRIO
TAKE LOTS WITH ALCOHOL
Hello what the hell am I doin' here That's a really nice suit This is a really
comfortable chair See I don't know if you can help me or not Cause I don't feel
sick But the pains in my head have almost put me Underground I don't really care
if I'm healthy or not Just clean my head up doc I'll give you anything you want
See I don't know why I don't fall in love Well maybe I know why and maybe you c
ould make it stop Then we'll cut it up and bury it and leave it Underground And
I'll take to wishing and fall under Sleeping safe and sound Just give me medicin
e prescribe me anything Just knock me out and walk me through the door I have no
desire to see through my own eyes anymore Hello what the hell are you doing her
e You made a really strange face This is a really uncomfortable air I see I'm bo
ring you, maybe I bore myself too That's why I need help, I'm cleaning blood off
dusty shelves I been cut up in this room so many times it might take days And t
hose stress cracks in the wood How nicely the soak up the stains Been telling my
self these jokes for so long well so long I'm a has been who is heckled on the s
tage
ALKALINE TRIO
THE METRO
[Originally by Berlin]
I'm alone
Sitting with my empty glass.
My four walls
Follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train
I emerged in London rain,

And you were waiting there
Swimming through appologies.
I remember searching for the perfect words.
I was hoping you might change your mind.
I remember a soldier sleeping next to me.
Riding on the Metro.
You wore white,
Smiling as you took my hand.
So removed
We spoke of wintertime in France.
Minutes passed with shallow words.
Years have passed and still the hurt.
I can see you now
Smiling as you pulled away.
I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand.
I'll love you always filled my eyes.
I remember a night we walked along the Sein
Riding on the Metro
I remember a feeling coming over me
The soldier turned then looked away
I remember hating you for loving me
Riding on the Metro
ALKALINE TRIO
THIS COULD BE LOVE
I've got a book of mathes I've got a can of kerosene I've got some bright ideas
involving you and me i don't blame you for walking away i'd do the same if i sa
w me i shat the bed and laid there in it thinking of you wide awake for days and
i found you tounge tied in my twisted little brain you couldn't crack a smile i
didn't catch your name i don't blame you for walking away i'd do the same if i
saw me i swear it's not contagious in four short steps we can erase this step on
e: slit my throat step two: play in my blood step three: cover me in dirty sheet
s and run laughing out of the house step four: stop off at edgebrook creek and r
inse those crimson hands you took me hostage and made your demands i couldn't me
et them so you cut of my fingers one by one
ALKALINE TRIO
THIS IS GETTING OVER YOU
Today I woke up,
Younger than I've been in years.
Not consearned with whats outside,
And beers, I don't have any.
No one is my equal because I'm the king of rain.
Controlling with my moodswings,
Throw a thunderstorm your way, way.
Drowning girls is a game I play.
Today I woke up,
More awake than I have felt in years.
Not consearned with anything, no tears.
Well I'm done with that shit.
No one is your egual because you're the queen of pain.

Controlling with my mood temps,
Staring at my shoes while running away, way.
Drowning myself is a game I play.
Drown myself away,
Drown myself away, away.
Goodbye.
This is getting over you.
This is getting over you (I'm not tired of getting over
Getting over you (I'm not tired of getting over you).
This is getting over you
you).
you).
you).
you).
you).
ALKALINE TRIO
THIS IS GETTING OVER YOU
Today I woke up,
Younger than I've been in years.
Not consearned with whats outside,
And beers, I don't have any.
No one is my equal because I'm the king of rain.
Controlling with my moodswings,
Throw a thunderstorm your way, way.
Drowning girls is a game I play.
Today I woke up,
More awake than I have felt in years.
Not consearned with anything, no tears.
Well I'm done with that shit.
No one is your egual because you're the queen of pain.
Controlling with my mood temps,
Staring at my shoes while running away, way.
Drowning myself is a game I play.
Drown myself away,
Drown myself away, away.
Goodbye.
This is getting over you
you).
you).
you).
you).
you).
ALKALINE TRIO
TROUBLE BREATHING
You told me that you want to die I said I've been there myself more than a few
times And I go back every once in a while You called me lucky, you.. you called
me lucky You said tonight is a wonderful night to die I asked you how you could
tell You told me to look at the sky Look at all those stars Look at how goddamn
ugly the stars are It's one or another Between a rope and a bottle I can tell yo
u're having trouble breathing 'Cause you'll never be okay You'll never be okay (
You'll always be in pain) You'll always feel this way 'Cause things they never w
ork out right (the wrong way the lonely way) You'll always be in pain You told m
e that the daylight burned you and that the sunrise was enough to kill you I sai
d maybe you're a vampire You said it's quite possible I feel truly dead inside '
Cause you'll never be okay You'll never be okay (You'll always be in pain) You'l
l always feel this way 'Cause things they never work out right (the wrong way th
e lonely way) You'll always be in pain Don't forget to let your life rot you ins
ide out Don't forget to let your life rot you inside out Don't forget to let you
r life rot you inside out
ALKALINE TRIO
TRUCKS AND TRAINS
These days go by like trucks and trains Some hit so hard you barely feel a thin
g Lights out right now back then and forevermore Lights out left now these robot
s marching To the nearest liquor store There's something green that's leaving to
wn Always thought it was blue Always knew I was wrong Where it goes hell knows m
aybe somewhere better than here And what they say of the grass on the other side
s true Too much time looking up is turning everything blue Including me includin
g you Including you These times count down like boats and planes Some wash away
in undertow Some plummet down in flames Lights out right now back then and forev
ermore With sirens on this ambulance is racing to the west coast shore There's s
omething blue that's leaving town We always talked about black we're considering
brown Where it goes hell knows Maybe somewhere better than here And what they s
ay of the grass on the other sides true Too much time looking up's turning every
thing blue Including me, including the ocean, including you Feel the ocean blue
Engulfing you I view the deep blue sea It's turning red right in front of me The
re's something gray that's leaving town And it's way beyond me How it gets off t
he ground Where it goes hell knows Maybe somewhere better than here And what the
y say of the grass on the other sides true Too much time looking ups turning eve
rything blue Including me, including the pilots, including you
ALKALINE TRIO
TUCK ME IN
Tuck me into where it's freezing, Tuck me into bed with snakes Tuck me in with
the tarantulas, I wanna let 'em in my mouth and down my throat to lay their eggs
Tuck me into where there's bleeding, Where it spills out of the walls onto the
floor Tuck me into where your best friend's apologies amount to shit, they alway
s did, for ever more I pour out onto the floor like liquid white from fallen gla
ss Nothing to cry over My skin went sour long ago It knew it had nowhere else to
go Tuck me into where I'm falling, Where I can feel the heat rise underneath my
wings and all the fallen angels in hell will tuck me away from you, take me awa
y from everything Tuck me into where there's dying, Tuck me in with flames and t
uck me in with flies, Maybe then you will appreciate your only friend with maggo
ts in her eyes or as ashes in the sky I pour out onto the floor like liquid whit
e from fallen glass, Nothing to cry over My skin went sour long ago It knew it h
ad no place left to go I pour out onto the floor like liquid white from fallen g
lass, Nothing to cry over My skin went sour long ago It knew it had no place lef
t to go
ALKALINE TRIO
WARBRAIN
I can't go on
You said my head's too heavy
I need that song
those trusty chords could pull me through
and early on
they saw the warning signs and symptoms all day long
we sit and dream of better days
where we'd hit the ground running on empty
stories we've been told
and all those nights we spent together never felt this fucking cold
when we let the car run in the driveway
kiss you one last time
before we brought the horse's in before the storm of '59'!
of 59' [x2]
i cant go on these limbs have grown to heavy
i need that song a night on earth could pull me through
and early on
they saw the warning signs and symptoms all day long
wonder how far from here we'll fall
before we hit the ground running on empty
stories we've been told
and all those nights we spent together never felt this fucking cold
when we let the car run in the driveway
kiss you one last time
before we brought the horse's in before the storm of '59'!
of 59' [x4]
ALKALINE TRIO
WE'VE HAD ENOUGH
in the shadows where the heads hang low you hear voices as the wind blows askin
g can't you see? reminding you to breathe it's only time before it catches up to
you and all your broken luck i found a better way to get even with my memory in
the darkness where the angels cry give us water, give us back our eyes our beds
this concrete floor and it's all we have left to live for a day we'll never fac
e we're only second handed sick and lonely fighting back the tears and every urg
e to van gogh both our ears that said we've had enough please turn that fucking
radio off ain't nothing on the air waving the despair we feel NO! in the shadows
where the heads hang low you hear voices as the wind blows asking can't you see
? reminding you to breathe it's only time before it catches up to you and all yo
ur broken luck i found a better way to get even with my enemies that said we've
had enough please turn that fucking radio off ain't nothing on the air waving th
e despair we feel that said we've had enough put walk among us on and turn it up
ain't nothing on the air waving the hatred we feel NO! this is our biggest fear
only tunes that we hear come via antenna through your car raid ee uh oh oh no t
hat said we've had enough
ALKALINE TRIO
WEAK WEEK
Eleven eleven set the clock at the pool
fade away from foreign days and understanding
a way out would be nice,
ill have your good advice with up the block
taking the train 12 after

some days the walls look greener
? ? ? ? [2 people singing]
Fuckin sicker days can seem weaker WAITING
and even if bugs turn into people to ask if youre all right
say yes and smile
now the outcome of everyday, weaker days await
even if the bugs turn to people to ask are you all right
say yes and smile
now the outcome of everyday weaker days await.
some days the walls look greener
God, ??? [2 people again]
fuckin sicker days can seem weaker, WAITING
even if the bugs turn to people to ask if youre all right
say yes and smile
now the outcome of everyday weaker days await
ALKALINE TRIO
WHILE YOU'RE WAITING
There's a hope in my head
That's been cut and bleed
Dry as your bloodshot eyes
And there's smoke in the air
And it's soon to clear
Revealing our demise
There are some who say
That it's a okay
If it makes you feel all right
It's just way too bad
Now you're worse than sad
All locked up there in side
And I don't know how you feel
But I'll make you a deal
If you'll make it out alive
My shoulders and ears
Are all yours my dear
I Hope it comes as no surprise
You've been known to say
That you're a okay
When you're feeling sick inside
I just want you to know
I got no place to go
Until the day you die
While you're waiting
Be thankful for your fingers
I'll be fading
With the colors of your pictures
'I'm not crying wolf,' you whisper,
'I'm really dead this time...
I'm really dead this time'
There's a hope in my head
That's been cut and bleed
Dry as your bloodshot eyes
And there's smoke in the air
And it's soon to clear

Revealing our demise
You've been known to say
That you're a okay
When you're feeling dead inside
I just want you to know
I got no place to go
Until the day you die
While you're waiting,
Be thankful for your fingers,
I'll be fading
With the colors of your pictures
'I'm not crying wolf,' you whisper,
'I'm really dead this time...
I'm really dead this time'
They locked you up
They threw away the key
Sutured your mouth shut
Murdered your family
Right before your eyes
What could you do?
Right before your eyes
They took it all from you
Your contemplating
You hanging from your ceiling
Can't help hating
You for having that feeling
I'm not joking when I tell you
I'd miss you all the time
I already miss you all the time
ALKALINE TRIO
YOU'RE DEAD
What the hell is your name And can you explain this mess It seems your playing
a game Where you only know how to take out the best Cause if assholes could fly
This place would be busier than O'Hare There's proof in the sky It's as thick as
our skulls yet it's thinner than air I have something to say If the chip off yo
ur shoulder should fall to your chest Get it off right away Cause if you don't t
hen it won't be in peace that you rest It's just a matter of time That we all go
away to a better place I'm told It all sounds well and fine But without you aro
und I feel nothing but cold And I now have nothing But your heartbeat in my head
And a photograph of my traveling friend And I became nothing when I found you w
ere dead When I found out I'd never see you again And all the time they took tal
king in circles To get them off the hook would take miracle workers We're nowher
e near prepared there's no way of knowing Why don't they just admit they're scar
ed Cause its already showing
ALKALINE TRIO
YOU'VE GOT SO FAR TO GO
Soon ends our stay here and it's been fun So tonight I'll raise my glass to us
'cause we've talked so much I think we filled this ashtray twice, and I'm pretty
sure we emptied every bottle in the place, so Let's walk home, let's be afraid
I wanna grab you by the arms and kiss you so hard Let's do it right under the st
reetlight I want it now, somehow I forgot how Way to go, way to go Forgot you've
got so far to go Way to go, way to go Forgot you've got so far to go I heard ev
erybody's voice cut out when you spoke And I watched all the lights go dim when
your eyes opened Well I can't believe you showed up, what do I do now? It's last
call, time to go But before we say goodnight Let's walk home, let's be afraid I
wanna grab you by the arms and kiss you so hard Let's do it right under the str
eetlight I want it now, somehow I forgot how Way to go, way to go Forgot you've
got so far to go Way to go, way to go Forgot you've got so far to go Forgot you'
ve got so far, you've got so far to go Forgot you've got so far, you've got so f
ar to go Forgot you've got so far, you've got so far to go Forgot you've got so
far, you've got so far to go

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I don't deserve this.

There is no vision here

Me, I'm burning

All you think about is death

is the way we disappear

I'm waiting for a little bit of time

is the way we disappear

I'm waiting for a little bit of time

JAKED ON GREEN BEERS

Crack my head open on your kitchen floor

It's best left unsaid

The stars at night are big and bright

In seconds they seem

Don't let them strike you down

And that'll be me someday

I emerged in London rain,

No one is your egual because you're the queen of pain.

taking the train 12 after

And it's soon to clear

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