Nelsonvillains – Occupant

Nelsonvillains – Occupant

In the house with crooked floorboards, on Main St., Nelsonville,
I sweated into the carpet, hovered over my father and became violent.
Now as I wake up every morning and try to control my breath next to hers,
I sleepwalk Cleveland Avenue to work, and I smile at the women who walk back into me
 – I am trying to save face.
From the shot in my lung and the poems you stole –
they were all about you anyway,
so just take ‘em to save face. 

In the house with crooked floorboards on Main Street, Nelsonville,
 we mixed our cool-aid with gin and met eachother trading punches
– “This is nothing special,” I said.
You laughed and we agreed, and we became inseparable friends
but our intelligence got the best of us, yeah we tried to save face.

The Replacements – Androgynous

 

The Replacements – Androgynous

Here come Dick, he’s wearing a skirt
Here comes Jane, y’know she’s sporting a chain
Same hair, revolution
Same build, evolution
Tomorrow who’s gonna fuss

And they love each other so
Androgynous
Closer than you know, love each other so
Androgynous

Don’t get him wrong and don’t get him mad
He might be a father, but he sure ain’t a dad
And she don’t need advice that’ll center her
She’s happy with the way she looks
She’s happy with her gender

Mirror image, see no damage
See no evil at all
Kewpie dolls and urine stalls
Will be laughed at
The way you’re laughed at now

Now, something meets Boy, and something meets Girl
They both look the same
They’re overjoyed in this world
Same hair, revolution
Unisex, evolution
Tomorrow who’s gonna fuss
And tomorrow Dick is wearing pants
And tomorrow Janie’s wearing a dress
Future outcasts and they don’t last
And today, the people dress the way that they please
The way they tried to do in the last centuries

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Song of the week: Fucked up – The other shoe

I never thought I could appreciate a “hardcore” band. Then I found out about fucked up, which is, fittingly, the only lyrics-driven hardcore band I’ve discovered to date. Enjoy.
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Act One: Love, then tragedy strikes the town.
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We’re dying on the inside
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Right on time here’s the other shoe.
Clouds overhead start to loom.
Some born to win others fated to lose.
From the options we must choose.
My friend dread is right on time,
Can’t start to think that it is fine.
Watch the tower as it starts to teeter.
The new lyrics follow the same old meter.
It can’t be comfortable when the whole thing’s about to fall.
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We’re dying on the inside
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Butterflies, my stomach starts to heave.
What joyous blunder waits for me?
Finished first but I missed the start.
Hitched the mule behind the cart.
Take the rose by the thorns.
Hope for sun, but here’s the storm.
So head outside and wait for rain.
Watch it all go down the drain.
It can’t be comfortable when the whole thing’s about to fall.
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We’re dying on the inside
We settle in but it’s time to go,
Taken to sea by the undertow.
Love the smell but I hate the taste.
Feeling good is such a waste.
Loved the book but I hate the end,
Gained a lover but I lost a friend.
Straight to worst, from the best.
Nothing can fill that hole in my chest.
It can’t be comfortable when the whole thing’s about to fall.
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To make things worse, it all goes so fast
And we try to hold on as they go past.
We need a Peter, we get a Paul;
At least Judas had some balls.
To make a move on these building doubts
About how this messiah thing would shake out,
I feel the nail against my skin,
Wait for the hammer to drive it in.
It can’t be comfortable when you know the whole thing’s about to fall.
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We’re dying on the inside
—
The Other Shoe

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SOTW – Pedro The Lion – Penetration

Have you ever seen an idealist
With grey hairs on his head
Or successful men who keep in touch
With unsuccessful friends?

You only think you do
I could have sworn I saw it too
But as it turns out,
It was just a clever ad for cigarettes

Cause if it isn’t making dollars
Then it isn’t making sense
If you aren’t moving units
Then you’re not worth the expense
If you really want to make it
You had best remember this
If it isn’t penetration
Then it isn’t worth a kiss

We’re so sorry, sir,
But you did not quite make the cut this time,
and we’d appriciate it if you’d cleared
your stuff on out by five

Don’t take it personal
Everyone knows you did your best
If it makes it easier,
you should look at things from our perspective

Cause if it isn’t making dollars
Then it isn’t making sense
If you aren’t moving units
Then you’re not worth the expense
If you really want to make it
You had best remember this
If it isn’t penetration
Then it isn’t worth a kiss

Penetration

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