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War Machine
02:25
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Misstep after misstep
Mistake after mistake
Fucking oligarch pissing contest
Claiming it's for country's sake
War machine
Brings fire and fury
War machine
Brings torture and pain
War machine
Brings the world to it's knees
War machine
Gives genocide a name
We serve Raytheon and Haliburton
Yeah, we'll kill you for your oil
Another ten thousand American boots
Treading on foreign soil
War machine
Brings fire and fury
War machine
Brings torture and pain
War machine
Brings the world to it's knees
War machine
Gives genocide a name
Human life is expendable
Any cost for a vic-to-ry
Opposition unacceptable
To this country's war machine
War machine
Brings fire and fury
War machine
Brings torture and pain
War machine
Brings the world to it's knees
War machine
Gives genocide a name
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Little Miss Narcissist
03:11
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You're like an atom bomb
Reducing me to rubble
Still feeling the burn of your touch
Can't shake the stinging taste
Of your poison kiss
From my lips, making everything go numb
I am just another victim
Of your growing self addiction
I can't get rid of you
Our days read like a bad text book
Reel me back in with just one look
No matter what I do
You're like a prize fighter
Beating me into submission
Your lies still ringing in my ears
Wish I could have back
All the beats my heart would skip
Every time you would go and lose your shit
I am just another victim
Of your growing self addiction
I can't get rid of you
Our days read like a bad text book
Reel me back in with just one look
No matter what I do
Nobody will ever love you
Like you do, baby
Little Miss Narcissist
I am just another victim
Of your growing self addiction
I can't get rid of you
Our days read like a bad text book
Reel me back in with just one look
No matter what I do
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Tell Me A Lie
02:00
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(Tell me a lie)
(Tell me a lie)
(Tell me a lie) Tell it so many times
(Tell me a lie) You actually believe it
(Tell me a lie) In all your briefings
(Tell me a lie) Ain't buying your bullshit
Just who you tryin to convince
Your words make no sense
You can stand up there all day and lie
You can sell, sell, sell, but we ain't gonna buy
(Tell me a lie)
(Tell me a lie)
(Tell me a lie) Ain't got an ounce
(Tell me a lie) of truth inside you
(Tell me a lie) you knew the job
(Tell me a lie) a professional liar
There's no fact in your fiction
There's no substance in your diction
It's starting to pique my suspicion
It's all just lies and omissions
(Tell me a lie)
(Tell me a lie)
(Tell me a lie) Your secret's out
(Tell me a lie) Take your alt facts
(Tell me a lie) and shove 'em up your ass!
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Defective
02:40
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All My Friends Suck
02:49
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All my friends suck,
I'll tell you why.
They never wanna go out, never want to chill,
No matter how hard I try.
All my friends suck,
It's worse than that.
They never want to face time, never want to call,
And never ever text me back
I can see that you've read my message, and you still haven't responded yet?
What happened to always going out to shows,
And seven nights a week staying out to bar close?
Is this just the way life goes?
Does anybody know?
What happened to calling just to see what's up,
that 4 am text just to say your car's stuck?
Is this just growing up?
Or do all my friends suck?
All my friends suck,
What can I say?
They've all gotten married, got jobs, got kids,
With more babies on the way.
All my friends suck,
They've got new lives.
They can't commit to anything
Without first checking with their wives.
It's great to see you again! I think the last time was YOUR kid's birthday... LAST year!
What happened to always going out to shows,
And seven nights a week staying out to bar close?
Is this just the way life goes?
Does anybody know?
What happened to calling just to see what's up,
that 4 am text just to say your car's stuck?
Is this just growing up?
Or do all my friends suck?
Guitar solo!
I can see that you've responded interested to all my bands shows, but I haven't seen you come out to one yet!
What happened to always going out to shows,
And seven nights a week staying out to bar close?
Is this just the way life goes?
Does anybody know?
What happened to calling just to see what's up,
that 4 am text just to say your car's stuck?
Is this just growing up?
Or do all my friends suck?
All my friends suck
All your friends suck
All our friends suck
All my friends suck
All his friends suck
All her friends suck
All their friends suck
All my friends suck
All my friends suck
All your friends suck
All our friends suck
All my friends suck
All his friends suck
All her friends suck
My band mates suck
All my friends suck
And so do I
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Change the World
02:53
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What the hell is wrong with me
Am I too afraid of not being PC
Or just afraid to say what's on my mind
Sick and tired of being passive
There comes a time when we must take action
I want to change the world, So I will
Fight!
For what is right
Heard it a million times before
(Rage)
Against the dying of the light
It's time to say no more
Not waiting on the world to charge
If we don't act now it'll stay the same
Let's make a plan and start today
How did we let it get so strange
Where no one cares, it's so insane
Can't let this opportunity get away
I wanna change the world
Don't let the hate consume
It'll take control and it will change you
Living scared is not living at all
We must stand and make a sound
Must keep the moral high ground
Against this precipitous wall
Fight!
for what is right
heard it a million times before
(Rage)
Against the dying of the light
It's time to say no more
Not waiting on the world to charge
If we don't act now it'll stay the same
Let's make a plan and start today
How did we let it get so strange
Where no one cares, it's so insane
Can't let this opportunity get away
I wanna change the world
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Better Things
01:54
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I got better things
I got better things to do
Than fuck with you tonight
I got better things
I got better things to do
Than stay up all night and fight
I can't stand the things you do
And all the bullshit that you put me through
Won't take any more of playing the fool
For you
I got better things
I got better things to do
Than fuck with you tonight
I got better things
I got better things to do
Than stay up all night and fight
I've finally gotten wise
This resistance should not be a surprise
You'll say anything to waste my precious time
That's why
I got better things
I got better things to do
Whoa oh oh oh oh
I got better things
I got better things to do
Whoa oh oh oh oh
I got better things
I got better things to do
Whoa oh oh oh oh
I got better things
I got better things to do
Whoa oh oh, than you
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I'm Gonna Be Reckless
02:52
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I'm gonna be reckless
I'm destroying myself
I've wasted this life and now I'll go and waste hell
This world is relentless It never stops dragging me down
I'm no-good and useless and sick of this dead-end life town
If you feel like me and you ain't got no hope
Then raise up your glass, and let's have a toast
Life is much better when we drink our problems away
I know things are tough and life is a bad joke
So drink up again, and take a big toke
Get fucked up together and nothing will stand in our way
I've already ruined this mind
So I'll just go out tonight
And pummel this mess of a body
I just might start up a fight
Why keep it all together
I got nowhere to go
You're already starring at me
Might as well put on a show
If you feel like me and you ain't got no hope
Then raise up your glass, and let's have a toast
Life is much better when we drink our problems away
I know things are tough and life is a bad joke
So drink up again, and take a big toke
Get fucked up together and nothing will stand in our way
If you feel like me and you ain't got no hope
Then raise up your glass, and let's have a toast
Life is much better when we drink our problems away
I know things are tough and life is a bad joke
So drink up again, and take a big toke
Get fucked up together and nothing will stand in our way
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Where the fuck is my pizza?
Where the fuck is my pizza?
Where the fuck is my pizza?
I'm hungry and I want my fucking pizza!
Where the fuck is my pizza?
Where the fuck is my pizza?
Where the fuck is my pizza?
I'm hungry and I want my fucking pizza!
I want my fucking pizza!
I want my fucking pizza now!
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Please hear me out, hear me out, there is more I have to say
* I don't want to listen anymore
Don't shut me out, shut me out, there's gotta be another way
* This will be the last time that I close the door
Don't close the door on me again, this cannot be the way it ends
So please hear me out, hear me out, don't just turn and walk away
* I just have to walk away
We've known each other for so long , since I don't know when
* Now it is time to let it go
I know you better than any other
* You think you know me but you don't
We've been through ups and downs, been through thick and thin
* More down and out then you know
We have always been there each other
Please hear me out, hear me out, there is more I have to say
* I don't want to listen anymore
Don't shut me out, shut me out, there's gotta be another way
* This will be the last time that I close the door
Don't close the door on me again, this cannot be the way it ends
So please hear me out, hear me out, don't just turn and walk away
* I just have to walk away
We've been through this before and now we're at it again
* Been making all the same mistakes
These signs are all too familiar
* The same things over and over
We can make this right, we can make amends
* We're damaged far beyond repair
Won't that be better than starting over
Please hear me out, hear me out, there is more I have to say
* I don't want to listen anymore
Don't shut me out, shut me out, there's gotta be another way
* This will be the last time that I close the door
Don't close the door on me again, this cannot be the way it ends
So please hear me out, hear me out
* It is time to have my say
* This relationship has always been a one way street
* You never listen when I say I'm unhappy
* Hearing me and listening are two completely different things
* This will be the last time that I say it's not working
* I won't hear you out, hear you out, there is nothing more to say
* I will shut you out, shut you out, there is not another way
* I'll close the door on you again, this will be the way it ends
* I won't hear you out, hear you out, it is time to walk away
* It is time to walk away
(So just please don't walk away)
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11. |
Rush Courageously
03:22
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There's not a problem you can't solve
You could take on the world for good
There's not a thing that you couldn't do
I'd give it all up and leave it up to you
I'm not the one who could hold you back from the ledge
You were dead set on walking right over the edge
This time of year I never want to be without you
This time of year I think I'll just go
This time of year I never want to be without you
This time of year I think I'll just go
You rush courageously into the unknown
I always liked that about you
Digging for bones in your backyard was never what you wanted to do
But you left us stuck here digging without you
I'm not the one who could hold you back from the ledge
You were dead set on walking right over the edge
This time of year I never want to be without you
This time of year I think I'll just go
This time of year I never want to be without you
This time of year I think I'll just go
This time of year I never want to be without you
This time of year I think I'll just go
This time of year I never want to be without you
This time of year I think I'll just go
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12. |
I Knew You When
02:03
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I knew you when
You didn't know where you would sleep
And all your worries you would keep to yourself
I knew you when
You didn't know when you would eat
And you kept pushing on through your little hell
And now that things are different
Those things seem far and distant
Now life is still not perfect and it's never going to be
But living in this moment is not wrong
Got yourself together and you've turned it all around
I knew you had it in you all along
I knew you when
Nobody else would have your back
And you felt under attack from all sides
I knew you when
Getting by I was so damn tough
But you made it through the rough and survived
And now that things are different
Those things seem far and distant
Now life is still not perfect and it's never going to be
But living in this moment is not wrong
Got yourself together and you've turned it all around
I knew you had it in you all along
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Your Government
01:48
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This is for the single moms, still on welfare with 3 jobs
Your government doesn't care about you
This is for the college kids, enjoy your debt til you're 56
Your government doesn't care about you
This is America today
Land of the sleaze, home of the shamed
Every single day, they take more rights away
Your government wants to control you
This is for the young black men, systemically oppressed to no end
Your government doesn't care about you
This is for the ones who died, can't afford marked up drugs by their side
Your government doesn't care about you
This is America today
Land of the sleaze, home of the shamed
Every single day, they take more rights away
Your government wants to control you
Where has compassion gone?
Where has their conscious gone?
Logic and reason all but gone
All but gone
This is for the single moms (your government doesn't care)
This is for the college kids (your government doesn't care)
This is for the young black men (your government doesn't care)
This is for the ones that dies (your government doesn't care)
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No Tears
01:44
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I'll never have to ignore your number again
I'll never have to avoid your futile attempts
To make amends
I'm not sorry, that I didn't go
To what must have been a joke
Of a room, filled with nothing but tears
And words spoken kindly of you
By those, who don't know the truth
I'll never have to look in those eyes of disgrace
I cannot wait for the day I forget your face
And every trace
I'm not sorry, that I didn't mourn
The day that I heard you were gone
I rejoiced, that fear held inside
Set free with a burst of laughter
Now that I am rid of you
I'll shed no tears
I'll shed no tears
I'll shed no tears
I'll shed no tears
I'll shed no tears, for you
I'll shed no tears, for you
I'll shed no tears, for you
I'll shed no tears, for you
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The First Rule Kenosha, Wisconsin
Kenosha, WI, punk band. We are a part skate punk rock, a part pop punk, and a little of everything else. Give us a listen and see for yourself!
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