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Indie Nerd Strikes Again
04:03
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When everything’s been said
And everything’s been done
I would turn to Rock & Roll
Cuz Rock & Roll was fun
I didn’t have to fake it
It took me to a place
Where I didn’t feel lame
I wasn’t ever strange
I didn’t have to hide my face
Until I had to hide my face
I am just a speck
In a giant universe
But I still know the difference
Between blessing and curse
You try to chalk it up
As a string of bad luck
But if one thing is for certain
It’s that Rock & Roll sucks
Remember FNX?
Remember BCN?
It’s no debate that Rock & Roll
Was better off then
Well I don’t know what happened
I was busy that night
I’ll make it to the next one
If the timing’s just right
I wouldn’t have to hide my face if I was
Good enough to destroy this place, but
They took a sacred rite
And made it a routine
It’s not about the scene
It’s only being seen
You never make a million
Let alone ten bucks
The only real conclusion here is
Rock & Roll sucks
Rock was good
Roll was great
And disco sucked on 108
I know Rock is stupid
But I love it anyway
I really wanna feel
What I’m gonna have to say
I need to hear the lead guitar
I wanna hear it play
And I’ll keep making Rock & Roll
Because it’s all I’ve ever known
You think you make connections
Then you end up alone
You never get laid
You only get fucked
The only explanation is that
Rock & Roll sucks
(Words by Scanlon)
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And the dream was so slow
And her face was clearly unmistakable
Though it was perfectly impossible
It felt so real
Jung once said
(Two times)
That the dream is a hidden door
(Glanced at his watch)
So just what are you searching for?
(He’s long gone)
And the scene was so short
And the ending just felt too spontaneous
Did it have to be so instantaneous?
I got a raw deal
Jung once said
(Two times)
That the dream is a hidden door
(Glanced at the clock)
So, what path are you traveling on?
(Soon enough)
What do you think will be your reward?
(No more talk)
You’re just not what she wants anymore
(He’s long gone)
Is it wrong to want to feel like it should’ve meant more?
(Last night I)
Like shouldn’t one of us be picking the other off the floor?
(Tried to leave this place)
Is it bad to need to be something better than this?
(Trapped inside)
Like, why am I confiding in this worthless hypnotist?
(A hopeless case)
Is it wrong to want to feel like it could’ve
meant more?
(I can’t help)
Like shouldn’t one of us be picking the other off the floor?
(The sun has almost set)
Is it bad to need to be something better than this?
(If this ends)
Like, why am I confiding in this worthless hypnotist?
(I’ll first forget)
And today was so long
And I know these dreams are my own private hell
But I miss the green that wore her body so well
Even though it ended all wrong
(Words by Scanlon)
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I prefer to be left alone
But here you are in front of me
I should’ve known that you were near
I could hear your spiritless symphony
I know mine sounds no better
But there’s hope for it yet
It’s the easiest way to forget
And to pretend I am anywhere but here
Now every time that you are by my side
I get the overwhelming urge to turn
And run away, I feel no shame in saying
If it’s a crime, the laws that I’ve defied
Bail denied and sent away for life, and
Nothing less, the message I’m conveying
Is it’s best if we left with respect intact
Better if we said goodbye
You are clearly the reason why
I’ll end up in therapy
I would choose to be on my own
If you’re my one alternative
I know that tone and now I think
I need a drink or a sedative
I know there’s no blue ribbon
Pinned upon my lapel
There’s no motivation in hell
Every sentiment insincere
Now every time that you are by my side
I get the overwhelming urge to turn
And run away, I feel no shame in saying
If it’s a crime, the laws that I’ve defied
Bail denied and sent away for life, and
Nothing less, the message I’m conveying
Is it’s best if we left with respect intact
Better if we said goodbye
You are clearly the reason why
I’ll end up in therapy
Best if we left with respect intact
Better if we said goodbye
You are clearly the reason why
I’ll end up in therapy
I know mine may seem no better
But I’ve been trying again
And when I start dying again
And when the doubts bring
Their whispers back to my ears
I will ask myself
Is it right to just concede
To never feeling content?
Like, maybe just surviving
Is a great accomplishment
Is it good to just accept
That this is all that will be?
Like, maybe I should bail
On all the stale hypocrisy
Oh, I don’t know
(Words by Scanlon)
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Where does this road lead us?
Should we take a left on Pain?
A virus now inside us
The life won't cease
with the sun inside of me
where everything is free
I got all I need to get my rocks off now
Everybody's mental
Everybody's single
What you need is what you bleed
I learned that over on Love
But I turned a corner on Vanity
Our lives won't cease
Do with it what you please
And everyone is free
I got all I need to get my rocks off now
Everything's untitled
Everything is simple
I got all I need to get my rocks off now.
Everybody's mental
Everybody's single
What you need is what you bleed
Where does this road lead us?
Turn right on Confusion
The virus grows inside us.
The life won't cease
with the sun inside of me
It won't cease
Where everything is free
I got all I need to get my rocks off now
Everything's untitled
Everything is simple
I got all I need to get my rocks off now
Everybody's mental
Everybody's single
(Words by John (Duey) Ducharme)
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So, she says it's time she goes
But wanted to be sure I know
She hopes we can be friends
I think, yeah, I guess we can say aye
But didn't think to ask her why
She blocked her eyes and drew the curtains
With knots I've got yet to untie
What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with
See, it was just too soon to tell
And looking for some parallel
Can be an endless game
We, we said goodbye before hello
My secrets she will never know
And if I dig a hole to China
I'll catch the first junk to Soho
What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with
Sometime from now you'll bow to pressure
Some things in life you cannot measure by degrees
I'm between the poles and the equator
Don't send no private investigator to find me please
'Less he speaks Chinese
And can dance like Astaire overseas, okay
What if I were
What if I was
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with
What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with
(Words by Michael Daniel Penn)
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When everything’s been said
And everything’s been done
I would turn to Rock & Roll
Cuz Rock & Roll was fun
I didn’t have to fake it
It took me to a place
Where I didn’t feel lame
I wasn’t ever strange
I didn’t have to hide my face
Until I had to hide my face
I am just a speck
In a giant universe
But I still know the difference
Between blessing and curse
You try to chalk it up
As a string of bad luck
But if one thing is for certain
It’s that Rock & Roll sucks
Remember FNX?
Remember BCN?
It’s no debate that Rock & Roll
Was better off then
Well I don’t know what happened
I was busy that night
I’ll make it to the next one
If the timing’s just right
I wouldn’t have to hide my face if I was
Good enough to destroy this place, but
They took a sacred rite
And made it a routine
It’s not about the scene
It’s only being seen
You never make a million
Let alone ten bucks
The only real conclusion here is
Rock & Roll sucks
Rock was good
Roll was great
And disco sucked on 108
I know Rock is stupid
But I love it anyway
I really wanna feel
What I’m gonna have to say
I need to hear the lead guitar
I wanna hear it play
And I’ll keep making Rock & Roll
Because it’s all I’ve ever known
You think you make connections
Then you end up alone
You never get played
You only get ...
The only explanation is that
Rock & Roll sucks
(Words by Scanlon)
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