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Call It Off, John Lyrics
The Last Thing I Remember
Where did everybody go and how did I get here
and I'd like to know how long I have to stay
Like a living contradiction I watched myself slowly appear
which then turned to me and pointed up my way
He said
"The past will come full circle even though
It hasn't happened yet
For better or worse
the last thing you'll remember
is trying to forget"
Just liken heaven and hell
everything there is
exists in opposites
So how can you say that I died when I never lived
and snuffed like a candle I never will
Don't Bother Screaming
There's no point in pointing fingers now
Who cares who did what
There's bigger issues to sort out
Like how wet our children eat
When Mom and Dad lose house and job
And they attend up on the street
If it's true that all we are are numbers now
It's a shame everyone here's to dumb to count
What we've done plus what we're doing equals were all fucked
There's no point in screaming for help
Because I don't think anyone's coming
Dug this hole ourselves
Might as well just that our mouths and lie here
Put faith in politician's and god
Hell while were at it
Why not ask help from Santa Claus
Maybe he and all his elves
Could unroll a budget plan that helps us start to save ourselves
Dickheads voted in by fucking idiots
Everybody wonders why we've gone to shit
I think I've got a pretty good god damn idea
There's no point in screaming for help
Because I don't think anyone's coming
Dug this grave ourselves
Might as well just shut our mouths and die here
Don't bother screaming
Forever Echoes
It kinda seems poetic
Like pavement art in blood
and any random things I scatter around
Framed in yellow plastic and signed anonymous
Without a will I'll leave only behind
a few million unspoken words
and one last one to you as you watch me fall
And I hope you're listening now
Yeah I hope you're listening now
so when I call your name out loud
On my way down
I know it forever echos
You said it so politely
as it I should have known
Then slowly turned around
and made your distance
Not taking it too lightly
I'm making my rebound off of the floor
and leaving with a few million unspoken words
One last one to you as you watch me fall
Lite is flashing out of sequence
and the time is passing elegantly slow
enough to give the act some clarity and purpose
Boy is My Face Red
Tell her I'm sorry
I wasn't half the man that she thought
She gut what she paid for
She just didn't realize what she bought
A house built on a fault
With a fresh coat of paint
But a crumbling foundation
Structural damage and poor ventilation
In short, an asshole better with analogies than explanations
If you see her, could you pass this along
Please give my apologies
To Jessica DeVries
And let her know I'm not like that no more
And I don't blame her for
Hating me the way I know she does
I won't get into the specifics
They're equal parts humiliating and horribly horrific
I just cringe
When I think about the man I used to be
I use the term loosely
There were things I never said
But they pale in comparison
To the things I should have never blurted out
Perhaps the biggest shame about having a small brain
It always comes with a big fucking mouth
Never in Doubt
We're up in the ring
and I've taken one Into the face
I've developed a distance and an aggravation for
the lack of a change
These surroundings have slowly died away
and though your passing all the blame
there's a limit to my take
We could have buried it in laughter
and had better days ahead
but since the truth is what you're after
I always assumed that your fault wasn't ever In doubt
I look at the room
and down at the broken vase you threw
it looks better now than new
as it seems somewhat more honest
And if we did the same
at least we'd have somewhere new to go
I don't know If there's any other way
Exit Plan
Read the books and seen the shrinks
Nothing has helped the way I think
And I doubt it ever will
Sitting here with all this time to kill
Everytime I go to leave
My heart races, I can't breathe
Out of bullshit strategies
In the nose out through the mouth
Taking pills I can't pronounce
Don't help me now
Sanity's saying "So long"
Panic and anxiety
All but overtaking me
Sad sight indeed
Sanity's saying "So long"
All's well, out of nowhere boom
That familiar feeling of impending doom,
Public places, weekend crowds
I'll die if I don't get out
Think it's time I headed home
All the pointless deep, deep breaths
Have left me with no air left
To tell you I gotta go
I'm not sure what you'd call this,
But I know it's not life
Being scared of my shadow at this just don't seem right
Remember when we'd go out
To get dinner, seen band
Without first coming up
With an airtight exit plan
Here's to Me
I always said I wanted to be
An overweight alcoholic with no money
A job I hate and a pack a day habit
A magician with a hat but no fucking rabbit
Mission accomplished
Here's to me
Living, breathing proof
That dreamers can succeed
I reached for the stars
While keeping my feet firmly on the ground
Oh they'd never believe it
If my friend's could see me now
Out of Time, Out of Place
A television static grey
A bucket full of ice melted away
A solitary figure with a cigarette
staring out a window into space
If you're waiting for a miracle
there isn't much more time
These feelings once ephemeral are building up inside
Like climbing up a ladder and
preparing for a fall
The last few years of error we were building up a wall
to watch it crumble down
Sitting Pall on a plane
A one way ticket stub now stashed away
Everything in Its new place
Home is just a the vault to escape
I know your disappointed that I've given up my dreams
and found the realization that the people that you meet
aren't always what they promise and they're never what they seem
Unroll a path to follow without knowing where it leads to watch it tumble on
Out of time
Out of place
Sometimes irony can stare you in the eyes
but we both know things are alright
just not the same
This is how it goes
You're out of sight
I'm out of place
New Cliches
Spoke the lingo, wore the uniform
Found the most original way I could to conform
Wine, women and song
I had my thrills
Ignored my declining health and the mounting bills
But the good fight I fought
Is no longer worth fighting
The hand that never spared a crumb
Is no longer worth biting
I hied to be Peter Pan
But ended up a broken man
In desperate need of figuring out my next half-assed plan
I've written more songs than I can count
About hating everything, getting drunk, self pity and self doubt
All in all I had a blast
But now it seems those times have passed
I pull my pants up to my waist
Removed the piercings from my face
Now I'm just an old man in search of new cliches
All my favorite bands have broken up
Or stayed together too long and now their music sucks
(Propagandhi and the Descendents excluded)
I think I'll just take that as a sign
To move on to lamer pastures and tell my dad that he was right
Alas, I have lost life
You got me good
Kicked me square in the nuts when you knew I had wood
Government Warning
According to the Surgeon General
Women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy
Because of the risk of birth defects
Consumption of alcoholic beverages Impairs
Your ability to drive a car or operate machinery
And may cause health problems
Union made
Recyclable aluminum
End of the World
Everybody's out of luck
Everybody's out of time
We'll burn the world to save our sons
Now fear October 21
Wondering "what if'' is now too little too late
Judgement has been made
I've given up my savings for the cause
(now that it's fucking worthless)
Why bother with the future when it's gone
(It never really mattered)
You can thank me later when there's there's nothing left
(A necessary evil)
Sorry that I have to be the bearer
but if someone doesn't tell you now
then no one ever will
So swallow up this bitter fucking pill
Now the day has come and gone
The butt of a joke Is what I've become
And by spending everything I had
my wife and children all have left me
Now nothing that I say will be believed
There's little respect for what I achieved
With the never ending reminders
and thousands of "I told you so's"
My mind is moving ever slow
Circling the irony that
in essence my world ended anyway
Pardon my French
If you're anything like me
You want to run to the window and scream
Jesus motherfucking Christ
Where did we go wrong
Who are all these assholes
And how the fuck do I belong to the same species as them
There must become mistake
Somewhere science got it wrong
I've taken all I can take
To hell with them all
So self-consumed
No shred of empathy
Just thinking 'better them than me'' Is no way to live
Splitting their time between ignorance and greed
Spend it all on things they don't need just to say they did
Surgeries extending wasted youth
Rather be catered to than told the truth
Take the Plunge
Some would say that our lives are just beginning
Then why does It feel so much like its the end
The only thing that we both have ever wanted's forbidden
Begged and pleaded with them
They refused
Life apart
We'd never make it through
Look in my eyes one last time and hold me
They told us we couldn't take the plunge
Dear, we'll show them won't we
In a moment
It will make no difference which side of the tracks you're from
That whistle is our signal
I wish they'd change their minds so we could stay
We did our best to fight it but decided
If we want to be together
There's no other way
Look In my eyes one last time and hold me
They told us we couldn't take the plunge
Dear we'll show them won't we
Who'd have guessed this is where we'd end up
So Long, So Well
The end of the day and saying our goodbyes
So much you have changed
but then again so have I
All the thoughts that we had
when we dreamed up our plans
could have never imagined
things going wrong could have turned out so well
I could tell before you even made a sound
in a moment while your eyes were looking down that you have found
everything that you asked for