DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL LYRICS - In A Big Country

DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL LYRICS

"In A Big Country"

Originally by Big Country

I never seen you look like this without a reason

Another promise fallen through, another season passes by you

I never took the smile away from anybody's face

And that's a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child



In a big country dreams stay with you

Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

Stay alive



I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered

But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered



I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert

But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime



In a big country dreams stay with you

Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

Stay alive [x2]



So take that look out of here, it doesn't fit you

Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded

Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming

Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted

I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered

But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered



I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert

But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime



In a big country dreams stay with you

Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

Stay alive [x2]

THE VANDALS LYRICS - Cafe 405

THE VANDALS LYRICS

"Cafe 405"

Watching her at the mall she don't know me at all

Hope no employee over hears

Think I'm in love with you Red, Yellow, White & Blue

Seems I've been watching her for years,



It brings a smile to my face as she hops with style and grace

Way beyond 9 to 5, she's keeping hope alive - Cafe 405

I'd always keep her warm in that silly uniform

Tell her every day that she's the best

Just wanna be with her, I'd never chat on her

Wit someone at Panda Express



And nothing else makes me tick like when she's on that Pogo Stick

I wish I wasn't afraid, she's making lemonade

One day our love will arrive, so glad to be alive



I'm always flattered when my hot dog's gettin' battered

She's gettin' better at it every day

Shopping mall renegade, she's makin' lemonade

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA LYRICS - Ben Has A Kid

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA LYRICS

"Ben Has A Kid"

I mean this, I'm not sure if you could say the same.

Week after week after week

Idolatry is wasted reverence,

Idolatry is the yellow on your teeth.

GASP FOR THE TRUTH YOU ONCE LIVED.

(Beyond this world)

Beyond this world is what is always breathing,

Beyond this world is worth dying for.

Beyond this world is what is always breathing,

Beyond this world is worth dying for, dying for.

I remember what you used to claim, what you used to claim.

You can't bury conviction with anything.

OUR MESSAGE WILL GROW,

OUR MESSAGE WILL GROW.

No matter the mistakes made within construction.

Beyond this world is what is always breathing,

Beyond this world is worth dying for.

Beyond this world is what is always breathing,

Beyond this world is worth dying for.

GASP FOR THE TRUTH YOU ONCE LIVED.

I pray that stolen glimpses do not subtract from what we've been building.

Keep stride persistent in our march.

Keep stride persistent in our march.

ONE DOLLAR SHORT LYRICS - A Theme For New Years

ONE DOLLAR SHORT LYRICS

"A Theme For New Years..."

Happy New Year

another ceremony of loneliness

you are the object of my thoughts tonight

you are everything that glitters

you reflect the light in so many ways

I kept my favourite pieces of last year

I pressed them in between pages



I wish I could be there with you tonight

instead of an airport lounge

plane ticket away

as distance and dimension prevail

you're a winters day I carry with me

we're a telephone conversation

a long distance song of injury

it's fast approacting the hour

the stroke of one last midnight

well wishes

a promise to you

a declaration I make to myself this time



A minute past midnight

the countdown is over now

another year has passed us by

a new year has just begun

I thought of you when the fireworks filled the sky



the first day of my new year

the first day of my new life



this is the loneliest time of the year

especially when you're not here

I'll celebrate on my own



a minute past midnight

the countdown is over now



another year has passed us by

a new year has just begun



I thought of you while fireworks filled the sky

OPEN HAND LYRICS - Her Song

OPEN HAND LYRICS

"Her Song"

She stares down empty streets and cries

How all her dreams have dried up and gone away and she feels...

One day her life might change its ways.

Until she hides what’s deep inside.

Trying so hard not to expose her lies.

She’s ready now.

I know she’s down.

Her flame burns twice as bright,

But only half as long.

When she looks down inside,

She melts away to her song.



She stares down empty streets and cries

How all her dreams have dried up and gone away and she feels...

One day her life might change its ways.

Until she hides what’s deep inside.

Trying so hard not to expose her lies.

She’s ready now.

I know she’s down.

Her flame burns twice as bright,

But only half as long.

When she looks down inside,

She melts away to her song.

THIS IS HELL LYRICS - The Polygraph Cheaters

THIS IS HELL LYRICS

"The Polygraph Cheaters"

Don't believe a word of this, don't believe a single thing you hear.

We're sinners and we'll surely get sainted while real saints will simply be tainted.

Don't believe a word of this, don't believe a sing thing you hear.

Sometimes villains deserve your applause cause our heroes are tragically flawed.

Medic! Medic!

Man down and we're losing him fast.

Forget it

Forget it.

That last breath was his last.

Medic Medic.

We were seconds to late.

Don't believe a word of this, don't believe a single thing you hear.

These things are romanticized, but in the end they're only colorful lies.

Don't believe a word of this don't believe a single thing you hear.

The poetry of a stone hearted cynic and all the demons that I've broken bread with.

Medic! Medic!

Man down and we're losing him fast.

Forget it Forget It.

That last breath was his last.

Medic Medic.

We were seconds to late.

This is the sound it makes when it all comes crashing down.

We're arsonists among architects, and we'll burn this fucker to the ground.

This is the sound it makes when it all comes crashing down.

BAD RELIGION LYRICS - No Direction

BAD RELIGION LYRICS

"No Direction"

A sullen figure walks along a dusty road

his life was holy and he couldn't bear the load

he left his people and a simple life behind

he raised his torso and he looked into the sky

shouting his questions

looking for directions

"what do I do now?"



now a confused school girl stares at the TV tray

the stresses of maturing compound every day

she glances up to see her favorite video

and gets ideas from Madonna's nasty clothes

in need of affection

she craves a direction

her heroes offer her



everyone is looking for something

and they assume somebody else knows what it is

no one can live with the decisions of their own

it seems so they look to someone else

to tell 'em what to be

tell 'em what to wear

tell 'em what to say

tell 'em how to act and think and compel others compulsively

until the world is all like them



a righteous student came and asked me to reflect

he judged my lifestyle was politically incorrect

I don't believe in self important folks who preach

no Bad Religion song can make your life complete

prepare for rejection you'll get no direction from me

you'll get no direction from me

you'll get no direction from me

THE VINDICTIVES LYRICS - I Will Not, Pt. 1 (Section A & B)

THE VINDICTIVES LYRICS

"I Will Not, Pt. 1 (Section A & B)"

I will not be found with a bullet in the head

with a gun in my mouth curled up in my bed

standing on the ledge looking down at the street

diving on the people underneath my feet



I will not

I will not

I can hear you calling, but I will not

I know you wanna make me, but I will not



I will not lie me down on the tracks of a train

I will not use a knife to disconnect my veins

I will not close my eyes, I will not shut my mouth

I will not, I will not, I will not I will not

I will not



I will not go insane, I will not be the same next week

I will not go gently into the big sleep



I will not hide

I will not run

you cannot make me

I know what's going on



I will not

I will not

I will not



I will not play dumb

I will not be fooled

I will not be used by any one of you



I will not

I will not, I will not



I will not be a man

I will not bear a cross

I am moving on and you can't turn me off



I will not

I will not, I will not

I will not mind my own business

I will not beg for forgiveness

I will not be embarrassed to piss on all you cherish

I will not, I will not, I will not

LEATHERFACE LYRICS - Andy

LEATHERFACE LYRICS

"Andy"

And I made a friend like I'd never known

Who made me feel like I was a special someone

He cared like I had never done why oh why did didn't I just phone

And now I'll never know what was wrong

There must have been something we could have done

And his smile was a mia child and Andy's drink was guinness I think

Andy's walk amused us all and he was mystifying

And I didn't really know him that long compared to someone compared to

A sense of loss like I had never known and what was important

I had completely wrong and if I could change this world

Then I'd turn it completely upside down

And Andy's smile was a mia child and his drink was guinness I think

And his walk amused us all and he was mystifying

And his *style* was to live in the *sun* and his smile was a million miles

And his drink was guinness I think and Andy was mystifying I'd never known

And Andy's smile was a mia child and his drink was guinness I think

And his walk amused us all Andy was mystifying he was real

And his style was despair sometimes and his walk amused us all

And his *song* was *real inside* he was mystifying

BUILT ON SECRETS LYRICS - Take Control

BUILT ON SECRETS LYRICS

"Take Control"

Am I a man or a machine?

I’ve learnt how to dream

With a conscious part of me

Nothing, nothings as it seems to be



So who are you to say?

This isn’t like yesterday (Like yesterday)

Test my non-existent heart

My chest was empty from the start

I’m breaking apart



Let me take control

Control of past mistakes

My conscience lies in wake

When does this personality?

Become the engine that is me

I’ve learnt from what I know



I never had a say

In the way that I’d been made

I never learnt way to see the difference in my days

No longer do I feel constrained

I’ve recognised my humanity



I’m breaking apart

CALIBRETTO 13 LYRICS - The Apple Song

CALIBRETTO 13 LYRICS

"The Apple Song"

If i were an apple hangin on a tree

I'd give myself to the first green worm and together we would be

He'd make a little hole and live inside of me

He would be my best friend and he'd keep me company

[repeat]

But i am not an apple hangin on a tree

No no i am nothing but an empty human being

But Jesus wants to come and live inside of me

And be my best friend and keep me company

[repeat]

He wants to show me his way

And he will never leave me

And he will give me ears to hear

And he will give me eyes to see

The perfect plan he has for him and for me

I'm glad im not an apple hangin on a tree

LA DISPUTE LYRICS - The Surgeon And The Scientist

LA DISPUTE LYRICS

"The Surgeon And The Scientist"

don't call this an art project.

this is science, this is progress.

and don't pretend these are heartfelt words, we are

children dressed as surgeons but disturbed by the sight of our scars.

and now we carry scalpels to trace the scarring resting somewhere

on the line between my house, your heart and into your home.

where you lay sleeping like a ceiling fan in winter,

gently turning as the wind reaches its fingers through the window

just to hold you, like i held you.

pressed like a rose between my fingers or like stones

i keep in pockets meant to weigh me underwater.



these scars will fade away but never disappear, my dear.

we'll raise our fists like lightning to rods to god and

if he strikes us down,

then he strikes us down.

but first, let him hear us speak:

we are like the legacy of thunderstorms we watched and swore in doorways,

"we will never be the same again."



i can feel you healing and i hate it,

(like a harpist without hands you only bang the strings

you used to love to touch so much)

to hear the dissonance drain violently and then dissolve

like all the songs i sang but never once could make you smile.

my god, i would kill to make you smile.

and reach out to my hands, soft and frail,

to make good on the love that you swear still exists, and still thrives

though we've buried our bodies in blood (and old lies,

like, "i'm fine" and "you look so much better than him"

but don't trust the surgeon with your heart,

she's drunk and sips from poison cups, and

don't you trust the scientist,

he says "life-is-like-a-wineglass" as he spills his drink

like secrets

all across your dress and says:



"my dear, i must confess, i never thought you ever knew what love was like for real.



i never thought you needed me.")

ABRASIVE WHEELS LYRICS - Banner Of Hope

ABRASIVE WHEELS LYRICS

"Banner Of Hope"

Angry young voices cry, there's a new sun

Burning in the sky

Saying listen to your heart

And not to the people tearing you apart

The message is here upon our lips

Listen for once, ignore your hip.





We hold the banner

United hand in hand

The banner of hope

For a truce across the land.



This generation

Holds the banner to the eyes of the nation

Like two lovers reaching out

In their minds no dark shadows

Of dread or doubt.



We hold the banner

United hand in hand

The banner of hope

For a truce across the land.

A STEP BEHIND LYRICS - Arbitrary Reason

A STEP BEHIND LYRICS

"Arbitrary Reason"

I am all alone and I see you waiting by the phone in my dreams in my dreams put your past on hold I'm dying in side put your blood sweat and tears on a line out to dry cause it's cold in here will someone hit it



Floor, time is fading faster than before innocent mind arbitrary reason why bloody beginnings



I am blind from sounds but I hear the light it's coming near in my dreams in my dreams take your time lay down face flat on the ground take a deep breath in but don't make a sound cause it's cold in here will someone hit it



I take back everything I said

BONES BRIGADE LYRICS - Rat Pack

BONES BRIGADE LYRICS

"Rat Pack"

as I grow up a group of fiends are all I need

and 7 piles of wood so I can succeed

so no more cold stares, enough bad vibes

let's see some smiling faces, it's good to be alive

rat pack, we can be one!

rat pack, having fun!

rat pack, a scene wide crew!

rat pack, for me and you!

rat pack, so more tudes!

rat pack, we're brothers dude!

rat pack, it's been a while!

rat pack, since I've seen you smile!

this isn't society, this is me not a thought put in my head but something I believe

that we can all be one by a sacret bond

skating without heart you'll never progress

living without passion you'll only regress

so grab your board and sing with me

gleam the fuckin' cube if you want to be free!

skating in a tight line, let's drink some cokes and have a good time

kick in windows and busting heads

fuck with us and you'll be dead

it's time the good times had begun

it's time that this song had been sung

THE CLASH LYRICS - Know Your Rights

THE CLASH LYRICS

"Know Your Rights"

This is a public service announcement

With guitar

Know your rights all three of them



Number 1

You have the right not to be killed

Murder is a CRIME!

Unless it was done by a

Policeman or aristocrat

Know your rights



And Number 2

You have the right to food money

Providing of course you

Don't mind a little

Investigation, humiliation

And if you cross your fingers

Rehabilitation



Know your rights

These are your rights

Wang



Know these rights



Number 3

You have the right to free

Speech as long as you're not

Dumb enough to actually try it.



Know your rights

These are your rights

All three of 'em

It has been suggested

In some quarters that this is not enough!

Well..............................



Get off the streets

Get off the streets

Run

You don't have a home to go to

Smush



Finally then I will read you your rights



You have the right to remain silent

You are warned that anything you say

Can and will be taken down

And used as evidence against you



Listen to this

Run

FAR-LESS LYRICS - Garage Band Degree (Everyone Else Is Doing It, Why Aren't You?)

FAR-LESS LYRICS

"Garage Band Degree (Everyone Else Is Doing It, Why Aren't You?)"

Sent out a call to acquaintances

We're gonna leave around five, on time

Get up and move yourself to the shuffle beat,

Garage band degree.

Polyrhythmic, polytechnical institution.



My favorite secret is coming to town

You better believe it

An invitation to the exotic.

Enter the circle or stand outside of it.

It doesn't have to be a complicated process



The sound is begging you to come inside.

The music makes you feel so alive.

On every weekend, they come out at night.

Who wants to join us in the rock and roll life (lie)?



Construct some nonsense that makes sense.

But get a brand new pair of pants

If you don't find the right t-shirt

Then you might miss the first (act).



My favorite secret is coming to town

You better believe it

An invitation to the exotic.

Enter the circle or stand outside of it.

It doesn't have to be a complicated process



The sound is begging you to come inside.

The music makes you feel so alive

On every weekend, they come out at night

Who wants to join us in the rock and roll life (lie)?



You've got your new dress on?

Dance to the song that you want.

You've got your hair teased up?

Dance to the song that you want.

You've got your tight jeans on?

Dress for the song that you want.

Now just lace up those chucks.

Dress for the song that

An invitation to the exotic.

Enter the circle or stand outside of it.

It doesn't have to be a complicated process



The sound is begging you to come inside.

The music makes you feel so alive

On every weekend, they come out at night

Who wants to join us in the rock and roll life (lie)?



An invitation to the exotic

DIE ÄRZTE LYRICS - Rebell

DIE ÄRZTE LYRICS

"Rebell"

Ich bin dagegen, denn ihr seid dafür.

Ich bin dagegen, ich bin nicht so wie ihr.

Ich bin dagegen, egal, worum es geht.

Ich bin dagegen, weil ihr nichts davon versteht.



Ich bin dagegen, ich sag es noch einmal:

Ich bin dagegen, warum, ist doch egal.

Ich bin dagegen, auch wenn es euch nicht schmeckt.

Ich nenn es Freiheit, ihr nennt es Mangel an Respekt:



Bitte versteht mein Verhalten als Zeichen der Ablehnung,

mit der ich euch gegenüberstehe.

Bitte versteht mein Verhalten als Zeichen der Ablehnung,

mit der ich euch gegenüberstehen tu.



Ich bin nicht blöde, auch wenn Du gern so tust.

Ich bin nicht faul, ich hab nur einfach keine Lust.

Ich bin nicht häßlich, ich seh nur anders aus als Du.

Du hast verloren, Du gibst es nur nicht zu.



Ich bin nicht taub, Du brauchst nicht so zu schreien.

Ich bin nicht blind, ich seh es nur nicht ein.

Ich bin nicht stumm, Ich halte nur den Mund.

Was soll ich sagen? Ich hab doch keinen Grund.



Bitte versteht mein Verhalten als Zeichen der Ablehnung,

mit der ich euch gegenüberstehe.

Bitte versteht mein Verhalten als Zeichen der Ablehnung,

mit der ich euch gegenüberstehe.

Und wenn ihr schon dabei seid, dann betrachtet auch mein

Aussehen als Symbol der Nicht-Identifikation mit euren Werten.



Keiner (keiner), keiner (keiner), keiner (keiner),

hat das Recht mir zu befehlen, was ich zu tun hab (tun hab).

Wirklich niemand (niemand), einfach keiner (keiner),

das ist ganz allein meine freie Entscheidung.



Ich bin nicht arm, ich hab, was mir gefällt.

Ich bin nicht neidisch, auf Dich oder Dein Geld.

Herzlich Willkommen in meinem Lebenslauf.

Ich bin ganz ruhig, warum regst Du Dich denn so auf?



Wenn Du dann durchdrehst, und mich wieder verhaust,

stellst Du Dir selber ein Armutszeugnis aus.

Du kannst mir Leid tun, die Wut, sie macht Dich blind.

Du hast verloren, ich bin nicht mehr Dein Kind!

THE SUBTLE WAY LYRICS - The Procedure

THE SUBTLE WAY LYRICS

"The Procedure"

I felt the softest protoplasmic kiss to grace my ear

A futile synapse bypassed-blockaded the neurons faded

Follow close but not much closer

And listen close, oh listen close sir

Your eyes and ears are tainted gears that turn away from every worm



So lock the doors and shut the windows

What we say here stays here

Oh if only I had known

Looking back on every corner I cut

I would have bore the larger load

I would have walked the longer road

Like I said

What we say here stays here



I can taste the coldest chemical omens that the worms carved to my tongue

With such poise and I am poisoned

It won’t be long

With such a touch as theirs it’s bound to break the skin

So listen close my dear, these walls are paper thin



These walls are paper thin/And if you scream you’ll give us away

Through the walls and every orifice and every corner of the skin

Hold your breath and clench your fists because the worms are ready to begin



When you know that, to look back

Would mean a thousand wounds

You’ll know your right on track

And once your eyes, have fought back

Those rebels in the dark

You’ve lost the stars



But once your wounds fill in

And once your blood can thin…



Stronger with strong words

And bolder than boulders

Our might is unclear

So watch what you say here.

BREAD AND WATER LYRICS - Free Labor (Camps)

BREAD AND WATER LYRICS

"Free Labor (Camps)"

Prison labor is slave labor

Trying to rehabilitate,

Or get cheap labor for the state?

Private companies now foot the bill

For the new prisons that we build

They generate thousands of man-hours a day

For dollars less than minimum wage

Prison labor is robbery

Tell them they’re working towards being free

No way to organize or protect themselves

Labor rights are human rights

Work for good behavior or to keep busy

Or they may never see the outside world

And what was the crime? Handling drugs?

Five years of free labor

When you don’t follow their laws

Prison labor is robbery

Pennies a day won’t support their families

We must give them a way to help themselves

Labor rights are human rights

When does a crime become so bad?

That you lose the rights that all people should have

Do they need a reason to lock you away?

Or are profits their motivation

SQUIRTGUN LYRICS - Field Trip

SQUIRTGUN LYRICS

"Field Trip"

Hey Lolly, it's a french toast breakfast

We're slidin' like a firehouse sundown

Feels like I oughta scream some chrome songs

Get as brittle as an eight track stone sound



Like a farmer on a never wilt acre

You ask me, maybe will never see a spaceman

I know what's in that hangar in Ohio:

Dinosaur jaws and a lot of sorry glances



On a field trip

We won't think about 'em, think about 'em

We're where the freeway stretches

Out like pop songs

On a field trip

We won't think bout 'em, thinnk about 'em

We'll take a spray can

Paint the city like a coffee stiring stick



In the midnight we can walk like aliens

Pack our baggage in a red-head suitcase

The rainbow is a can of lucky colors

Just ignore the drama, haggle with some roosters

BROKEN BONES LYRICS - Never Say Die

BROKEN BONES LYRICS

"Never Say Die"

I don't give a damn if you live or die

I don't even care if you crash or fly

Take my place in the human race

And let the whole world go bang in your face

Never say die! Gonna be the best

Never say die! Don't care about the rest

Never say die! We're never gonna stop

Never say die! Until you drop

You know you set my World on fire

You fill me with a burning desire

There ain't no use for me to explain

What you do to me is inhumane

SLAPSTICK LYRICS - What I Learned

SLAPSTICK LYRICS

"What I Learned"

Do you want to know what I learned at school today

Don't open your mouth

Don't open your mind

Don't open your heart to any girl who wants to come inside

Look out for yourself

Just don't be yourself

Won't you try to look and act like everyone else

No I didn't like school today

Do you wanna know what I learned at work today

How to be a racist

How to be a sexist

How to be unfair towards your fellow man and accept this

How to know right from wrong

and use your conscience

and still manage to get confused in the process

No I didn't like work today

I don't believe in anything no I don't believe in anything

no I don't believe in anything no I don't believe in anything at all

ZSK LYRICS - Where Are You?

ZSK LYRICS

"Where Are You?"

How many time did I prepare the words I wanted to say?

But all that ever happened was the tiny "Hey" how many nights

did I spend waiting, for you to come around and then

I woke up early and left without a sound

I would never find the right words, to express my thoughts

wasting all my time trying to find those rhymes and maybe

I am afraid to tell you what's on my mind

still trying to fight the fear of getting left behind

So can't u see what's happening with me

I shouldn't care but still I'm here for you!

I just want to tell you that you mean so much to me

And it breaks my heart to know you don't feel the same

way!

I really wish you would have told me that you don't care at all

instead you left out here all alone waiting for your call

and suddenly your picture pops up in my mind

the stars they start to fade out, your smile makes me go blind

So can't u see what's happening with me

I shouldn't care but still I'm here for you!

I just want to tell you that you mean so much to me

And it breaks my heart to know you don't feel the same

way!(... as I do)

EIGHTEEN VISIONS LYRICS - Victim

EIGHTEEN VISIONS LYRICS

"Victim"

You can't be saved

You've gone and dug your grave

And it's getting deeper by the minute

Well you had to turn your back

Ain't cutting you no slack

Hooked on your lies you had me going



[Chorus]

So give me one good reason

I should be forgiving you

When I don't care anyway

So give me two good reasons

I should be forgiving you

When I'm the victim today

You through it all away

Still getting high today

You'll crash and burn before you know it

Yeah

Addicted to your lies

Think I've been victimized

Same day, same night, same situation



[Chorus]

So give me one good reason

I should be forgiving you

When I don't care anyway

So give me two good reasons

I should be forgiving you

When I'm the victim today



And I feel like I'm the victim

I feel like I have been criticized

Yeah

By every little thing you've said

Now I don't care cos you're the one that's going down

And now I've left you here for dead



[Chorus]

So give me one good reason

I should be forgiving you

When I don't care anyway

So give me two good reasons

I should be forgiving you

When I'm the victim today



And I feel like I'm the victim

EIGHTEEN VISIONS LYRICS - Mental Repression

EIGHTEEN VISIONS LYRICS

"Mental Repression"

Punish me let me down.

Punish me i let you down.

As i come near the end is here.

Eternal darkness is mine.

I'm left to suffer.

This i accept.

Punish me let me die.

Punish me i live a lie.

Steel. lead. concrete. fire.

Which do i choose for my departure?