The Quickening
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1. Stop Smiling
2. It's a Fact
3. Marry Me
4. Allah
5. Tastes Like Chicken
6. (But Then) She Spoke
7. How (Did This Loser Get This Job?)
8. Hungry for You
9. Failure is the Best Revenge
10. Aging Orange
11. Canine Euthanasia
12. Moving Up
13. (I'll Make You) Love Me
14. Choosing Your Masters
15. I Believe

STOP SMILING

happy robots say "life is fine"
they're the ones i loathe
they're stupid or
they're lying or a little bit of both
ignore disasters and say that life is great
it never stops the smile on your shit consuming faces
the stupid fucking hippies too
stoned to see their lives are fucked
going with the flow into the shitter
they are sucked and then they got these magic crystals
don't do a goddamn thing just stinking of patchouli
while they choke on their ginseng
beating on a drum you sing of quiet and peace,
burning marijuana and take the time to hug a tree,
say no possessions, but get all that you can,
you stink like shit and smile through it
don't ever trust a happy man cheery retard masses,
with evil osmond smiles way too glad to be
cuz "he" is on your side and then they hand out propaganda
for sheep to join the cult, collecting guns,
they rapt your daughters but nobody's at fault
beating on a drum you sing of quiet and peace,
burning marijuana and take the time to hug a tree,
say no possessions, but get all that you can,
you stink like shit and smile through it
don't ever trust a happy man i don't want to go to heaven,
it's filled with pricks like you i won't go inside the gates,
leave me in the waiting room i'm sure that god hates you too
he thinks your an obsessed fan see how you are?
i'll never trust a happy man never trust a happy man

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IT'S A FACT

you know when your sure that no one gives a crap,
your on the right track it's a fact and when you believe,
things are good it's guaranteed you're up your ass
it's a fact morons through the world, and it's shitty place
no one ever asked to be born
it's a fact you know every time you think you've got it right,
your totally wrong
it's a fact and when you really try the efforts misapplied or there's a catch
it's a fact when you've got a sure thing,
your sure to fuck it up
it's one thing you can count on every time
it's a fact what can you do?
absolutely nothing don't even try to amount to something
it will never work and hitler is a jerk,
and soon we'll all be dead anyway
it's a fact (you suck) in five billion years the sun will explode
it's in the bible
it's a fact and no one will know that we were ever here
it's a fact it's a fact
so rest assured in knowing that what you do don't matter
some one can do it better anyway
it's a fact it's a fact

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MARRY ME

young girl says to her mom,
"how did you know that father was the one?"
then mom just rolls her eyes she says,
"you'll find that special guy" but to herself she cannot lie
she says, "i'm praying for the day i die and they bury me"
then boy become a man he finds that special one
who understands he knows 'twas meant to be her faults he cannot see
& now he's down on bended knee
i pledge my love eternally, will you marry me?
do you take this woman? i don't!
do you take this man? i don't!
for the rest of your awful life she is your lawful wedded wife
do you take this woman? i don't!
do you take this man? i don't!
eternal agony in holy matrimony the two now joined as one
and from this holy union comes a son and the cycle begins again,
another fool is on his knee where is my alimony?
hang yourself from the family tree, say marry me
menopause, mid-life crisis, moments for the rest of your life
'til death do you part, 'til the kids leave home she is your wife (june?)
just look at your parents strife imagine that for the rest of your life
do you take this women? indubitably i don't

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ALLAH!

allah! allah! allah! allah!
i studied carefully, and i do believe the best of heavens is to except is islam
i hope that book is right they promise paradise
i'm going for the bonus of a martyr's reward and when i fight
i know he makes me strong
and when i die i know i can't be wrong
i know my only chance is allah! allah! allah! allah!
the prophet has summoned us to attack
he said we must in his defense against those who don't believe
the last day grows near my belief takes away the fear
i made the right choice my god's the only god and when i fight
i know he makes me strong
and when i die i know i can't be wrong
i know my only chance is allah! allah! allah! allah!
when the infant girl buried alive is asked for which crime she is slain
when the records of men's deeds are laid open and heaven is stripped
bare when hell burns fiercely and paradise is brought here
then each soul will know what it has done
it's time to party with allah! allah! allah! allah!

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TASTES LIKE CHICKEN

first i think of my health,
then i know some food i have to buy i'm taking the time,
taking the time to understand why you and me
were never meant to eat a bird that fly's how does it make you feel?
to take a life for just one meal the deal,
two drumsticks and a breast just leave you so depressed that i must stress do not eat the chicken!
now back to my health i really don't need the vegetable all covered in filth,
it's almost uneatable meat makes you strong so strong that you can say who's the man?
who's the man now?
50 serving from just one cow how does it make you feel?
to take a life for just one meal the deal,
two drumsticks and a breast just leave you so depressed that i must stress do not eat the chicken!
i can taste the feathers in my mouth
such a waste of time
1 life 1 meal should be a crime eat a bigger bird
1 turkey - 10 people can be served i don't care how they're raised,
hormone injected do not phase me you can stuff your free range
chickens i wont eat a bird that fly's how does it make you feel?
to take a life for just one meal the deal,
two drumsticks and a breast just leave you so depressed that i must stress do not eat the chicken!

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(BUT THEN) SHE SPOKE

there she stood she was a vision a picture of perfection
so i made the big decision i'm going to talk to her
i have to show to her it could be magic and i got the nerve up
so went over there she was a goddess
i had to show to her i could be her adonis
at first sight i knew she was my destiny
the first time the feeling has come over me
intimidation, feared rejection i need to make a love connection
then the unexpected had occurred and then it happened
and she spoke and it all just went to hell
her personality quickly broke the spell so disillusioned
and i came to the conclusion she was garbage wrapped in loveliness
leaving me so unimpressed if she don't shut up i'm gonna throw up
all over her shoes how could it be?
that such a goddess would ever talk to me and make me nauseous
all the things she said just echoed in my head
i thought she was an angle, but it was all just misread
every word was terrible, and made it more unbearable
and made me have to leave the f-ing room
and it's all because she spoke tortured by her words such a pretty shithead
that i wished i never heard perfect on the outside but fucked on the in
how can god be so cruel?
it's got to be a sin i had to plug my ears, until she disappears
so i can cry - waahh!
and it's all because she spoke it all just went to hell
her personality quickly broke the spell so disillusioned
that i came to the conclusion she was garbage wrapped in loveliness
leaving me so unimpressed i was destined to learn my lesson
and i learned it well never think she's perfect till you talk to her
first never fall in love till you go through her purse
never think she's perfect till you talk to her first and i should know

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HOW (DID THIS LOSER GET THIS JOB)

i know it's just a figure of speech but if your breath and your clothes are bad your destined to teach
i see the president i see lincoln what the hell was 43% of this place thinking
we watch the shuttle launch read j.d. salinger i know one teacher i wish was on the challenger
how- how- how- how- how- how- how did this loser get this job?
check his references, that's all i'm saying i think my parents deserve more for what their paying
he works till 3:00 it's such a racket all you need are dockers and a members only jacket
how- how- how- how- how- how- how did this loser get this job?
unprepared, drunk you swindle academe all you wanna do is wrestle with the football team
pass out towels like communion you're protected by the kid molesters union
how- how- how- how- how- how- how did this loser get this job?

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HUNGRY FOR YOU

hey baby where you going tonight?
and are you taking me with you?
i love you so much i want you to know
i really love you so i want you to be my lady forever and ever and ever and ever
little girl i want you so bad i can taste it in my food
i think your great i really want you to know
i always want you around
i think about you every single night when i'm sleeping on the couch in my bed
every time i watch tv all i have
i got you in my head all i think is of you
i love you i fuckin love you, your my pumpkin and i want to squeeze you
so baby where we going out tonight?
are you taking me to get some food?
i want you to pay for me i've got no job i'm so hungry for you for you for you
hey baby where we going out tonight?
are we gonna go eat?
everything will be alright i love you so much i want you to know
i never really ever wanna let you go,
you're my pumpkin for 6 weeks now and all i want to share is a large cow,
with cheese, with you, because i love you oh pumpkin!
i want you i want you to know, i never really ever wanna let you go
i'll smash your head in the doorway, if you don't pay my way
i got no money, i got no rent, i'm just hungry for you
i'm just hungry for you
i'm so hungry for you
hungry for you!
hungry for you!

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FAILURE IS THE BEST REVENGE

for all those who've failed you will have your day
and you'll hear them say "i don't understand how things went wrong,
i've always been great, good-looking and strong"
when they feel like you have all the time it's your revenge
failure i guess that's life,
failure is the best revenge
be proud of your flounders and falter with pride fail
without shame cuz you never tried
don't bother building a trophy case,
unless they start handing them out for last place
be humble because no one is safe it sneaks right up
failure everybody join the club,
failure is the best revenge
failure only one way of doing things right,
but a thousand ways wrong, so join the fight.
in showing the winners we don't play their games,
an army of losers retarded and lame a chance to unite
cuz we're all the same it's great to be a failure never try
failure is the best revenge
avoid mediocrity and run the other way
stay at the bottom you're welcome to stay
make them remember you for failure
without match every defeat is a feather in your cap.
i give a crap we all belong failure
one billion strong failure come join the club
failure never try
failure is the best revenge.

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AGING ORANGE

i'm palm palm head and i wrote one good song
but that was almost 20 years ago
i tried and i tried to follow it up
but you know how those sophomore jinxes go
so i became quite bitter as sales dropped like flies
no one likes these dumb songs of racing cars and spies
maybe it's my ape drape or hippies in my band
but now we only tour in arizona or japan
so after much thought and a panel of experts
i came up with a brilliant little plan
i'll take out my frustrations on one of these ungrateful new punk rock bands
cuz i invented socks and i invented gravy
i made up the cotton gin but no one ever paid me
why beat a dead horse with a career that is cursed?
i'll just sue for royalties on things i thought of first
back in ancient egypt many pharaohs went to jail for misappropriation
of my phrigian scale i said listen to tutankhamen you're driving me insane
it's obvious those bellies are all dancing to bloodstains
i figured out you owe me and please try not to laugh
but every time i hear it i get one more golden calf
so i've bitten off a sizable chunk of the hands of the people with the food
now i'm confined to the pages of flipside
a graveyard of punk rock's 35 year old dudes
cuz i invented socks and i invented gravy
i made up the cotton gin but no one ever paid me
why beat a dead horse with a career that is cursed?
i'll just sue for royalties on things i thought of
first palm palm! palm palm! palm palm!
ape drape! ape drape!
poodle head! poodle head!

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CANINE EUTHANASIA

i'm gonna miss you buddy,
you were the best pal in the world
i feel real bad cuz your going away
but things will be better in the other world
when you get to heaven i bet your legs will work again
you can run around like years before
and you'll be surrounded by your friends
they'll never have to pick you up out of the mud,
your hair will grow back and you'll have a lot of fun
yeah i think about the good times,
like when i dressed you up in human clothes,
peanut butter on the roof of your mouth,
chase you around the back yard with the hose
you were my constant companion
but now you don't recognize me your eyes are blind
and dad says we should let you die with dignity
you knew where we were going on that last ride
when i promised mom & dad i wouldn't cry.
i think it's the right thing to do if your in pain
canine euthanasia seems more humane
now sometime has passed since you have gone away.
i got a new pal and he's really great
but i think about you every day
i miss you more than any girl, you never let me down.
where ever you are i wish i was there
i was always happy when you were around.
sooner or later everyone dies but i wish i never had to say good-bye goodbye.

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MOVING UP

hey mom, it's been fantastic since i'm on my own
at first it seemed so drastic when you and dad kicked me out but it made me get my act together
and learn what life's all about now i'm self reliant i can hold my own movin' up,
lookout i got me a job, at a food service place i'm making four-fifty
and things are going great i'm cleaning toilets, making fries
but in a couple years your least favorite son could make the manager
i don't need education, forget about a college i've got the motivation,
i've got the knowledge i'll work my way slowly up the food service ladder and prove to my new family
here i really matter movin' up, lookout, here i come, movin' up
i hate to jinx my chances if it's too soon to speak but there has been some talk,
i could be worker of the week they'll give me half price lunches
and my own parking space if i ever get a car
that's icing on the cake movin' up, lookout, here i come, i'm doing great
i may share one room place with seven other strangers with bugs and drugs
and several other dangers but i command the dinner shift,
and when depressed i think the four f's friends, fun, fast-food, flexible hours
cuz i got me a job i got me a plan you said i was a mess up
but i proved that i'm a man i'm here surviving and i did my own way
mom and dad i wish that you could see me today
i'm movin' up, lookout, here i come, i got a raise, movin' up lookout, here i come, i'm doing good

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I'LL MAKE YOU LOVE ME

this here's my last chance so it won't hurt to ask what can i do to make you love me?
i'll learn to speak in french,
i'll even pitch a tent on your front yard to make you love me
it seems impossible you never seem to notice
but there will come a day they'll say "he really showed us"
this time i really mean it i think i'm dangerous you won't be safe
until you love me you're such a pretty girl,
let's feed the birds and squirrels some bread and peanuts till you love me.
if you don't like some one then i will take a gun and blow their heads off
until you love me you must understand i'm not responsible for anything i do
i've got a doctor's note this time it's not a joke, i'm really serious bad things will happen till you love me.
love me love me i know when you say i'm scaring you and i should go away
that it's a lie but here's some truth i'll never stop until i die. (die die die)
in my mind we are peas and carrots but you are so blind you refuse to hear it you'd better listen up
i'll give you one last chance you won't be safe until you love me, love me, love me

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CHOOSING YOU MASTERS

i think my tv's busted if not this country's dusted 'cause i think i saw 7 mary 3,
and they were on the mtv they were telling the people to rock the what?
talentless hippies, hootie wannabees, southern fried kings of mediocrity
now let me get this straight you want mtv viewers, the worlds biggest losers, to vote?
the idea's wrong in fact there ought to be a law if you can sit through a silverchair video
you shouldn't be allowed to vote at all they call it a revolution,
i call it a curse tabitha sucks and kennedy's worse it's like
i got clockwork orange things on my eyelids as i watch the fans of stone temple pilots
seize power a layer of shit spreads across the land it's a psa from the rollins band now the sellout of all time,
who can't sing or write a rhyme is telling his genius club they have a voice?
well the voice of his fans, like those of blind melons should be lumped together w/ convicted felons
just a segment of society not encouraged to engage in public policy this idea's wrong,
in fact there ought to be a law.
anyone who bought the last hole record should be thoroughly deprogrammed
for the safety of us all this idea's wrong don't choose your masters

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I BELIEVE

i believe the children are the future,
teach them well and let them know things may be all shit right now,
but it gets worse when your old happy meals and easter bunny,
great moments indeed enjoy it now while you still can
cuz i believe i believe in miracles and dreams can come true
especially the ones where your teeth fall out or you're naked at school
even sleeping brings us pain we never get no relief
but that's how it's meant to be that's what i believe what ever happen to trust?
come on people it's what we need stop confusing the issues with facts cuz me for one,
i still believe i believe in the written word if it's on paper
it's true it's all gospel as far as i'm concerned if somebody wrote it
it's good enough for me why be so suspicious of the ones who tried to keep you informed?
they give you the things you need that's why i believe

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