DEGRADATION TRIP •PSYCHOTIC BREAK • I feel the fear take holdReside in darkness, thrive where most won't goAdrift, I curse this giftAnd hope you never know Feel like a psychotic break comin' onSnapping two by foursPunching holes in dry wall Feel like a psychotic break comin' onChalking up my dead friendsAnd loved ones long gone I feel the fear take holdReside in darkness, thrive where most won't goAdrift, I curse my giftAnd hope you never know Feel like a psychotic break comin' onSnapping two by foursPunching holes in dry wall Feel like a psychotic break comin' onThinking 'bout my dead friendsWhose voices ring on •BARGAIN BASEMENT HOWARD HUGHES • Don't deny I did you coldI broke your trust and liedControlling, selfish, gossip aboundCocaine mouth over mind And I say...I wash my hands, pull the sliversNo master plan, I deliver Enigma wrapped in riddleYour life I belittleDignity I'd stealNow I know how it feels Stubborn bastard, hard head knockingWe had our good years, tooThough apart, you're still in my heartI'd give anything for you And I say...I wash my hands, pull the splintersNo master plan I deliver Enigma wrapped in riddleYour life I belittleDignity I'd stealNow I know how it feels Often heard, seldom seenBargain Basement Howard HughesHermit phase, a woodshed rageThese days headlines are few And I say...I wash my hands, pull the splintersNo master plan I deliver Enigma wrapped in riddleYour life I belittleDignity I'd stealNow I know how it feels •ANGER RISING • Alabama trailer park they call homeBoy standing at attention in the corner his ownTerrified, scorpion crawling the wallBy the way father, could you please beat me some more? Anger rising up inside him yet againTell me you got a planDeaf and blind I'm living with the lepers andYou want to hold my hand Cold Alaska, hiding, bundled up tightStretch aluminum foil 'cross the window at nightMother crying, calling out up the stairsBy the way father, do you even care that I'm scared? Anger rising up inside him yet againTell me you got a planDeaf and blind I'm living with the lepers andYou want to hold my hand Devil rising up inside him yet againTell me you got a planDeaf and blind I'm living with the lepers andYou want to hold my hand Generation three, solitary, aloneBy the way father, created hell on my own Anger rising up inside him yet againTell me you got a planDeaf and blind I'm living with the lepers andYou want to hold my hand •ANGEL EYES • Homely, thick in mind, never listenWorn, tired siren drawn tunnel visionDon't forget this chance only live onceSprung, hypnotized by light, had to get some Get it allShe said I forgive youDon't regret our timeYou've got to move on love Angel eyesFour years and still I dreamAgonizeSuch beauty not since seen Bow down, piper leading, you were oneHungry, took the prize, then you got dumbDon't live out your life like a sad songSprung, hypnotized by light, had to get some Get it allShe said I forgive youYou must do or dieYou've got to let me go Angel eyesFour years and still I dreamAgonizeSuch beauty not since seen Angel eyesYour face is all I seeAgonizeForever haunting me •SOLITUDE • There's no out, downside up for goodNo light, reflection understoodHad to try, perversion satisfiedInsane...so, I indulge the beast awhile When hurting yourself feels rightAnd there's nothing familiar in sightTake the time to pull the weedsChoking flowers in your life Or seal your doomCold transparent blueLocked inside a roomIn solitude There's no flesh, my own ghost awaitsUnclean, defiled, hallucinatory stateLust, sloth, not my only sinsIt's just how, when it's time, on a degradation trip...yeah When hurting yourself feels rightLong gone the will to fightTake the time to pull the weeds choking flowers in your life Or seal your doomCold transparent blueLocked inside a roomIn solitudeInsanity takes youSo black it's untrue So black it's untrue •MOTHER'S SPINNING IN HER GRAVE • Mother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't save Mother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't saveYou wouldn't leave it aloneMother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't saveYou couldn't leave it alone Glass cuts up your hideBlack mark on your soulBurning up your lifeFeed the glass dick jones Mother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't saveYour need to be the dogMother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't saveThe you that's already gone Glass cuts up your hideBlack mark on your soulBurning up your lifeFeed the glass dick jones Mother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't saveYou wouldn't leave it aloneMother's spinning in her grave 'cause she can't saveYour need to be the dog Glass cuts up your hideBlack mark on your soulBurning up your lifeFeed the glass dick jones •HELLBOUND • Going down a last act sceneCurtain call begin bowingSelf-appointed abuse kingHellbound, that's my belief Black eat white, cassette thrillWhatever come, eat your fillChoke on bones, flowing stream long filledThe truth is to some degree we all steal HellboundCome 'roundHellboundGoing way down Justified, a self-made manAll I do is what I canEdges sharpened, blasted sandBizarre, devoted fan Black eat white, cassette thrillWhatever come, eat your fillChoke on bones, flowing theme blown stillThe truth is to some degree we all steal HellboundCome 'roundHellboundGoing to stay down Washington, a fish belly rustSad chapter read last page first Black eat white, cassette thrillWhatever come, eat your fillChoke on bones, flowing dream now killedThe truth is to some degree we all steal HellboundCome 'roundHellboundGoing way down •GIVE IT A NAME • Give it a name, get it out of your homeOut in your backwoods, a doghouse you ownGive it a name like a howling blue houndChasing your fears, man he's hunting you down Give it a name, get it out of your eyeCome from the dockland, got your low hanging highGive it a name, though you call yourself savedShe's deep on your bone and it won't go away Slowly all the roles we act out become our identityAnd in the end we are what we pretend to be •CASTAWAY • Day break, wind is blowing strongNo escape, caught on a reef in the stornCastaway, licking his cracked lips sorePatient, waits, hoping the rats reach the shore Yesterday, seems a lifetime nowRemembering those he left and howOut in space laughing at all belowIsland stage, plays to his thoughts and ego Dusk fall, fading sun no fire lightMemories amplify his plightGathering, searching for shelter aboveFeel the sting, choking on hoarded love Thin, cold, tired...castaway •SHE WAS MY GIRL • Copacetic, calm my frenetic, she's the shit y'allHighly-rated, well-educated, she's an angelShe's ambitious, beautiful, delicious, got a restaurantI can take it, truth stripped me naked, yeah I fucked up...yeah She was my girlUsed to be my worldI miss my girlWhat a fine girl She put together, says she's doing better since she let goRepeated dreamer, now and then I see her and we have lunchEver playful, hook the jumper cable, give me fresh sparkSister ringing, old reminder stinging, bridges burned hoss...yeah She was my girlUsed to be my worldI miss my girlWhat a fine girl She called me up, I guess she pretty stuck, she needed my helpIt made me happy, hence the lyric sappy, I still love her...yeah She was my girlUsed to be my worldI miss my girlWhat a fine girl Such a fine girlI miss my girlUsed to be my worldShe was my girl •CHEMICAL TRIBE • Should I live so longTo see 'em dropping bombsHope I have you nearCheck out what comes after here...what comes after here Generation turned a chemical tribeDon't really care if we live or dieGeneration turned a chemical tribeBeen sold out and it's no surprise Let the black odds rollWhy we can't tellBall insideRoll me over, is this hell...is this hell? Generation turned a chemical tribeDon't really care if we live or dieGeneration turned a chemical tribeBeen sold out and it's no surprise No last supper riteBitchslapped 'fore you reached the tableBorn in ending timesLeaning more toward Cain than Abel No last supper riteBitchslapped 'fore you reached the tableBorn in ending timesPossibly more truth than fable Generation turned a chemical tribeGeneration turned a chemical tribeGeneration turned a chemical tribeGeneration turned a chemical tribeBeen sold out let me say goodbye No last supper riteBitchslapped 'fore you reached the tableBorn in ending timesLeaning more toward Cain than AbelNo last supper riteBitchslapped 'fore you reached the tableBorn in ending timesLeaning more toward Cain than Abel Bitchslapped 'fore you reached the tableCould it be more truth than fable? •SPIDERBITE • CaineCaine What was your name? Glad to meet yaNever been to your place, but I know itTwitching embrace, show me the spiderTry to disappear, back crack in the sofa CaineCaineCaine Slow poison working insideDescending in a shadow, cocoon me then biteCaine spider give to me painGot a caterpillar body and a butterfly brain CaineCaine What day is today? Don't I know you?19 and bold, bitten in HoustonOut to the car, picked up a spiderAnesthetize your face, loser beside ya Slow poison working insideDescending in a shadow, cocoon me then biteCaine spider give to me painGot a caterpillar body and a butterfly brain Spun monkeys on the railroad trackTake me to the caine fieldI walk along, pick my spiderbite My old man wonders where I'm atI'm still a child, guess I keep trying to pay him back Arrogance stains, threading your silk tombSteady she drain, spider digest you Slow poison working insideDescending in a shadow, cocoon me then biteCaine spider give to me painGot a caterpillar body and a butterfly brain •LOCKED ON • Everything you heard I did and maybe then some, okDoes it make you happy and now is it out of the way?Everything you heard I done and probably then some, okDoes it really matter, of course I took it all the way What more can I say Locked on-what's the deal?Faded rock star, push and needleYou don't know, well that's alrightYou do your thing, I'll live my life Every word is true, baby, I won't denyDon't you push me over, I ain't even finished my rideEvery word you read is true and maybe that is a lieStrap session closing and I'm going out of my mind What more can I say Locked on-what's the deal?Faded rock star, push and needleYou don't know, well that's alrightYou do your thing, I'll live my life Locked on-what's the deal?Faded rock star, push and needleYou don't know, well that's alrightYou do your thing, I'll live my life Every song I wrote I meant what I said at the timeYeah, I spent some time looking death right in the eyeEvery song I wrote I captured a fragment of timeDying a little bit makes you appreciate life Nothing more to say Locked on-what's the deal?Faded rock star, push and needleYou don't know, well that's alrightYou do your thing, I'll live my life Locked onLocked on •GONE • All dreams have died along the wayI coughed up the price, I bought a cageI've had a hell of a time since I went awayDon't know when I died or where to lay down Gone, gone awayYeah, gone, gone away God knows I've tried, I'm dyed in painStrong yet simple drive, the freedom to sayI've had a hell of a time since I went awayHoming on traces of light, that distance fades Gone, gone awayYeah, gone, gone away So they say with time we slowly healI caught a flash of your smile throught the fog of a dreamI'll have a hell of a time, I clearly seeI can't be by your side, I'll see you when I sleep Now you're gone...gone away
Yeah you're gone...gone away