Re-Animator : That Was Then...This Is Now

Thrash Metal / United-Kingdom
(1992 - Under One Flag)
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Lyrics

1. TAKE ME AWAY

I’m late again Oh Jesus Christ
My ashtray mouth and no clean clothes
Empty kettle, milk’s on the turn
Dropped all the eggs and burned the toast

Glanced in the mirror, what was that !
Bus fare, bus fare I’ve got no change
Must have a crap, step on the cat
Keys, money, fags outside rain

Take me away ! Anywhere make it today
Take me away ! Cut me loose, don’t wanna stay
Take me away ! I’m having a bloody bad day
Take me away ! Just get me out I pray

My legs are soaked ‘cos I missed the bus
Maybe I should have the ‘flu ?
The boss will flip, I’ll lose my job
What the hell am I gonna do

I can’t cope, there’s too much noise
Here come the D.T.’s bursting through
Simon Bates just irritates
My head is spinning, I’m gonna puke !

Take me away ! Anywhere make it today
Take me away ! Cut me loose, don’t wanna stay
Take me away ! I’m having a bloody bad day
Take me away ! Just get me out I pray

Just another bad day
Nothing will go my way
I’m in shit knee deep
I wish my alarm clock never bleeped !

Risked my life to show my face
I just wanna scream and shout
One more day, one more disgrace
Is this what life’s all about

I’ve lost some pay and my self respect
There’s a hammer in my head,
And now it’s a bloody building site
But I wanna be, home in bed !!


2. 2CV 4.57

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3. COLD SWEAT (THIN LIZZY COVER)

I put my money in the suitcase
And headed for the big race
I felt a chill on my backbone
As I hung up the telephone

Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Running down the back of my neck
To lose means trouble, to win pays double
And I got me a heavy bet

Cold, cold sweat

They say chances on the outside
Are looking very slim
I've been so lucky on the inside
I feel I'm going to win

Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Running down the back of my neck
Take a little money, there's nothing left to lose
And I got me a heavy bet

Cold, cold sweat

I've got me a whole month's wages
I haven't seen that much in ages
I might spend it in stages
And move out to Las Vegas

Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Running down the back of my neck
To lose means trouble, to win means double
And I got me a heavy bet

Cold, cold sweat

I put my money in the suitcase
They say chances on the outside
I got a whole months wages

Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Stone cold crazy place another bet

4. HOPE

Sinking deeper in the mire of despair
Hands of hate pulling me down
I kick and fight for the love of my life
What is this place I’ve found

Dark nothings whisper, eroding my mind
They’re trying to take my soul
I believe in things real, the things that I feel
Keep me reaching out for hope

Can nothing stop this endless pain
The misery I’ve brought upon myself…
I wish they’d stop
Cannot anyone make them go away
I’m too afraid to even close my eyes
Knowing when I do, they’ll be there, waiting for me
The fear of death – within

Pleasure out there, people that care
Pulling me from my despair
Time to meet them, try to reach them
I’ve lost my way but hope is there

Re-birth of life, say farewell
To my darkest strife
My time has come, the new born son
Must grasp the virgin light

I’m sinking, so slowly
The pain
I’m helpless
Please take me away

I kneel and pray for me, master to save
Come liberate me from my darkness
I sense a spirit of new life from within
Within thyself I no longer feel loneliness

To take me home is my only desire
Holy deceiver get thee behind me
No more this torment, evil, decadence
I’ve suffered so long, won’t you leave me be

On through my search I commence with no fear
My trust in God keeping my path clear for me
A blinding light breaks out through the skies
Dividing truth from your never ending lies

Your supremacy’s fading, you’re losing your hold
You’ll never take my soul
Now I know your weakness, it rests in my eyes
Forever be the unfortold !


5. LAST LAUGH

Why must I feel like I’m wasting away
I’m nothing but a clockcard on another busy day
You take me for granted I’m the one to serve your need
You say “We’re talking business” when you’re really talking greed.

I’m shackled on your system reformed to a machine
I’m just a crew target to be hit from authority
Picking out your victim for which to take the rap
Then bleeding good intentions by stabbing in their back.

Why can’t you see that I don’t wanna be your side-kick
Your selfish ways just make me sick

Low - Is the way that you attest me
Rapt - You’re set in your foolish ways
Run - You can run but you ain’t so fast
Laugh - My word is true I’ll have the last

The last laugh - You despise but you can’t fight it
Last laugh - The pain echoes on and on
The last laugh – Disturbs your mind for years to come
Here’s laughin at you man !!


Well I’ll play the fool if it’s only for my own sake
You can play the bandit if it’s crime you think that pays
I may forever get walked on I’m just your stepping stone
I long for the day when you’re surpressed and I’m forever gone

But now time is closing in and you may have dug your own grave
Your life should be your fortune man and not the coin you save
And I’ll be the one left smiling when you’re all alone
Your time is through so take a bow and abdicate your throne

Why can’t you see that I don’t wanna be your side-kick
Your selfish ways just make me sick…

Low - Is the way that you attest me
Rapt - You’re set in your foolish ways
Run - You can run but you ain’t so fast
Laugh - My word is true I’ll have the last

Low - Is the way that you attest me
Rapt - You’re set in your foolish ways
Run - You can run but you ain’t so fast
Laugh - My word is true I’ll have the last

The last laugh - You despise but you can’t fight it
Last laugh - The pain echoes on and on
The last laugh – Disturbs your mind for years to come
Here’s laughin at you man !!

So I know I’ve just been wasting my time
But this old man here’s still laughin ‘cos he left your shit behind
And thou shalt never forget me, for in your darkest dream
I’ll be the young boy there who’s laughing at your painful scream


6. KICK BACK

If they say don’t do it
I’ll do it even more
They give you no explanation
Just show you the door

The world closes in – Kick back
Your music’s a sin – Kick back
Where do we begin – Kick back
Tequila, rum & gin – Kick back

Expect us to accept it
Agree and to comply
Roll over and play dead
And never reason why

The world closes in – Kick back
Your music’s a sin – Kick back
Where do we begin – Kick back
Tequila, rum & gin – Kick back

Your head in a bottle, needle in your vein
Lose your sense of feeling
You’re the only one to blame

Accept what they say and you’re lost
Truth is the key
They keep it locked and bolted
Hidden from you and me

The world closes in – Kick back
Your music’s a sin – Kick back
Where do we begin – Kick back
Tequila, rum & gin – Kick back

Your life’s such a mess
You’re way beyond repair
You’re falling apart
But do you really care ?

Kick back – The world closes in
Kick back – Your music’s a sin
Kick back – Where do we begin
Kick back – Tequila, rum & gin

A bottle ain’t the answer
A needle isn’t you
Do this shit you’re caught
In the trap that’s set for you

It’s alright to get off
Stoned and out of your head
Life is there for living
But excess makes you dead

Kick back !


7. LISTEN UP

I’m sick to death of your moaning and groaning
About what you want and about what you’re earning
There’s riots in the prisons nothing in the commons
You try to ignore our everyday problems
Well I’d like to see you all pissed off and broke
Then give you a B. 1. and don’t let you smoke

You’ve fucked up the earth
And destroyed the skies
You’re fucked up the arse
Now painfully die !

You won’t learn a lesson - you won’t learn at all
You’re lower than reptiles that can’t even crawl
In fact if I saw you I’d pass out of sight
I wouldn’t even piss on you if you were alight
You can tell I don’t like you not one little bit
Incestuous old bastard perverse little git
Power mad junkie mainlining on cash
Abusing the system to add to your stash

You’ve fucked up the earth
And destroyed the skies
You’re fucked up the arse
Now painfully die !
You’ve fucked up the earth
And destroyed the skies
You’re fucked up the arse
Now painfully die !

You treat me like vermin that lives off your back
You say I’ll go nowhere but that’s where you’re at
In your ivory tower your neat little world
Detached from reality the pain and the cold
You can’t spare a thought for the poor on the street
But you won’t buy friendship with lies and deceit
You have so much wealth but you can’t even smile
If I was in your shoes I’d laugh ‘till I cried

You’ve fucked up the earth
And destroyed the skies
You’re fucked up the arse
Now painfully die !


8. SUNSHINE TIMES

It doesn’t matter at all
Dreamboy just drift away
Nothing matters at all
Take heed these words the wiseman he say

Nothing really matters
Just seek and you shall find
That nothing ever matters
When you’re lost in sunshine times

Way over yonder there’s a light in the skies
A light to ease pain and dry the tear in your eyes
Just search and you’ll find the soothing peace of mind
The warmth that you feel is that of sunshine times

It doesn’t matter, matter at all
My only cares be shaded green
No thoughts of war to block my mind
Lost in my own tranquility

Nothing really matters
On through the never ending maze
Nothing ever matters
Forever drift on sunshine days

Breathe my friend, breathe in the air
Take all you can before they get their shape
Don’t call it greed, call it each to his own
Run little one before you miss the sun

No need to worry at all
And time is far too short to waste
Why break your back for some other man’s fall
Just let your passion be his disgrace

Nothing really matters
We wash out hands of shameful lies
And nothing ever matters
When you’re flying sunshine skies

Way over yonder there’s a light in the sky
No tears in your eyes
Just search and you’ll find the perfect peace of mind
Feel the warmth of sunshine times.


9. THAT WAS THEN... THIS IS NOW

The earth is round not flat you say you heretic you small die
The word of God dictates that no man will ever fly
Space junk in the atmosphere no water from the lake
Earthquakes typhoons famine + war one fuck off big mistake

That was then, this is now
Don’t wanna be part of your political row
Sick advocation of your military tools
Straight jacket valves – with diver shoes
That was then, this is now
Break the myth, kill the sacred cow
You take convention & those pretty rules
Straight jacket valves – with divers shoes

What went on, behind closed doors in the moralistic days
Locked away, abortions killed only the innocent paid
Now it’s S + M on James Whale gay Clubs on the street
There’s donkeys on my video aids the deadly treat

With my black and amber rattle
And my black and amber scarf
Who’s the bastard in the black ?!
Bright passions burning dark
Eight million for a player
Now it’s superleague as well
The small clubs getting’ poorer
The games dyin’ can’t you tell ?


10. D.U.A.F.

Mirror, mirror on the wall who d´ya like to see?
Trapped inside your own warped mind who d´ya wanna be?
Pancake make up, eyeshadow lipstick burning red
Boy, girl, man, women what´s inside your head ?

Talk shit, spreading lies you invade our minds
Dressing up, acting cool it ought to be a crime
Look pretty, can´t think can you use your brain?
High heels, girl`s clothes you`re all the fuckin` same

D.U.A.F - Die!
D.U.A.F - Die!

With your Spandex pants, fancy boots Jimi Hendrix hat
Dpes your mommy really know you look and dress like that?
Rampant ego, can`t get though cause the doors too small
Don`t forget your bike clips backs to the wall

Talk shit, spreading lies you invade our minds
Dressing up, acting cool it ought to be a crime
Look pretty, can´t think can you use your brain?
High heels, girl`s clothes you`re all the fuckin` same

D.U.A.F - Die!
D.U.A.F - Die!

We`re pissed off, fed up things have to be said
You`re getting old and boring your image has been bled
Change rules, change laws the time for action`s now
There`s one way you can help us and we know how!

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