1. ALEX ENGLISH

Stop!

The first one to hit the cop wins
His death was so obvious
Make up the things that you did
I hid in the bushes, i was tripping on thizz
Description of no sir you can't ignore
The lights, they are blinding
And you, man, are such a bore

Please smash the target
Please smash the target
Please smash the target right where the heart sits

Whoever said we had to stop this from happening?
My plans changed abruptly and you chose to flee this unstable setting
And i'll only survive in this life
(i got that necklace, i got that watch
I copped that blow torch off your front porch)
I'll only survive if it's you by my side
(i got that bottle of jack, i got five on that sack)
And i'll only survive in this life
If this fails then i'll bail you out of jail

It's so obvious you're constantly blocking me from rational thinking

Maybe i look good in leather
In my bed, i pluck your feathers
We should fucking be together
Now look alive and say you've gotta go
Well, don't it feel good? You got what you paid for
Well, don't it feel good? You got what you paid for

Maybe i look good in leather
In my bed, i pluck your feathers
We should fucking be together
Now look alive and say you've gotta go
Well, don't it feel good? You got what you paid for
Well, don't it feel good? You got what you paid for

Brace me, honey
I need friction
If i slur my words, correct my diction
It's not always fact or fiction
I made the plan, i'll make my own plan
Period, colon, grammar arsenal
I think we need some brand-new barstools
A new decor
Oh, man, that car's cool
I change the plan, i bought my own plan

The night was innocent, but she'll never believe that i was alone
(reciting words i didn't write) the night was innocent!

You want a piece of my mind
That's fine, that's fine, that's fine
You want a piece of my mind, that's fine

Just keep your arms around me and i won't let your body touch...
I won't let it touch the ground
Just keep your eyes on me and let me be your gravity

Until you can, can sleep sound (you're right, i am addicted)
Until you can, can sleep sound (the point, i guess i missed it)
Until you can, can sleep sound (it's not your fault)
But i'll blame it on anything but myself
Until you can, can sleep sound (you're right, i am addicted)
Until you can, can sleep sound (the point, i guess i missed it)
Until you can, can sleep sound (it's not your fault)
But i'll blame it on anything but myself


2. BUFFALO!

Here is a lesson, stop trying to impress them
The look on her face is like, "no, no, no, no, no!"
Question answer question. No, question answer question
No one cares who you know know, know, know, know, know

Here is a lesson, stop trying to impress them
The look on her face is like, "no, no, no, no, no!"
Know who you are before you claim you're a star
For now, we are all just like, "no, no, no and no!"

And all that you said to me has left me with anxiety
Let's just keep this underneath
You speak of me in disbelief

This ain't no fucking day job
I don't just sit around
Counting all my money
This is how you go out
I don't just sit around
Counting all my money
This is how you go out
You go out like a bang

I envision your brain like a crashing car
The cable it just snaps holding up the elevator
This ain't no fucking day job
I don't just sit around
This is how you go out
You go out like a bang

Here is a lesson, stop trying to impress them
The look on her face is like, "no, no, no, no, no!"
Question answer question. No, question answer question
No one cares who you know know, know, know, know, know

Here is a lesson, stop trying to impress them
The look on her face is like, "no, no, no, no, no!"
Know who you are before you claim you're a star
For now, we are all just like, "no, no, no and no!"

Hello, my name is jon fucking mess
I wrote the script on getting you out of your dress
Would you like to go out sometime?
I'll tear open your body and break down your emotional guard
'Cause i like love, and it's no good to me if you don't reciprocate the feeling
If you don't give back, i'm crushed, i'll go out drinking

Go out drinking, drinking
Drinking, drinking
Drinking, drinking
Drinking, drinking
Drinking!


3. ME AND ZOLOFT GET ALONG FINE

Ask me, i'm fine or i will be
I got a bullet-proof vest on and the cure for aids
And a pill that makes me happy

Ask me, i'm fine or i will be
I've got the cure for loneliness
And a pill that makes all my problems resolved

I got a bullet-proof vest on
And i wiretapped your brain
I want to do this right
Dyno... Dynomite

You should have just listened to your friends
You would have been over this by now
I thought we told each other to live in different worlds

Oh, you should have listened to your friends
You would have been over this by now, over this by now

(well, sure it's complicated, but i still know) oh, there's only so much i can take
(that i can get frustrated and snort that blow) but i guess we'll never really find out
Never really find out

Rate me and judge me on a graph that you drew
Hope i compare to the friends that left you for dead

I guess i'm not making myself perfectly clear
I guess i'm not making myself perfectly clear
How many times...
How many times...
How many times is this gonna happen?
How many times...
How many times...
How many times is this gonna happen?

I've got to blame all these people as fast as i motherfucking can
You were fooled, this ain't no fucking day job

Oh, you should have listened to your friends
You would have been over this by now, over this by now

(well, sure it's complicated, but i still know) oh, there's only so much i can take
(that i can get frustrated and snort that blow) but i guess we'll never really find out
Never really find out

Suddenly, we startle ourselves
Staring upon each other in silence, silence
To think this whole time, we're provoking each other in blinding violence


4. THE ROBOT WITH HUMAN HAIR, PT. 3

Won the battle, so now buy me clothes
Let's make believe that we're better off alone

Well, it's me, i implore
I store smiles down in the basement
Even in a perfect world, we could not breathe
Now i'm choosing my battles
(we could not breathe)
Now i'm herding the cattle
Now i'm choosing my battles
I am the sow

You remind me of someone...
You remind me of someone else
You remind me of someone...
You remind me of someone else

We could not get up here
The stairs have collapsed on top of us
No one said it was my responsibility
Well, i'll get this done
We are up on our backs
Helpless, in fact, but slowly moving

Nine to five, we slave for people that are underage
I'm slowly moving, i'm slowly moving
Oh, it's the best feeling, thinking of your new goals in life
And i never wanted this to happen, but it always does

It's so funny when you speak of love so fluently
(i saved the gats for you and i) you have ruined me

Decide

When will this end?
I saved the gats for you and i
(when will this end?)
Decide

We've got to save the weekends for getting our minds blown out
We've got to find the best way for shutting their fucking mouths
(when will this end? When will this fucking end?)
Well, judgment day is tuesday, so get your rabbit foots out

Won the battle, so now buy me clothes
Let's make believe that we're better off alone
Well, it's me, i implore
I store smiles down in the basement
Even in a perfect world, we could not breathe

It's like we've never felt so...
(i'll drive the boat, i'll drive the boat)
It's like we've never felt so...
(i'll drive the boat, i'm arming the laser)
It's like we never felt so...
(never felt so great, never felt so gold)
It's like we never felt so...
Felt so..
Felt so...

Gold, it hurts
(so...)
Diamond flavor


5. HOT WATER ON WOOL

If we could only be in different places
Among the same faces we can't forget
In debt to the very distinction of love and hate
They're both in our hearts, we choose an imbalance
Oh, the thought, we are the flaws that make us

That must be why... (what's the right word for this?)
I'm suffering (ashamed? No, horrified)

It's an action, delayed reaction
I've got taxes and bills to pay
Something's flapping its wings at me
Someone's clapping, i guess we're on tv

Stop now you've ruined it all
Stop now you've obtained it all
Stop now you've ruined it all
Stop now you've obtained it all
Stop now you've ruined it all
Stop now you've obtained it all

Stop now, stop now
Stop now, stop now
Stop now, stop now
Stop now, stop now
Stop now, stop now

(indefinitely)

Moving in the right direction
(i'm waiting to see if it comes to me
Or if it's tied to a safe that just hit the sea floor)
Maybe i'll sleep... Maybe i'll sleep through a century
(i'm waiting to see if it comes to me
Or if it's tied to a safe that just hit the sea floor)

What was going through my head?
Head...

Ooh...
Press the pressure point on my neck
My head will snap off and roll into the secret passage
We built for escorting the rapist to the victim
Did you manage your time?
Do you know how i do?
Downpour, downpour, downpour, downpour
Oh, the boredom involved in patience

So, i'll make a fist and rip the threads we've sewn
Since it's come to this, it feels like nobody's home
So my cover's blown, rip open the threads we've sewn
So, i'll make a fist and rip the threads we've sewn
Since it's come to this, it feels like nobody's home
So my cover's blown, rip open the threads we've sewn

And i won't forget what it means


6. HOT WATER ON WOOL (REPRISE)

Let's take some time to reflect and restart
We tip over three-wheeled shopping carts
A crippled man with his mangled hands
Looks at the blonde with her hideous, orange, fake tan

Decide, decide, decide
Who thinks that i, that i am out of line
For being sober finding four leaf clovers
Lawn mowers and truck towers
So lucky all of the time
Decide, decide, decide
I've got a mind, and it's weighing me down
28 pounds, and lucky for me, so lucky for me,
I'll never see that bitch again

So, i'll make a fist and rip the threads we've sewn
Since it's come to this, it feels like nobody's home
So my cover's blown, rip open the threads we've sewn
So, i'll make a fist and rip the threads we've sewn
Since it's come to this, it feels like nobody's home
So my cover's blown, rip open the threads we've sewn

Nobody's home, nobody's home
Well, i've lied
With a fantastic picture, i...
Well, i've lied
We're going in new directions
Well, i've lied
With a fantastic picture, i...
Well, i've lied
From sleeping away the century

Well, let's start from the beginning right now
I'd do that if you weren't so impatient
(we're going in new directions)
Well i'll stop you and give me the time of day
It's so sad, i've got no more lines to read
(from sleeping away the century)


7. UNEASY HEARTS WEIGH THE MOST (FT. NIC NEWSHAM OF GATSBY'S AMERICAN DREAM)

To feel her touch
It's almost impossible to hold still
Maybe we can go back to the way it was
Well, at least let me love you the same

I got lies to tell your children
When my smile pierces through your bones
Right through your bones
(through your bones)
The grass is green inside my yard
I can make you laugh so fucking hard it hurts you
Inside your bones
(inside your bones)

When she talks, i listen
She's in the shower
And her skin glistens
Like, oh my god, i like it
Like, oh, oh god, i like it

I suggest a drive, let's take the back road
Let's get lost, let's lose our minds
Hey, little girl, i think we found it tonight
I think we glow that fucking bright, oh
And, when she laughs, i like it
Like, "oh ha ha ha ha ha"

I got lies to tell your children
When my smile pierces through your bones
Right through your bones
(through your bones)
The grass is green inside my yard
I can make make you laugh so fucking hard it hurts you
Inside your bones
(inside your bones)

"holy shit, she smells like heaven
Been best friends since we were eleven
And, oh my god, i like her..."

"yeah, i heard you like her.
Baby, i thought that we had something
Compared to him, i'm next to nothing
Oh my god, i like her..."

"yeah, i heard you like her..."

I am a million fucking bucks
I am a thousand fucking fucks
Your bitch is dead
She was hit by a truck

What the fuck

"holy shit, she smells like heaven
Been best friends since we were eleven
And, oh my god, i like her..."

"yeah, i heard you like her.
Baby, i thought that we had something
Compared to him, i'm next to nothing
Oh my god, i like her..."

"yeah, i heard you like her..."


8. CAVIAR (FT. CHINO MORENO OF DEFTONES)

Is trust really that fucking hard
A gesture of faith in me
You make it so, and you let go within the circle
Blasphemy so regularly, right?
Everyone knows what you wear
The face of doubt
To live without
Honestly we're deceiving each other

You speak of awe
(it's not enough)
And take every word from me
(fighting everyone that i see
Learning when and where not to be)
You speak of awe
(it's not enough)
And make every word taste sweet

Why don't you just let me live my life?
I've given you more of my self
It's hard to get that back
Go, and make me believe that i feel complete

Better suite my manic depressive desires

You speak of awe
(it's not enough)
And take every word from me
(fighting everyone that i see
Learning when and where not to be)
You speak of awe
(it's not enough)
And make every word taste sweet

Would you like us to wave off every battle?
(my invasion is your caviar)
(my invasion of thoughts is your caviar)
(stronger, longer, faster, blonder)

My invasion of thoughts is your caviar
My invasion of thoughts is your caviar


9. ROCK SOLID (FT. MATT GEISE OF LOWER DEFINITION)

The first thing i say in the morning is, "fuck that shit."
People are offended and tired, so fuck that shit
I walk myself to my church service and ask for this:
Balance my brain chemicals, so i can give a shit
(shit)

Stay back, and don't make advances
I'll keep my side of the trade
(here is a blatant remark)
And i thought forbidden contacts were in order
(contacts were in order)
(i'll never get arrested)
This is all for the opposition, for the opposition

Make it right
Put your soul on ice
Give a chance to make this better
Make it right
Put your soul on ice
Let's wait to pull that lever
Make this right
Put your soul on ice
I need to make this better
Make this right
Put your soul on ice
But i still make this wrong

I get hyphy on such a decadent mixture
Man, we're back again
But i'm only here for just one more show
Feel the back of my hand
Feeling alone on such a decadent mixture
Wanna hit ya, get your picture and just take you home
Record banter
We make post parole

And then, and then i took the keys right out of the ignition
And i, and i ran, broke out, down, running down the street
Looking for the where the hell, where the hell can i hide?
People, people try to ask me questions, man
I don't know the fucking answers
I, i just got this rock
I just got this rock
Rock solid!

Raise your hand if the system has missed you, man
Your money ain't going as far as it used to
Raise your hand if the system has missed you, man
Raise your hand
Raise your fucking hand

"oh, hey jon."
"oh, yeah."
"how's it going, man?"
"oh, i'm alright, whate- whatever."
"did you-did you hear about that party?"
"no, no, no, where's that?"
"dude. I-i... Is it 26 and p or-or what?"
"dude, it's-it's l."
"what?!"
"yeah."
"dude, i've been driving around for like, fuckin' half an hour."
"i thought you were picking me up right now."
"well, i was going to, but i had to stop at the store
And get some fucking shit."
"you had to stop at the store?"
"well, what are we going to fucking drink?"
"do you-do you still have the money that i gave you earlier?"
"well, not really, because i fuckin' had to buy beer!"
"that's fucked up, man. Every time, i pick you up, and i..."
"didn't you..."
"spend my money on you."
"you know what? Whatever, all right. What the...
Whatever. I don't give a shit." (ooh)
"yeah, well, i'm still going. Are you going to come?" (ooh)
"i'll pick you up still, but... I mean,
The party's gonna be over by the time i get over there." (ooh)
"whatever. You know, it doesn't really matter right now because (ooh)
You are rock solid." (ooh, whoa)
"rock solid?" (ooh whoa)
"rock solid." (ooh whoa)
"we're both rock solid." (ooh whoa)
"that's right." [laughing] (ooh whoa, ooh whoa)

(raise your hand!)
Raise your hand if the system has missed you
Your money ain't going as far as it used to
(raise your hand!)
Raise your hand if the system has missed you
Your money ain't going as far as it used to

(your money ain't going...) Raise your hand if the system has missed you
(as far as it used to) your money ain't going as far as it used to
(your money ain't going...) Raise your hand if the system has missed you
(as far as it used to) your money ain't going as far as it used to

And if... (and if...)
You...persist (persist)
Oh, well (oh, well)
Ahhhhhh
I might...just have to live with it.


10. BURNING DOWN THE NICOTINE ARMOIRE PT. 2

Still grinding teeth, trying to follow you home
I'll stop the world 'cause this plan is slow
Wait across the street in the parking lot
The tree is dead, the front door is locked

The moments i framed have cracked and crumbled
Grabbed us by the throat then i choked and stumbled
This will never work, this will never work
Check my pulse as i swallow dirt

I'm cutting myself with my own morals
I never meant to write about you
(i never meant to write about you)
The one contact that i loved so much
But passing my own heart
What could possibly be within?

Do you think about your actions?
Do you ever wonder what the consequences are?
(your licensed m. Bison got stabbed with a five dollar syringe)
The dullness of existence
(your licensed m. Bison got stabbed with a five dollar syringe)
The dullness of existence
(i'm dressed in white, shine so bright, hair so tight)

And i have no sympathy for this
He needs somebody else to leech off of
(somebody else to leech off of)
The one contact that i loved so much
But passing my own heart
What could possibly be within?

Do you think about your actions?
Do you ever wonder what the consequences are?
(your licensed m. Bison got stabbed with a five dollar syringe)
The dullness of existence
(your licensed m. Bison got stabbed with a five dollar syringe)
The dullness of existence
(i'm dressed in white, shine so bright, hair so tight)

Prescribed the throat, i need the antidote
It's fucking mind over matter
Prescribed the throat, i need the antidote
It's fucking mind over matter
Prescribed the throat, i need the antidote
It's fucking mind over matter
Prescribed the throat, i need the antidote
It's fucking mind over matter
My concepts are rested
And manifest in ways you can't forget
My concepts are rested
And manifest in ways you can't forget

(my concepts are rested)
If you're gonna wear the uniform
You better sell the cookies
Don't come to my house asking for a handout
(my concepts are rested)
If you're gonna wear the uniform
Sell the fucking cookies
Don't come to my house...


11. REPROGRAMMING MENTAL PREPROGRAMMING

I drink the blood of the fortunate ones
Collapsing their teeth right on top of their tongues
Innocent children are asking for blow
All of my sources say you oughta know

Take out the stitches
Rip off the clothes
Green light is on
Tell me what you know
Run for your lives
Judas survived
Christ version anti

Open the blinds
People outside
Ready to die
Is it july?
Take out the stitches
Back off the bitches
Me and my friends
Who has the time?
Been in line since yesterday

Alone in this place, and i feel comfortable
I seem to always hold on for too long

I always hold on too long
I always hold on too long

When we are, it complicates and isolates
Between fear and bravery, is it inside of me?
(is it inside of me, is it inside of me?)
(is it inside of me, is it inside of me?)
When we are, it complicates and isolates
Between fear and bravery, is it inside of me?
(run for your lives, judas survived, christ version anti)
(run for your lives, judas survived, christ version anti)

Run for your lives
Judas survived
Christ version anti
Raping and drinking is fine
Blow my face off
Blow me off
Back off the bitches
Pull out their stitches
Needless to say, i'm blank

We are all freaks, living in recession
If we don't move on, i'll forever be stuck

When we are, it complicates and isolates
Between fear and bravery, is it inside of me?
(is it inside of me, is it inside of me?)
(is it inside of me, is it inside of me?)
When we are, it complicates and isolates
Between fear and bravery, is it inside of me?
When we are, it complicates and isolates
Between fear and bravery, is it inside of me?


12. SKYHOOK

From the crawlspace under the floor
Turned away from your front door
I'm in your memories
I'm in your memories
Don't turn your back on me
I'm part of what you used to be
(don't turn your back on me)
(don't turn your back on me)

You fly along the stratosphere
Forget the people that brought you here
You fly along the stratosphere
Forget the people that brought you here

Shimmy, shimmy my way down underground
Got a lot to do, got a lot to lose
Shimmy, shimmy my way down underground
Got a lot to do, got a lot to lose

I'll always treat you well
But you won't accept the change
I'll always treat you well
But you won't accept the change
I'll always treat you well
But you won't accept the change

You fly along the stratosphere
Forget the people that brought you here
You fly along the stratosphere
Forget the people that brought you here

Shimmy, shimmy my way down underground
Got a lot to do, got a lot to lose
Shimmy, shimmy my way down underground
Got a lot to do, got a lot to lose

I'll save your ass a thousand times
Put your body bag inside of mine
I'm back on top of a fucking cloud
The big bang is so goddamn loud
Run the play, man, run the play
1969, 2012 today
Moon walking in my leather shoes
I don't have a fucking clue


13. PEOPLE YOU KNOW

Someone please!
Please write a script that's made for me
That appeals to people listening to this cd
I got a wish, i got a wish
That all of this was something special
I need a drink, i need a pill
No wait, i was over two years sober
But this guy, he said that i was on drugs
I should give some money to that bitch

Or i could just get a real fucking job

I am a prick, look at me go
I can get lucky playing some shows, i'm a bitch
Ima go get some new expensive shit
Oh man i hurt,
Emotions they suck
But ill just tell people, "i don't give a fuck about that shit"

Ain't nobody fucking with me, man
Ain't nobody fucking with me

Rancid is the sound of my voice
Croaking it's drama across an orchestra of friendly faces
Singing along with their dying concern
Rancid is the sound of my voice
Croaking it's drama across an orchestra of friendly faces
Singing along with their dying concern to my bullshit

Where did our honor go?
I think i know
We've all been fucking each other in bathrooms at parties
Where did my money go?
I spent it on blow
You know that i fucked all my homies' ho's
Where did our morals go?
I left them in cabo
My parents can pay for the abortion, you know

Who has a plan?
We hold out our hands in hope for a free ride to successful endeavors

The weak are the liars, the strong think too much
I am too cynical to say i don't give a fuck
The weak are the liars, the strong think too much
I am too cynical to say i don't give a fuck

I need money
I need clothes
I need women
I need blow

Something is very fucking wrong

Resting your head on your best friend's sister's shoulder
Your mother's job is to fuck all your neighbors
Bodies thrusting to the beat of our shame

Where did our honor go?
I think i know
We've all been fucking each other in bathrooms at parties
Where did my money go?
I spent it on blow
You know that i fucked all my homies' ho's
Where did our morals go?
I left them in cabo
My parents can pay for the abortion, you know

Who has a plan?
We hold out our hands in hope for a free ride to successful endeavors

Give my regards to all you shady fucks
Thorn in my fucking side

Loyalty
Honesty
Trust
Respect
Humility
Sincerity

We are all so full of fucking shit
We are all so full of fucking shit