1. MIDWEST MONSTERS

We've arrived,
It's the last time I'll appear alive.
From here on out,
You will only see my other side.
Side that's despised,
Disrespect, and destroys life.
Bow your head, close your eyes,
We take nothing, boy.

Murderer. Murderer. Murderer.
I made a living putting motherfuckers in a hole.
Murderer. Murderer. Murderer.
Duck down motherfucker or you fucking go.
Murderer. Murderer. Murderer.
Lock n' load, lock n' load, lock n' load!
Murderer. Murderer. Murderer.
And if you don't know, now you know.

(laughing)

It's the motherfuckin boogeyman.

Go deep in my bloodstream!
I can't stop shaking,
and these demons won't stop visiting.
I expire, die motherfucker die!
Go to hell, fresh eyed, motherfuckers die.
I've lost my mind there it goes; bye bye
And my soul is gone by the way side.
All my friends are dead men!
It's back to killing again.

Murderer. Murderer. Murderer.
I made a living putting motherfuckers in a hole.
Murderer. Murderer. Murderer.
Duck down motherfucker or you fucking go.
Murderer. Murderer. Murderer.
Lock n' load, lock n' load, lock n' load!
Murderer. Murderer. Murderer.
And if you don't know, now you know.

(gunshots)


2. THE DEATH POSTURE

My other was a bank robber down in tarrahole.
My father was a, hmmmm... well, I don't know.
And I've had these cold cuffs clamped around my wrists a hundred times.
I guess that I'm an outlaw I live and breathe crime.

Put on your faces, dress yourselves up,
Take your places, they're about to pull the curtain up.
Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the show.
I promise amazement - but its more real than you know.
Personally, I hate it and you watching me grow,
but you paid and stood in line just to say you weren't told.

My woman up and left me again for the last time,
Someone went and told her about this cheating heart of mine.
And it's hard to hold it together every year around this time,
I guess you call it lovesick I just can't walk the line.

Put on your faces, dress yourselves up,
Take your places, they're about to pull the curtain up.
Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the show.
I promise amazement - but its more real than you know.
Personally, I hate it and you watching me grow,
but you paid and stood in line just to say you weren't told.

I feel like when I'm dead I'll still be striking pose.
I feel like I'm in line but last in line to sell my soul.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the show.
It's chilling but it's more real than you know.
I can't fucking stand it; you watching me grow,
but you paid and stood in line just to say you weren't told.


3. MURDER MURDER MURDER

Father what’s the issue with your children?
They’re acting like they’re convinced that I won’t fucking kill them.
They act like I’m like them and I’m not one in a billion.
I am the devil’s son I have no fucking feelings.
Your skin tightens up at the sight of a killing.
My conscience has given up saying how I should be living,
And I know I need to change and I’m ready god willing,
But I gave more than I took I only took the cards they were dealing.

Would you kill? Would you kill?
You say you can, you say you will.
Are you real? Are you real?
Are you ready for that cage of cold steel?

My soul is scattered across the streets of my city it’s in pieces.
It’s fed upon by roaches and the rats and the leeches.
I’ve participated in murder it's left me sleepless,
So I put my hands together I kneel and I pray to Jesus.
You should pray too,
Pray that this jams up,
'cause I’ve done this before I don’t clam up.
Get on the floor put your motherfucking hands up!
God make room I’m about to send a man up.

Would you kill? Would you kill?
You say you can, you say you will.
Are you real? Are you real?
Are you ready for that cage of cold steel?
Are you tough? That ain't enough.
You gonna rust every place that I touch.
Would you kill? Would you kill?
You say you can, you say you will.

I’ve been under the knife been in front of the gun,
I have no fear.
We don’t turn and run where I’m from,
We shoot our way out of here.
And I’ve been to hell and back,
confined.
And I grit my teeth and do my time,
And I watch this world just pass me by,
And I just sit and wonder why,
Everything that I touch dies.

Place pennies in both of my eyes.
This place is eating me alive.

Would you kill? Would you kill?
You say you can, you say you will.
Are you real? Are you real?
Are you ready for that cage of cold steel?
Are you tough? That ain't enough.
You gonna rust every place that I touch.
Would you kill? Would you kill?
You say you can, you say you will.

Place pennies in both of my eyes.
This place is eating me alive.


4. MAGICIAN

I've been hypnotized by dead guys,
By body bags, by cop car rides.
Mother, priest, and I,
But this ain't gods fight.

I can't think of some days I've lived,
Some things I've done without getting sick,
My stomach fucking churns,
And my bullet wounds still burn.

Father forgive me for I've sinned,
I've killed before and I'll kill again.
I just can't wear a grin,
Because of how hard it's been.
Sometimes I sit and think,
If I pull the trigger it'll make them blink,
And then you'll see what I've done,
Or who I have become!

I've been hypnotized by dead guys,
By body bags, by cop car rides.
Mother, priest, and I,
But this pain don't die.

Everyone that I know,
Is in a cage or in a hole.
I can't touch my friends,
I can only touch this pen,
And it bleeds like when,

The knife went in,
That night I recall I did it again.
I was waiting out in the street,
A brand new piece of meat.
And as I lie there bleeding to death,
A man came up and he gave me breath,
And he said this through his words,
He said destroy the earth!

I've been hypnotized by dead guys,
By body bags, by cop car rides.
Mother give it up,
No one gives a fuck!

Days like this I reminisce,
And I wish they didn't miss.
Wish they aimed a little higher,
left me laying in my piss.
It goes like this:

The Devil's taken all my friends,
I've been to hell twice and I ain't going back again.
A two time loser, and I ain't even human,
And this body isn't mine it's just something I'm using.
I can leave it anytime, shoot up in the sky,
And ask that motherfucker why!
Why does everything I touch die?
He said you know why,
I wasn't really curious, I had to hear you say it.
To make sure I wasn't dreaming,
To make sure I wasn't hypnotized,
By a magician swinging his watch in front of my eyes.

Hypnotized,
By a magician swinging his watch in front of my eyes.
Hypnotized,
By a magician swinging his watch in front of my eyes.
Hypnotized,
By a magician swinging his watch in front of my eyes.


5. WOLVES

Scars in my skin,
I forget the person I am under them,
As hard as its been,
I know it gets harder than this,
Much harder than this.
Go!

I was raised by a pack of dogs, hogs,
Just laying on me with skin, Underneath their claws.
I've had to kill a few things,
Some human beings.
I never killed a thing,
That wasn't suffering.

Scars in my skin,
I forget the person I am under them,
As hard as its been,
I know it gets harder than this,
Much harder than this.

I thought I was going to be somebody,
When I was young.
I've been playing with guns.
I've had to kill a few things,
Some human beings.
I never killed a thing,
That wasn't suffering.

Scars in my skin,
I forget the person I am under them,
As hard as its been,
I know it gets harder than this,
Much harder than this.
Scars in my skin,
Animal I am, under them.
As hard as its been,
I know it gets harder than this,
Much harder than this.

Every night we dress in sheeps clothing,
And we go out to play,
But every night my secret keeps showing,
And I scare them away.
When they cry,
Wolf, Wolf, Wolves!

Scars in my skin,
I forget the person I am under them,
As hard as its been,
I know it gets harder than this,
Much harder than this.


6. K.I.A.
If the sun shines down on my face in the morning and I don't open my eyes, write a letter home for me, tell my mother I've died.

Tell her I tried.
Tell her I loved nothing more in my life.
Apologize for every time I kept her up at night.
Tell her she was right and if God doesn't want me then things will still be alright.
Tell her I did nothing, I didn't have to live.

If the Sun shines down on my face in the morning and I don't open my eyes, write a letter home for me, tell my brothers I've died.  [X2]

Tell them hold their heads.
There ain't much to tell them, they knew every secret I kept.
But tell them we're doomed,
And if they don't slow down then I will be seeing them soon.
But tell them the're soldiers,
Tell them my suffering is finally over.
But don't tell them a lie,
Because no one cries when people like us die.

If the Sun shines down on my face in the morning and I don't open my eyes, write a letter home for me, tell my lovers I've died.  [X2]

Tell them this time we're done,
Tell them I thought I was too much for just one.
But tell them I was just young, Although my mind and my body was as old and as worn as they come.
Tell them they are blessings,
Tell them I didn't deserve them, my mind is fucking racing.
Tell them I meant good,
And that I wish I could have gave them more than I could .

If the Sun shines down on my face in the morning and I don't open my eyes, write a letter home for me, tell the others I've died.


7. DRAGGING KNIVES

Hail!

I wake up in the morning, I think.
Think, think 'til I'm back to sleep.
This world ain't what it used to be,
(OH NO)
I'm watching it burn, burn my friends and me.

This place amazes me,
These things amaze me,
But it's bright, and they're loud,
And I can't feel the beating heart in me.
If I can't feel it,
How do I know it's there?
If I can't feel it...

Dear! My closest friend,
I'm dragging knives again.
I'm dragging knives again.

I ain't been living right it seems,
Seems, seems I'm an itching fate.
And when they put me in the ground I'm gonna sink,
Sink! Sink to the devils feet.
I'm going to hell for you,
'Cause my first body was for you.
My first love, the only thing I ever threw myself into,
'Cause it's something I don't do.

Dear! My closest friend,
I'm dragging knives again.
I'm dragging knives again.

I suffer when I sleep at night,
I chew and jerk and scratch at my,
'Cause I've felt pain, that you'll never know.
I can't shed a tear, I can't cleanse my soul.

I've opened up my arms for you,
Just like I always do.
I opened 'em up until this time I almost,
Hacked right through.
And these gnashing teeth are for you,
And these blushing scars are all for you.
I'm through!
Who the fuck am I talking to?

Dear! My closest friend,
I'm dragging knives again.
My closest friend!
I'm dragging knives again!
I'm fucking dragging knives again!