B i o g r a p h y (by Heather Phares)
This Athens, GA, band creates high-energy punk-pop with catchy hooks and literate lyrics. What makes Magnapop interesting (and different from many of the punk-pop bands out there) is the combination of Hopper's smooth, unhurried vocals and the furious lashings of Morris' guitar, it creates a tension that makes the songs of this intelligent, underappreciated band all the more dramatic. Formed in 1987 by singer Linda Hopper (formerly of Oh OK), guitarist Ruthie Morris, drummer David McNair, and bassist Shannon Mulvaney, the group recorded a demo album with their friend Michael Stipe in 1992, which was released on Caroline Records. In 1994 the group released their "official" debut, Hot Boxing, on Priority. Hot Boxing was produced by another of the band's friends, Bob Mould, and features a more streamlined, intense approach than the quirky, off-kilter demos do. Rubbing Doesn't Help followed in 1996. The group continued tour for the rest of the '90s and into the 2000s, finally releasing Mouthfeel in 2005 on the Atlanta-based Daemon imprint.
Magnapop - 1992-10-16 -
Garden Guess Ear 13 Spill It Chemical Favorite Writer Complicated Merry Snake Skinburns
Hot boxing - 1994-07-05 -
Slowly, Slowly Texas Lay It Down Here It Comes Piece of Cake Free Mud Leo The Crush Ride In The Way Idiot Song Get It Right Emergency Skinburns
Rubbing doesn't help - 1996-05-21 -
This Family I Don't Care Open The Door Hold You Down Come On Inside Down On Me An Apology My Best Friend Juicy Fruit Firebrand Cherry Bomb Radio Waves Snake Dead Letter Suck It Up
We're Faded PDX Pretend I'm There Satellite California In-Between Elliott Smile 4u Think for Yourself Stick to Me Pilgrim's Prayer
Non Albums Tracks - Misc - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis Every Grain Of Sand Nowhere Pleasant Valley Sunday Precious Pretty Awful Puff Re-Hab Rip The Wreck Song #1 True Love Voice Without A Sound
Magnapop
Garden
On the way Near a truck stop That's behind my evil haven There is a garden He is a garden Are you mad yet Can't connect it When you try to Do you know He is evil You are mad Are you mad yet Known a comfort Known a mia Known a scary ancient feeling He is a garden He is a garden Are you mad yet Separate it Do you know What they do When they say it feels like comfort I can't find it Tried to run But I'm the only one Sedentary Lonely contact No connection Fee or feeling He is a garden He is a garden Scrap it all Before summer Kill the person That you fight with Remain single There your strength is Live for freedom Not for struggle He is a garden He is a garden Scrap it all Before summer Kill the person That you fight with Remain single There your strength is Live for freedom Not for struggle Guess
By surprise the fragile fluids That were, seem to dissappear Behind the eye In disguise Or how it ought to Really ought to be Like crystal breaking in a spoon And it's too late A finger bends another glass Of fruit By surprise I finally see the problems in their eyes Or how it ought to be Really ought to be Behind my eyes a different Set of keys A figure A to B Are you mean or do you mean goodbye Are you clear, Do you mean goodbye Then they say to you..?? Say it here Say it here A different time you stayed too soon Or played before I even know Say it here Say it here A candle shows the lack of what I need To see to be confused But not to use a better friend Than you're his he finds he stayed too soon ??? Or played before I even knew I guess it's just of business now I guess Are you clear Do you mean goodbye When I say Say it here Say it here Different time you stayed too soon Or played before I even knew Are you clear Say it here Ear
Loud noise hear it could be searing Distant at all times Echo could be said, it could be searing Distant at times An ear X3 Loud noise hear it could be searing Distant at all times Echo could be said, it could be searing Distant at times An ear X3 Can hear Loud noise hear it could be searing Distant at all times Echo could be said, it could be searing Distant at times Loud noise hear it could be searing Distant at all times Echo could be said, it could be searing Distant at times Distant at times X4 13
Won't you let me walk you home from school Won't you let me meet you at the pool Maybe Friday there's a chance I'll get tickets for the dance And I'll take you Won't you tell your dad, 'get off my back' Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black' Rock and roll is here to stay Come inside where it's ok I won't shake you Won't you tell me what you're thinking of Would you be an outlaw for my love If it's so then let me know If it's no then I can go I won't make you Spill It
I tried making coffee I would spill it Raise my head to look around In the morning Trucks were beeping People screamed so loud I couldn't sleep And what they'd say They'd say to me That I would spill it And I would spill it And I would spill it And I would spill it When the wind blew I heard screaming People screamed so loud I couldn't sleep And I would spill it And I would spill it I tried making coffee I would spill it Raise my head and look around In the morning Trucks were beeping People screamed so loud I couldn't sleep And words they said They'd say to me That even I will die So what's the use And I would spill it And I would spill it And I would spill When the wind blew I heard screaming People sing so loud I couldn't sleep And I would spill it And I would spill it Chemical Privilege sent here Where the ceiling meets the floor Southern graces They have come to be adored It's the chemical (I adore) It's the chemical (I adore) It's the chemical Pretty fences Your roots have roots What roots are for Southern graces They have come to be ignored It's the chemical (I adore) It's the chemical (I adore) It's the chemical Privilege sent here I can see when you are old Southern graces Have roots have roots What roots are for Favorite Writer In Corsica The engines blew Your favorite writer died In a car In a crash Died in a fire imagine that In a car In a crash Die in a fire imagine that Engine, engineer The fire blew the balls main out It was likened to a whistle spout Hitch a ride Hitch a ride Your favorite writer died Engine, engineer Peaceful pioneers who Hold me In Corsica The engines blew Your favorite writer died In a car In a crash Died in a fire imagine that Engine engineer Peaceful pioneers who Hold me Well, there I'm one stop short for leaving here Engine engineer Peaceful pioneers who Hold me Angel engineer Peaceful pioneers who Hold me Well, there I'm one stop short for leaving here Angel engineer Peaceful pioneers who Hold me Complicated This person plans a story And it's complicated She has too much to say And still she finds a way Generally Flips the calendar's pages Funny how it feels It's in my mind And it's so real Like a reel-to-reel And it's so real Then why is he so mad (Too many figures) Too many figures (Not enough lights) Not enough lights (Space to space in) Space to space in (I've ruined my mind) I've ruined my mind It's complicated (I've ruined my mind) It's complicated (I've ruined my mind) Monotonous times here Oh where there should be love They want too much A mold, maybe not Maybe paranoid Girls should go home I've ruined my mind Honey, without you My life is a drag And I can't get enough I can't get enough To fill the pages of... (Too many figures) Too many figures (Not enough lights) Not enough lights (Space to space in) Space to space in I've ruined my mind (I've ruined my mind) It's complicated (I've ruined my mind) It's complicated (I've ruined my mind) It's complicated (I've ruined my mind) It's complicated Merry Bad grace finds the reader's eyes Keep it slow Keep it light Over by the side And it gets too dizzy when it feels too hot And when it starts to start It'll never stop Space and time Creep across the line And try to slow down the fires Where the fires hide But it hits the spot When it gets too hot And it costs too much If it costs a lot I see your eyes Merry I swear it stops I swear it does Bad grace finds the reader's eyes Keep it slow Give it light Over by the side But it gets too dizzy when it feels too hot And when it starts to start It'll never stop Space and time Creep across the line And try to slow down the fires Where the fires hide But it hits the spot When it gets too hot And it costs too much If it costs a lot I see your eyes Merry I swear it stops I swear it In the mood for living Living seeming but not real mood What did you say I see your eyes Merry I swear it stops I swear it does Bad grace finds the reader's eyes Keep it warm Give it light Over by the side But it gets too dizzy when it gets too hot And when it starts to start It'll never stop Space and time Creep across the line And try to slow down the fires Where the fires hide But it hits the spot When it gets too hot And it costs too much If it costs a lot I see your eyes Merry I swear it stops I swear it In the mood for living Living seeming but not real mood What did you say I see your eyes Merry I swear it stops I swear it does Snake Say you will Put your hand in my brain Call me up Wake me up by the second ring Like far away If you knew you'd know I'm always there Because I care You can't throw me out I won't go You can't It keeps me here It keeps me here It feels like the same and it never changes Wearing thin Slip through cracks Trying to keep in And walk away Where the mood refines the room to play I come again This time won't be like the last time Stay the same Through the years the light your look and looks have changed It keeps me here It keeps me here It feels like the same and it never changes It keeps me... Skinburns Hot ropes? High hands Broken mirrors Ground into broken sand That cut your feet or burns your hands Rugburns Ashes of where you've been Rugburns Keeping you back from amazing falls Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns It's hot Sinuses leave my head No blame My head is a scary place To drain away your time And clearup medicine is My friend Unfortunate that you came Stay close The world is a friendly place At least I always heard it was Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns Hey hey, they need you is this Steady ?? Hopeless ground And as the sky It sucks you out Your skin You know it and Where it's been Don't look It's scaring away an amazing fall
Hot boxing Slowly, Slowly I feel coarse and strain Interrupt my mind again I am being clear I am sad to say I'm living here I do it all the time I do it all the time It tries to interrupt me Interrupt my mind In a quiet room you wait In another room they fight They do it all the time They do it all the time They do it all the time They do it all the time Single fear Clearly defined I'm wasting time again Slowly coarse and strain go Counting fear again no Staring eye to eye Then slowly me again In another room they sit Listening to other lies And do it all the time And do it all the time And do it all the time Single fear Clearly defined I'm wasting time again Slowly coarse and strain go Counting fear again no Staring eye to eye Then slowly me again Slowly, slowly Slowly me again X8 Texas We were talking just the other day A day away from here And decided to lock you in a room To let you realize your worth I want to take you on a trip So far away from everything We have in common Or had in common We were talking just the other day A day away from here And decided to lock you in a room And let you realize your worth I want to take you on a trip So far away from everything We have in common Or had in common Too blind to notice and too numb To really feel Consider the virtues and the Need you really see When you leave them behind And watch them unwind Leave them behind We were talking just the other day A day away from here And decided to lock you in a room And let you realize your worth I want to take you on a trip So far away from everything We have in common Or had in common Too blind to notice and too numb To really feel Consider the virtues and the Need you really see When you leave them behind And watch them unwind Leave them behind Are you really clear there Can you really see behind Lay It Down A sense of worth A sense of same A sense of what is in your name Of what it means to let you down And pretend when you're around Lay it down for the last time And then turn away Lay it down for the last time Surely show your rage I'm sorry doesn't matter And it makes you mad And if it always stays the same Then you'll never see it I'm sorry doesn't help it And it turns you away You know there's something there And it's tearing away at The part that kills your faith The part that kills your faith A sense of worth A sense of same A sense of what is in your name Of what it means to let you down And pretend when you're around Lay it down for the last time And then turn away Lay it down for the last time Surely show your rage Lay it down for the last time And then turn away Lay it down I'm sorry doesn't matter And it makes you mad And if it always stays the same Then you never see it I'm sorry doesn't help it And it turns you away You know there's something there And it's tearing away at The part that kills your faith The part that kills your faith A sense of worth A sense of same A sense of what is in your name Of what it means to let you down And pretend when you're around Lay it down for the last time And then turn away Lay it down for the last time Surely show your rage Lay it down for the last time And then turn away Lay it down for the last time Surely show your rage Lay it down for the last time And then turn away Lay it down Here It Comes I'm so wasted There's nothing here that isn't mine We're coming over sooner Trying not to ruin her Stay until the moon is done And here it comes Here it comes I can't make it There's nothing here that doesn't rhyme We're coming over sooner Trying not to ruin her Stay until the moon is done And here it comes Here it comes Never touch you (don't you run?) With sick fingers (don't you run?) Never touch you (don't you run?) With sick fingers I'm so wasted There's nothing here that isn't mine We're coming over sooner Trying not to ruin her Stay until the moon is done And here it comes Here it comes Never touch you (don't you run?) With sick fingers (don't you run?) Never touch you (don't you run?) With sick fingers Here comes April X4 Here comes April (here it comes) X4 Here it comes X3 Piece of Cake In my mind I see blue skies falling down Escape my mind Erase the seas I prayed for And breathe in pain A special motion for the brain To generate Enthusiasm for me A piece of cake A separate motion for the brain To generate The search continues I am Carelessly Reject the moment it's too late Search and hide, can I Search and hide but it's a A piece of cake A separate motion for the brain To generate Enthusiasm for me In my mind I reject the form of me And every kind Enthusiastic I remain A piece cake A separate motion for the brain To generate Enthusiasm for me A piece of cake To generate A piece of cake To generate Free Mud She likes the hesitation He has in conversation Sad pity being poor, they're being poor again so Goodbye baby, bye Here I'll know serenity I'll be alright (I'll be alright, I'll be alright) Here I'll know serenity I'll be alright I'll be alright I'll be alright Tied like an anchor to me Dragging like the ship's out Joy in the city Luck down in the deep down in the dumps Amid serenity Here I'll know serenity I'll be alright (I'll be alright, I'll be alright) Here I'll know serenity I'll be alright I'll be alright I'll be alright (alright, alright) X4 (alright, alright) X4 Leo Take the light, take the light Take all you need to I never know, never cared too much When you see it it goes Your sheltered arms give me All the warmth I need to know and And all the light I need to know in another room Read the sign See the time It begins to unwind Your morning still moon shines so bright I am in awe of you And you're calm All I write about is all I know or feel And how to say it real And to make it clear too See me, see me See me, see me Take the sign Take the time It begins to unwind Your morning still moon shines so bright I am in awe of you And you're calm All I write about is all I know or feel And how to say it real And to make it clear too See me, see me See me, see me Take the time Take the sign It begins to unwind Your morning still moon shines so bright I am in awe of you The Crush When it goes I feel the crush When I rush it hits me Take the key and spin it 'round Hang the carpet where it was There's a level to be reached There's a chance to make it right There's a heart inside that beats Kick the dog and you will die I can see through the word And it's not written There's a chance and there's a start I can see through the word And it's not written There's a chance and there's a start Do I wait to see it right Are you conscious overall If the overture's alright Should I go or should I say What should I say Will I wait to see it right Are you conscious overall If the overtures are right There's a line about to fall I can see through the word And it's not written There's a chance and there's a start Take a chance to paralyze The whole process slowly wild Hanging on take the fun away Take the keys and move my car These are ideas they are not lies Kick the dog and you will die I can see through the word And it's not written Ride With your big star Shining light the way So gently in the dark And my window frames My window panes Too heavy to be numb My hands are tied Touch his face with care His force was fair The TV's scared Of popular sentiment Watch the way he walks His simple beat My nerves are shook now Change your mind Feel it make it stronger Turn it on Sing pale blue eyes Rest upon my soul Forgotten there Catch a ride Catch a ride again Behind the curtains Time will bend And try to slip away Up the chimney's deep The church is steep It's safe to keep The dirt will fly Off to Oz I go With baby's hands So nicely placed now Change your mind Feel it make it stronger Turn it on Sing pale blue eyes Rest upon my soul Forgotten there Catch a ride In The Way Leave me out I'm the last one Can't you see I'm waiting Go ahead And I won't count You know I am in the way And I can't stop it I don't want to help it now No My life comes I'm the last one No consideration Go ahead And I won't count You know I am in the way And I can't stop it I don't want to help it now No Turn it out So make it last now Take the fun away Go ahead And I don't count You know I am in the way Turn it out Make it last forever (make it count?) Turn it out Make it last forever (make it) Leave me out I'm the last one Can't you see I'm waiting Go ahead And I won't count You know I am in the way Turn it out Make it last forever (make it count?) Turn it out Make it last forever (make it count?) Turn it out Make it last forever (make it count?) Turn it out Make it last forever Idiot Song Nothing's here Nothing is There's nothing here To patronize I can't relax And close the book in my mind On the subject I've seen places change I've seen faces changing too Change your hair Change your name Change your mind Change your name There's nothing here to hate Nothing worse than being late Be committed Be polite Be on top of who you are I've seen places change I've seen faces changing too Change your hair Change your name Change your mind Change your name There's nothing here to hate Nothing worse than being late Be committed Be polite Be on top of who you like Get It Right See it looks pretty Let it go Go to England To the show Make up your mind Make up your mind I was at the point the end I had to catch myself again Turn the lights out Turn the lights out Turn the lights out Turn the lights out These are endangered times Play with their dangerous minds Too soon to make up your mind They want you now You're here for now Don't turn around Don't turn Turn the lights out X4 Got to get it, get it right X8 Emergency Carry me Bury me Put it in or take away To rest your head upon a place where Nothing else has ever been Peace of mind keep it in I am so tired Please it should be Me instead of These emergencies Emergency Marry me Catatonic restful state Your peaceful mate Your lovely place to Take it away (away) Peace of mind keep it in I am so thankful For the sonic Breeze into the trees Emergency Carry me Bury me Put it in or take away To rest your head upon a place where Nothing else has ever been Peace of mind keep it in I am so tired Please it should be Me instead of These emergencies Skinburns Hot ropes High hand There's broken mirrors Ground into broken sand That cuts your feet or burns your hands Rugburns Ashes of where you've been Rugburns Keeping you back from amazing falls Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns It's hot Sinuses leave my head No blame My head is a scary place To spend away your time And cleanup medicine is My friend And fortunate that you came Stay close The world is a friendly place At least I always heard it was Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns They say beneath you if it's heavy ??? Hope it's ground And there's the sky It sucks you out Your skin You know it and Where it's been Stay close The world is a friendly place At least I always heard it was Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns Slowly turn Skinburns
Rubbing doesn't help This Family It's time to grow (Oh don't I know) It's in your mind (It's been a long time) It's time to please (So please hold me) Don't go away (I'm close and I'm far) It's time to see it (Then you'll believe it) It's time to change (Fuck with the pain) It's lack of seasons (That's a good reason) It's right to run (Cuz we're having fun again) I don't know why Why should I try I cannot lie I don't know why This family's going to heaven This family's going to hell This family's going to heaven This family's going to hell Just say it clear (Make me come near) Believe your heart (Live it will start) It's in a book (Do more than look) It's strength I need (Then find it in me) I don't know why Why should I try I cannot lie I don't know why Is real X6 So real This family's going to heaven This family's going to hell This family's going to heaven This family's going to hell This family's going to heaven This family's going to hell This family's going to heaven This family's going to hell This family's going to heaven This family's going to hell I Don't Care When it's easy You say it right It's said and done And it's ok I don't care I don't care I don't care When it matters Then you look down Words feel so dull Dead and gone But I don't care I don't care I don't care I want to believe (I don't care) Not go away (I don't care) I'm tired of secrets (I don't care) I'm not afraid (I don't care) So don't pull back It's not so hard Just say it right And be satisfied But I don't care I don't care I don't care I don't care I don't care I don't care But you hold back So now I'm gone Dead and done And it's ok Yeah it's ok You know it's ok Cuz I don't care You know I don't care Open The Door Everything is good these days But all of my friends are dying Davy may and Lisa may But nobody else really wants to stay Nobody else really wants to stay I said Open The Door Open The Door I can't stay here anymore Open The Door Open The Door Candle light the streets at night Thinking you're wrong but you know that you're right Thinking you're wrong but you know you're alright I said Open The Door Open The Door I can't stay here anymore Open The Door Open The Door Everything is good these days But all of my friends are dying Careful when you say goodbye Careful stays and careless dies But careless is and careful tries Open The Door Open The Door I can't stay here anymore Open The Door Open The Door Open The Door Open The Door I can't stay here anymore Open The Door Open The Door Hold You Down I'm the greatest test You'll never know I could tell you things You think don't show I could kick your legs Out from under you Take you down Torture you Deliberately Confuse you Deliberately Use you I could take you home And abuse you You can't hurt me But I could hurt you I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down I could tie you up Tear you in two I could crucify you I choose not to I could hurt you Slice you in two With my tongue Nicely knife you Deliberately Confuse you Deliberately Use you I could take you home and abuse you You can't hurt me But I could hurt you I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down Hell bound I could hold you down Come On Inside Every edge Touches me Every edge Makes me bleed Even in Even here How it is Or how it feels On the inside When I saw you there Come on inside Every edge Moving me Every edge Cutting clean Even you Sliced in two There it is How does it feel On the inside When I saw you there Come on inside Let me take you there On the inside When I saw you there Come on inside Let me take you there I came I saw and I slowed down To argue with the itchy sound Of my own voice in my own head Scratching me until I bled On the inside When I saw you there Come on inside Let me take you there On the inside When I saw you there Come on inside Down On Me Could there be any satisfaction In saying how it feels Down on me You're down on me Down on me The way it feels is down on me You can't see my anger You can only feel it Down on me Down on me Down on me You can never show your hate Cuz you can never get past it Down on me Down on me Down on me Fading Fading So alone and down on me Could there be any satisfaction In saying how it feels The way it feels is down on me You can't see my anger You can only feel it Fading Fading So alone and down on me Fading Fading Fading Fading An Apology An apology You heard it all from me Complacent and Repetitious There's nothing wrong I'm walking 'round without a second thought I really mean it This time I hear I hear you call and contemplate the future call and ask me what's for dinner I'll make it clear I'll mark the path for you if you want me to And take you there I'll listen hard for you I'll open up the lines to you Fracture my bad mood for you This is an apology I'll take a chance with you I'll walk away I'll say it too I'll never lie I'll always try To give you what you'll never find An apology You've heard it all from me Complacent and Repetitious I'll listen hard for you I'll open up the lines to you Fracture my bad mood for you This is an apology I'll take a chance with you I'll walk away I'll say it too I'll never lie I'll always try To give you what you'll never find My Best Friend Save the sad for real life my best friend cries at the movies Even when the story's old and bad And the tube hurts And my arm hurts And the movie is sad Save your tears they're for the injured man Because he drinks too much and you don't need it Emotion drives the car home and hollers Get me down or wake me up In a cyclone next to my brother I holler There is no one like my brother I may get sick there Sick with pleasure Tomorrow's a new day The roof it rips and then my house is a cave It is a cave where I hide the car keys from myself And say you're not going anywhere Even if your mother's waiting at the door with a towel You can't dry off the The hurt no more Tomorrow is too late My best friend said so You can't dry off the The hurt no more Tomorrow is too late I save the sad for real life my best friend cries at the movies Even when the story's old and bad And the tube hurts And my arm hurts And the movie is sad Juicy Fruit Sometimes I'm so stuck I'm never helpless And I can hear you Cause you are like me We are the insects I have a cocoon And so do you Sometimes I am so empty Sometimes I am so empty Some people Never bother In empty glasses The truth is strengthened there With conviction Of the power Beneath the tear stained eye Sometimes I am so empty X8 Firebrand My head hurts My heart hurts too We all feel it and need to keep it in Let me take you there In my mind Where I used to sleep Turn me on to firebrand and pain And it burns and burns inside my brain Let me know that all this lasts And that this shall pass And that I believe in love A hole in my head Hole in my heart We all feel it and need to keep it in Let me take you there I believe in love I believe in love Hole in my head X8 Cherry Bomb Hidden in a room There's a cherry bomb Outside of this place He grabbed my arm I made the call I made a lot of coffee My throat gets tight I watch you suffer Inside of myself I start to fall Outside of this place I'll catch it all Don't say anything Don't think anything Don't do anything Don't feel anything I've seen a lot of love It never seems to stay Bound to one Who'd rather see me lose Than dignify my questions Or say it straight Explain intentions Explode the bomb Don't say anything Don't think anything Don't do anything Don't feel anything Explain to me The power force We get along Along the way you suffer Bound to one And then they're gone You suffer me I let you down Don't say anything Don't think anything Don't do anything Don't feel anything Cherry bomb Cherry bomb (Cherish) Cherry bomb (Cherish) Cherry bomb (Cherish) Radio Waves Stick a message in my mind I would open any time Open up to see you Any time You're living in a hotel Guarded by a camera And I can never see you now Radio and it's so hard to reach you Radio and it's so hard to reach you I've been waiting here For so long I'm in this room And you're not Hurry up and meet me here Hurry up now Before the light runs out And it's running Radio and it's so hard to reach you Radio and it's so hard to reach you Hurry up and meet me here Hurry up now Before the light runs out I'll be running Radio and it's so hard to reach you X4 Hurry up and meet me there X4 Snake Say you will Put your hand in my brain Call me up Wake me up by the second ring Like far away If you knew you'd know I'm always there Because I care You can't throw me out I won't go You can't It keeps me here It keeps me here It feels like the same and it never changes Wearing thin Slip through cracks Trying to keep in And walk away Where the room defines the mood to play Come again This time won't be like the last time If you stay the same Through the years the light your look and looks have changed It keeps me here It keeps me here It feels like the same and it never changes It keeps me... Dead Letter When you go away Forever You leave behind Broken time Such a sad way to go Alone Couldn't talk about it now Couldn't sleep at all You didn't have to be alone You didn't have to I've lost all sentimental thoughts About you Left behind a full one Right behind an empty part Couldn't talk about it now Couldn't sleep at all You didn't have to be alone You didn't have to I've lost all sentimental thoughts About you Left behind a full one Right behind an empty part Couldn't talk about it now Couldn't sleep at all Didn't have to be so bad X4 Suck It Up It's coming up again Explaining myself again I don't know why I don't know why Turning it up again Churning it up again I want to go home Take me home Seems alright Seems alright Seems alright It's running up again Waking me up again You decide Take your time Turning it on again Sucking it up again Fuck it up Take your time Seems alright X3 Wake me up X4 Seems alright X3
Mouthfeel Satellite Take my hand, I really need it now You won't understand It's a satellite Through me til I feel again Innocent but don't believe your eyes They're so paper-thin There's a room no one fits in Space and time Don't confuse yours with mine Satellite Satellite Nights we sleep The darkness into daylights creep And we dream and the ocean's deep in my heart It's a satellite Through me til I feel again Innocent but don't believe your eyes They're so paper-thin There's a room no one fits in Space and time Don't confuse yours with mine Satellite Satellite They're so paper-thin There's a room no one fits in Space and time Don't confuse yours with mine Satellite Keep me in your light tonight Satellite Satellite *** Thanx a lot to Zap for this one ***
Stick To Me Take your big things off of me I've just threw my baby teeth Hurry up and push me down Run away and turn around Or stick to me Makes no difference to me Stay or go away Better yet stick to me For the rest away Body hugs, prescription drugs, benzedrine and nicotine Sudafed for the head... Better yet stick to me Cusion your soul of curency Tip it up and drink it down Run away and turn around Stick to me Makes no difference to me Stay or go away Better yet stick to me For the rest away Body hugs, prescription drugs, benzedrine and nicotine Sudafed for the head... (man talks) Makes no difference to me Stay or go away Better yet stick to me For the rest away Body hugs, prescription drugs, benzedrine and nicotine Sudafed for the head...
Chase Park
Jesus (Spiderbait Cover) I ride the highway with Jesus He drives the bus when I sleep We're taking two of his creatures And dropping them off down the street Hey-eyy-eyy-eyy-ey-eyy-ey I think we're lost Mr Jesus I think we're lost without a trace He said "Don't worry little lady, My old man helped build this place" Heyy-eyy-eyy-eyy-eyy-eyy-eyy My mum and dad love you Jesus My mum and dad say you're dead They say they'll love you forever They've got you tattooed to their heads hey Heyy-eyy-eyy-eyy-eyy-eyy-eyy
Non Albums Tracks
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis (Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits)
Hey Charlie I'm pregnant and living on the 9th Street right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue And I stopped takin dope And I quit drinkin whiskey And my old man plays the trombone and works out at the track And he says that he loves me even though its not his baby And he says that he'll raise him up like he would his own son And he gave me a ring that was worn by his mother And he takes me out dancin every Saturday night. And hey Charlie I think about you everytime I pass a fillin station on account of all the grease you used to wear in your hair And I still have that record of Little Anthony & The Imperials but someone stole my record player Now how do you like that? Hey Charlie I almost went crazy after Mario got busted So I went back to Omaha to live with my folks but everyone I used to know was either dead or in prison So I came back to Minneapolis This time I think I'm gonna stay. Hey Charlie I think I'm happy for the first time since my accident And I wish I had all the money that we used to spend on dope I'd buy me a used car lot and I wouldn't sell any of em I'd just drive a different car every day, dependin on how I feel Hey Charlie for Christsakes do you want to know the truth of it? I don't have a husband He don't play the trombone And I need to borrow money to pay this lawyer And Charlie, hey I'll be eligible for parole come Valentine's Day
Every Grain Of Sand (Outlaw Blues Volume Two: A Tribute to Bob Dylan)
In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere, Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair. Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake, Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break. In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand. Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay. I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I always hear my name. Then onward in my journey I come to understand That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand. I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light, In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space, In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face. I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me. I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
Nowhere
(Kiss my mouth EP) This club is so nowhere That's why I like the city air It wreaks and refines And don't believe it But you can't stop it From falling on your head Maybe learn to take it You can't stop it From falling on your head Maybe learn to take it This ??? altitude It's nauseating and it's rude It wreaks and refines And don't believe it And you can't stop it From falling on your head Maybe learn to take it You can't stop it From falling on your head Maybe learn to take it You can't stop it X4 We're going out tonight To see the sky Get really high It wreaks real and refines And don't believe it But you can't stop it From falling on your head Maybe learn to take it You can't stop it From falling on your head Maybe learn to take it
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Here No Evil: A Tribute to the Monkees)
The local rock group down the street Is trying hard to learn their song Seranade the weekend squire, who just came out to mow his lawn Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Charcoal burning everywhere Rows of houses that are all the same And no one seems to care See Mrs. Gray she's proud today because her roses are in bloom Mr. Green he's so serene, He's got a t.v. in every room Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Here in status symbol land Mothers complain about how hard life is And the kids just don't understand Creature comfort goals They only numb my soul and make it hard for me to see My thoughts all seem to stray, to places far away I need a change of scenery Ta Ta Ta... Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Charcoal burning everywhere Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Here in status symbol land Another Pleasant Valley Sunday...
Precious (Kiss my mouth EP)
???? ???? Planet slips And turns away there For the last time It seems that way Say it For the last time It turns away there Turn away yeah For the last time It seems that way Say it For the last time Precious Precious Precious Precious ???? ???? Planet slips And turns away there For the last time It seems that way Say it For the last time Then turns away there Turn away yeah For the last time It seems that way Say it For the last time Precious ... Pretty Awful (Hot Boxing Special Ed.)
Me at the bar (You're so cool) Hit the paper Get it right Don't infect it (You're so cool) You are here to spend your time And nothing more A way to kill time (The uncommon) A new way to be spent (?) Let them offer (The uncool) Share your time And nothing more Pretty awful It reminds me Of you and your so stuck ??? skin Sometimes I am so stuck It's true Pretty awful Me at the bar (?????) Why am I so sarcastic And I lie (?????) About the way I say it Never mind about it Pretty awful It reminds me Of you and your so stuck ??? skin Sometimes I am so stuck It's true Pretty awful You're so cool You're so cool
Puff (Big Bright Cherry EP)
A great vacation No other holiday Don't turn the light on You don't intend to stay That guy is dead, yeah And there's no guarantee Don't turn the light on Cause there's too much to see And I'm feeling better but.... I don't wanna go, don't wanna go I don't wanna go, don't wanna go The thorough? fallout I see it on the ground Into the car then Until the walls break down A great vacation No other holiday Don't turn the light on You don't intend to stay And I'm feeling better but.... I don't wanna go, don't wanna go I don't wanna go, don't wanna go I don't wanna go, don't wanna go I don't wanna go, don't wanna go I don't wanna go, don't wanna go I don't wanna go, don't wanna go I don't wanna go, don't wanna go I don't wanna go, don't wanna go
Re-Hab It's only circumstances I know it gets so heavy I've always been too lucky You give me something I need You give me something I need Don't give it away X4 You are so unconvincing And you are truly evil Quit asking me for favors You're taking something I need Don't give me something I need Don't take it away (Give it away) X3 Don't take it away Don't take it away X4 Don't take it away (Don't take it away) X3 Don't take it away Don't take it away X2
Rip The Wreck The umbrage fits you by Simple shirt with secret eye Dot your "i"s and cross your "t"s (Watch what you're saying) Make an effort if you want to be (Watch what you're saying) Make an effort if you want to be like me (Stop what you're saying, oh) When you know it's child's play A broken door it swings In the season of the water You must bring toys to sleep Listen to the rains outside Never even pass it by Stay awake to really hide (Stop what you're saying) In your threat until you say (Stop what you're saying) A bigger threat until you say goodbye (Stop what you're saying, oh) When you know it's child's play A broken door it swings In the season of the water You must bring toys to sleep Rip the wreck with polish Even copper candy glows A woman crawls on shattered glass The chocolatey falls When you know it's child's play A broken door it swings In the season of the water You must bring toys to sleep A bigger umbrage fits you by Simple shirt where secrets lie Dot your "i"s and cross your "t"s (Watch what you're saying) Make an effort if you want to be (Stop what you're saying) Make an effort if you want to be like me (Watch what you're saying, oh) When you know it's child's play A broken door it swings In the season of the water You must bring toys to sleep Rip the wreck with polish Even copper candy glows A woman crawls on shattered glass The chocolatey falls Rip the wreck with polish Even copper candy glows A woman crawls on shattered glass The chocolatey falls Song #1 Song number one is not a fuck you song I'll save that point til later on You ought to know that there's something going on It's nothing X4 Everybody's talking 'bout their home town scenes yeah And hurting people's feelings in their magazines and You ought to know what it all means It's nothing X4 Fighting for a haircut? Well grow your hair Crying for the music? I doubt you really care Looking for the answers? You can find them anywhere It's nothing X4 It's nothing X4 Life is what you want it to be, yeah So don't go gettin' hanged up trying to get free And don't worry 'bout what the other people see It's nothing X4
True Love True love I am true love I saw you in the back And you were kissing a boy Stabbed in the back And I was really annoyed Can't look back I was hooked and deployed I didn't get mad I'm ready to go X4 I got my speed on And I'm ready to go Head cranked up And ready to blow I've got my speed now And I'm ready to go Got my speed now True love I am true love I saw you in the back And you were kissing a guy So pissed off And I wanted to die I didn't get mad When you were kissing a girl I didn't get mad When you were kissing a girl I got my speed now And I'm ready to go Hand on the knob And I'm ready to blow Driving real fast With nowhere to go Screaming real loud To the radio I saw you in the back And you were wearing a dress Standing in the dress And you were really a mess I didn't get mad You were wearing a dress I didn't get mad Voice Without A Sound Who are you to me No one who can mirror me Testing me today Cruel and twisted in every way You can't fuck with me Thinking you know and you will never see Stealing what you need You'll never get it from me A voice without a sound Just a matter of time and you'll be figured out I will cut you out I will cut you I will cut you out Venting? what you see I know you can't hide from me You might impress a few But you're too smart to know that wouldn't do you good You can't fuck with me Thinking you know and you will never see Stealing what you need You'll never get it from me A voice without a sound Just a matter of time and you'll be figured out I will cut you out I will cut you Cuz I can cut you out A voice without a sound Just a matter of time and you'll be figured out I will cut you out Yeah I'll cut you out