Fear Before The March Of Flames - Art Damage lyrics

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  1. Hey Kid. I'm A Computer. Stop All The Downloading
  2. Should Have Stayed In The Shallows
  3. Consequences, David, You'll Meet Your Fate In The Styx
  4. Whiskey Is Alright In Its Place, But Its Place Is In Hell
  5. The Story Of The Curious Oysters
  6. Absolutely Fabulous And Me
  7. The Long Road To The Middle
  8. The State Of Texas Vs. Fear Before
  9. Law Of Averages
  10. A Tyrant Meets His Maker
  11. The God Awful Truth




Hey Kid. I'm A Computer. Stop All The Downloading

On the count of three everybody over dose
They're coming with forks and knives to eat us alive
Victims in this cannibalistic human race or proprietors in this dog eat dog colonization?
We sluts have fattened and ripened in these la castles
We rust in the milk we've been fed. With moments left
If we stick ourselves with syringes and scrape our lungs with dollar bills
We can forge a roof that will hold us in and keep them out
Inevitable that the same person that fatted us calves
would now feed on the soft parts of our lower backs
Rather than humble and take to our knees to the homely we proclaim
You cannot buy love you cannot sell feelings
Have at me with your most primitive touch
Secretaries now make great lovers
As do those we had never considered. To a burning empire
We were meant to eat eachother.
The sound of cracking bones shall be the music that plays us out




Should Have Stayed In The Shallows

The party hasn't started 'till there's spike in the punch.
(Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.)
The party hasn't started 'till there's spike in the punch.
(Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.)

More ups and downs than a trampoline.
Let's do coke like we're vacuums.
And dance our troubles away before we drive our cars off bridges.

Ladies and gentlemen.
Boys and girls.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Boys and girls.

Let's, pry, her, ribs open.
And, bathe, in, her chest.

I'm the life of the party until I sober up.
(Oh yeah, oh yeah.)
I'm the life of the party until I sober up.
(Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.)

And when they find her on the shore
(They'll say).
And when they find her on the shore
(They'll say).
And when they find her on the shore
(They'll say).
And when they find her on the shore,

"Shark that got her was an efficient killer."
"Shark that got her was an efficient killer."
"Shark that got her was an efficient killer."
"Shark that got her was an efficient killer."

Some things (Some things),
Some things are better left unsaid.

Some things (Some things),
Some things are better off dead.

The party hasn't started till there's spike in the punch.
(Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.)
I'm the life of the party until I sober up.
(Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.)




Consequences, David, You'll Meet Your Fate In The Styx

Talk to me David. How can I help?
You see you sold me quick fixes in the past
I keep them in the medicine cabinet but you should see what I keep in my closet
Talk to me
Pardon the altitude David
My head flies high. The birds think I'm one of their own
The birds thank God to be alive
The battle of me versus me and no one wins you see again. Wins. Wins you see.




Whiskey Is Alright In Its Place, But Its Place Is In Hell

I am the street peddlers miracle juice
Do I hear? Do I hear?
(Numbers) Buyer in the balcony section
Sold to the vampire and his lovely establishment
If integrity were a wooden spike we'd all be fucked
Push the corpse into the gutter
We'd say to one another
These smart-ass children had it coming
These clones drone along to their power chord medleys
This is our lives watched by the auctioneer
If we're going out to dance they're pissing on our disco halls
You're up for sale. The plan of action is upsell




The Story Of The Curious Oysters

Leaving the throne behind our princess is found anew
Strung up in a bedpost webbing. in this romance of spiders
We love, like spiders
You won't feel a thing

She had a run in with the doctor of fishes
Now she smiles like a princess, legs behind her head
A doctor stands accused of painting the roses red
Off with his head. Off with his head

Doctors. Cameras. Loved ones. Unhand her
Behold the site of our villain in peril
This doctors hand in her. She is fucked by a million viewers

So smile big for the cameras. We're sending this one home

These eight legs have dug their way in. Has it made you whole?




Absolutely Fabulous And Me

Everyone with white teeth know the words to this one? (yeah)
Words to this one!

Everyone with white teeth know the words to this one? (yeah)
Words to this one!

At this supper you can
Tell a friend from a business associate

At this supper you can
Tell a friend from a business associate

And by dessert we will be stuck to our clothes
The fashionable out number the martyrs. Apostles was your hands
Can you hear them coming?
Can you hear them gnashing?
The fashion police are swinging their sticks.

Know the words to this one?
Dance answer bend swallow

Take a hand and join us in rejoicing
We no longer have to think
Shake the hand of this man in the suit
Remember once called him friend




The Long Road To The Middle

Is there nothing sacred anymore?

Raise your head and say:
WELL DONE,
WELL DONE,
WELL DONE.

Before they put you in a casket,
So you know that you were worth it.
Before they put you in a casket,
So you know that you were worth it.

Try keeping something to yourself for a change.
Said the boy who cried wolf,
"So you don't end up like me."
Sex, drugs, and rock & roll never looked so good.
Said the best fifteen minutes of your life,
To the future nine to five,
Forty-something family man.

Raise your head and say:
WELL DONE,
WELL DONE,
WELL DONE.

Raise your head and say:
WELL DONE,
WELL DONE,
WELL DONE.

How much do we lose? How much is gained?
How much do we lose? How much is gained?

How much do we lose? How much is gained?
How much do we lose? How much is gained?

Try keeping some things to yourself for a change.
Try keeping some things to yourself for a change.
How did you spend your fifteen minutes?
Fifteen minutes.




The State Of Texas Vs. Fear Before

Oh yeah. Thank God. I could use a companion.
To hell or bust. I could use a companion.

They haven't found her body, but they're onto me

I'm sorry to drag you in, but I had no choice
I said I was sorry, so stop crying
I said I was sorry, so stop crying

The authority lives for the thrill of the chase
But they'll never catch me

The authority lives for the thrill of the chase
But they'll never catch me

The authority lives for the thrill of the chase
But they'll never catch me

The authority lives for the thrill of the chase
But they'll never catch me

Cheer up honey, don't cry.
Cheer up honey, don't cry. You don't get to cry

I cleaned up after myself. I tied up my loose ends.

With a full tank we can make it to the border
With a full tank we can make it to the border

Where I'll change my name and they'll crown me king
Where I'll change my name and they'll crown me king
Where I'll change my name and they'll crown me king
Where I'll change my name and they'll crown me king
I may be sick
I may be sick
I may be sick
I may be SICK

The authority lives for the thrill of the chase.
But they'll never catch me

The authority lives for the thrill of the chase.
But they'll never catch me

The authority lives for the thrill of the chase.
But they'll never catch me
The authority lives for the thrill of the chase.
But they'll never catch me




Law Of Averages

And we wait (we wait) for the fog to roll in
Take a deep breath before we're back on the road again
I killed the forest with just one match.
Killed the forest with just one match

You could see the dark
Smoke clouds
As the ash rained down,
With no regard for the life that was lost, with no regard

Dear john will you come with me
Dear john will you come with me
Dear john will you come with me
Dear john will you come with me

Follow
Me
To paradise

Look over your shoulder, you stole her. Its over
To start we'll lop off your head
We'll give you six feet of blankets for a goodnight sleep
(Say a prayer for the dead and buried)
We'll give you six feet

Say a prayer for the dead and buried
You'll be joining them real soon

Say a prayer for the dead and buried
You'll be joining them real soon

The easy way or the hard way.
You never learned your lesson

The easy way or the hard way.
You never learned your lesson




A Tyrant Meets His Maker

(Instrumental)




The God Awful Truth

The devil plays hits
Where you'd least expect
Its cold and dark when you're buried alive

See how it feels marching into the flames.
Its warm and bright when you're burning alive

The spotlights search for you as long as the dust collects here
Lost in a cast of millions all in line before you.
That's what the rats call eternity
All in before you.
No one watches anyway.
No one watches anyway.

Oh shit man.
Who am I to think I won't be marching in to the flames right along with you?
Who am I to think I won't be here waiting in a line for hell with you?
Voices distorted. Specks of grey
Good looks converted. Specks of grey
Specks of black and white

Spotlights search for you as long as the dust collects here.
Lost in a cast of millions
Fall in line