
track
listing:
1. Brain Drain
2. Midnight Bike Rides
3. Annihilate the Need
4. Beginning of the End
5. Fool Me Twice
6. Senseless Things
7. Pictures of Drummers
8. Hold My Breath
9. Inside My Head
10. Die To Please
Dan Bress: guitar
Kristin Gavigan: bass
Mike Riley: microphone
Darick Sater: drums
Recorded and mixed by Kevin Bernsten at Catastrophic Sound, June and July
2007.
Mastered by Chris Camden at Ultrasound Studios.
Artwork and Layout by Nick Iluzada: 8bitnick@gmail.com.
Band contact: paperxdragons@gmail.com.
This is FR13.
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BRAIN DRAIN
stick a tube into my ear and pump me full of bleach
sanitize and sterilize me, let me clear my head
sometimes i wanna rip out my brain just to kill this mess
oh man, how i wish i was numb, i don't want to feel a thing
drill a hole into my mind and let these thoughts spill out
i've had enough of this agonizing torture, i quit
i give up, i give up, i give up
i'm done this is such a chore
i don't want to feel this anymore
MIDNIGHT BIKE RIDES
midnight bike rides and six-pack tours
the cokes are mine and the beer is yours
on a bench on federal hill
there's things i should say but never will
next stop is at the fort, so let's go
we'll nerd out on the wire, its your favorite show
they found sobatka floatin over there
you can fuck with omar but i wouldn't dare
i look at you and there's things i wanna say
but i keep my mouth shut for another day
when the time is right, but it isn't now
i wanna speak up but i don't know how
so we head to pat park and we have another
it starts to rain so we take cover
in the pagoda at the top of the hill
there's things i should say but never will
little italy pizza is the place to go
all pizza sharks make that their home
best slice in town without a doubt
we fill up our bellies and then we're out
c'mon, let's go for a ride
on the deck by the falls i dare you to jump in
you're just drunk enough to take the swim
then we head to the lake for the last can of the night
there's things i should say but not tonight
midnight bike rides and six-pack tours
the cokes are mine and the beer is yours
the cokes are mine and the beer is yours
on six-pack tours
ANNIHILATE THE NEED
hey pretty girl, why are you talking to me?
looking like those girls i see on tv
spending too much money on your clothes
and i know that the rest just went up your nose
you don't like my clothes, you say they just ain't right
you'd like to see a better fit, tight tight tight
you say i'd look better with some longer hair
you obviously can't tell that i don't care
my jeans are old and my t-shirt stinks
too bad for you, i don't care what you think
sorry if i seem condescending
this conversation's boring and i'm looking for an ending
why don't you go back and sit with your friends
i just can't wait until this night ends
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
he's a serial killer
she's so heroin chic
but he can't stand the sight of blood
and she's so scared of the needle
he said, "i wanna take you out
so pick a movie and a diner
we'll tell the stories of our scars
and we'll get to know each other...
but i've got a secret to tell
its burning in my gut
you've gotta promise not to tell
do you promise?
would you like to know
what it is i do for fun?
i take life for the thrill
and i'm not the only one
i use a noble cause
to justify it all
but i'm having bad dreams lately
that i've never had before
i've lost my sanity
my grip on reality
i've lost my sanity
no reality
it seems my noble cause
ain't so righteous after all"
FOOL ME TWICE
i'm such a mess, i'm a fucking wreck and i know my lies are thinly veiled
two black eyes, your place or mine? this situation's no good for me
don't say it if you don't mean it, loaded words, bated breath
hook me up and drag me along, hook line and sinker, i'm such a sucker
my mental health is fading fast, my head's infected with snakes and worms
i kiss to forgive is a kiss to forget, i'm starting over, here we go again
don't say it if you don't mean it, loaded words, bated breath
hook me up and drag me along, hook line and sinker, i'm such a sucker
don't say it if you don't mean it, loaded words, bated breath
hook me up and drag me along, hook line and sinker, i'm such a sucker
don't say, don't say, don't try to tell me that you understand
forgive, forget, been through this before, i'll work it out
it was so much easier when i had given up hope
and then you took it away, you fucking took it away
been through this before, but it's different this time
and i hate to say it but things will never be the same
SENSELESS THINGS
day in, day out, its all the same
i get up too early and i stay out too late
talk to the same people and i eat the same food
every day is the same with nothing new to do
kill this boredom before it kills me
kill this boredom before it kills me
i go to work and its all the same
boring people doing boring things
every day, it never ends
my mind will break before it bends
kill this boredom before it kills me
kill this boredom before it kills me
kill this boredom before it kills me
its killing me, its killing me
i watch these bands and they're all the same
boring songs about mundane lives
tales of heartbreak and failed attempts
they never say anything relevant
this boredom's killing me
this boredom's killing me
PICTURES OF DRUMMERS
i've been so distracted lately chasing ghosts that i know aren't there
it's so hard when you wanna believe so badly that it melts your mind
i keep on seeing things, things move in the corner of my eye
i know better, still i chase them down, fruitless efforts define these days
maybe it's time that i get a new hobby
no sense in chasing something that you'll never find
focus energies on something real
fuck these ghosts, why do i waste my time?
is this supposed to be fun sitting in this room all by myself?
well it's not
these houses aren't haunted like the guidebook says
just another scam that i've fallen for
i can't believe i'm sitting here again
when will i learn?
HOLD MY BREATH
i can recall a time when things weren't quite so fucked
when we would see each other out and it didn't matter much
before that new crowd came around with their money and their drugs
when music was all that mattered and bonds were built on trust
my band's got a show tonight and i hope to see you there
but i won't hold my breath
and i can't help but get bummed out on all this mess
all these things that i've been thinking i wanna get off my chest
cuz when i see you out now and you can barely say a word
it's hard for me to ignore all the bullshit that i've heard
my band's got a show tonight and i hope to see you there
but i won't hold my breath
cuz last time that i saw you things didn't look so good
you looked so close to death
hold my breath, hold my breath
i can't breathe, i can't breathe
i'm not against change but this just ain't right
INSIDE MY HEAD
inside my head you're all fucking dead
burn this place down, never see you again
i can't stand this place and i can't stand your face
inside my head
inside my head you're all fucking dead
burn this place down, never see you again
i think about it all the time
all the ways that you could die
you're in my every dream
all blown to smithereens
i can't wait til the day you die
DIE TO PLEASE
its hard not to feel like its all gone to waste
the effort, the blood, spit back in my face
why do i bother when no one cares anyway?
and why don't any of you have a damn thing to say?
sometimes things don't work out as planned
and sometimes plans will take different forks in their path
there's no easy answers when there's so much blame to lay
just don't try to tell me that its all gonna be ok
cuz its not and we know it
i've never been here before and i don't know what to do
i'm at a loss for words, not feeling right tonight
there's no way to say this that makes everything ok
its a lose-lose situation, but i can't regret a thing
we're damned if we do and we're damned if we don't
why i even bother is a mystery to me
i try and i try to make everyone happy
but i forgot about me
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