Free To Be Or Not To Be You And Me lyrics - Cursive
So I dug deep down
Deep inside myself
To the pitted heart
Of this scabrous shell
Oddly, all I found
Was a nest of cells
On the hunt for some significance
The indifference of the
Chromosome prevailed
So I dug deep back
Through a fractured past
Marriage, work and school
Every dagger twisting branch
Sadly, all my story told
Was an aging man
Just another human organism
Obsessed with -isms
To live is to be in schism
Still, the search goes on
'Cause it must go on
'Cause I won't be assuaged
By the cooing birds of inconsequence
So yes, I'm pissed
I feel cursed with life
I can't just exist
When I need to know I'm right
And I'll never know I'm right
And with this I'll die
Never given any reason for—
What reason do you need to be alive?
Just merely survive
Or don't — you are or you aren't
What I sing right now
Someone's screamed before
Time to take a bow
Before the stage is taken over
It's a flash in the pan
All a flash in the pan
Gotta do what you can
On the head of a pin
Gonna sing into the void
And make some noise, noise
Does anybody out there hear this voice?
Just a flash in the pan
Free to be or not to be you and me
Clearly, I am clamoring to be
I know there is no point to this
I keep on crying out for transcendence
Pick Up The Pieces lyrics - Cursive
So, this is it
The world just fell to shit
And we're left holding the bag
What do we do
With refuse we refuse
That no one's taking credit for
This civil war ain't civil anymore
They thrive when we're divided hordes
Pick up the pieces one more time
Wash our hands of our parent's crimes
Pick up the pieces
'Til we're clean of pesky, guilty feelings
We're back again
With the same arguments
All thoughts and prayers — no action
It's all a fix
They're sticking to the script
And we're the rote recipients
They need dissent to run the show
More bullet points, more bullet holes
Pick up the pieces one more time
They shit the bed, we apologize
Pick up the pieces yet again
It makes no difference
But we can't give in
It's a game we know we can't win
They know it too
But they need participants
Lest we think the news is new,
We've been on a loop
They're just tightening the noose
Pick up the pieces, give a fuck
This world's a turd to polish up
Pick up the pieces
We're the yin, the yang,
It's all the same
It's Gonna Hurt lyrics - Cursive
(You know it's gonna hurt)
(You know it's gonna hurt)
You know it's gonna hurt
But you do it anyway
If you know it's gonna hurt
Could you at least look away
Your trembling eyes betray your pain
You could never forgive me
You know it's gonna hurt
But there's nothing left to lose
You know it's gonna hurt
And you know it'll hurt me too
You said, "fuck this world"
You don't owe it shit
And most nights I agreed with you
I never thought you'd really do it
(You know it's gonna hurt)
(You know it's gonna hurt)
That crooked smile
A soft "fuck you"
You could never forgive me
If the lies they spewed turned up true
They said you knew what you were doing
I could never forgive you
You know it's gonna hurt
You know it's gonna hurt
You know it's gonna hurt
Under The Rainbow lyrics - Cursive
The one percent live in high rises
They block out the sun for all the denizens
Under the rainbow
They write the laws on guns and gods
And push 'em upon the hard folk down below
Under the rainbow
Reading my palm, reading my charts
Reading my leaves, reading my tarot cards
They all know where I'm from
Under the rainbow
No prayer, no plan, no promised land
Wish I had time, wish I had hope
Wish I had mine, wish I could cope with this
We've been left all alone
Under the rainbow
You've got your dreams that won't take hold
Boy, I shook myself awake so long ago
Under the rainbow
We've been fed lies, we've all been duped
And we don't want to know the truth
This bubble suits us just fine
Under the rainbow
Checking the news, checking the stocks
Checking for clues, checking the doomsday clock
Who's checking in on us?
Under the rainbow
No god, no gold, nowhere to go
Remorse lyrics - Cursive
The world can look distorted
When peering through a rocks glass
Is it not the life you asked for?
Join the club
Yet none of us will show remorse
Who of us will sow remorse
Ouroboros lyrics - Cursive
I am a parasite
I am a shill
I am that lowly snake
Chasing its tail
In the beginning, we were starving under stars
The stars told the farmers when to farm
Farms evolved into corporations
Corporations left us all to starve
And in the end, we'll start again
Apocalypse will level every monopoly and monolith
Ouroboros
Ouroboros
We were blessed with an enlightened intellect
Enlightened intellect made the internet
The internet gave the world a mouthpiece
That swallowed our enlightened intellect
The voice of man has been exposed
As vitriol — don't gotta read between the HTML
Ouroboros
Ouroboros
Ouroboros
Ouroboros
The writer will obsess over success
Success is like the carrot on a stick
Once the writer finds it's just a carrot
The writer takes a shit all over it
'Cause in the end the masterpiece
Won't be achieved
Who the fuck is achieving mastery?
Ouroboros
Ouroboros
Society has got a heinous case of crabs
Everybody's got an itch to scratch
This manmade bucket we're all stuck in
We're all fucking over each other's cousin
So, serve it up — surf n' turf
It could be worse
You could be eating your words or your own foot
Ouroboros
Ouroboros
Ouroboros
Ouroboros
I am a parasite
I am a shill
I am a cannibal
Eating my words
I am a parasite
I am a shill
I am that lowly snake
Chasing its tail
I am a parasite
I am a shill
I am that lowly snake
Chasing its tail
Ouroboros
Ouroboros
Everending lyrics - Cursive
We think we want to live forever
It's an unrealistic feat
I don't want to live forever
I can't bear the agony
I don't want to live to outlove everyone
Goddamn — one life is hard enough
All this beauty's everending
Every sunrise you attempt
Every sunset you neglect
They're counting down to finity
Nothing seems so evergreen
When everything is everending
It's that time of year again
Tree's stripped of their elegance
Our skeletons ache in our skins
Seasons passing, as do we
You and me are everending
You and me are everending
You and me are ever —
Trying to make a diamond out of coal
Trying to make a mountain out of mulch
Everybody's drinking heavy
We're in a hurry to be done
The point of all of this eludes us
Like a snowflake on the tongue
We're uniquely on the brink of extinction —
This blip of life is one and done
All this beauty's everending
I try to find significance
In each line that I commit
An exercise in senselessness
Time will scrub our past from us
Memory is everending
In the Winter of our lives
Will we hibernate or fight?
What's the upside to survive
It may be short and ran it's course
Life is rich and everending
Life is rich and everending
Life is rich and ever —
Trying to make a molehill seem more grand
Trying to make a mountain —
It's just sand upon eroding shores
A city bombed and since ignored
A simple dream you can't recall
A glimpse into a crystal ball
You and me, forever everending
A brilliant flash of fantasy
Trying to make this life seem less absurd
Trying to make a mountain out of words
Ghost Writer lyrics - Cursive
I'm at your secretary
Writing quips in your diary
Inflating your life story
Poor taste and rich hyperbole
Nobody asked me to do this
Yet, here I am
These exorcisms are useless
But then again…
If it's the last note I'm writing
I'll make it a grand finale
Rampant politicizing
This constant finger wagging
It's not a drama anymore
How'd your life become one big horror
Nobody asked my opinion
Yet, here it is
We're in an unholy union
With arrogance
This is the last note I'm writing
This world has never felt less inviting to me
There you go again
It's just a simple entry
Some light prose, sad and sweet
You had to go and fuck with the wording
You gotta shit on everything
Ghostwrite your wrongs
Nobody asked for an encore
Yet, here I am
This epilogue is an eyesore
It makes no sense
This is the last note I'm singing
Can you imagine such hubris got me this far?
Life Savings lyrics - Cursive
Living in a statistic
Sailboats floating on their flow chart
I don't wanna live like this
A day in the sun, swimming with sharks
There's no future, only money, money
No 'me and you', it's only money, money
Money buys a bright future
But we will be forever indentured — money, money
May we never get what we deserve — money, money
Head down, anonymous
The more you comply is the more you subsist
There's no scruples, only money, money
Dollars or rubles, it's all money, money
Money buys you clemency
In a clandestine economy — money, money
Bagged and price tagged, dangling off your feet
Living in a statistic
Sailboats floating on their sales graph
I don't wanna die like this
They wanna make waves, capsize the craft
Underneath the bathroom sink
In a wooden box with a broken lock
You can find my life savings
A high school ring and baseball cards
And when this horror's over
And the greenback's all but trashed
Currency will be our head and hands
So, you don't want to lose your head
You can't afford to lose that
Don't sell yourself to me
You do it for the money
You sell the dream to me
You do it for the money
You're selling us your innocence
Don't sell your faith to me
You do it for the money
You're selling us your ignorance
Your money is counterfeit
Money, money
May we never get what we deserve
Money, money
May we never get what we deserve
Money, money
Money, money
Noble Soldier / Dystopian Lament lyrics - Cursive
[Noble Soldier]
Push it back, push it back,
Push it out of your head now
Push it back, push it back,
Push it out of your head now, my friend
Don't recall what you saw
Modern life is behind you
Don't recall what you saw
Freedom's a dream
Don't look up, don't look up
Don't look into the mirror
Don't look up, don't look up
You won't like what you're seeing in there
It's just a shell, just a shell
It's a vessel of who you once were
Shell shocked, well heeled
Noble soldier —
It's over, over, over
Push it back now
Push back, push back
Push it out now
It's over, over
Push it out now
Push back, push back
The life you knew is over
[Dystopian Lament]
I used to fall for love
For family and for friends
I used to fall for unity
Despite our differences
I used to fall for trust
The decency of man
I used to fall for secrecy
'Til a neighbor played my hand
I used to fall for math
A universal truth
I used to fall for science books
Until they were removed
I used to fall for hope
The promise of our youth
I used to fall for change
'Til our youth became recruits
I used to fall for currency
To dictate what I'm worth
I used to fall for ancestry
Now I know we're fucked from birth
I used to fall for news
I'd check it each morning
I used to fall for freedom of speech
Before the red warning
I used to fall for anarchy
But loved the world too much
I used to fall for rioting
'Til the sentry locked us up
Now I fall in line
Now I fall in line
Now I fall in line
Now I fall in line
Fall in line
Fall in line
Fall in line
Fall in line
Chemical Strain lyrics - Cursive
Chemical strain
A trickle trickle in your viny veins
Puppeting your heart-strings
You'll behave the way you should behave
Unless you crush it up, chop it up
Pour the old elixir down the drain
Your drain
The naughtiest wolves get the worst restraints
Chemical strain
Chemical burn
Your cerebrum's getting upturned
A deforestation of every memory you once preserved
Smash it up, smash it up
Beat them at the psychopathic games
You're truly in control, out of control
All those bottles in your drawer
They made you so sane
So sane
It slips in your veins
As your heart starts to race
The beat gets stuck on repeat
And breaks!
Chemicals, chemicals
Chemicals, chemicals
No more chemicals, chemicals
No more chemicals
Chemical strain
Frankly, Mr. Shankly lyrics - Cursive
(originally by The Smiths)
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held
It pays my way and it corrodes my soul
I want to leave
You will not miss me
I want to go down in musical history
Oh
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I'm a sickening wreck
I've got the 21st century breathing down my neck
I must move fast, you understand me
I want to go down in celluloid history
Oh
Fame, fame, fatal fame
It can play hideous tricks on the brain
But still I rather be famous
Than righteous or holy
Oh, any day, any day, any day
But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled
Making Christmas cards with the mentally ill
I want to live and I want to love
I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of
Oh
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held
It pays my way and it corrodes my soul
Oh, I didn't realize that you wrote poetry
I didn't realize you wrote such fucking awful poetry, Mr. Shankly
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask
You are a flatulent pain the ass
I do not mean to be so rude
But still, I must speak frankly, Mr. Shankly
Oh, give us money
Mama's Baggage lyrics - Cursive
We stole all Mama's baggage
And stuffed it with Daddy's cologne and Sunday best
And then I sat up in bed in a nervous sweat
Waiting for those creaking warning stairs
As the lights went out, I snuck out my window
And ran down those railroad tracks
There's no turning back
No, I ain't turning back
This city's a crucifix and I have suffered for it
Just feel the scar along my side
And I'm no savior
But I could have saved you from this Bible-beating life
The train leaves half past twelve
You're too afraid to live without
Without a father
With no provider
We're bastards all along
When they dumped you in the lake
Were you held under too long?
My only brother
We swore we'd both escape from the cloth
In Mama's baggage, I found a photo
Of our trip to Colorado Springs
I was young and defiant, but you were compliant
A happy toddler in Daddy's arms
I hung the picture upon the mirror in my dingy motel room
The sirens howl at night, strangers prowl outside
I tremble in bed thinking of you
I tried to call the house
I keep hanging up the phone
When I hear his voice, I remember those Sundays
And I'm glad I finally left home
I'd rather be alone than wrong
You keep nesting away your doubt
But I'm no sinner
Sure, I've made some mistakes
Some I can't forgive
And this might be my hell
But at least I damned myself
No more preachers nailing me to the cross
You're too afraid to live without
He who believes will be saved
He who believes will behave
So I'm condemned, huh?
Some baptism, anointed with piss and spit
How could you leave me behind and join their side?
How long until we all surrender?
Modern Love lyrics - Cursive
I know when to go out
And when to stay in
Get things done
I catch a paper boy
But things don't really change
I'm standing in the wind
But I never wave bye-bye
But I try, I try
There's no sign of life
It's just the power to charm
I'm lying in the rain
But I never wave bye-bye
But I try, I try
Never gonna fall for
Walks beside me
(Modern love) walks on by
(Modern love) gets me to the church on time
(Church on time) terrifies me
(Church on time) makes me party
(Church on time) puts my trust in God and man
(God and man) no confessions
(God and man) no religion
(God and man) don't believe in modern love
It's not really work
It's just the power to charm
I'm still standing in the wind
But I never wave bye bye
But I try, I try
Never gonna fall for
Walks beside me
(Modern love) walks on by
(Modern love) gets me to the church on time
(Church on time) terrifies me
(Church on time) makes me party
(Church on time) puts my trust in God and man
(God and man) no confessions
(God and man) no religion
(God and man) don't believe in modern love walks beside me
(Modern love) walks on by
(Modern love) gets me to the church on time
(Church on time) terrifies me
(Church on time) makes me party
(Church on time) puts my trust in God and man
(God and man) no confessions
(God and man) no religion
(God and man)don't believe in modern love
Modern love (modern love)
Modern love (modern love)
Modern love (modern love)
Modern love (modern love)
Modern love (modern love)
Modern love (modern love)
Modern love (modern love)
Modern love (modern love)
(Modern love)
(Modern love)
(Modern love)
(Modern love)
Modern love, walks beside me
(Modern love)
Modern love, walks on by
(Modern love)
Modern love, walks beside me
Modern love
Modern love, walks on by
Modern love
Never gonna fall for
Modern love
Modern love
Piccolo Pete lyrics - Cursive
You can devote your life to trying to get it right
But what's that even mean?
You can read every book, see every film
Now if you only knew how to make up your mind
You can yell from the mountains or down the well
To the same reply
Lucky bask in white
It's the echo of mankind
All we are is all we are; so what?
The more I learn, the more I just give up
From the highest cliff, o'er the raging sea
We march single file
Try as you might to step out of line
Eventually, we're all going to take a dive
You can halt the ticking of a clock
But you can't bind the hands of time
Lucky bask in white
It complicates mankind
We're born and procreate and then we die
Everything between's just beating off
The birds fuck, the bees fuck
The flowers fuck, the trees, all wrong
Just one big happy fucking family
We're almost to the sea, I can hear the crashing tides
Baby, I wish I weren't so afraid to die
Take my hand, we'll get there side by side
We never got answers, just wrinkles and cancers
Well, here we are at the head of the line
Supernova 95 lyrics - Cursive
Watching TV with the sound down
Listening to Primus on repeat
Scraping resin with the antenna
A fresh bag could be another week
Crashing out on the couch
You found curbed in the suburbs
Your roommate just became your ex
Her new man's taking over your bed
You're so bored with everything
You used to dream in color, so American
Reds and whites and blues, but mostly green
Until you learned economy is just a Ponzi scheme
Burnt out, burnt out
It's hard to give a shit
Burnt out, burnt out
When it's easier to quit
What's effort going to get me?
Responsibility?
Another job?
Some shitty job?
Making out with whoever'll have me
Drinking with whoever gets the drinks
America on a dollar a day
One buck, a dozen hush puppies
Bought an ax
Bought an amp
In the back kicking out the jams
30 pack of Natty Light
9.99's going to pull us through the night
I've worked each restaurant from downtown to the lake
Raking in the minimum wage
Doing part-time at 3.25
Became 4.25
Burnt out, burnt out
These jobs are fucking jokes
Burnt out, burnt out
The dollar is a hoax!
What's a degree get me?
Opportunity?
A foot in the door?
The doors are closed
So burn out, burn out
Burn out, burn out
What's effort going to get me?
Responsibility?
Another job?
Another job?
Another job?
Another job?
Some shitty job?
Another job
Universal Shrug lyrics - Universal Shrug
It's not your parents
It's not your friends
It's not your siblings' indifference
It's not your job
It's not your boss
It's not the last five years you lost
It's not that girl you could never get
It's not the lover you never met
It's not your stuffy studio
It's not that shitty car you want
It's you
You're the sum of all the mistakes you've plotted through
The product of all pleasures
The situations you should come to
The guilt you've gone through afterward
You're the reason you don't sleep well sober
The whole of your hangovers; poor kid
The measure of your motives
And where those motives led
It's not the city you never left
That haunted house where you shared a bed
What'd that woman say to you?
It's not me, it's you
It's not me, it's you
It's you
It's you
It's you
It's no big deal
You're the total of all the trials you've been through
The remainder of your anger
It's the albatross you'll never lose
That bird's been on your neck
Since you learned the world will always turn against you
You choose to live counter-clockwise
You're the time of your life
So what's in that dapper necktie?
Raise your cup to the universal shrug
Why get so worked up?
Just shrug it off, and pass the peanuts
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