left alone bleeding on the street,
with only memories of where his life went wrong
all changed by one moment and one mistake
now his demise is not far off
a lone bullet pierces the sky, as the sun begins to fade
time stops for just a second, before reality returns
the rain comes down thru the streetlight
he knows no help is coming tonite
he glances toward the puddle and sees
the face of a man about to die
CONFUSION AFTER ALCOHOL
i'm by myself in a dar alleyway,
i'm filled w/ booze and feelings of sorrow
i don't know how, but i'll find my way home
and i'll wake up laughing tomorrow
i'm walking down a deserted street
i'm left with no trust and nothing to hope for
i start to see how fake everyone is
and i don't feel like walking anymore
standing on the edge of failure
i don't know what to do or say
I CAN'T SKANK
i was hanign out last nite, workin on a buzz
when i heard a new sound, didn't know what it was
they told me it was ska and everyone started to dance
everyone except me, i was lookin like an ass
so eventho i know i lack coordination
i got up to skank with little hesitation
with one swift move i was flat on my face
after that moment i was a skankin disgrace
didn't go to school today, just tried to skank all day
so i could go out with my friends and try to get a little respect
so i went out & bought some Reel Big Fish, listened from start to finish
so i could learn all the right moves and not get laughed at tonite
tonite i rolled up on the scene w/ a bottle of JD and my LTJ cd
so i could proove to all who saw that i wasnt such a big dork afterall
the music began to play and the horns began to sound
where was i?? i was face down on the ground
after son much work tryin to proove them wrong,
i ended up falling during my favorite song
i shouldn't skank in my room, i'm not fit to skank with a broom
i learned today that i was a tremendous failure
so when we see Catch-22, i'll look like an ass, but i'll be seen with you
encourage me, it't the least you can do
LOOKING HOMEWARD
is it better to live a lie than to be yourself?
is it better to wonder why than to accept what you've been dealt?
when no one knows the answers, you don't know what to do,
look inside yourself, and there you'll find the truth
everyone wears a mask sometimes, tonite's the nite its alright
we're all the same tonite, everyone fights the demons inside
why do you need to proove yourself to everyone?
why do you destroy the weaker ones?
well not tonite
we fight back tonite
SHATTER
a brick is thrown thru the window of an old abandoned house
and only the shadows are foolish enough to pick up all the jagged pieces
shatter; please excuse me while i count the shards of broken glass,
glass that used to be my heart
the vandals who destroyed the house, my heart of fragile glass
drive off without the knowlege or care of what they just destroyed
the only was i'm comforted's that my dreams will not come true
by the next time the sun sets
the shadows hand is cut, each time he reaches down
wishing to find a ray of light to find he's been cut