sink


1. The Beginning

[--Bleep--] [What's wrong?]
[Nothing, nothing really.]
[I just feel I need something stronger.]

[Where are you taking me?] [Where are you taking me?]
[Where are you taking me?]
[hahahaha]

[Arf, arf, arf, arf,]

[It's important that you think clearly, and dont panic.]

[Got a lot on your mind...]
[But watch your breaking point.]


2. Seventeen

See I have no place to go.
Broken head has made me whole.

Yellow stone below me,
yellow sun above,
Dying in the middle
when the pushing comes to shove.
Biting on a backbone with an angel on my tongue.
Waiting on a vision.

Waiting on a vision.

Seventeen seconds until I go down to my grave.

You can't ask a question,
You have no voice.
Want to go on living,
but you have no choice.
Broken and cut with a second to think,
"It's all a lie" It's all a lie.

The moment you cut was a lie.

See you and I don't see eye to eye.

But I will skip the pleasantries,
and bring you down upon your knees
and keep you there below me with an eye on the sun above.
And I'm filling up the middle,
pushing comes to shove.
Biting on a backbone with an angel on my tongue.
Waiting on a vision.

Waiting on a vision.

Seventeen seconds until I go down to my grave.

Ooh...They prop you up drunken,
those clean little boys.
The one they befriend
is the one they destroy.
Break you and cut you and leave you to think,
It's all a lie, it's all a lie!

The thing that you need is a lie...

Coming back and he fixes me and I move on,
With the needs of the one.
Can you see when you look and I'm too far away?
Tell me how to go.
And I am the one, and I am the one.

Except!

You can't ask a question,
you have no voice.
Want to go on living,
but you have no choice.
Broken and cut with a second to think,
"It's all a lie", it's all a lie!

The moment you cut was a lie.


(LIVE: Those nights where I wake up)
(LIVE: And I can't get back to sleep)

(LIVE: Feeling in the sun)
(LIVE: Sense in the moon)


I will not wish this away.
I will not wait for another day.
I will not wish this away.
I will not wait for another day.
Waiting and questioning, Waiting and questioning.
Waiting and questioning, Waiting and questioning.
Waiting and questioning, Waiting and questioning.
Waiting and questioning, Waiting and questioning.

[And then I realized, like I was shot,]
[shot with a diamond.]
[A diamond bullet right through the forehead.]
[And I thought,]
["My God, the genius of that, the genius.]
[The will to do that."]
(Apocolypse Now - Marlon Brando)


3. Snowblind

[Perfect, genuine, complete, crystal, pure.] (Apocolypse Now - Marlon Brando)

I am a nation of one, you are a nation of many.
Thus making you divisible and subject to me.
I hold in my right hand three angels so tightly.
Ride out of the dark to light that's too bright to see.

And I see.
And I feel.
And I change a willingness...
for atrocity!

Hoo!

I fry snowblind.
Sometimes I can't see a thing.
Bad grip. Fucking slip.
Face down, this is nothing new to me.
I fry snowblind.
Sometimes I can't see a thing.
Bad grip. Fucking slip.
Face down, this is nothing new to me.

Yeah!
Ohh..
Yeah!

Nothing new to me.

Yeah!
Ohh..

[Am I gonna be the one that's gonna]
[set him straight, look at me, Wrong!]
(Apocolypse Now - Dennis Hopper)

One without sun, one without shadow
one without anger is one who's not whole.
One without sun, one without shadow
one without anger is one who's not whole.
One without sun, one without shadow!
One without anger is one who's not whole!
One without sun, one without shadow!
one without anger...! yeahh!

is one who's not whole!

I am a nation of one, you are a nation of many.
Thus making you divisible and subject to me.
I hold in my right hand three angels so tightly.
Ride out of the darkness,
but the cop can't catch me.

And I see.
And I change.
And I feel a willingness...
for atrocity.

Hoo!

I fry snowblind.
Sometimes I can't see a thing.
Bad grip. Fucking slip.
Face down,
this is nothing new to me.
I fry snowblind.
Sometimes I can't see a thing.
Bad grip. Fucking slip.
Face down,
this is nothing new to me.
Nothing new to me.

Yeah!
Ohh..


4. The Big Top

--- No lyrics ---


5. Manic

Hey, Mom and Dad.
You have done so well now.
Why look so sad?
It's been so long since my walls fell.
Can't explain all the thoughts I've had.
I'm alright now, can't you tell?

I, embody violence.
I, see nothing but a sack of fluid, and
I, embody hatred.
Why tell me all the things you would if you only could you, a fucking game of dumb luck.
What could ever make you think I give a fuck?
I embody violence.
I see nothing but a sack of fluid, and
I embody hatred.
Why tell me all the things you would if you only could you, a game of dumb luck.
What?

Hey, Mom and Dad.
How you've shown the way now.
God, I get so mad.
I don't know why, I'm just that way.
Can't explain all the thoughts that I've had.
I'm alright now, far away.

I, embody violence
I, see nothing but a sack of fluid, and
I, embody hatred
Why tell me all the things you would if you only could you, a game of dumb luck.
What could ever make you think I give a fuck?
I, embody violence
I, see nothing but a sack of fluid, and
I, embody hatred
Why tell me all the things you would if you only could you, a game of dumb luck.
What could ever make you think I give an?

Did you see?
Did you know?
What it's like down below?
Down in the grass, you lie and wait,
wait like an animal, to escape.
Did you see it did you know it is an animal sign?
The divinity within it is the crack and it's mine.
Did you see it did you know it is an animal sign?
The divinity within it is the crack and it's mine.

I, embody violence
I, see nothing but a sack of fluid, and
I, embody hatred
Why tell me all the things you would if you only could you,
a game of dumb luck.
What?

Can you see with eyes wide open?
I don't care how much it hurts.
Well is this some kind of (offering?)
Yeah!
Yeah!
I'm sitting (singing?)
I'm sitting (singing?)
I'm sitting (singing?)
I'm sitting (singing?)
I'm sitting on the (sleigh?).

I'm singing(?).


6. Weary

Watch me turn the stones.
That evil comes out.
And why would I set it free?
It always comes back to me.

That evil is the only thing that always comes back to me.

Yeah.
Yeah.

Sun, sky, stones.
Black river water,
washes over me.
It always touches me.
It always touches me.

River water is the only thing that ever touches me.

Yeah
La da da da da daaa, la da da da da, da da da da da.

Yeah.
Yep.

And if you weary of the pain,
the pain will weary of you too.
And if you weary of the days,
the days will weary of you too.
And if you weary of me,
I will weary of you too! Yeah!
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh.

I've seen the face of God,
and he hates me with disinterest.
Just like all the rest.
That hateful face of God,
is just like all the rest.
That evil face of God,
Hates me like the rest.
Yeah.
Yeahhhh.
Oh.


7. Was A Time...

There was a time when I thought that I had a friend.
I put down the flames so the flames won't consume me again.
And then I awakened to see what they want all along,
Open my eyes realize all deception was gone.

Never was.

Not again.

(Is this it yet?)?

When I'm on the street I can see all the faces are dead.
They try on their lives everyday like a skin to be shed.
There was a time when you all looked as fine as a lie.
Open my eyes realize all deception was gone.

Never was.

Lies again.

Yeah.

Lies again.


8. Thin Skin

Yessss!

This is a story of reaction time,
step across that painted line.
Stand with the sun in your eyes,
you never wonder why.

This is the time, this is the place.
Hope you never have to see with that face.
Stand with the sun in your eyes,
and you never question why.

Tell another story of reaction, get it?
All you wanted was a shotgun shell.
All I wanted was to be a little callous.
You're looking at me like I've just got malice.
I bleed like anyone like me.

I bleed like anyone like me.

This is the time, this is the place.
Hope you never have to see with that face.
Stand with the sun in your eyes,
you never wonder why.

This is the day, and this is the hour.
Hope you never have to feel this power,
standing with the sun in your eyes,
and you never question why.

Tattoo in a place that does some honor.
Where no one I know would think to.
Given a person just to sink my teeth in.
I'd bite down and give no reason.

I bleed like anyone like me.

My skin,
right?
Is thin skin, that's right!
But my skin,
is still mine!

Oh, this is a story of reaction time.
I've got a brother and he's next in line.
Say it, say it.
I've got a brother and he's next in line.

This is a story of reaction time,
step across that painted line.
Stand with the sun in your eyes,
you never question why.

This is the time, this is the place.
Hope you never have to see with that face.
Standing with the sun in your eyes,
and you never question why.

Tell another story of reaction, get it?
All you wanted was a shotgun shell.
Given a virgin just to sink my teeth in,
I'd bite down and give no reason.

I bleed like anyone, like me.

My skin,
right?
Is thin skin, right?
But my skin,
is still mine!
Yeah!

Oh, this is a story of reaction time.
I've got a brother and he's next in line.
Say it, say it.


9. Summoning (1)

--- [Foreign Samples] ---
( Legends of the Overfiend : Japanimation )


10. Godgun

My gun is loaded.
My gun is my god.
My gun has no sympathy.
My gun is my god.

See me bow and pray.
OOH! AHH!
See me bow and pray.
OOH! AHH!

My gun is loaded.
OOH! AHH!
My gun is my god.
OOH! AHH!
Yeah!

And it's with me everywhere I go.
Everywhere I go.
And it tells me everything I know.

And it's with me everywhere I go.
Everywhere I go.
And it tells me everything I know.
Go!
Wuh-oh!
Ohoh!
uhoh!
Ohoh!
uhohohoh!
Ohoh!
uhohohoh!
Yeah!
Wuh-oh!
ohoh!
Wuh-ohohoh!
ohohhhhh!

My gun is loaded.
My gun is my god.
My gun offers nothing.
My gun is my god.

[No American should find himself in a foreign land without a pistol.]
((Roy Schneider): The Naked Lunch)

See me bow and pray! OOH! AHH!
See me bow and pray! OOH! AHH!
My gun is loaded. OOH! AHH!
My gun issssssssss my god. OOH! AHH!


11. Ah

Ahhhhhhhhhhh...
Ahhhhhhhhhhh...
Ahhhhhhhhhhh...
Ahhhhhhhhhhh...

[-- undistinguishable mumbo jumbo --] [Can you feel this?]
[Or does that puzzle?]
[Are you now?]
[Are you happy now?]


12. Peter The Destroyer

[I'm not afraid!]
[I'll do it!]
[I swear to God!]

Peter stood upon the mountain,
surrounded by all the infidels.
As his gaze surveyed the landscape.
Crosshairs dancing in his eyes.

Peter's cry from the tower,
did not sound so merciful.
And he goes,
He goes down.
He goes down.
Yeah!
Ahhh!
Wooh!

Peter hears the voice again,
drowning out the icy cry.
In his head is the answer.
Loads his rifle with a sigh.

Peter's cry from the tower,
shatters on the street below.
And he goes,
Yeah!
He goes down.
He goes down.
He goes down.
He goes down!
Yeah!
Ahh!
Haa!
Hoo!

Peter feels the great release now.
He does not cry, letting go.
And he goes,
He goes down.
He goes down.
He goes down!
Down!
Ahh!
Yeah!

[[baby whining]Y'all better get the police!]

Hoo!

And we all pretended,
thought he never intended,
to take upon himself an action,
and carry it out.
Now we lie in what he knows.
Ahh!
Aahh!

And we never expected,
being rejected.
He took upon himself an action,
and carried it out.
Oh god.
Ah!

Now we die for what he knows.

Die!
Die!
Die!


13. Kill The Girl

[I guess it's about time for our William Tell routine.]
( (Peter Weller): The Naked Lunch)

I warned you not to cry.
I warned you not to sing.
I warned you not to sleep around, sleep around with everything. AHHHHH!

I warned you not to go.
I warned you not to stay.
I warned you not to dig your own, dig your own little fucking grave. AHHHHH!

I warned you not to cry.
I warned you not to sing.
I warned you not to sleep around, sleep around with everything. AHHHHH!

Did I warn you?
Did I warn you?
Did I warn you?
Yeah.

Did I warn you?
Did I warn you?
Did I warn you?
Did I warn you?
Did I warn you?

This time I'll concentrate,
Lie back in the water and wait.
This thing, I intend to do,
Is harder on me than it,
is on you!

I'll be a god then,
and not a weak man.
I'll be a god then,
and not a small man.
Yeah!
Ahh!

This day the hunter waits.
He's made one too many mistakes.
He doesn't mind all the things you do,
'cause he knows that soon,
he'll be laughing at you!

He'll be a god then,
and not a weak man.
He'll be a god then,
and not a small man!
Yeah!

Ha!

14. Becoming

[...trying to hack off my arm!]
[They was... trying to kill me!]


15. They

And he once said, and he once said,
everyone is dead, and he once said, and he once said.

And he once said, and he once said,
"Everyone is dead" and he once said, "Everyone is dead"

And he once said,
"Death abandons guile and strides"
And he once said,
"...Bloody sun bullying the sky"

And he once said, and he once said
"Everyone is dead," and he once said, "Everyone's my son"

"My son," he said,
"Jesus... they've all died"
"They've all died"
"Son," he said,
"Give me wings and I'll fly"
"And I'll fly..." he said.

And he once said, and he once said
"Everyone is dead" and he once said "Everyone's dead."

And he once said, and he once said,
"Everyone is dead" and he once said, and he once said.

And he once said,
"He'd be left outside the wall"
And he once said,
"He should never hear me call out"

And he once said, and he once said
"Everyone is dead" And he once said, "Everyone's my son."
"My son" he said,
"Jesus... they've all died"
"they've all died..."
"Son" he said,
"Give me wings"
"And I'll fly."
"Son" he said,
"God,"
"They've all died..."
"they've all died."

"Son just talk to me,
take some of my pain."
"I'm not too proud
just help me to put shit in your veins."

"I told you before
fight to be sane."
"Now they've all died like suicide
Don't do the same."

He said, "Don't do the same"
"My son" he said,
"Jesus... they've all died"
"My son," he said,
"Give me wings, and I'll fly"
"And I'll fly," he said.
"... oh God,"
"They've all died"
Yeah


16. Tell The Captain

Go and tell the Captain,
waves are growing high.
anyone washed overboard,
leave them here to die.

Go now tell his mistress,
who lies in sheets of wine.
The candles and the invocations,
will not bring down the tide.

He's abandoned any hope of life now.

The endless storms that rage upon us,
grow from ripples in his mind.

He's chosen darkness over light now.

Mistress and crew have lied and left him to be cold!
To be cold.

Lied and left him to be cold.


17. Out Of Sheer Loneliness

Whithering up to die.
Let it all go.

Look inside, and say goodbye.

Look around me now.
and say hello,
say hello,
hello.

I'll be with you all now.
I'll be with you all now.

18. Untitled

[Frogs chirping]
[Little creek trickling]
[Crickets chirping]
[Fades into the first song - "The Beginning"]