Lyrics to All Hail Getting Old

To me, this is the anti-punk anthem. Don't get me wrong, I love punk and rock n' roll, but there's a good portion of it I no longer relate to. Just passing 3 1/2 of years of sobriety, I no longer revere and worship the years of my life I spent carelessly meandering across. There's no more pining "glories of youth" anthems left in my bones. More comfortable in my own skin, and easily charmed by simplicity, I enjoy the spoils of impending middle-age. I love having to not prove myself every stupid day. I love not wondering if I'm good enough for my peers. I love attending a party and not fearing a fight at the drop of a hat. I love not having acne. I love not indulging a cheating and equally self-concious girlfriend. I love the comforts of my small family unit. I love working out, training, eating right, and not worrying if I'll be labeled a jock because I do. Call me crazy.

I guess I've always found it silly and hypocritical that the same dudes who spouted off tale after tale of adolescent hardship, seem to be the ones still writing songs jerking it off. Fuck that! ALL HAIL GETTING OLD!!!

ALL HAIL GETTING OLD

Too many times I feared
I waited too long
And too many times I feared
I heard the whistle's bellow
And too many times I feared
The aging won't slow
And too many times I feared
I'm not elastic

(Chorus)
So I run
Yeah I wasted all, I've wasted all those years
And I
Severed casts and ventures I once deared
So long
To youth with all of its painful disregard
All hail getting old

Too many times I feared
I'll leave here alone
Too many times I feared
I'll never know a home
Too many times I feared
The exits, the crowds
Too many times I feared
I'm not respected

(chorus)

(breakdown)
What are we waiting for? X2
What are you waiting for? X2

Lyrics to Taking It Over

Another track from our newest cassette release, this song is a sort of, kind of, off-center love letter to my wife. If anyone reads this, you may find yourself wondering how any one female/male could possibly be flattered by an ode like this. But I'm incapable of viewing love with a rose tint. I can't. Love is not radical most of the time. For the majority it's baggage; necessary, and important, and comforting, and cumbersome, and useful, and painful, and exciting---- baggage. My wife stole my heart when I met her, coming into view at a time when I had resolved to be alone. That sucks! Just when I had finally grown comfortable with the prospect of solitary adventure, she arrived. She took it and I had no choice in the matter. That's the shit of it all. Like it or not, it's real. And true. That's why I wrote this. I wrote it for the part of our relationship that can be downright fucking nuts. That's why it's not pretty. But then again, things that are truly beautiful rarely are.



TAKING IT OVER

A lonely lock falls off your face
And hope
A tendril plucked from urge's frame
No more
And will I ever
Take another
Unlabored breath before you
Or will lust be my constrictor

(Chorus)
I fell off track, then got it back
But now you're taking it over
From proper beats, to heart attack
Yes now you're taking it over
Cause now my mind
Is running blind
Yes now you're taking it over
I'm in love, so I'm in hell now.

Anyone who sells love pure
A crook
A barefoot walk down razor shores
No more
And will I ever
Take another
Unlabored step before you
Or will love fill all my blisters

(Chorus)

YOU'RE TAKING IT OVER!!!

Lyrics to 80% is Good Enough

Damn I loved writing lyrics to this song. Chuck, Don, and Rob crushed the instrumental. So simple and fun. This track will be with our newest release and very well may be the closest representation to a band ethos. Try hard.....but not TOO hard. You get what we mean?

The irony is that when writing this, and this is on a purely personal level, I really felt as if I was speaking to myself. Emitting a warning. Like some separate, rational, and calm side of my intellect was trying to tell me to slow down. I can't. I wish I could. It's not in my make up. I wasted so much time being a fucking loser that I have to move. Unfortunately, I've found that heeding my own advice is a lot like trying to massage my own back.

ENJOY!!!


80% is Good Enough

I live my life by a certain set
Of principles, they aren't hard to get
I only work till I'm certain you're pleased
And leave the rest for all the "get aheads"
Now I know you think that you need the best
And that you swallow all you can ingest
But when you're hungry and lonely winning
I'm at home full and fast asleep

(Pre-Chorus)
How do you live like this? X4

(Chorus)
Lying awake and I'm racing fast
Cause I worked so hard they own me
8 out of 10 and I gave enough
Why fill mine up when it's clear your cup
Is constantly overflowing
80% seems good enough


I tried to see the appeal of working till my hands bleed
But it only hurts my head thinking of doing
Any more than you've asked of me
Now how do you live hearing "tick tick tick"
On all your plans? Cause that would make me sick
Cause whether hell or high water wading
I'll find peace in satisfactory

(Pre Chorus)

(Chorus)

(Breakdown)
Will I survive my heart attack
Or have it out cause I'm lonely?
80% seems good enough
And if that's right
Than I'll drink it cold
Cause I broke my back
And I was never home
80% seems good enough
It seems good enough
SEEMS GOOD ENOUGH!!!!

(Chorus)

Lyrics to Maybe's Martyr

Here's the lyrics to the dark and different tune, 'Maybe's Martyr', from my lovely band SPELLS. As far as writing goes, probably one of my top 3 favorite tracks.

Listen here: http://spellsrules.bandcamp.com/track/maybes-martyr


MAYBE'S MARTYR

On withered nights
An apostrophe
Embattled eyes turn troubled ties into rhythms brace

And as a tambourine strikes
On a battered palm
She'll turn it off and she'll turn it on and so on, so on

(Chorus)
And I don't mind giving all my grace
To a martyr on a rainy day

A tambourine strikes
On a battered palm
She'll turn it off and she'll turn it on, so on, so on

(Chorus)
I don't mind giving all my grace
To a martyr on a rainy day
Yes, she lies
Yes, she lies

I don't mind giving all my grace
To a martyr on a rainy day
So she lies
So she lies

I don't mind giving all my grace
To a martyr on a rainy day
Yes, she lies
Yes, she lies

Marty on a rainy day X6

So just step on back
And let failure work X4

Lyrics to Even Assholes Have Their Day

Check out this hot new SPELLS track titled, 'Even Assholes Have Their Day'. Lyrics are below, chief.

http://spellsrules.bandcamp.com/track/even-assholes-have-their-day


EVEN ASSHOLES HAVE THEIR DAY:

You need pride, so you take it
You make bonds, then you break it
You got none, so you fake it
I relax when I say that


CHORUS
Even assholes have their day
And everyone feels the same
Cause even assholes have their day
To revel in their own pain


Smile hard when you eat it
And don't cry cause you cheated
Time flies when defeated
I hope now you believe it

CHORUS

Cause even assholes have
Yes even assholes have
Even assholes have their day

Lyrics to Take Time by SPELLS.

Here are the lyrics to, TAKE TIME, the other A side cut off our debut 45.


TAKE TIME

While you take time, take time
I'm gonna live life, live life
I'm gonna set it off, set it off
I'm gonna cut throats, cut throats

(Chorus)
Cause I know
You're near
With your curse
And your fears
And your pulse
Beats way too slow

Take time, take time
I'm gonna rush life, rush life
I'm gonna spit hell, spit hell
I'm gonna waste sex, waste sex

(Chorus)


(Bridge)
With your boots
And your hair
And your glow
It's all for show
And you scream
And you pine
And you slant
It's all you know  X2

Take time, take time

I'm gonna live life, live life

I'm gonna set it off, set it off

I'm gonna cut throats, cut throats!!!!

Lyrics to Slice Away by SPELLS.

Hey, dudes. I love music. I love writing lyrics. Here are the lyrics for our latest release, 'Slice Away'. VACATION ROCK. SPELLS rules!!



You were the fault line
Shaking every moment
I could have lived lies
And I could have played your vagrant
'Cause you had those dark eyes
And a form that fiends for rapture
But now you're the dark skies
The path of pang's persistence

(Chorus)
Slice Away
All the lies that you built around me
Slice Away

All the lies that you built around you

Slice Away

All the lines to forget about me

Slice away

All the lines to forget about you

I think in my mind

I painted you the victim

A favorite to lose life

And holder of only fold hands

But now that I see you

And I now that see your black eyes

As part of the costume

For the chiseler's ball you maestro

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

Cause you went miles just to take it

Cause you knew I could never break it

Then you went miles just to break it

Cause you knew I could never take it

When love's gone

Love's gone

Slice Away x8