America, The Damned
Seven o'clock
Another day
Go to school, go to work
Do just as we say
Do this, do that
Look ahead but watch your back
And do it with a smile
Because you've got to earn that pay
Don't dare ask a question,
You wouldn't wanna hear the answers, anyway.
Never stop
To wonder why
Just do as you're told
And watch generations die
Worship our idols
Religiously
It's an altar, it's a dollar
It's a face on your TV
Don't dare ask a qustion,
You wouldn't wanna see the things you'd
have to see.
Just go on living our lies
It's not important to you
To ever think about why
Because you've got better things to do...
Don't slow down
Or you might see
The most pitiful slave
Is the one who thinks he's free
(and that's you and me)
Stay in line with the master plan:
Land of Liberty, or
America, The Damned
Don't dare ask a question,
You could never possibly understand...
Just go on living our lies
It's not important to you
To ever think about why
Because you've got better thing to do...
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Lyrics: Reed
Music: Middleton, Reed
Miss Vanity
In a time long ago
When love was still a sacred thing
She stood atop a mountain peak
While on the wind the sirens sing.
She looks at the pieces of her lonely life in her hand
Why she never found anyone, she can't understand.
Lightning flashed across the sky
Rain came pouring to the ground
In a pool of blue she sees
Her true love she finally found
She looks at the vision of beauty she holds in
her hand
Why she never wanted anyone else, she can't
understand.
She found all the things that she wanted to be
She was the star of her own fantasy
She'll never set her heart free...Miss Vanity.
Now she sits all alone
With nothing but life's broken dreams
She sees all the pieces of her lonely life all around
She wonders why true love is one thing she never had found
Now is the time that she realized she'll never
be free
That's why forever she's known as Miss Vanity.
She found all the things that she wanted to be
She was the star of her own fantasy
She'll never set her heart free...Miss Vanity.
She feels so lonely. She feels so lonely.
She gets so lonely.
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Lyrics: Graham
Music: Middleton, Graham
Shimmerman
Here I stand, broken, lonely, in pain
Shimmerman has let me down again
Promises never, ever meant to be
Wasted time drives me to insanity
Every time I think I've seen it all,
You've got one more trick up your sleeve.
Don't you Shimmerman?
Now that the writing's on the wall
And the time keeps ticking away.
Broken dreams tarnished by the years
Decades gone, last chance is near
Crystal visions shattered like a broken glass
Opportunities, the final wall is coming fast.
Every time I think I've see it all,
You've got one more trick up your sleeve.
Don't you Shimmerman?
Now that the writing's on the wall
And the time keeps ticking and ticking away.
(Dialogue version only):
"Yes, everybody wants something. Why don't you just tell me what
you'd like and I'll be happy to oblige. Anything you'd
like...anything in the world. Who do you think I am?"
Every time I think I've seen it all
You've got one more trick up your sleeve.
Don't you Shimmerman?
Now that the writing's on the wall
And the time keeps ticking and ticking and ticking and ticking away.
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Lyrics: Graham
Music: Middleton, Birkemeier, Graham
Let It Go
I saw you the other day,
I know you saw me too, but you looked the other
way
It's all right, we've been there before
Just when you get to the front, they come a-knockin' at your back
door.
I don't know why you make it so tough,
Taking all you can get, but there's never enough
It's all right, we know we can't win
But day after day, we get back up and do it again.
I know what I like
I know what's right for me
You're gonna be OK, just get out of your own way
Sometimes, to make it stay, you gotta let it go
I had a dream last night,
We were walking together in the blue starlight
So beautiful, we had to agree
To take one down, so all the world could see
We reached up and put it away,
Started charging admission, got to pay to play
The people came from near and far,
But our opening night was the last night
we saw our star
I know what I like
I know what's right for me
You're gonna be OK, just get out of your own way
Sometimes, to let it shine, you gotta let it go.
Within your mind, is all that you need
This world's the door, and you are the key
You already know all you need to know
It's in the palm of your hand, but can you let it go?
I saw you the other day,
I know you saw me too, but you looked the other way
It's all right, we've been there before
Just when you get to the front, they come
a-knockin' at your back door.
I know what I like
I know what's right for me
You're gonna be OK, just get out of your own way
Sometimes, to make it stay, you gotta let it go.
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Lyrics: Reed
Music: Middleton, Reed, Graham
S.O.P.
Feel my pain, clear the voices from your head.
Choke back the feeling, enjoy the sorrow, don't be misled.
Why don't you care anymore?
You say the problem's too big.
I see it all in your eyes
You have the soul of a pig.
Lawyer needs the money, sue the dead man, that's OK.
Preacher's got his children, using God's name
to get his way.
Nobody cares anymore
Another grave to dig.
You're all so lost in yourselves
You've got the soul of a pig.
You live for no one, rolling around in filth -
that's your day.
If you were given the chance to live over,
You'd do the same things again.
Save your excuses, 'cause I'm not listening anyway.
Dance with your demons, but in the end
you've gotta pay.
I couldn't care any less
It's not my problem, you see...
I've got my own life to live now
Who's got the soul of a pig?
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Lyrics: Graham, Birkemeier
Music: Middleton, Graham, Birkemeier
"Soul of Pigs" is the melodic metal project that we have recorded and
produced. "Soul of Pigs - Enigma" is an EP CD which consists of six
songs entitled "S.O.P.", "Let It Go", "Shimmerman", "Miss Vanity", "D-
Hydrated", and "America, The Damned". These songs are quite heavy,
yet maintain really cool melodic and rhythmic texturing. The lyrics
deal with the "more base" motives...or instincts...of what appear to
be the norm in our modern society. An album worth having. It's heavy,
melodic, and yes...it even grooves. It is available for free
download or CD purchase at: www.mp3.com/soulofpigs
<http://www.mp3.com/soulofpigs> Thanks and enjoy, Mike
Howdy Folks,
This is a group where people can check out the lyrics, view the album credits,
and listen to samples from the Soul of Pigs album entitled Enigma.
Enjoy, SpidrVII