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Downer [20th Anniversary Edition]

by FRANtiCS

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Plague of Madness Plague of madness. Safe inside insanity. Safe inside insanity, to view things that others can't see. Hardcore thoughts and strong ideals, not musical popularity. Label, label, get away, come again some other day... When you can judge by who I am, I am not an instrument! Plague of madness Safe inside insanity Safe inside insanity, to laugh at things that make you scream! Paint a picture in your head, like wax melting down candle stems! Put me down, but I won't quit, your words are mud, I've stepped in it! But I'll pull out where I can see, safe inside insanity! Plague of madness. Safe inside insanity. "And crawling on the planet's face, some insects called the human race, lost in time, lost in space, and in meaning" (taken from The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
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OBLITERATED 02:25
Looking for the goods, the good things in life. Live fast, die old, it's cool and it feels right! I walk down halls, but not ones of wood. It's a twisted world, with twisted minds, but twisted things are good? Where you going? Are you coming back? Am I just another burden at the bottom of your stack? Looking for the goods, the good things in life. Live fast, die old, it's cool and it feels right! I'd get some help, but where do I begin? Mommy, make me look good, so my friends will let me in. Coffee junkies slaving to the grind. While what is fact changes in years, it's like the blind leading the blind! Looking for the goods, the good things in life. Live fast, die old, it's cool and it feels right! Television, tell me what to think. MTV can pick my clothes and Court TV can judge my rank. Tell me your rules, but I doubt that I'll comply. I'll just write another song about us humans and our lives.
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TOO FAR GONE 02:57
I heard you ran away, the pain was too much to take. Wrapped in the garments lacking love, but soaked within the hate. Remember all the things that make for useful dreams. Release the fear and tackle things with something you can handle. There is no time for sleep, it's the ending of the week. We've got a while to go and that is all we really need. Held close by our demands of what we want in hand. Go for the goal with all we've got and slow the hour's sand. To see the others drown! Considered social waste. What's in is out and out is in, a ballet of bad taste! Small town since I was born, but simple I am not. Able to view the world without the glamour, watch it ROT! From the hip and in the gut. Progress is tradition's rut. But competition is the game. Who's the strongest, who's the smartest? Too far gone to leave alone. Too far gone to right what's wrong. Too far gone to make amends. Peace in violence, peace in violence. I heard you ran away, the pain was too much to take. Wrapped in the garments lacking love, but soaked within the hate. Remember all the things that make for useful dreams. Unleash the fear and face the day with something you can handle. Too far gone, Close your eyes, find what's inside.
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GLUCOSE 02:56
I'm sick of asking why! Wait. O.K., I'm ready to participate. Social seeds, trying to evaluate me, no way! With them I'm giving no reply. They'll just say I'm crazy. Everyone drives faster in their cars. Hurried by the overworked machine. Yelling at each other and stabbing backs. That party is gonna start without me. And I'm still asking why! Look around until the world colors you blind. Use your ears to hear what is unheard. Bold remarks, they make your tongue swell up. What's the point, if you try to hurt someone.
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I'm the one that makes me sick. I'm the one that makes me mad. I'm the one that's fed up with myself. I'm the one who wants to smile. I'm the one to talk awhile. I'm the one who erases my mind. Forget, stop it, never gonna say it again. I can't stop the laughing. I'm the one to clean my mess. I'm the one I must impress. Relics of my memories relived again. Melting through the hot asphalt. Wounds heal better drenched in salt. Lift me up, it's time to fly again. Forget, stop it, never gonna say it again. I can't stop the laughing.
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Fell into a coma 'cause there's nothing left to do. Quiver in anticipation, time is slipping through. Spaced out on emotion 'cause emotion's all that's left. On vacation, in sedation, but never leave my head. Riddle of the freaks. It's such a nice day. We're all going mad. It's just a mind twist. Sleeping deeply on the sofa. Boring interlude on a Sunday afternoon. These that stand for me are standing all my life. The social map, destructive taste is not my type. War can leave its scars, yeah, but then, so can love. My smiling skull won't turn away from thinking too much. No more alarms. I want to sleep. Where have you been? Come dream with me. In the sun, we're having fun. Boring interlude on a sunny afternoon. "Don't dream it..... be it." (taken from The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
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STAGE FRIGHT 02:37
A man can lose his whole life in the time it takes to blink. Gone is his ability to think. If it comes easy, it may not be worth fighting for. Sanity comes knocking on your door. It's getting scary now, time is running out. I think I hear the voices, but no one hears me shout. This seems so real, but I haven't woke up yet. Looks like the hard way is my best and only bet. I got an idea in my mind, but I forgot it just like that. Myself and I should have a little chat! I'm gonna give my heart to you, so treat it like your own. Do only what the rest of us condone. I've got a box of secrets, still warm to the touch. I opened it, the contents didn't tell me very much. I saw the world through someone else's point of view. Around that point in time the complications grew. It seems my mind has somehow slipped into reverse. I know the future and the past can't be much worse. As I grow younger, I cannot afford to wait. My patience is gone, I know that it's not too late to WALK AWAY!
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You keep talking and talking and talking 'til my ears bleed. What's left to say about another when you're done? You gossip and gossip and gossip about anything. But keep it coming, 'cause we feed on your pleasure. The thrill you get from crushing other people must be great. A rush, euphoric to your heart. You twist up their identity and knife them in the back, then ask for change. You're sly, you're living off of lies. If hurting others is the only way make the ends meet, then they'll never meet for me. Born to Lose and call it history! You keep walking and walking and walking through the lie field. One day they'll sink and be your sea of sorrow. You stagger and stutter, because you can't lie fast enough. What will you do when they start talking about you? You're not a missionary, taking it the way you like it every stupid night. You're just a hypocrite, basing all your values on the stories you can find. But people like that won't die. But people like that won't die. You've got to be here to pollute our world. You've got to be here to pollute our world.
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COUGH IT UP 02:59
If you were on Mercury, you'd burn, then you'd die! If your residence were Venus, same old story, you would fry! And, of course, Mars is filled with carbon dioxide. But on Earth, I'd say you've got it pretty good. If we evolved on Jupiter, then we would all have gas. And if we lived on Uranus, then we would smell your ass. The grass is always greener if you're on the other side of the fence. But then you climb up it and rip your favorite pants. And your mom won't sew them up. Of course, your pop just says throw them away. We're always in a bind and we can't even see through our own hair. When I turn on the television, everyone looks good. Smiling are their faces made of plastic and of wood. Those human gods of make-believe mold our society. We can't hold up our favorite pants, when they always rip at the seams. And your mom won't sew them up. Of course, your pop just says throw them away. We're always in a bind and we can't even see through our own hair. Breathe out, Breathe out slowly. Cough it up and relax.
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Lying in bed, talking out, but no one was there! Something creeping in my room could taste my secrets! Thinking about going out into the world. Am I paranoid or are you staring at me? Volume, Loud!! Throw away old politics to make new complaints. Sitting by snobs who won't give the time of day. I don't mind, I'm happy being with myself. Go and live your cartoon life, I'll just observe it, with my... Volume, Loud!! Another day in the mud. What did I do this time?
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BAT 21 03:52
Over and under the septic tank. I've spilled my guts one, two, three many times. Cheap iniquities, the taste of snot... Running down my throat again, I feel numb... I feel numb! Army of necrophiliacs, bleeding out their lives in a trench with no return. Generals pushing the front lines. Stepping stones for future employment... employed to die! Employ, imply, the time to die... Employ, imply, the time to die... Why? Die? Cry! Childhood is the greatest drug... I want to be addicted to it! With paper and some crayons, you're up all night. The troubled times are just an illusion, it's casual. Buried with our identity. Content and redefined, but not having a clue. A pestilence within, I want to know what it is. The meaning of life has a thousand conclusions, but only one is right. Digest, invest in a bloody chest. Digest, invest in a bloody chest, rest, vacant lots, pick your plot!
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HEMLOCK 02:42
[This is Hemlock] Hello, what's your name? Did you come here just so you could complain? You see, now, that's my job. But everyone can change and now it's time! Lost... but finding our way back. Welcome home!! Don't be afraid. The film inside your skull. A history more valuable than gold. Embrace your every breath. I'm sorry that the world causes such stress! Lost, but finding our way back. Welcome home!! Don't be afraid. There has to be a way to make us hear the things we say. We're digging our holes deeper every day. Another car drives by with someone that you've never met. Lost in my heart, what's to say? Don't be afraid! Lost in my heart, what's to say? Don't be afraid!
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SUGAR COATED 02:38
I'm at home, I'm alone. I am changed, I am changed. Turn off the T.V. Just lay down, turn out the lights. Hug your thoughts. Embrace a memory and dwell on all the good times you've had. Sitting next to nothing is not so bad, if you can handle being human in a corporate-type world. Just sit back and watch while all the idiots destroy themselves. I'm at home, I'm alone. I am changed, I am changed. Another comes just to destroy all I've built for myself. Those sugar coated dreams are much too rich for me, I think I'll pass. Work for what you want 'cause that's a gift, and it's not rare. Use your talents to survive, instead of settling for what's there. Break away the mold to feel your soul and shed a tear for freedom. I only want to break away! Which one will change their mind today and say... I wanna break away! Sugar coated makes it sweet, Makes it easier to rot your teeth away. We wanna break away.
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Hello baby, are you gonna come out with me? I can't wait until I see you again, it's been so long. But that makes things seem more worthwhile, so I'll wait and I'll wait, 'til the sun turns blue or the sky runs out of air. Pessimism goes away when you're around. You help me to see all the things that are good in this life. So, I know I won't break from your side 'cause there's no other fruit for my bowl, you're the one to see me age in time! But, when you're not here, things start to get weird! Throwing tantrums, panic in my head. Work the graveyard shift in the bed. Think the worst, so I won't be misled. Building things from what we are fed. Listen to music and lying on the floor. I will take, and then take some more! Audial emotions, candy for the ears. Lifts me up, away from the fear. I feel like myself tonight, I think I found a new way home.
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I Wanna Live 02:52

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released December 21, 2019


TIMMY TIMMY guitar and vocals
ANTHONY PRICE bass and vocals
KEVIN MAC vocals and guitar
TODD SKELETON drums
* DREW PERRY drums on Rainbows & Graveyards, Leaving There, Bop 'Til You Drop and I Wanna Live

recorded and mixed by Jay Matheson at the Jam Room, Columbia, S.C.
produced by Kevin Mac and Jay Matheson

cover concept by Kevin Mac

|c| Mania/Sidewise Music
all music by the Frantics
all songs written by Mac, except:
Stage Fright by Timmy
Bop 'Til You Drop by Dee Dee Ramone/Johnny Ramone
I Wanna Live by Dee Dee Ramone/Daniel Rey

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