ARMCHAIR GENERAL
I wrote it down
Because that is how I felt
I don't feel that way now
But back then it was so real
The anger left inside
Lingers on a million days
But moving on
Those songs are songs
And everything is fine
DRUNKEN SMILES
It's just me and a guitar
A tape recorder and some words
I'll play some chords to fit the mood
And think of you so nothing hurts
Someone has already done this
But that's alright with me
It's just some stupid words
And some chords and melody
Do you remember when everyone
Was here last week?
Drunken smiles on faces
Most everyone was smoking weed
Sometimes I think about
Just how good it could be
With all my friends in one place
Especially you and me
The song needs a second verse
And I don't wanna repeat the first
The chords still play on
I think of you and it just gets worse
I miss you and you miss me too
But that's not enough for me
'cause all I have are these stupid words
These fucking chords and melody
DRINK ABOUT SOMEONE
I want to write about something else
How about that time
When we drank until the sunrise
Got on our skateboards
And drank in the Atlantic sunrise
Leaving the water
We almost stepped on a stingray
And then you fell off your skateboard
You fucked your hand and elbow up
But the show that night was fine
I want to think about someone else
There was that time
When we drank in that abandoned graveyard
Then we bombed some hills
And lit that fire on the train tracks
We laughed as the train came
On that night I remembered
We would be friends for life
Though we drink until the sunrise
The show is always fine
I want to dream about something else
I want to drink about someone else
THIS SONG
I should go write that paper
But instead I'll write this song
I have to study for that final
But I sit and play guitar
My sleep is all fucked up
It's freezing in this fucking town
My friends are likely drunk
That's the easy way to think you're warm
Alone in this tiny town
And I still keep fucking up
Mostly alone in this tiny town
And I still keep drinking up
It's five AM and I'm still up
Sleeping is my best friend
With the worst intentions
Distractions keep me sane
Texting drinking writing nothing
Drinking numbs the brain
Don't want to do the shit they want me to
I know I miss my friends
Pictures just don't do them justice
Writing useless words again
But I guess they fucking get me through
SONG THIRTEEN
A year ago the pain came from my brain
It still hurts every once in awhile
Thirty years of punishment
Thirty years malnourishment
And now my body is fighting back
I hope my brain isn't just distracting me from itself
I'll awake from the pain in my back
It's the same ill-filling morning as before
Physical more than emotional it attacks the same
Fuck yeah it still hurts
I hope my brain isn't just distracting me from itself
I am at war with my brain
And I think that it's winning
Killing my body with ease
It dies with every drink
I'll get sick again
It all spins around
I'll fall asleep again
And dream everything is fine
Strive for improvement
Try not to let it win
Keep puking keep sleeping
I hope my brain isn't just distracting me from itself
I am at war with my brain
And I think that it's winning
Killing my body with ease
It dies with every drink
I'M THE DD TODAY
I've got some shit to do
But why do it today?
I've finally got a bed
And sleep and music and a beer
So I'll drink today away
I'll hardly leave the bed
I'll make some plans that don't pan out
Day drink today
You can come over if you want
But I won't put on a shirt
We'll put a couch in the front yard
And drink until we puke
So we'll drink today away
In the sun in the front yard
And we'll fall asleep before it's dark
Day drink today
I'm day drinking today
Whiskey beer day drink
EMBRACE IMPERMANENCE
My friends care if I die
And that's the best thing I could ask for
Among all the shitty people I've found a lot
Who I can trust to be there in the shittiest (fucked up) time of life
So it's to you that I drink to tonight
The ones who are there 'til we die
Now's the time to say it
Thanks and I'll love you 'til I die
When everything falls apart
Cliches all become true
But that's what they offer you until a friend speaks brilliance
And you start (you fucking will) to pull through
I'll pour this second one for you tonight
My friends who always speak the truth
And now's the time to say it
Thanks and I'll love you 'til I die
I'll drink this last round for you tonight
My friends who are there 'til we die
Now's the time to say it
Thanks I'll love you 'til I die
STUPID CHORDS, STUPID WORDS, STUPID SONG
Living alone with no TV or internet
Can make you realize how unproductive
Your life can really be
Sometimes the songs just pour out of you
There's so much that you want to say
To the person that you can't
And I don't have the courage for that
Maybe I'll find it somewhere
I'll keep adding letters
To the words that aren't there
Everything sounds the same
It's all the same
I've heard that before
It's all been done
SOMETHING ABOUT NOTHING
On the brink of something
This is about nothing
It's not about you or her
I write this because I don't have it
What it takes to say
What I want to tell them
Not fully sure what that is
Just vague ideas floating around in my brain
I can't formulate them
Mind can't encapsulate them
Can't think of what to say
Forever I'll write about nothing
My thoughts stay on the same thing
Sadness for when y ou leave me
Repition about nothing
Gotta write this about something
There's still a lot more room
To address concern for you
Those words that I can't write
Instead I'll write this pointless rhyme tonight
Never gonna say it
Won't have the chance to play it
For you tonight 'cause you are right
Convictions I can't summarize in song
And when you talk to me
We speak of brilliant things
The evade me somehow
Before I get a chance to put them down
And if they come right back to me
Thoughts constantly escaping me
I'm missing clarity
Lacking pride to say what I want to
UNTITLED
Orion's rising in the sky and
I can sense that it's that time of year
I'll get to drink with all of my friends
In that desert we call home
We'll burn and drink a million warm-flat beers
But I'll be dreaming of the road
To everyone it's so important
The meaning's not the same
But we're all striving for it
This time I don't
To everyone it's so important
The meaning's not the same
But we all struggle for it
This time I don't
This year it's all so odd to me
It feels so routine
That's not how it's supposed to be
On this I feel that I'm alone
I'd rather be out on the road
Drop everything race towards that burning goal
To everyone it's so important
The meaning's not the same
But we're all striving for it
This time I don't
To everyone it's so important
The meaning's not the same
But we all struggle for it
This time I don't wanna go
But I know when we get there
It'll feel like home
It feels like home
THIS MERCH IS A PIPEBOMB
I lost my backpack in El Paso
It contained one important thing
We lost some gear in New Orleans
And we also lost our weed
We drank and smoked on a porch in Nashville
Drank fighting cock with Chris
Only one thing that sucked
Was coming home to out find that
This merch is a pipebomb
Fueled by beer in Austin, Texas
Dave rode the tall bike down the stairs
We played a full basement in Flagstaff
There's fucking awesome people there
In Vegas TBR showed up
We filled that room up with smoke
The Buick made it back to Reno
And I don't think that we went broke
This merch is a pipebomb
Someone stole our merch at the returning show
We lost money to guarantee
Why come home?
Someone found our suitcase in the parking lot
With all our shirts, posters, patches and a note that read
This merch is a pipebomb
MARRIED AT THIRTY
How could you forget something like this?
We Walked along that dark path
Until we found that open park bench
We sat and talked and smiled
It was my birthday
And you were the one who cared
We had a real meal and laughed
As we took in that
It was my birthday
And you were the one who cared
On that spring night downtown
I came up for a visit
And stayed with you
Those times were glorious
We drank wine
Listened to tunes
Conversed about the future
I remember that deal we made
We drunkenly made out
And fell asleep in eachother's arms
I woke to few words I left
And knew I would see you again
I was driving through your town
I stopped by you showed me around
We had such a great evening Mags
With drinks and food and I drove home
I remember that deal we made
The last time I saw you
We were back downtown
We laughed over beers
As I was still sulking in pain
You were the one I thought of all along
We walk through the park with our drunken smiles
It's twelve years later and I still drink of you
The calls have long stopped but the love it grew
Someday I will see you again
We'll laugh and drink and talk about how we have been
I wonder if it's you and do you think the same?
If we saw eachother would we laugh and smile everyday?
Those years are just fading into memories
Drunken pictures only kind of bring you back to me
ALONE
Enough with the fuck yous for now
Aside from her I am a happy person
I share this shit because
My life is great yours could be too
A friend told me she was amazed
How I'm laid back and driven all at the same time
I guess it just comes naturally
I used to love to sleep
Now I'll stay up and drink and
Write dumb songs and be alone
It's good to be alone
So pick up a guitar and sing a song
Just play the one that means the most to you right now
Fuck everyone else just sing for you
And you may learn it's good to be alone
I'm starting to forget a life and learn
Something new forget the constant reminders
And learn someone new
So pick up a guitar and sing a song
Just play the one that means the most to you right now
Fuck everyone else
All That I Know
I'll come home and lie in bed for weeks
Until I finally fall asleep and dream
Everything's turned out okay
I don't need you
You don't need me
I'm fine asleep
I'll stay asleep
But I'm trying to leave Reno now
Again I'm back and just as down
I'll wake up on the day
Two years have quickly passed away
And nothing's changed
Except that you have moved away
We'll probably never be okay
And I'm still here
Forever here
But I'm going to leave again
Drunken smiles with my friends
Because it's the only thing I know how to do
But at some point it's got to come to an end
I'll come home and lie in bed for weeks
Until I finally fall asleep and dream
Everything's turned out okay
I don't need you
You don't need me
I'm fine asleep
I'll stay asleep
But I'm trying to leave Reno now
Again I'm back and just as down
Thought I could find someone to embrace
Maybe in a better place
And I don't need you
You don't need me
I'm fine asleep
I'll stay asleep
Help To Forget
Laying with the lights on
Running through my head
I didn't drink enough
To slow it down inside
And if she is out there
I hope to find her soon
Take me away from this lonely brain
That's missing you
Twelve ounces
To forget
What you said
I can't think about it
Someday will I complete
All the pages in this book
It took years to fill the last
With ebbs and flows
I never crossed out words
I used to have direction
Now I've deleted the past
To many times to remember
Twelve ounces
To forget
What I said
I can't sleep about it
How many lonely nights like this one will it take
To fill these pages with memories wilfullly erased?
Twelve ounces
To forget
What we said
Stupider Chords, Stupider Words, Stupider Song
There are some times out on the road
When you think about your home
And then you start to miss your friends
Those miles never seem to end
But then the show starts
You're starting to get drunk
You realize this is what you live for
And you remember to have fun
Because if this is not fun
Then what's the point in trying
Might as well give up
On these dreams that are dying
But it's you my friends
Who keep me coming around
So let's get drunk
when I come to your town
There are some times out on the road
When you think about your home
And then you start to miss your friends
Those miles never seem to end
But then the show starts
And you're starting to get drunk
You realize this is what you live for
And you remember to have fun
Because if this is not fun
Then what's the point in trying
Might as well give up
On these dreams that are dying
But it's you my friends
Who keep me coming around
So let's get drunk
Wake up in the morning and feel shitty
We've got to drive to the next city
Because it's our job to get drunk
With another fucking awesome group of friends
I know that this is still fun
So I will keep on trying
Never will give up
On these dreams until I'm dying
So let's party my friends
And I'll keep coming around
So we can get drunk
When I come to your town
Sleep
Today I suppress the same thoughts
As two hundred or so others
In perfect synchronization
Will this be the end of it all
We walk on, we sit down
Some take drugs, others sleep
I know we had that thought
I know we had the same thought
We had the same thought
I often have this recurring dream
I am running as planes fall from the sky
Planes of all kinds, big or small
Attempt to crash into me
I can run but they can see
I guess it doesn't feel like kamikaze
I don't remember one ever actually killing me
But it's horrific
It's horrific
I'll awake in a cold sweat
I'll awake in a cold sweat
I'll get sick again
Everything spins around
And I will sleep again
Keep puking
Keep sleeping
Keep puking
Keep sleeping
Keep sleeping
Keep sleeping
I'll awake in a cold sweat
Weak Week
Getting lost in nostalgia again
I put on the records that bring me back to that place
If I could only open my eyes to the inspiration
I don't eat enough
It's a bed with no sheets
No comfort without the warmth
I'll drink this one for you
But it's the last one
It's our first drink of the year
It drops off of my face on to your strings
We will have a smoke and sing along with sad songs
These old dead strings resonate deeply tonight
I hope you're lying next to him
Thinking about what we could have been
I'm drinking alone again
You told me you loved me
I never told you why I couldn't respond for months
I could never repay you for the years of support
Sleep is for the week
Maybe that's why I can't lift this pen
Always you in my brain stabbing at my memory
I'd rather sleep all week
Sleep is for the week
I'd rather sleep all week
It's our first drink of the year
It drops off of my face on to your strings
We will have a smoke and sing along with sad songs
These old dead strings resonate deeply tonight
ACE OF BAC/DC
They say a drive can clear your mind
But I woke up and felt the same way again
I took the long way home to try again to rid you of my brain
I listened to simplicity
And hopelessly yearned for that summer vacation
I spent with the gold record
Sometimes a piece of art finds you
Perfectly timed to make a deep impact on the rest of your life
When this vacation ends are we cool?
We’ll scramble for the warmth, worry like adults
For summer that you love
Sometimes a piece of art finds you
Perfectly timed to make a deep impact on the rest of your life
BUILT UP TO THIS
Formed back when we were kids
No one ever knew about the significance
We’d play these instruments
Sold shirts and compact discs
It never made much cents
We’ll grow to hate each other
Tear apart everything
That’s built up to this
Write record one last album
Forget the loose ends
Let’s never speak of this
Forget all of my friends
I’ll never see you again
I’ll be alone with my millions
We’re cashing in on those times we hated
Back when no one would understand
Then the checks come in
And we start realizing that
This could be something
Offer the right money
Soon we’ll be reforming
And heading right to the bank
Forget all of my friends
I’ll never see you again
I’ll be alone with my millions
We’re cashing in on those times we hated
Back when no one would understand
I don’t want to see you again
You want to see me again
We’re going to have millions
You will regret the end
Just one more step to take
More money to be made
At an alarming rate
Play that reunion gig
All my effort exempt
Nobody notices
Forget all of my friends
I’ll never see you again
I’ll be alone with my millions
We’re cashing in on those times we hated
Back when no one would understand
I’m going to buy happiness
With no thought to the past
Destroy all that we have
Ruin your love for the band we hated
You thought we didn’t understand?
BOUTS WITH BUMMERS
If I had a dime every time this occurred
I wouldn't have a dime
I mean, I probably would have some dimes
But I wouldn't have THOSE dimes
If I had a thought to inflict a response
To deplete these feelings
Most of which put off for too long
But we wouldn’t have this song
One moment in time
We exist side by side
Unheard thoughts
Light and darkness collide
Always some fraction
Of who we once were
Sometime three fifths
Others five thirds
When I come to find the dark spots in my mind
I’ll shove them aside pretend brightness still shines
It fails to prevail so I’ll turn to my friends
They unknowingly comfort me easing my mind
One moment in time
We exist side by side
Unheard thoughts
Light and darkness collide
Always some fraction
Of who we once were
Sometime three fifths
Others five thirds
I have bouts with bummers constantly
I’ll get through miraculously
From the top of the mountain
They’re no taller than me
One moment in time
We exist side by side
Unheard thoughts
Light and darkness collide
Always some fraction
Of who we once were
Sometime three fifths
Others five thirds
I have bouts with bummers constantly
I’ll get through miraculously
From the top of the mountain
They’re no taller than me