1. |
It's An Awful Condition
02:57
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My husband sits in a
Chair all day
He was a beautiful man
Oh it’s such a shame
And, the medicine
Fills the cup
The windows creak
From the pouring rain
I think if I was him
I’d have blown out my brain
Well, he always did try to look up
Because the dignity’s gone
They say your mind’s gone too
But you still give me that smile
When I visit you
And, you’re on my mind
Almost every day
The sterilized rooms
The sterilized places
This sterilized food
Comes from sterilized faces
And now Christmas
Doesn’t feel the same
Because it’s an awful condition
And it’s a lonely disposition
It’s a god damn shitty way to live
And we’ll never be the same
My Wife, she sits
Across from me
And I love her so,
But it’s hard to be
Okay when I can’t
Even remember her name
And I still miss
My family
Even though they come
To visit me
But the memories
Always fade
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2. |
Town Hall
00:43
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We’re gonna breakdown the Town Hall
We ain’t been treated right at all
This buildings gonna fall
We’re gonna breakdown the town hall
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3. |
I Could've Been Someone
02:34
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There was a homeless man
I used to know in this town
He’d shout me over
And I’d sit right down
We’d talk politics
To Punk rock
And everything
In between
He said I, Could’ve been something
And I could’ve got somewhere son
And if I could regret one thing
It’s not taking my chance when I had one
I COULD’VE BEEN SOMEONE
COULD’VE BEEN SOMEONE
I COULD’VE BEEN SOMEONE
COULD’VE BEEN SOMEONE
Found in a car park
With a needle stuck in him
A wicked old smile
And a bottle of gin
And if he had any family
I’m pretty sure they didn’t care
He said I, Never was anything
And I Never got anywhere, son
And if I could regret one thing
It’s not taking my chance when I had one
I COULD’VE BEEN SOMEONE
COULD’VE BEEN SOMEONE
I COULD’VE BEEN SOMEONE
COULD’VE BEEN SOMEONE
He said I, Could’ve been something
And I could’ve got somewhere son
And if I could regret one thing
It’s not taking my chance when I had one
He said I, Never was anything
And I Never got anywhere, son
And if I could regret one thing
It’s throwing my life away when I had one
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4. |
A Rise To Fame
03:25
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He grew up on a small farm
Where the fields held a certain charm
And the sun was always warm
The days before the storm
He was young when he heard the alarm
And his dad got a call to arms
And the fields blazed on the farm
The days before the storm
And time moved anything but fast
And the years and seasons passed
And the news came from afar
The dear boy lost his father
And he grew up with his mum
On that quaint little farm
The years after the storm
Until they heard the alarm
A RISE TO FAME, A RISE TO FAME
A VICTIM OF THE EVIL HATE MACHINE
A RISE TO FAME, A RISE TO FAME
A VICTIM OF THE EVIL HATE MACHINE
So he had to leave his mum alone
And the fields got overgrown
And the seeds of war were sewn
From the nest the boy had flown
Years later the boy returned
The days after the storm
Scarred by the things he saw
When he was out at war
A RISE TO FAME, A RISE TO FAME
A VICTIM OF THE EVIL HATE MACHINE
A RISE TO FAME, A RISE TO FAME
A VICTIM OF THE EVIL HATE MACHINE
But his mother had passed on the
The day the war was won
And now the boys all alone
A victim of the evil hate machine
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5. |
I'm Invisible
01:51
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I stand on the street in the cold all day
And I play my guitar to pay my way
And this town’s gonna kill me anyway
Cause I ain’t getting out of here
And the shops they keep on shutting down
And there’s nothing left here in this town
And I’m gonna end up underground
You either get out or die out
I’m invisible and I’m a ghost yeah
I’m invisible and I’m a ghost
I’m invisible and I’m a ghost yeah
I’m invisible and I’m a ghost
And the people they never slow down
They shield their eyes from what’s all around
They ignore the sights and ignore the sounds
And if they can’t see it, it doesn’t exist
And they just go about their day
And I hope I don’t get in their way
Cause it would be so god damn inconvenient
For them to see something they don’t want to see
I’m invisible and I’m a ghost yeah
I’m invisible and I’m a ghost
I’m invisible and I’m a ghost yeah
I’m invisible and I’m a ghost
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6. |
Minefield
02:30
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And the bombs, well they kept on coming down
And I keep hearing these rumbles in the ground
We’ve got to get out of this town
Cause it’s like a minefield out there
They told us we’d be liberated
But all I see is war celebrated
And now we just feel segregated
It’s like a minefield out there
It’s like a war zone back there
It’s like a pack of dogs out there
So we hopped a train and rode on through the night
And I hope to hell my future will be bright
Cause I feel like some us ain’t been treated right
It’s like a minefield out there
We boarded a few boats and jumped a fence
Away from the war, started for their defence
We never meant to cause some big offence
But it’s like a minefield back there
It’s like a war zone back there
It’s just one big target back there
So I work my ass all day to get so money
And I take that check and send it to my family
Because, they mean so much to me
And it’s like a minefield over there
But I got arrested because I got here for free
I was just trying to save my family
But the judge, well he will never see
They’re going to send me back there
And it’s like a minefield over there
And it’s one big hell hole over there
So entered my old town once again
I couldn’t see any family or friends
All I saw was a field of graves
A land full of poverty and slaves
I couldn’t have saved them any way
I couldn’t have saved them any way
It’s like a minefield over there
It’s like a war zone over there
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