Sick Of It All

[fox69]

"Locomotive"

"Locomotive"


Trapped in a rut and I can't get out
Don't see a way to be free
Working at it everyday nothing that I do
Or say can break my poverty
My desperate eyes will close tonight
And I hope I won't feel a thing
Cause I know tomorrow I'll continue
With my sorrow
And my desperate eyes will sting

I don't understand, is it some kind of plan
To keep us in our places
No matter how we try, no matter how we strive
We just can't seem to get ahead

Same old stuff all over again
But necessity keeps me here
Every week that passes
I'm gettin' weaker, faster
I'm living in constant fear
Suffering is at an all time high
And they tell me I'm a lucky man
If lucky is to suffer, then I wish it on another
And I really don't give a damn

Day in day out, feeling the grind
Someway, somehow, gonna leave it behind day in day out, feeling the grind
Someway, somehow, gonna leave it behind
Day in day out, feeling the grind
Someway, somehow, gonna leave it behind

 

[fox69]

"Long As She's Standing"

"Long As She's Standing"


We won’t let our spirit break
LONG AS SHE’S STANDING
Even though our nerves are frayed
WE WON’T GIVE UP THE GHOST
Keep on through thick and thin
LONG AS SHE’S STANDING
We have something on which to cling
WE WON’T GIVE UP THE GHOST

We were born to suffer for posterity
Not for god or country - FOR FAMILY
We did what we had to, so remember
We went down a path that no one chose

We’ll keep trying to believe
LONG AS SHE’S STANDING
That there’s good in humanity
WE WON’T GIVE UP THE GHOST
We’ll continue to look for strength
LONG AS SHE’S STANDING
Even if we have none left
WE WON’T GIVE UP THE GHOST

Digging out, not knowing what’s next
Digging in, put to the test
Standing strong, our beacon prevails
In the face of all this iron rain

Born into this chaos, NO REASON OR RHYME
Born into this downward spiral, WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME
Born into this hellhole, NO REASON OR RHYME
Irreplaceable lives cut short, WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME

 

[fox69]

"Losing War"

"Losing War"


Tough times will erode our conditioned, frail souls
Tough times will erode our conditioned, frail souls

This erosion will always be
An unwelcome reality
What's ahead is cut and dry
Looming like a blackened sky

How do you fight a losing war
The single encouragement is damage control
How do you fight a losing war
Improvise in trying times
Bending the rules

Tough times will erode our conditioned, frail souls
Tough times will erode our conditioned, frail souls

Wear erosion like a badge
Tune out the lousy effect it's had
An ironic victory
Consolation's bittersweet

How do you fight a losing war
The single encouragement is damage control
How do you fight a losing war
Improvise in trying times
Bending the rules as you go

What's been keeping us going this far,
These times

These moments,
The good life,
Remembrance, in tough times

What's been keeping us 'round this long,
These times

These moments,
The good life
Remembrance, in tough times

 

[fox69]

"Lowest Common Denominator"

"Lowest Common Denominator"


My principles, good sense
Got shut down by ignorance
Thought I made myself really clear
But couldn’t overcome the L.C.D.

That’s what I said, GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD
The plain truth speaks for itself
It’s common sense, GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD
Nothing else speaks for me, I won’t bend

Not gonna join in, I won’t partake
The party’s over in many ways
I feel despondent, I feel confused
Saw nonsense win and logic lose

That’s what I said, GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD
The plain truth speaks for itself
It’s common sense, GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD
Nothing else speaks for me, I won’t bend

Repetition’s useless
The concept never grasped
We keep going on, over and over again
The same argument

What’s so hard to figure out?
What’s so hard to accept?
We’re on a tightrope, shake and lose your step
If we fall, it’s the end

It’s common sense
C’mon and get it through that thick head
It’s the means to an end
Nothing else speaks for me
Nothing else, I won’t bend

My principles, good sense
Got shut down by ignorance
Thought I made myself really clear
But couldn’t overcome the L.C.D.
L… C… D. - L.C.D.

 

[fox69]

"Machete"

"Machete"


Why are you still sleeping through these terrible times?
Disempowered slumber through the terrible crimes

When the time comes the highest up will fall down hard
The fall of the empire - the one who tried to lock us down

The rich will just get richer at our expense
Let our lives of sweat and toil be recompensed

When the time comes the highest up will fall down hard
The fall of the empire - the one who tried to

Bust

I return every hundred years. every hundred years
When the people awaken

I return every hundred years. every hundred years
When the people wake and see my machete raised up proudly

Machete - my machete
Machete - my machete

Untouchables. now touchable. will beg for kindness
Above the law no more. we're no longer under their spell

 

[fox69]

"Make A Mark"

"Make A Mark"


It's so hard to make a mark when you wash away
It's so hard to be remembered when you've got nothing to say
How could there be influence with quality in short supply?
Forced to watch this impotence. a dozen for a dime

When the frauds are on the rise we wanna see them fall
When the frauds are flying high we wanna see them crawl
Never did pay any dues - they've got a lot to learn
When they come down with a crash we wanna see them burn

How can we deeply moved by their shallow words?
The message is expendable. cheap and mass produced
How could there be influence with quality in short supply?
Forced to watch this impotence. a dozen for a dime

Better enjoy success. cause it won't last
That kind of ego is just good for a laugh

The money machine will make it grow
Will hit a nerve and make it gold
If they have it to jam it down
Jam it down your throat
Jam it down your throat
It's so hard to make a mark
Jam it down your throat
It's so hard to make a mark
Jam it down your throat
Till it succeeds

Where they do come from
What do they mean
Some random kids from some random scene
What do they stand for
What do they mean
What are they saying
Nothing. nothing

 

[fox69]

"Maladjusted"

"Maladjusted"


Nothing satisfies, nothing will cause it won't get a chance to.
Altered spirit and altered mind take a turn for the worst soon.
Fear has struck, fear is stuck maladjusted
Assurance won't sit well at all cause no one is trusted

You've got what you wanted
the reason you came
control the action control of the game

See through the happiness,
see through the sappiness
See through the front that obscures all the truth
and see ugliness, torture, torture and ugliness

Nothing satisfies, nothing will cause it won't get a chance to.
Altered spirit and altered mind take a turn for the worst soon.
Fear has struck, fear is stuck maladjusted
Assurance won't sit well at all cause no one is trusted

See through the happiness,
see through the sappiness
See through the front that obscures all the truth
and see ugliness, torture, torture and ugliness
Selfishness lost in a quagmire of human filth

Fear has struck, fear is stuck Maladjusted
Fear that rules a twisted fuck, Maladjusted

 

[fox69]

"Maria White Trash"

"Maria White Trash"


Maria white trash
Woke us up in the middle of the night
Maria white trash
Came from Clovis to safe a life
Maria white trash
Let us know when he was turning blue
She let us know when the party was through

Open your eyes. open your eyes
It's not time for you to leave us yet
Open your eyes. open your eyes
That's a thing we won't accept
Talk to me. talk to me
Sheriff of the alleyway
Talk to me. talk to me
Don't give up

Maria white trash
It's a good thing you were in the joint
Maria white trash
Earned a million karma points
Maria white trash
Together we did something great
We pulled the big man from the edge

Open your eyes. open your eyes
It's not time for you to leave us yet
Open your eyes. open your eyes
That's a thing we won't accept
Talk to me. talk to me
Sheriff of the alleyway
Talk to me. talk to me
Don't give up

And still he's breathing. and still he speaks
He's walks among us
The devil dog from flushing. queens
And still he's lurking. and still he creeps
He's still around
The devil man from NYC
The alleyway - fantasy's raging
The alleyway - his fantasy's deep
The alleyway - he walks among us
The devil dog from flushing. queens
The alleyway - fantasy's raging
The alleyway - his fantasy's deep
The alleyway - inked up like crazy
The devil man from NYC

 

[fox69]

"Martin"

"Martin"


Hidden like the squalor that we create
Martin wants out of this
but poverty keeps him in this place
Scratching like the vermin between the walls
Martin needs a friend but the people the he meets
just give him shit and pretend, they're no good
he's not blind, all he needs is a single ray of light

Life's too short but seems too long
when loneliness becomes the norm
life's too short but seems too long
and it may come as no surprise
but the loneliness in martin's eyes
was good enough
and life itself was long enough

Knowing full well, knowing what's going on
knowing for far too long, jealous
he's so jealous of all the fun
Martin needs a friend
but the pricks that he meets
just give him shit and pretend
Long enough, life itself was long enough
had enough, he laid down when he had enough

 

[fox69]

"Morally Confused"

"Morally Confused"


Morally confused 'cause I'm faced with the scum
the scum that keeps my emotions numb
fight with the images, I fight with my thoughts
suppress all the violence & keep backing off
Am I still good if I want to see it
am I still sane if I want to feel it
The love in my heart ain't the answer to it
blood on my hands and morally confused
I feel the pain that I inflict
there's a lot of baggage that keeps building up
baggage that's always annoying as fuck
annoying reminders of how it is
frustrating shit that'll never change
I can't be bothered with problem solvers
all sound alike, they're all pantomime
I can't be bothered with problem solvers
leave me to stew here alone in my fuckin juice
I don't know, I don't know what's right
I can't shut these images out