Strung Out

[fox69]

"King Alvarez"

"King Alvarez"


Grey sky man is talking to the sidewalk once again
your perfect vision of the world it goes unheard
as the rain falls down on your head
it slips inside the cracks of another fruitless day
here in the land of King Alvarez

you're losing once again it's getting harder to survive
when the world that's all around you just don't seem to care
and the universe you've built for yourself is caving in right on you
and the streets are getting colder then they used to be these days and now

I see you walkin' down the boulevard alone
and your screaming at the top of your lungs all night
and I wonder to myself how did you get to be this king without a throne
its just another sunny day here in the land of Babylon

to see the things that no one sees
to hear the lies that no one tells
its getting lonely in this place
getting tired of it all

I've wondered to myself how many times he's cracked inside
Screaming at the top of your lungs and now
The voices in your head keep getting louder
With the passing of each day

It's getting harder to go on
I don't know what you don't know
You wouldn't play that game the same
You wouldn't play that game at all

as the rain falls down on your head it slips
inside the cracks of another fruitless day here in the land of Alvarez

 

[fox69]

"Klawsterfobia"

"Klawsterfobia"


The view from this perspective's getting stale
As my best defenses crumble one more time
The walls are gettin' tighter
Voices gettin' louder
Desperation's growing inside my mind
So I just hide away
I don't want anything from you!

 

[fox69]

"Letter Home"

"Letter Home"


Well I feel stupid writing this
Cause it's almost like I'm getting ready
For something I'm not ready for
I guess I just wanna let you know
Wish I could be face to face with you
And tell you how I feel

I wasn't gonna write this, you see
My buddy and I had a deal
I just hope and pray that
Neither one of us has to deliver
As it comes down to it

I will always be with you
I will always be watching
I miss you all
Tell my girl that I love her
I'll be dreaming of her

And I don't wanna fight anymore
And I'm still not sure what I'm doing here
I'm praying and praying, who are we praying to
That might understand
And if you get this letter I'm sorry I didn't make it back

I will always be with you
Always watching
And now I know that I'll never die alone
No matter where I am

Hold on, please don't forget me when I'm gone
Cause I forgot why I ever left at all
These times take the best of them
And leave nothing for the rest of them
And I judge myself in every way
And I can no longer look at myself in the same way

And I don't wanna be a coward
But does any of this mean a thing
The sacrifice, whose sacrifice

I will always be with you
I will always be watching
And now I know that I'll never die alone
No matter where I am
Hold on please don't forget me when I'm gone
Cause I forgot why I ever left at all
Why I ever left at all
Why I ever left at all
I just had to let you know

 

[fox69]

"Lies"

"Lies"


Happiness finally comes to an end
Suspicion and convictions rule my mind
Waiting for assault or a threat
Of another kind
Run so far and I felt so much pain
Hoping for [?] I tried to regain
You always knew how to bring me to my knees
[?] like a bad, bad disease
I tremble and shake from the memories of your lies
The whole worlds falling I can see it in your eyes in your eyes
So sorry it had to end this way
Maybe I'll see you again on another day
You told me that you loved me and I cloud not respond [?]
I follow my mind to lead you away
Cause I fall and my heart lead me astray
The time has come for me to say goodbye
Grow a little older and begin to die
[Chorus]
Yesterdays a memory a memory of pain
I must forget what you, you meant to me

 

[fox69]

"Lost Motel"

"Lost Motel"


A picture on the wall, Like a postcard with a better view of
All things absent from Room 209.
Diana sips from an empty glass of hope she poured last night,
The clouds above reflect the shape of all she's gotta leave behind.

We always think there's something better in the place we are not,
In dreams the reality of it all,
Nobody's happy where they're at and we all wanna be somebody else

Another scribbled stationary book of lies,
Another staged confession that just goes unheard,
Harry Detroit in 304 made one last promise now,
I'm going out without a trace a vanishing act before your eyes

Nobody wants what they have got and what they got is not enough,
In dreams the reality of it all,
A lighter shade of green the grass maybe if I believe it so, then I'll be home.

Here I go uncertain that if what I find is what I want,
the best for me is everything,
I reach for the same as what I'm running from,
I guess I'll never, guess I’ll never know

Is it the struggle that we live for,
Is it keeping us alive to breathe to want, to know, to love

Just one more day
Just one more way

So here I go
I'm half the way to home
I'm half the way to home
I'm half the way to home

 

[fox69]

"Lost?"

"Lost?"


When I was young, America meant to me
- land of the beautiful and land of the free.
now I look around and all I see are Americans in poverty.
we're all lost without a trace we can't keep up,
can't find our place we're all lost without a clue
and our leaders never know what to do.
taking things slow--one step at a time, making sure we get left behind.
dreams of success, well they're all gone.
this American way of life I've been robbed!
we're all lost without a trace we can't keep up,
can't find our place we're all lost without a clue
and our leaders never know what to do.

 

[fox69]

"Lubricating The Revolution"

"Lubricating The Revolution"


The mirror never lies
and neither does the face
of a man who doesn't know where his place is
This man and his shadow
know exactly where they're going
straight to hell in all it's glory
with the rest of it all

I set myself up
so that I can set myself apart
and find another way
On this planet I call my home
I'll be an island

I'll rent a revolution
and sell my soul to the cause
as a million footsteps march in my parade
And I'll buy the moon, a bomb
and aim it straight at number one
cause nobody really wants a revolution to come

I set myself up
so that I can see what's going on
and never be like you
If you have any questions
feel free to make up your mind
On this planet here right now
there's a place for everyone to just be
On this planet here right now
there's no place I'd rather be

I set myself up
so that I can see what's going on
and never be like you
If you have any questions
feel free to make up your mind
On this planet I call my home
I'll be an island

 

[fox69]

"Lucifermotorcade"

"Lucifermotorcade"


As above then so below we celebrate the wounds that make us whole
connect the dots, divide the truth, profit from the beasts complexity
new terror new stage new end new race new face economy
program a president the model of the manufactured proof
How did we get to be so hated gather 'round the tube and wonder why
economy, spirituality, together are void of harmony
create a god and brush the skin with the oil of a bleedin' tanker ship
life's just a matter of who is willing to deliver the blow that'll strike you down
Chrysanthemums and steely atom bombs arise! And shape the landscape of my heart
and mind...Destruction to this hurting world
How do you want to be judged in the face of your complacency
I already know my times runnin out
So ...burn the flag of every nation state, flood the palaces with the peoples hate
and all will be one.

 

[fox69]

"Mad Mad World"

"Mad Mad World"


A friend is dead you look so hard
But you can't find a cause what does it mean?
In one brief moment a life is lost what does it a life of hurtin,
A life of chore, what does it mean? when all we leave is just a memory,
It's a mad mad world we're all doing time in a mad mad world,
We're all left behind in a mad mad world,
And all we leave is just a memory I think about the things you said
"live each day like it was your last" I think about your life,
And how it went by so fast
When you lose a friend it hurts so fuckin bad inside.
Especially when that friend commits suicide.
A friend is dead you can look so hard to try a find a cause
What does it mean in one brief moment a life is lost...
All I have is your memory

 

[fox69]

"Magnolia"

"Magnolia"


In cruise control to the wreck of me
I lay my head up against the wheel and dream
Highway forty five O nine
Stretches across this wicked dream of mine
Abated only by the engine drone
The silence takes hold then I'm home

Phantoms and shadows take control of the wheel
The smell of gasoline sex and steel
Somewhere I lost my way and you got brave
And now here I lay

Somewhere in this highways moan
The Angels dare to guide my way
Strychnine and broken spine
The engine wanes
Seat belt tightens across my chest
Broken glass and plastic finally come to rest
And all my senses come alive and start to shake me
Broken bones and the smile that you left

Magnolia don't pray for me
All the warning signs I never cared to see
Magnolia all direction lost
I took the ride and I paid the cost

No illustrious collaboration somewhere outta time alone
You're the one that made it out
You're the shadow and the doubt
A lonely ambulance is heard across the highway
With sirens screaming out your name

Magnolia don't pray for me
All the warning signs I never cared to see
Magnolia all direction lost
You're the one that's moving
Razor steel collapse and burn away
Crosses line and Angels prey
Cruise control to the very wreck of me
The warning signs I was too blind to see
Magnolia all direction lost
You're the one that's moving on