Richie Birkenhead - vocals
Peter Moses - guitars
Tony Bono - bass
Drew Thomas - drums
Todd Irwin - producer
Ray Martin - engineer
Ida Pearle - illustration [back cover drawing]
Walt Paper - painting [front cover paintings]
Noah Bogen - photos
Running Into Walls
LETS SEE
I'M LYING ON MY BACK
IN THE FRONT YARD OF A SUBURBAN HOME
NOT MY OWN HOME?
ALL I'VE KNOWN
ALL I'VE SEEN UNTIL NOW IS LOVELINESS
LOVELY
OH,AND THEN...
BLUDGEONED AND PUMMELED I GO
RUNNING INTO WALLS
THE HAMMER FALLS INSIDE MY CRANIUM
GERANIUMS ARE BLOOMING IN THE FALL
ALL I'VE KNOWN
ALL I'VE SEEN UNTIL NOW IS LOVELINESS
LOVELY
AND THEN...
BATTERED, BRUISED, BLOODIED
RUNNING INTO WALLS
GRENADES EXPLODE INSIDE MY ABDOMEN
AND DOWN FALL THE ILLUSIONS
ONE AND ALL
HOW DARE YOU PUT YOUR PAIN IN ME?
OH I WAS SUCH A HELPLESS CHILD
I WORSHIPPED YOU
YES YOU HAD SO MUCH POWER
AND I KNOW WHY
NOW YOU LOOK FOR ME
I WILL LEAVE YOU ALL BEHIND
I CAN NOT LEAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY
LEAVE YOU ALL BEHIND
NOW, ISN'T THAT JUST WHAT YOU SAID THE LAST TIME?
WHEN I ASKED YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW
AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER
DO YOU EVER REMEMBER?
NO?
OH, I'M SURE I'LL FIND MY LONG-LOST MIND
BUT I'M AFRAID NOT TODAY
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LOVED ONES
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LOVING ONES
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LUCKY ONES
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LOVED ONES
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LOVING ONES
THE VERY LAST OF THE LUCKY ONES
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LOVED ONES
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LOVING ONES
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LUCKY ONES
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LOVED ONES
WE ARE THE LAST OF THE LOVING ONES
Poison Fingers
LICKING POISON FROM MY FINGERS
I'M ALL RIGHT
BUT IF YOU SEE ME GLOW THAT EMERALD-GREEN GLOW
DON'T LET ME KNOW
NO
NO
PROBING, POKING FINGERS BURNING
NEVER LEARNING
ALWAYS RIGHT
STRIP AND STERILIZE ALL I ANALYZE
PUT UP AFENCE AND APLAQUE
CHARGE AN ADMISSION FEE
NO, IT CAN'T BE WRONG
UNLESS I'M WRONG
IT CAN'T BE
NO, IT CAN'T BE WRONG
UNLESS I'M WRONG
WHAT IF I'M WRONG?
WELL, ICOULD BE WRONG
BUT IT CAN'T BE WRONG
IT CAN'T BE WRONG
IT CAN'T BE WRONG
IT CAN'T BE WRONG
IT CAN'T BE
"EARTH" IS WHAT I CALL THIS SAPPHIRE-BLUE BALL
BY ANY OTHER NAME I'D STILL OWN IT ALL
IT CAN'T BE WRONG
UNLESS I'M WRONG
DID YOU TURN ME WRONG?
DID YOU TURN ME WRONG?
WELL, I COULD BE WRONG
BUT IT CAN'T BE WRONG
IT CAN'T BE WRONG
IT CAN'T BE WRONG
IT CAN'T BE WRONG
NO
Ungodly
YOU LOOK SO SAD BEHIND THAT MASK
AND YOU ASK ME HOW I CAN SEE THAT
HOW COULD IKNOW THAT?
OH, IKNOW YOU
AND ISEE RIGHT THROUGH THEIR CELLOPHANE LIES
AND I KNOW THAT
WHERE IT'S AT AIN'T NO CONDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL CONFESSIONAL
YEAH
NOW, JUST WHO DO YOU EXPECT TO BE SAVING YOU? WHO IS YOUR SAVIOUR?
YOU'VE BEEN DECEIVED
YOU WANT TO BELIEVE
AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME
BUT YOU SEE, IAM NOT SURE IBELIEVE YOU
YOU SOUND SO SAD BEHIND THAT LAUGH
LAUGH
AND YOU ASK ME HOW ICAN HEAR THAT
HOW COULD I KNOW THAT?
DON'T IKNOW YOU?
WHO IS YOUR SAVIOUR?
YOU'VE BEEN DECEIVED
AND YOU WANT TO BELIEVE
WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME
BUT YOU SEE, I AM NOT SURE IBELIEVE THAT YOU BELIEVE
AND I'M NO ATHEIST
PRIESTS RAPE CHILDREN
JESUS LOVES THEM
PRIESTS RAPE CHILDREN
JESUS LOVES
WHO IS YOUR SAVIOUR?
YOU'VE BEEN DECIEVED
YOU WANT TO BELIEVE
AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME
BUT YOU SEE, IAM NOT SURE IBELIEVE THAT YOU BELIEVE
AND I'M NO ATHEIST
I WANT TO BELIEVE
I WANT TO BELIEVE
I WANT TO BELIEVE
Two Snowflakes
I FEEL LIKE HAVING ASEANCE
LET'S CALL UPON THE GHOSTS OF EVERYONE I'VE BEEN BEFORE
THE FRIGHTENED BABE
THE ANGRY KID
AND THE SAD TEEN
THE FALLEN AND BEWILDERED MAN IAM TODAY
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
IMISS YOU SO MUCH, IFEEL MYSELF MELTING
I'VE SHOWN YOU MY SECRET FACES
YOU'VE SHARED WITH ME WHAT NO ONE ELSE WILL
NO ONE ELSE
IF GOD IS WATER YOU AND IARE TWO SNOWFLAKES
IT'S ruST ATHEORY OF MINE
I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT SOMEDAY
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
IMISS YOU SO MUCH, IFEEL MYSELF MELTING
AGAIN
MAY ILET YOU IN ON ASECRET?
I'VE WRITTEN PAGE UPON PAGE ABOUT SO MANY THINGS
BUT, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, I'LL BURN WHAT I'VE WRITTEN
AFRAID TO KNOW
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
I'VE LOST YOU AND NOW I FEEL MYSELF MELTING
AGAIN
Laughing at Oblivion
YOU AND I PRETEND TO BE LAUGHING AT OBLIVION
FEARING NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN
CARING NOT THAT DEATH AWAITS IMPATIENTLY
WE COULD NOT BE MORE FRIGHTENED
DESPERATELY WE GO ON
IN YOUR EYES
Maritime Murder
I HAUNT THE SHIP THEY'RE SAILING ON
I'M A VOICE AND A SHADOW IN THE RIGGING
SEE ME TWISTING DOWN ALONG THE MAINMAST
UP THE MIZZENMAST EACH NIGHT
TAUNTING THE MEN WHO KILLED ME
NONE BUT THEY SEE ME
AND THEY FEAR ME MORE THAN WHEN I LIVED
I AM THEIR SHAME
THEIR GUILT
THEIR FEAR
AND I APPEAR AS WHISPERS IN THEIR EARS
I WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO FORGET THAT I WAS
THROWN OVER THE BOW AND DRAGGED UNDER THE HULL
TORN TO RIBBONS ALONG THE BARNACLES
BLOODY FOAM
SINKING SKULL
LIFELESS BRAIN
I HAUNT THE HULK THEY'RE STRANDED ON
I AM A GHOST ON A GHOST SHIP LOST AT SEA ETERNALLY
ETERNALLY I DWELL BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL
ETERNALLY
ETERNALLY
WILL NO ONE FREE ME?
THROWN OVER THE BOW AND DRAGGED UNDER THE HULL
TORN TO RIBBONS ALONG THE BARNACLES
BLOODY FOAM
SINKING SKULL
I WON'T REST IN PEACE
William
WILLIAM
WILLIAM DIED IN THE WAR
HE LEFT BEHIND LITTLE MORE THAN WORDS ALL BUT FORGOTTEN
FOR EIGHT YEARS HE SAILED ON HAUNTED OCEANS
CONSPIRING SPIRALING SEAS
RECORDING HIS FEARS AND FANTASIES
AND I SAY
I UNDERSTAND
TRUTH LIVES IN A HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND
LOVE RULES THE NIGHTLAND
AND GHOST PIRATES WAIT AT SEA FOR ME
I UNDERSTAND
I UNDERSTAND
WILLIAM, YOUR TORTURED MIND IS AS MINE
YOUR STORIES FEEL LIKE HOME
I AM NOT ALONE
NO
TRAPPED ON AN ISLAND IN THE WEED
I WAS IN NEED OF A FRIEND
YOU'RE A FRIEND
I UNDERSTAND
TRUTH LIVES IN A HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND
LOVE RULES THE NIGHTLAND
AND GHOST PIRATES WAIT AT SEA FOR ME
I UNDERSTAND
I UNDERSTAND
WILLIAM DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
Drowning
(RANTINGS FROM A DARK FUTURE)
HARD TO BREATHE
MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO BE ME
BE ME FOR A WHILE
I'LL BE YOU
DO YOU FEEL IT, TOO?
MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK
MAKE US WANT TO REWIND REWIND
SOME MEMORIES LIE SOMETIMES
NOT MINE
AND I WON'T DROWN
I'M NOT LIKE THE OTHERS
THEY DON'T KNOW
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS FOR ME
SO HARD TO THINK
TOO MANY TH
Anxious
I WISH THAT I HAD GILLS
A PAIR OF ANTENNAE
AN EXOSKELETON
I WISH I HAD WINGS ON ME
AND IF I GREW FUR
IMAGINE THE LUXURY!
YEAH
I WISH I HAD FANGS WITH WHICH TO BITE YOU
OH-SO-LOVINGLY
WISH I HAD SCALES LIKE A
