A TEXTBOOK TRAGEDY LYRICS

1. Destroyed In Seconds

2. White Lightning

3. What's Pit Beef?

we'll take your egos as souvenirs
because they're too big for yourselves
keep stealing riffs, keep stealing melodies
and say you wrote it all from the heart

I just cant wait for the outcome
when you're all found out as fakes
one day the music world will listen up
and throw it back in your face

I'll say it over and over again
we've heard it over and over again
(fuck) P L A G I A R I S M
it happens over and over again

work out your haircuts before you work out your first tour
tattoo your throat for your first hometown show

so what the fuck are you here for?
just to impress
with your worthless fashion sense?

take this song as a battle cry
against the image and the industry standards

we only care about songs
we don't need a 'look'
or a fucking light show

(just let the music speak for itself)

go suck the dick of the record man
and say his contract tastes good
choke on the words, choke when you sign the page
you're the cheapest whores that he's ever had

you make more dollars than you make sense
I am a prophet and you're out of your league
some heroes fall, some heroes lose their legacy
in the shadows of younger men

oh fuck you've made a name for yourselves
oh fuck send me a postcard

4. Lincoln City

5. The West Coast Answer

you're convinced its the best of your days
in fact you're looking for an exit
can't you see that you're not going to fake it this time

cut in line for end of the road
I'll spare you regrets, pretend you've never had this dream

6 weeks I've been dreaming awake
just looking for some answers
on long drives, and restless nights
convincing myself that its only a matter of time

until its our turn to shine brighter
until we can feel that our lives still have worth

or are we wasting our days? are we spoiling our futures with futile hope?
oh my god, oh my god, oh my god...we're all just victims of a failed lottery.

6 years we've been working for this
just wasted youth seeking answers
do we give up or keep fighting for
our dreams that we must achieve?

its a wrecking machine that'll pull you in
and treat you better than any white drug
can you price out the value of a screaming fan?

quitting day jobs again and again
we only work for our sins
five dollars will get us through the day
and we'll be living like kings

200 kids in a small town
chanting out 'txbk'
and they're singing every word
we wouldn't have it any other way

get up get up, this is where we have to be [repeat]
there's nothing in our way
this is our path in life







A TEXTBOOK TRAGEDY LYRICS