SHEER TERROR LYRICS

1. Three Year Bitch

On the night of my attempted suicide, you went out dancing underneath those neon lights on 109. What was I to do when all my trust was placed in you? YOU led me down to an open road, and then you left me all alone to die. Then there were times you tried to put me in my place. I don't know if I wanted to kiss you, or spit right in your face. You could've shown some heart. You couldn't wet an eye. You didn't give a fuck, if I'd live or die. I fought the sleep, and I stopped the blood, but I just couldn't choke back the tears. I looked to you, you screamed out loud, and left me standing here..... Before you burn the bridge down, there's one thing that I'd like to know. Did it have to take you three long mother fucking years just to let me go? I once believed in forever. I'd seen it in your eyes. But you abandoned me to false hopes and unsevered ties. Now I'm left with nightmares, and no reason why it had to take you three years just to say good-bye? I hope I never have to see your face again I don't know what I'd do. What I don't know won't hurt me, what I find out just might kill you. I'd like to know the answer to this question before I fall apart. Did it have to take you three years just to break my heart?

2. Time Don't Heal A Thing

"Hello, how are ya babe. It's been a long, long time. I'd only just bought some stamps, cigarettes, and a bottle of wine. I know I'm probably the last person that you wanted to hear from, but so much time has passed, and I figured "what the hell?" Time heals nothing but the razors mark across my wrist, and it's my blood that flows so freely from this pen. "For all the times we've had; the good, the bad, the inbetween. I'll probably never know a better day - no, I never will. And when it fell apart, it broke my will, it broke my heart. And now I pass the time with cheap talk, cheap wine, and cheap thrills." Time heals nothing but the scars across my hands and knees and I'm afraid that I'm crawling back again. Time heals nothing - it doesn't heal a fucking thing. It don't heal time, it don't heal time. And time don't heal a thing..... "I'm not expecting you to take me back or take me in. I know it's far too gone for everything to mean anything. Maybe, just maybe I wanted to see what's become of you. Or maybe, just maybe, I just wanted to say goodbye...."

3. Lulu Roman

As you poured your heart out, I poured myself another drink. Too calous to give a damn, too callous to even think. You felt electricity, I only felt a draft. Your cried when the hero died, I couldn't help but laugh. And Lulu Roman sang of Jesus and the Lord, you felt the whole thing "too bizzare", I was only bored. Now you're talking birthstones, I'm thinking headstones. Anything just to agree, "would you go to bed with me?". Tell me what you want to hear, I'll tell you what you know. I found my soul, but lost my heart many years ago. 'You wanna see me angry? Do you wanna see me cry? Just so you can tell your friends that I'm a helluva guy? And Lulu Roman sang of Jesus and the Lord. You felt the whole thing "too bizzare", I was only bored. I'm looking for an ashtray, you're looking for your shoes. We started off with so much to gain, but even more to lose. You wanna make some coffee, I wish that you'd make tracks. We both had good intentions, but they just fell between the cracks. And in the morning, when you remember me, you'll hate me as you did before this ever came to be. And Lulu Roman sang of Jesus and the Lord. You felt the whole thing "too bizzare", I was only bored.

4. Yesterday's Sweetheart

"Heaven help us all", she said, and then she turned away to cry. "I'm held captive by my own dreams, for reasons I don't know why." She looked around for some solid ground to stand or lay her head. And without further warning, bright and early the next morning, they found her dead, dead, dead. She could've been my friend. She could've been my lover. She could've been just about anything, but now she's gone - but I'm still here, and I'm drowning in the sweat of fear. THE PAPER'S DRAWN, THE DIE'S BEEN CAST JUST HOW LONG DID YOU THINK YOU'D LAST? FATE MY HAVE DEALT YOU ONE EYED JACK BUT YOU'RE A SUICIDE KING WITH A KNIFE IN HIS BACK. There are times when I can almost hear her laughing from up above. But I know for a fact she went straight to hell for the sin of our once love. And I will be with her. Yes, I will be in my own hell. I will not cheat myself of my own destiny. I will submit, I will let go, but not because she told me so. IT'S NO SECRET, BUT I WON'T TELL. SHE WAS PUSHED, I SAID SHE FEEL. WORDS MOVE MOUNTAINS, I MOVE AWAY. YESTERDAY'S SWEETHEART DIED TODAY.

5. Tumblin' Down

Come along baby, and take a little trip, to where the world stops spinning at the slip of a lip. It's where the angels fear to tread, and devils drop dead. It's just around the corner, and upside your head. It's where I'm bound to have a good time, and it's where I'm bound to blow your mind. It's always good fun when it first begins, but it's always big tears when it finally ends. I'll show you where I rest my tired old bones, and "blow angel trumpets and devil trombones". Howlin' at the moon like an ol' bulldo, or sniffin' 'round the bayou like an ol' wart hog. It's where I'm bound to have a good time, and it's where I'm bound to blow your mind. It's always good fun when it first begins, but it's always big tears when it finally ends. Tumblin' down - let me throw you up against the wall. Tumblin' down - you hurt me, baby, no watch me fall. Tumblin' down - you lose your face, you lose your place, you can't help from wondering... "What went wrong?". It wasn't supposed to be this way. Tumblin' down. I thought things would get better. Tumblin' down. We've all had such high hopes for you. Tumblin' down. I coulda been a contender....

6. Sin Of Pride

When your only defense is an expense or taken to task by the fools at hand. What price would you pay the piper? You struck up the band, so you gotta dance. Who's eyes do you see the world through? Which book do you consider as good? Are you ready to die for your country? Or die trying in your own neighborhood? Sin - Of Pride. The sin of pride is a heavy fee. Sin of Pride. Become a slave to what's keeping you free. Sin of Pride. Take back what you've been denied. Sin of Pride. I'm no talking creed or race, it's not an issue that I'd planned to attack. And I'm not trying to rationalize between a handshake and a knife in the back. If pride is a sin, then none of us win. Black and white, gentile and jew. Purge yourself in the flames of "right". The sin of pride, what's it done for you?

7. A. No. 1

Holy Mary, mother of Moses. Jesus Christ on a crooked crutch. He's a chicken inspector with a lie detector. A tall drink of water with a Midas touch. He's a high fallutin' six gun shootin' gallute from the wrong side of side of town. He's had his fill of Palookaville, the guy just ain't jerkin' around. NO STOPPIN' HIM, FELLAS, HE'S IN LIKE A SHOT FROM A GUN. HE'S A MAN AMONGST MEN - HE'S A NO. 1. A Joe with a feel for a nine pound steel, and he's got a law to lay down. Big daddy-o's got a one man show, and he's tearin' it up all around. He's tired of this and he's tired of that, Mug, he just don't give a fuck. "ONE" don't play, so you better pray, 'cause everyone's shit outta luck. GOT THE BULL BY THE BALLS, AND A HARNESS ON THE RISING SUN. HE'S THE MAN OF THE HOUR - HE'S A NO. 1.

8. I, Spoiler

'Got Jesus in the back, dead of a heart attack. 'Got Satan on his knees, I'm doin' as I please. ALL MY LIFE - THE SPOILER ALL YOUR STRIFE - THE SPOILER ALL MY FUN - THE SPOILER YOU'RE THE ONE - THE SPOILER Your dreams, they all are dead. I shot 'em in the head. So don't run out on me, son. Because the party's just begun. TELL ALL YOUR PROBLEMS, AND ALL THE WAYS YOU'RE GONNA SOLVE 'EM, AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO PROVE YOU WRONG. AND THEN YOU'LL START TO CRY, AND I'LL BE THE REASON WHY. YOU HAD ME PEGGED RIGHT ALL ALONG. I'LL RUIN IT FOR YA - I, SPOILER.

9. Close My Eyes

My stomach turns and the cigarette burns a hold in my memories of "when". Walk the streets, the rain sparkles off the concrete of my forever rest. I've swallowed every pill in the house. And heaved up every bit of my pride. Toss and turn, crash and burn, toss and turn. The sun is rising and I've nowhere to hide. Spitting up blood in the bathroom; the ulcer goes deeper than these four walls. It's not romantic, and it's no sin. And cowards don't lose, they just never win. I CLOSE MY EYES AND SEE EVERYTHING AS CLEAR AS DAY. I OPEN MY EYES JUST IN TIME TO SEE IT TAKEN AWAY. The next morning beats down on me like a bar-room brawl - it kicks my ass. I look outside to see that nothing changed. And nothing changes when I close my eyes.

10. Blowout On Indiana Avenue

Now you're thinking that I'm cracked, but how's a man to react? Something that I thought was real, was something you could never feel. Anxiously I paced the floor, and you walked out the fucking door. I begged, I pleaded, I even cried. You cheated me, you fucking lied. HOW LONG DID YOU STRING ME ALONG? HOW LONG DID YOU PLAN ON KEEPING THIS FROM ME? WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU WAITING FOR? AN INVITATION TO MY PRIVATE WAR? Your family think's it's best for the best - pull the plug, put me to rest. You've got the world supporting you, is that the best that you can do? You show concern about my health, your only worry is yourself. Pound my fists into your car, we've taken this a bit too far. WELL THAT WAS THEN, AND THIS IS NOW. HOW CAN YOU BEAR TO LIVE WITH YOURSELF? HOW DOES IT FEEL TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE KILLED A MAN LONG BEFORE HIS TIME? OF THIS YOUR ARE GUILTY, AND THERE IS NO PUNISHMENT TO FIT THIS CRIME. OUT OF VENGEANCE I TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU TOOK FROM ME. IT DOESN'T MAKE ME HAPPY, BUT AT LEAST IT SETS ME FREE. Everything's been said and done the battles over, just, who won? I could never wish you all the best, you're the one I now detest. This is the final chapter of this story, relics of a faded glory, I only hope and pray, one day, someone deals you out this way. THERE, I'VE SAID IT AT LAST. WHATEVER'S PAST IS PAST. YOU'RE ONLY A LOUSY MEMORY, AND MEMORIES DON'T MEAN A FUCKING THING TO ME.

11. Don't Hate Me 'cause I'm Beautiful

Silence is golden, but I'm gonna scream and shout. Wallow in the muck and mire like a howlin' drunken lout. Make room for daddy boy, poppa's got a brand new kick. Fly the flag and toss the shit. Some of it's just gotta stick. It don't matter what ya like, pack your shit and take a hike! Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful, but hate me all the more. Standing soaked in angels' piss, I drink the blood of your false gods. Maybe I will burn down in hell, but I'll be damned if you're not. You've ruined all the good times with your swiss cheese philosophies. Go and fuck your priests and temples, and I'll do just what I please. And if I've hurt your pompous pride, we can take this all outside. I ain't trying to be no tough guy, but I ain't no faggot altar boy. Take your cults and politics and stick 'em up your big fat ass. If I wanted to get religion, hell I woulda gone to sunday mass. DON'T HATE ME 'CAUSE I'M BEAUTIFUL, BUT HATE ME ALL THE MORE. I THOUGHT PUNK WAS GOOD TIME JUNK, NOT THE SEEDS OF HOLY WAR. YOU GET MY GOAT WHEN YOU WANT MY VOTE FOR SOME DUMB HICK STRAIGHT OFF THE BOAT, GOIN' FAR OFF ABOUT KARL OR ADOLF OR FARRAKAHN'S NEW KU KLUX KLAN.

12. Done All Wrong

If it's over, then leave it at that. Don't tell me that I might stand a chance at something that I've held on to for so long, and you easily throw away. I feel no shame for myself, of the things that I've done. But you, you're the one that makes me feel like I've done it all wrong. Don't look at me with those eyes. You can't make me feel any worse than I do right now. If I break down, it won't be the first, and if I break down it won't make you stay, and when I break down...... when I break down please just go away. I feel no shame for myself, or the things that I've done. But you, you're the one that makes me feel like I've done it all wrong. I don't want you're sympathy. Don't you fucking dare to patronize me. How could I want to be your friend, when you've raped me of my dignity? I don't know how much it meant to you, but it meant the fucking world to me. Once I bore the thorns of guilt, now I drive the nails of spite.

13. Young Punks In Love

They met at a show late on a Saturday night. I'm tellin' you, it was love at first fist fight. Bootboy causin' trouble, knockin' around the town. Punk girl drunk and dancin', and foolin' around. It's the same ol' line, teen lust makes you blind. Hormones hit the fray, guess who fell in love today? Then she throws a smile his way, and he asks her for her name. Buys her a beer, and then push comes to shove. She grabs his hand, and shemes a plan, off they go to no-mans land. Oooh : Young punks in love. They grab a six pack, and they head down to the square. Boppin' down the avenue, hand in hand, without a care. They hit the benches, and he throws his arm around her. They're swappin' spit, and he's so glad that he found her. Nothin' else to do, two punks pet and coo. Boy meets girl, girl meets boy - together, forever in violent joy. They were holdin' hands in the park, makin' out long after dark. Drinkin' a bottle under the stars above. "I'm your boy, and your my girl, it's you and me, baby, against the world." Oooh : Young punks in love. (FUCK FUNK, BE PUNK)

14. Bulldog

Gangway 'cause I'm coming through. I'll make short work out of all of you. Slobber, I'll clobber away your blues. When I'm punching your teeth right down your throat, you lose. Rollin' around the neighbors lawn. Barkin' it up till the break of dawn. Diggin' up the neighbors grass. Takin' on the neighborhood mutts, and kickin' ass. Don't try to put no leash on me, 'cause I'm running wild and I'm running free. Don't give a fuck about your laws, 'cause I'm takin' 'em down paws and claws... I'M BULLDOG...BULLDOG... I'M BULLDOG, JACK, AND I DON'T PLAY. BULLDOG BREED FUCKIN' UP YOUR DAY. BULLDOG...





SHEER TERROR LYRICS