Somewhere to be, something to do
But you don't want it anymore
I was not ready for the podium yet
Just the stage
In all my dreams, I'm waiting for ya
And nothing has ever changed, except I can't touch you
The best part is when I feel you
You're just watchin' me
Me
[Chorus:]
Take me in your army
Take me in your army
Take me in your army
Take me in your army
This isn't for everybody
This is for nobody
It took a thousand years to build
It took me a day to destroy
The customer is obviously
Oblivious and wrong
[Chorus x2]
[Chorus x2]
Julian Casablancas - Tyranny Album Lyrics
Julian Casablancas - Tyranny Lyrics
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Crunch Punch
Survivors I have interviewed and also from all of the historical reading.
These are patterns. This has happened many times in history
Devil's evangelicals have
Opened my eyes
He is the creepiest
Guy in the sky
Rumors on the radio the DJ is wrong
He's just a creature who was playing this song
And I can't live on a phone forever
Please just tell them I'm gone good night until tomorrow
When I made it out somehow
Cannot pray for you more
Policemen get in the face
Officer down on the scene
(256? we have an officer down I repeat? calling all cars...)
Just repeat what is not true [?]
We want to tell him what to do
Can you rescue me
Everybody want some they can't see
Yes I want it for me
But I want it for you too
(Oh yeah DJ Terry)
Coming evangelical is bumping my eye
He is as creepiest in the sky
Everybody loves him and he kisses your hand
He likes to preaching and then he sings in a band
Okay please don't take the bait
Telling you down in the face
Don't miss the show okay?
Why can't I have time
I can't live on a phone forever
We live too far away from everything
I pray for some things to change
Your mother is a murderer, trust me I know
She'll get excited
Can't beat them it's so hard
I wanna beat them in my prime
These are patterns. This has happened many times in history
Devil's evangelicals have
Opened my eyes
He is the creepiest
Guy in the sky
Rumors on the radio the DJ is wrong
He's just a creature who was playing this song
And I can't live on a phone forever
Please just tell them I'm gone good night until tomorrow
When I made it out somehow
Cannot pray for you more
Policemen get in the face
Officer down on the scene
(256? we have an officer down I repeat? calling all cars...)
Just repeat what is not true [?]
We want to tell him what to do
Can you rescue me
Everybody want some they can't see
Yes I want it for me
But I want it for you too
(Oh yeah DJ Terry)
Coming evangelical is bumping my eye
He is as creepiest in the sky
Everybody loves him and he kisses your hand
He likes to preaching and then he sings in a band
Okay please don't take the bait
Telling you down in the face
Don't miss the show okay?
Why can't I have time
I can't live on a phone forever
We live too far away from everything
I pray for some things to change
Your mother is a murderer, trust me I know
She'll get excited
Can't beat them it's so hard
I wanna beat them in my prime
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
M.utally A.ssured D.estruction
Chasing all your dreams like any fool
Observing the absurd from a piano stool
And it's the first time you'll get the truth, that's for sure
Now the black beetles they come in waves
Feedin' all your nightmares to procure
Trusting in their words that they know more
And it's the first time you got it right, that's for sure
Black hole sucking us into oblivion
Observing the absurd from a piano stool
And it's the first time you'll get the truth, that's for sure
Now the black beetles they come in waves
Feedin' all your nightmares to procure
Trusting in their words that they know more
And it's the first time you got it right, that's for sure
Black hole sucking us into oblivion
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Human Sadness
Put money in my hand
And I will do the things you want me to.
Vanity, overriding wisdom,
Usually common sense.
Should I delete it,
You said you'd read it
You promised you would never ruin it with sequels,
I wake for you, on and on
Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field,
I will be meeting you there.
The moon's a skull, I think it's grinning
The room is full of people now I think it's spinning
Wanted you, didn't ask for nothing.
Wait for you, on and on
And I don't need your tie, I don't need to, tired of saying it.
We don't need more talk, don't empty out your canteen on the desert floor.
Ahhh, it's all my fault
Never wanna spell it out,
I just want to say that it is all my fault,
I could never spit it out,
I don't wanna fix your tie.
Never want to say we're sad,
Thankful that we got some chance,
I know you won't get back your time,
I wish that you could take it back.
Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field,
I will be meeting you there.
He wanted it more than me, I suppose
I was in a rush to wait in a line.
Now I hear echoes of my old self,
This is not the way to be.
All at once,
I lost my way.
Is it not true, the things that we did?
Come here at once and look what they did
Come here shut down and tune in tonite,
Learn the words that they teach you without you realizing it
Come here sit down and watch some TV
Mine all mine, wait your turn,
Cross my cross, slice his hand,
Not your son, not your friend, not your enemy.
I rely on the little things to get me by,
Conscience says, "I'm okay",
You don't hear what they say.
"He's not my son, search his home"
Off to war,
It's time to go hide inside.
Soft skin,
Weak chin,
Just walk me thru it, tell me what to do I'll do
Hurry hurry, that's my baby
Ohh, do what you can.
All the time - he waits for me.
And now we talk from time to time,
Hits you on the head when nobody's there,
Then he says, "come here could you fix my tie?"
It's never gonna be,
To be is not the way to be.
Show me where to go, don't get angry so quickly,
F*ck depression.
Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field,
I will be meeting you there
Understanding is more important than love,
If not money will always trump justice
All is lost,
I'll find my way.
So I say,
To be is not to be.
To be is not the way to be.
And I will do the things you want me to.
Vanity, overriding wisdom,
Usually common sense.
Should I delete it,
You said you'd read it
You promised you would never ruin it with sequels,
I wake for you, on and on
Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field,
I will be meeting you there.
The moon's a skull, I think it's grinning
The room is full of people now I think it's spinning
Wanted you, didn't ask for nothing.
Wait for you, on and on
And I don't need your tie, I don't need to, tired of saying it.
We don't need more talk, don't empty out your canteen on the desert floor.
Ahhh, it's all my fault
Never wanna spell it out,
I just want to say that it is all my fault,
I could never spit it out,
I don't wanna fix your tie.
Never want to say we're sad,
Thankful that we got some chance,
I know you won't get back your time,
I wish that you could take it back.
Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field,
I will be meeting you there.
He wanted it more than me, I suppose
I was in a rush to wait in a line.
Now I hear echoes of my old self,
This is not the way to be.
All at once,
I lost my way.
Is it not true, the things that we did?
Come here at once and look what they did
Come here shut down and tune in tonite,
Learn the words that they teach you without you realizing it
Come here sit down and watch some TV
Mine all mine, wait your turn,
Cross my cross, slice his hand,
Not your son, not your friend, not your enemy.
I rely on the little things to get me by,
Conscience says, "I'm okay",
You don't hear what they say.
"He's not my son, search his home"
Off to war,
It's time to go hide inside.
Soft skin,
Weak chin,
Just walk me thru it, tell me what to do I'll do
Hurry hurry, that's my baby
Ohh, do what you can.
All the time - he waits for me.
And now we talk from time to time,
Hits you on the head when nobody's there,
Then he says, "come here could you fix my tie?"
It's never gonna be,
To be is not the way to be.
Show me where to go, don't get angry so quickly,
F*ck depression.
Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field,
I will be meeting you there
Understanding is more important than love,
If not money will always trump justice
All is lost,
I'll find my way.
So I say,
To be is not to be.
To be is not the way to be.
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Where No Eagles Fly
Please, come on babe, they'll end up all confused,
What's the point of telling people if they won't use it?
Fly on the wall, bird of prey in the mall
It's the eye in the sky, where no eagles fly
Meat,
Predators eat meat.
Predators eat meat.
Ceremony or a speech,
In a church or on a beach,
Predators eat.
The wolf will cry sheep as they take him away,
We plot in our sleep but follow orders all day
The rhythm is for you but the song is for me,
The meaning might be secret but the melody is free
Meat,
Predators eat meat.
Predators eat meat.
Let all my big dreams sink in,
No one to enjoy it with.
Oblivious... stay oblivious,
Why can you not be more like me?
Hiding in a nearby tree.
Business, business, I forget,
Pray for predators I guess
Uh-oh, uh-oh, here we go, all our future's thru that door
Future future's come to this, everybody cheats I guess
Let's go down to mexico, 'there's a couple guys I know'
All our future's come to this, i don't want my friends to know
All our future's come to this, i don't want our friends
What's the point of telling people if they won't use it?
Fly on the wall, bird of prey in the mall
It's the eye in the sky, where no eagles fly
Meat,
Predators eat meat.
Predators eat meat.
Ceremony or a speech,
In a church or on a beach,
Predators eat.
The wolf will cry sheep as they take him away,
We plot in our sleep but follow orders all day
The rhythm is for you but the song is for me,
The meaning might be secret but the melody is free
Meat,
Predators eat meat.
Predators eat meat.
Let all my big dreams sink in,
No one to enjoy it with.
Oblivious... stay oblivious,
Why can you not be more like me?
Hiding in a nearby tree.
Business, business, I forget,
Pray for predators I guess
Uh-oh, uh-oh, here we go, all our future's thru that door
Future future's come to this, everybody cheats I guess
Let's go down to mexico, 'there's a couple guys I know'
All our future's come to this, i don't want my friends to know
All our future's come to this, i don't want our friends
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Father Electricity
They call my name, locks and keys
Lightening every drop
We're tricked again, lost at sea
When we finally gonna climb your tree, I know it's hard to see oh!
I wanna believe what you're saying
But I'm seeing the game that you're playing
Oh I kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-know
What I'm gonna d-d-d-d-d-do
Kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-know what I'm gonna d-d-d-d-d-do
Oh no I meant...
I'm at the wrong place at the wrong time
They're attracting all the wrong people to the wrong line
I do not want to see no mess
I wish I could live in retrospect
Five steps
Remember them well
Coming down, down the well
You drop 500 tons of hell
You are everything I see to
Every time I am in despair
Who is he by the wheel?
They fight for every meal?
Who makes the better deal?
You?
We'll find you dried out [?]
We'll find him dying [?]
Wait, wait
Don't, don't want it
Don't, don't want it
Oh man
What are we doing now?
All I know are instincts
You are everything I see to
Every time I am in despair
Lock the door and hide the keys
And wake the dog to bite the priest
Bonding of the electricity oh
I'll wait for you you you in the second life
Who is he by the wheel?
Who makes the better deal?
Who wants to have to feel?
Who?
You are everything I see
Every time I beg in despair
I will take what I can grab
But I, I don't want your money back
What else can I say?
What else can I sing?
What else can I say, tonight?
Lightening every drop
We're tricked again, lost at sea
When we finally gonna climb your tree, I know it's hard to see oh!
I wanna believe what you're saying
But I'm seeing the game that you're playing
Oh I kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-know
What I'm gonna d-d-d-d-d-do
Kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-know what I'm gonna d-d-d-d-d-do
Oh no I meant...
I'm at the wrong place at the wrong time
They're attracting all the wrong people to the wrong line
I do not want to see no mess
I wish I could live in retrospect
Five steps
Remember them well
Coming down, down the well
You drop 500 tons of hell
You are everything I see to
Every time I am in despair
Who is he by the wheel?
They fight for every meal?
Who makes the better deal?
You?
We'll find you dried out [?]
We'll find him dying [?]
Wait, wait
Don't, don't want it
Don't, don't want it
Oh man
What are we doing now?
All I know are instincts
You are everything I see to
Every time I am in despair
Lock the door and hide the keys
And wake the dog to bite the priest
Bonding of the electricity oh
I'll wait for you you you in the second life
Who is he by the wheel?
Who makes the better deal?
Who wants to have to feel?
Who?
You are everything I see
Every time I beg in despair
I will take what I can grab
But I, I don't want your money back
What else can I say?
What else can I sing?
What else can I say, tonight?
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Johan Von Bronx
Don't forget the wrong guy in the lineup
Tryin' hard to be strong always rolling over
I will try to guitar out, quoting scripture
Soon you won't have memories, only pictures
Wait back, the time is not right (o-o-oh)
The chase is much better at night (o-o-oh)
I wait for the time of his high (o-o-oh)
My ego is quite out of hand (o-o-oh)
Watch the flames go out
Soon, no, now that's my mission
I've taken away your natural purpose
That is what a loving selfish, loving human does
That is what it sounds like to an insect
Hold that trial by night
I've been sitting with him all night
Hold my ears it's wrong
I can't listen to this too long
Pitchforks, fires in hand
I can't turn it around tonite
I want to get back
Back to where I can sleep at night
Wait for the back of his heart
Lesson learned
I'm trying but maybe too hard, like an Eskimo
I listen, but I - but I can't, what I want to say
My ego is out of control, yes I know
Please, can I go
Can I hold it
It's part of the show
It saves me two dollars if kids do the work
Can we shake it
Up in time, I don't know
Destroy it
So destroy it
Just destroy it
Destroy it
Burn it down, to the ground
Tryin' hard to be strong always rolling over
I will try to guitar out, quoting scripture
Soon you won't have memories, only pictures
Wait back, the time is not right (o-o-oh)
The chase is much better at night (o-o-oh)
I wait for the time of his high (o-o-oh)
My ego is quite out of hand (o-o-oh)
Watch the flames go out
Soon, no, now that's my mission
I've taken away your natural purpose
That is what a loving selfish, loving human does
That is what it sounds like to an insect
Hold that trial by night
I've been sitting with him all night
Hold my ears it's wrong
I can't listen to this too long
Pitchforks, fires in hand
I can't turn it around tonite
I want to get back
Back to where I can sleep at night
Wait for the back of his heart
Lesson learned
I'm trying but maybe too hard, like an Eskimo
I listen, but I - but I can't, what I want to say
My ego is out of control, yes I know
Please, can I go
Can I hold it
It's part of the show
It saves me two dollars if kids do the work
Can we shake it
Up in time, I don't know
Destroy it
So destroy it
Just destroy it
Destroy it
Burn it down, to the ground
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Business Dog
Take me to your business place
I'm gonna be there twenty minutes late
I'm gonna f*ck your face for breakfast
I love being weird, it's so weird
Quiz in the morning, the police outside
She's been missing since late last night
I wrote my name on the world
Regretting as he makes his license plates
Leave it all to me, yeah
Just leave it to me, yeah
Leave it all to me, yeah
Make and model number, please
Waiting for my license plates
Meet you at your breakfast place
I'm gonna be at your place for business
Let me work it, work it, work it, work it
Wage war on the listener
I can't fight cause I can't fight
He does it on a plane
I bet my lies
You can trust him
Leave it all to me, yeah
Just leave it to me, yeah
Leave it all to me, yeah
Make and model number, please
(That's how you do it in the business kid)
Leave it all to me, yeah
Just leave it to me, yeah
Leave it all to me, yeah
Make and model number, please
Wait, oh
Good job business dog
I'm gonna be there twenty minutes late
I'm gonna f*ck your face for breakfast
I love being weird, it's so weird
Quiz in the morning, the police outside
She's been missing since late last night
I wrote my name on the world
Regretting as he makes his license plates
Leave it all to me, yeah
Just leave it to me, yeah
Leave it all to me, yeah
Make and model number, please
Waiting for my license plates
Meet you at your breakfast place
I'm gonna be at your place for business
Let me work it, work it, work it, work it
Wage war on the listener
I can't fight cause I can't fight
He does it on a plane
I bet my lies
You can trust him
Leave it all to me, yeah
Just leave it to me, yeah
Leave it all to me, yeah
Make and model number, please
(That's how you do it in the business kid)
Leave it all to me, yeah
Just leave it to me, yeah
Leave it all to me, yeah
Make and model number, please
Wait, oh
Good job business dog
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Xerox
I won't fight
It's not the time or place
Stone age [?]
In the dark violence waits
Kids learn in a [?]
Will the sky open up
And destroy everyone I've loved
One way out you don't take it to heart
Until it tries tearing you apart
[Chorus:]
[?]
I guess the only way [?]
Everyone lies to me
And tries to sell me stuff
Well I guess it's just love
I love the beginning
The way [?]
I give you everything that you ever wanted
But you don't want it [?]
Very late at my [?]
City's turning to forests again
When the devil offers you a devil sip of his devil brew
In my day trained in a distant life
I won't think of it I won't cry
Summer days at the playground (please, please, please)
I can't wait to make it through all awkward days
[Chorus]
It's not the time or place
Stone age [?]
In the dark violence waits
Kids learn in a [?]
Will the sky open up
And destroy everyone I've loved
One way out you don't take it to heart
Until it tries tearing you apart
[Chorus:]
[?]
I guess the only way [?]
Everyone lies to me
And tries to sell me stuff
Well I guess it's just love
I love the beginning
The way [?]
I give you everything that you ever wanted
But you don't want it [?]
Very late at my [?]
City's turning to forests again
When the devil offers you a devil sip of his devil brew
In my day trained in a distant life
I won't think of it I won't cry
Summer days at the playground (please, please, please)
I can't wait to make it through all awkward days
[Chorus]
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Dare I Care
Hit the knee, ow, heck, they're ready
S.o.n.'s sat, how magenta are you
Daddy, I owe Doc Luke a Mercedes
Barely up and I'm looking for jobs
Yup, they been at your house already
Who, me, sad, I'm last to hear
Yeah, they been at your house already
Who me, f*ck, I'm last to hear
What a real woman won't mind
But don't be weird with me
I won't be weird with you
But I wanna be weird my way
It won't be my way
American always our way
What can I say
In the band I put the key, cause I did my time
What can I say
Your memory's no good, leave your clothes on
Our bodies crave a lot of things that end in loss
Don't try and turn this into something else
Too late to change your mind this time and hit eject
Now that I'm here
I been wasting half my life
Right here is where my friends they used to live
Hit the knee - ow - heck, they're ready
S.o.n.'s sat, how magenta are you?
Daddy, I owe Doc Luke a Mercedes
Barely up and I'm looking for jobs
Who, me? sad? I'm last to hear
Yeah, they been at your house already. who the f*ck
I want my money back
That wasn't fun
The bricks and the gravel and the mud and the blood
Another wild teenager in search of success, welcome to the jewel of the modified west
Now that I'm here, o-o-oh
I've been wasting half my life
Right here is where my friends they used to live
I don't care anymore
I'd don't dare anymore
Now that I'm here, where my friends they used to live
I don't care anymore, I'd dare anymore
That's how they know, that's how they know
Calm down
That's what they say, that's how they know
S.o.n.'s sat, how magenta are you
Daddy, I owe Doc Luke a Mercedes
Barely up and I'm looking for jobs
Yup, they been at your house already
Who, me, sad, I'm last to hear
Yeah, they been at your house already
Who me, f*ck, I'm last to hear
What a real woman won't mind
But don't be weird with me
I won't be weird with you
But I wanna be weird my way
It won't be my way
American always our way
What can I say
In the band I put the key, cause I did my time
What can I say
Your memory's no good, leave your clothes on
Our bodies crave a lot of things that end in loss
Don't try and turn this into something else
Too late to change your mind this time and hit eject
Now that I'm here
I been wasting half my life
Right here is where my friends they used to live
Hit the knee - ow - heck, they're ready
S.o.n.'s sat, how magenta are you?
Daddy, I owe Doc Luke a Mercedes
Barely up and I'm looking for jobs
Who, me? sad? I'm last to hear
Yeah, they been at your house already. who the f*ck
I want my money back
That wasn't fun
The bricks and the gravel and the mud and the blood
Another wild teenager in search of success, welcome to the jewel of the modified west
Now that I'm here, o-o-oh
I've been wasting half my life
Right here is where my friends they used to live
I don't care anymore
I'd don't dare anymore
Now that I'm here, where my friends they used to live
I don't care anymore, I'd dare anymore
That's how they know, that's how they know
Calm down
That's what they say, that's how they know
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Nintendo Blood
Her eyes were black and white and blue
I listen to your favorite songs backwards
Do you have a plan for [?] or surrender to
I've been dreaming for you
[Chorus:]
In prison [?]
Asleep in the pit of Rome
No one to be [?]
In theory
Will you drift into the dark war path
When the blood runs down the face sideways
[?]
It seems like a hippy me on
You let the schoolboys in your eyes run out
When you asked me to blow smoke in your mouth
I find
Can you think back to that time
I was so angry I got up and out of bed
I spent 25 minutes reading what you said
A phrase I know so well I memorized your teeth
Only gonna give you
I'm not take it and I'm not gonna give it
I'm not take it I
Will you solve your problems in the daylight
We like to change the rules as they go
Watch out to he got [?]
[?]
Made up the memories only person you've met
Of every pretty stranger [?]
I can't help it
Its not my fault
Got a be possessive
On and on and on
[Chorus]
[Outro:]
[?]
I listen to your favorite songs backwards
Do you have a plan for [?] or surrender to
I've been dreaming for you
[Chorus:]
In prison [?]
Asleep in the pit of Rome
No one to be [?]
In theory
Will you drift into the dark war path
When the blood runs down the face sideways
[?]
It seems like a hippy me on
You let the schoolboys in your eyes run out
When you asked me to blow smoke in your mouth
I find
Can you think back to that time
I was so angry I got up and out of bed
I spent 25 minutes reading what you said
A phrase I know so well I memorized your teeth
Only gonna give you
I'm not take it and I'm not gonna give it
I'm not take it I
Will you solve your problems in the daylight
We like to change the rules as they go
Watch out to he got [?]
[?]
Made up the memories only person you've met
Of every pretty stranger [?]
I can't help it
Its not my fault
Got a be possessive
On and on and on
[Chorus]
[Outro:]
[?]
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Off To War...
Our eyes see colors our mind made up
I wait for the light to shine
I wait for the light to shine
They're tugging on your pride to help them win
Yeah, baby
I wait for the light to shine
I wait for the light to shine
When I look at you
(I realize) it was shining all along
I wait for the light to shine
But someone else got to you
I wait for the light to shine
I wait for the light to shine
I wait for the light to shine
I wait for the light to shine
They're tugging on your pride to help them win
Yeah, baby
I wait for the light to shine
I wait for the light to shine
When I look at you
(I realize) it was shining all along
I wait for the light to shine
But someone else got to you
I wait for the light to shine
I wait for the light to shine
Writer: JULIAN CASABLANCAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management