Trophy Scars

Everyday, I think to myself, 'I must be dead,' I must be dead and in hell. I think I'm dead! I'm dead to her. I'm dead to myself. A cutting intuition embedded in suspicion One hundred boards, one hundred blades It's cold where I'm going I'll fix this...

It's your anger That bleeds off like bleach You know what I need? Do you kiss to speak? Let's keep it clean, yeah Here pretty, pretty girls will stay But your beauty is something of a catastrophe La, la, la, la I am buried in ice It's your lover I...

Your mom tells you what the airs about Causing all this fuss and how its all about A million letters man A million little letters in my alphabet and We need to breath it out so we can live and talk sh!t then talk it out Well send me to Amsterdam A million scar...

Writing poetry to instrumentals, Expressing sentimental mental images. This lyricist's mission is to send mc's in hissy fits with my mystic lyric whips. Kids try to mimic this cause Ford 0 makes these vicious hits. I stay hot and don't stop on my block we...

This will be the last time that you’ll ever see me blink I’m over breaking bottles, broken hearts and rusty ink I think it’s cause I’m thinking that it’s hard for me to think Without me breathing heavy after buying you a drink Now I’m getting older and I k...

Oh my god! Let's do this again Let's do this again, again, again, again, again! How come I can't stop kissing you? I can't stop kissing you Oh man! Oh man! Oh man! Oh man! Oh man! And I've got headaches filled with time Those dizzy numbers, dizzy numbe...

So I'm running down 5th avenue, headed south I'm going to get you that ring I've been thinking about I hope that you will like it, I know that you'll like it I know that you've got your necklace and braclets So it's different, I'm different I know that yo...

We’ll cut an album right, And if these critics want a fight, I'll fight. Even though I've got my hands tied tight, It makes wrist so itchy and it's hard to write. And I know my alphabets. I said all the right words but I still have regrets, These scarlet...

The salty air of July '96 I bought a twelve speed just to impress a chick Back in '96 We're eating ice cream at the dicks You let it drip all down your chin You want me to lick it off I rode my bike all night just to see you Across the bridge outside...

Anna Lucia steps out of her car, loosens her scarf as she enters the bar. Then she goes dancin' and romancin'. Anna Lucia drinks rum for revenge, thinks of her cowboy all covered in red. Then she just smiles, turns to her left and Anna makes talk with th...

Alright... Alphabet, Alphabets Are Amazing, Astonishing, Aspiring And Always Aging. Agreeable Accents Accompany Awful Answers. Aphrodites Antithesis And Antelope Answers. I spent six months embedded in ink I read your book and poured a drink I knew my alp...

Let me start this from end to beginning. That way the story has a happy ending. Some details I can't remember, But I know it all ends in late December. Heart broken Bobby picks up his phone, He dials 911 there's a body on his floor. Her names Michelle, M...

Like the doctors we wanted to fix your heart Well, my baby and I dance in my kitchen. My baby is like a doctor, She cures me when I'm sick. Well, and you all are all the little doctors. And I’m a doctor. We’re the same, we’re the same. It’s not our fau...

I was so mad the day you came to me You said you were so sad that I could not believe Don't tell; I know what you're going to say If you were "some other girl in some other world" things would all be okay I put all my love on 21 black for you And I felt...

I said to the waitress, Hey, another coffee! Refills are free and I'm feeling pretty lonely. The diner's kinda cold and a little bit empty, Just then she walked in and she tried to ignore me. It's my ex-wife and she's looking kinda sick. I recently just...

Limb separation; bone isolation. Nothing to do but to decapitate these words. Oh yeah. Abrasive allergic; inhaling detergent. Eating the last of the words that were urgent. Oh yeah. And this little girly wants to get to the action, Rob another bank and...

I was clawing at the walls in my tiny apartment. Trying to make sense of my life and then it started. My stomach felt weird and my heart was speeding up, man. When all of it was over I spoke up and raised my right hand. Why do I exist? I got two more years...

I fell in love At second sight At the end of the night I told you you’re beautiful Yea oh I wanted too Days are getting colder I felt the winter strangle the fall Your birthday, then Christmas Another year has come and gone Then it was spring And...

The way you'd close your eyes Your lashes against mine The way you used to smile I'd bite my lip and smile The light was baby blue And I'd take care of you And our baby too I would marry you The glacier looked so sweet We said we'd never leave You sa...

I was watching her sleep I was watching her breathe I was watching her dream I hoped she was dreaming of me... The room was stale and sodden It's 85 in Autumn I thought it was hot in here But it's hot outside And I thought about my problems Everybody...

Heard about this kid born in Bethlehem That could heal the sick with the wave of his hand And how his father had this master plan, well We got sick, yeah we got tricked I swallow my spit for the best of man And I lost my wallet in Bethlehem But I try to...

Can you Give me a minute here I promise It won't be so bad I just wanted you to know You left me in the cold Just so you know Just so you know You're guilty Red guilty I want you to confess Cry about the mess you made To make another mess I'll ca...

I swear to god I've only been to three botanicas A holy sermon and two bars under candlelight And I was cleansed at all but the only problem was I can't remember anything or what the problem was I howled in the moonlight I drank my cupboards dry I shine...

We take a bath, we get dressed up, we hit the club for a dance. We shake some hands, get back in my car, we're on the road by ten. I watch the moon turn red, I crank some early Zep. I hear your laughter dawdle behind me, I feel your sick breath on my neck....

Who slipped this drug in my drink?! Who are you? And what do you, you want? With a face like that I bet you can trust yourself. With a face like that you can trust, These cats to behave themselves. Oh no! Oh no! You only say my name whenever you’re on...

Stab the mirror, open it up Drop down to your knees! (You're just like me.) You're just like me. Cut the throat to watch it bleed. (You are just like me.) You're just like me. When those tears turn pages And move photography, There's a disconnection....

Darkness, oh Hell. I look into a mirror and a mirror I can tell you Darkness and Hell I think until I'm blind girl, Then darkness I can sell you. Love me. Just love me darkness. Darkness, oh Hell. She screams out from her bedroom "Hosanna in the highes...

“It’s smooth sailing from here,” The spiders sing as they climb stairs Cause this is the time when they crossed the line They became so defiant when they drank they’re wine, uh-oh And they know what they did was wrong Cause I’d never believe you, I’d have...

Statistically sorry For the last album we wrote Babababababababababa Sincerely sorry For missing the notes It was love They were loved And they promised the world Puppy dog tails, kisses and girls Behind my cigarette I'll make my last bet To keep ou...

And I read it in a book, My biased dirty looks. Now unhand me, you crook. And I saw it in her face, She made a big mistake, That words not hers to take, no. And this is a joke so listen up close; Those bodies below are people you know. Dig them all up,...

The taste of blue skies Like Frank Sinatra's eyes And open pools of blood You bet they never looked so good I'm coming home, I'm coming home Tonight I dream, I dream of New Orleans We're spinning Out of control again But the taste of the ocean floors a...

I left my house at a quarter to four Saw my boy Sean at the record store I said "Damn man,it's been way too long" He said, "Hey brother, how it's nice to see ya, Hows your girl, Anna Lucia? Four years with one chick's way too long" "I know this blonde...

Tomorrow is hopeless, it's always been Tomorrow is pressure for a day we once lived I'll be praying for you to pray for me in the end. You can move down to Florida, I can move to LA We can both breathe palm trees, isn't life great? I'll be praying for yo...

At 6 AM I was counting large stacks of cash- you were feasting on the body of an angel in a taxi cab Though the driver was scared, we paid him not to care Cheers to our youth and the heavens and our reckless past At 3 PM we were full and asleep back at hom...

it's cold outside just like fate it's cold right here where is your heart someone get me out of here alive take my hand trust this smile it's just one smile i'm getting caught in softer parts of you it's killing me too it's killing me too it's c...

She walks into a gas station restroom She pulls out a key attached to a string She ties the string to her teeth yeah She swallows the key uncomfortably I've been following her For two weeks in Geneva Just to get the key Hope she hasn't spotted me I'v...

children running down the street in uniforms laughing in the rain and heading towards me, they were yelling about something they were singing in code, something like ten dead men on a dead mans chest, fight the war forget about the rest they were searching...

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 It’s three AM and I got to get the fuck out of here There’s people calling me There’s a girl calling my phone She’s still at the bar I had just left And I, I wont go back No, I won’t go back in She has a boy back where she’s fro...

it's a rail to fix all the ghosts at my hospital my hospital now we stand where we used to lie if my ego's my god then i must be a sight for sore eyes i see you left me here i see i was meant to drown it's a knife to fix all the ghosts at my hosp...

Baby Are you sleeping? Are you dreaming? I think you're running Darling I'll keep you running I'll keep on dreaming I'll send you a check In the mail Baby I think you're dreaming You must be crazy You must be dreaming "Baby, I'll send you a chec...

the tip of your tongue it's sad but it's stuck and bent on your lungs on what they have sung the devil had thrown all of his darts till death fell apart and attached to my heart i'm held up in bars in people and cars the joker had shattered all but...

A waltz and a gunfight; They're typically new. In typical tune. A waltz and a gunfight; They're typically new The typical tune. A waltz and a gunfight; They're typically you, The waltz and a gunfight; They're typically you. They're typically you. (...

Everything you do Will make you separate from the lovers that you choose Now your dreams are too confusing I can’t remember what I’m losing Cause everything you do Will make you more like All the drugs that you abuse And now its easy to forget, huh? E...

Ok, so listen: I like my life a lot It’s a shame that these sharks got my leg and won’t stop They won’t stop They’re on top Keep them from biting me and make sure my bedrooms doors still locked Oh, look at the clock You should practice these things by...

I'll dress you I'll bless you To make use Of my singing muse Believe me It's not easy I'll use my right hand The one we're sinking in Torrential pour Of matadors And escalators Dead on elevators Those words on the sun Are meant for everyone Coded in puns And s...

It was middle of the summer when the police shot him Stagger Lee reincarnate is what the cops called him A trembling head with big ideas which killed his wife and her man Stagger Lee in the flesh in Southern California He hit a rock going 90 in the desert...

When the prodigal son picks the skin off his teeth he licks the top of his lips. he says you are what you eat. He takes a Cadillac drive through the Tennessee fires, a swig of whiskey and rye, the moon reflects in his eyes. I used to be the mayor of this...

I see you all at my funeral. I smell the lilacs in June. Jamie orates my eulogy, I really like his new suit. All these dudes in all these suits, All these girls who pretend to know me. My parents, my sisters, my brothers, Just stare as I sleep. I'm no...

Laying here in bed The nurse wheeled you in Is this happening? No, I've seen your face before Standing at my door But that was fifty years ago And I don't know if it is true Or is it really you? Is my mind just reeling pictures of you? You said "Sai...

One day we’ll find those verbs and nouns And we’ll gun run all these fucking clowns. Blink six more times And now you know why this song ends with the word “NO” One day we’ll find those verbs and nouns And we’ll gun run all these fucking clowns. Blin...

I fly back down to Michigan Bring the picture of the key I show the locksmith Nigel And then he laughs at me The key is something digital He can't recreate So I track her down to New Orleans To ask her on a date Man I should've done this A way long...

We're free from the devil and free from your God But we're stuck here in limbo forever forgot And we may look young but our souls still grow old, Tired of the stories and the books we both wrote And it goes on and on, angels will forever sing this song: "...

So what? Your friends all grew up and you thought that you could stay young You can keep drinking blood, set old pictures on fire but your God's walking truth of immortal desire And I don't remember it, I can't remember it why I used to give a shit ‘Cause...

If there's one thing I can tell you, you've got to remember your heart, your health, and your hands. She'll crawl up the wall. She'll tear you apart limb from limb. So it's best to be wise and stand your own ground. If you look away, she'll smell your bla...

(Sauvez-moi de l’enfer. Sauvez-moi ce soir. Save me from hell. Save me from myself.) I checked in, I checked out of Morristown Memorial Hospital; Through the glass doors, I wasn’t thrown. I saw the flames. I saw the mass. I am blessed; evil at my side....

I start to notice the same address But I can't remember the smell of sex It starts again not knowing when I'm dead These numbers seem familiar I can feel their failure You can see the bird In all her curves I want to catch her Open wide for the butche...

Sleep Little Nemo You're covered in leaves You're digging too deep So Sleep Little Nemo You won't have an alibi For what the cops will find Their bullets aren't stopping anything You can tell by the shine of my teeth You have to get rid of evidence So dump her...

I met a girl today Her hair smelled like lemonade Something sweet, yeah something sour Something that would turn kings into cowards But she ain't different, no, she's just the same She likes secrets, she wants my pain So I asked her out We had nothing t...

Give me another halo cause this one has rusted away, oh! Sorry little darling but this time you're just gonna wait, so! Listen you can hear them try to dig their way out but they can't now The water's a liar, a cheater, a shark, and a scam Here comes the...

Lost; I thought you were lost? I keep on hiding from this Winter is moving east towards New Jersey will encompass A harbored glacier ice storm Now no one knows the difference I'm not an empiricist But your answers are forgiven I'm just not living like this You...

Limb separation; bone isolation. Nothing to do but to decapitate these words. Oh yeah. Abrasive allergic; inhaling detergent. Eating the last of the words that were urgent. Oh yeah, oh yeah. It would eat the rain to remember his name. And sugar cane, h...

Those Are the Dead stars Those Are the Dead stars You said you'd drown in my words Pushed by the ink of my pen Those Are the dead stars He climbs to the highest branch of the tree He won't come down; you need to cut him down And now your shadows will know Why...