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I'm the chains that I resisted
the moment will last forever
and always has
the hero's dead
and you were the hero
and you were the chains
such tragedy and grief that has been exposed
we've learned so much
victory is the cornerstone
victory is the pulse
what do you want?
what do you want?
my rhythm is so thrown off
the pressure controls our timing
"The triumph of anything is through organization, if there are angels I hope they are organized through the same lines as the mafia."
-Winston Niles Rumford-
The triumph, the glory, the honor, the triumph
rest like bricks on your chest
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Idiot Bitch - Demitrius
02:48
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I cower at the open hand
I fear I am a lesser man
the consequence of my esteem
burns through my arm
the guilt is felt
I don't need your help
I can make decisions by myself
alone again you're not my friend
I feel no guilt
stay strong my friend
don't be weakened by the pain
stay strong my friend
these times will change
though I admit
I don't know when
today you'll face the great unknown
don't be scared
but don't do it alone.
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The Aborted - Nullify
02:45
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A knock on the door and we step inside
race down the hall in an attempt to hide
take a seat and will be right with you
hurry up your going to make me late
why must you be so irate
lab rats trapped in your own cage
am i getting to
nullify plans for your mental health
your the one who afflicts your self
get that fucking dog away
used to know her before she died
we're going over to the other side with you
sex with your T.V. set again am I getting through
true crime in four dimensions
blasting straight through to the 22nd century
bored into submission.
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To judge another person by their color of skin
you gotta be a stupid mother fucker
and someday you'll know that the fighting and hating
you're not king of the hill
if anything's gonna kill us the system will
gotta stand and fight together
we know it sounds so typical of what we're saying
but nothing's being done about the problem everyday we're facing
influenced daily on the T.V. and the social structure
and I know that black people aren't the only ones who drink malt liquor.
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Stag - Outlet
01:31
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I took to much time to forget my feelings and to many hours trying to forget the last couple of years
and once I finely expel you from my thoughts finding something else to hold onto I see you and it hurts
all this talk about what once had could of been and how things could be great again
but I forced you away for awhile believing I didn't want the pain again
then all of a sudden things seemed to change and what once had happened was rejected
slowly finding feeling turn into pain and slowly realizing I should of stayed away
you still believe that you care but I see things you cannot see and they look different
what you've done and what you lack will always leave you playing your game
if your friends and family didn't exist would you know where to go or what to do
sometimes the plug carries and extra prong and because of this can't fit the outlet.
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Loaded - Answer
02:45
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I don't have the time to listen to you whine about your stupid problems cause none of them are mine
you want me to listen but your life's a bore
soap operas are for bitches and that's what your life's become you stupid fucked up whore
that's what doors are for
open it and get out now
you make your life a chore
get off your ass
stop your god damn crying
big fucking deal if your friends and family have been lying
just go ahead and fuck em all up
fuck it all up
go crazy
go insane
it's what you deserve
your already psychotic
it shows in your eyes
it makes me want to slam u when you try to pull me aside
you better go run and hide
your cracked in your skull
your digging your own hole
get off your trip and fucking stand up or get rolled over for the rest of your life
how come your so incompetent
always on a bad trip
why do you have to tell me all about it
your psychotic
your neurotic
your pathetic
your a whiner
get the fuck away from me
your a victim can't you see
I hope you never marry
I hope you never breed
you were spawned from a losers seed
sympathy is what you seek
but you'll get none you're a god damn freak.
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I can't let it slide
I've got too much anger for that
You turned when I cried
I'll never forgive you for that
I believed you when you lied
I cannot accept you for that
It feels like a cancer inside
guilt should plague you for that
and I wish I were god so I could strike you down
I smashed in my T.V. set
I couldn't fix what you've done
I know you feel no regret
your soul should burn for what you've done
I'm in no position to make a threat
It wouldn't help what you've done
but I'll never let you forget
I'll haunt you forever for what you've done
and I wish I were god so I could strike you down
It will never be the same
All because of you
It doesn't help to lay the blame
but it all springs from you
you'll never now what I lost
I should expect that from you
my life was the cost
and it died for you.
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The pain inside of me
will never die
my life gets so much worse
every second that goes by
said I need a grip on reality
reality is confusing to me
I'm leaving and not coming back
my will is faded and all I see is black
the way you looked at me was the way I looked at you
now we don't see eye to eye
and there is nothing left to do
but suffer
tried to get a grip on reality
reality is fucked up to me
I'm gone and not coming back my will is faded and all I see is black
fuck you and your grip on reality
your all trapped in here with me
I'm glad I'm not coming back
fake friends they stab me in the back.
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A kid takes a stand under orders to sit
the thugs got guns but they're out of bullets
it seems they don't like your opinion
what the hell could they be thinking?
promptly Plan B is carried out
cover up those tracks so nobody finds out
pistol whip
what do we do if he sings?
if you know what's good for you
you won't tell anyone
if anybody asks
you didn't see a thing
as far as you're concerned
it never happened
up oh, oh no!
looks like that kid sang cockadoodle do on you!
San Jose's own hardcore NRA!!
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Slag - Worthless
01:49
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I am so fucking worthless
Life has no value anymore
she says I'm totally useless
you'll be happy when I'm gone
I failed again
I don't do anything
I don't know anything
I'm not worth anything
I am not anything al all
I'm such an inconvenience
she won't think so anymore
I'll do it in the backyard
It'll be better when I'm gone
I failed again
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He says he wants me but he treats me like dirt
double standards living inside
always leaves him left behind
single heart left behind
maybe you shouldn't have been so blind
cupid's arrows think they're real
but everyone knows I'm a steal
hit me in the head not in the heart.
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We reach up because there's so much to be captured
we make an interruption just to add to the confusion
we undefined
we disguise ourselves as static
and we're alive
we just want to feel alive
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Help I’m falling, help I’m falling down
won’t you please help me, help me on my feet
won’t you please help me now ‘cause I’m falling down
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Loyalty only in poverty
love your friends
only when you need them
Give them power to see
but don’t lose power
to deceive them
hide in your cave
sit on your fat ass
hook us all
feed us your lies
we all want your lies
kill us inside
now I laugh at your pathetic life
how many others will you destroy
with your evil life’s ploy
how long can your luck last
I still trust that friend from the past
as a friend to you I only ask
don’t forget where you came from
who took you in from the cold
don’t let greed control your conscience
how can I ever justify
or even try to uncover the lies
what do you want from me?
There’s just no way for me to see
your words are soaked with deceit
I gave all I could
Maybe to much
was I a pawn?
For so fucking long you seemed to are
was there anything there at all?
Twist the friendship
Twisted friendship
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Many can recall the days when great wars and battles were raged
these are all eliminated now, cobras and scorpions are bothersome
my soul will go to hell, raping the earth to serve me well
when this power mad dictator claimed he was god
all the billions of natural, normal people could go on
rule over the earth, like a giant space station
Dear Lord Jesus can you save me from your followers?
I am now the son of god, I will never be your lord
I won't die for your sins, you could be wrong again
I possessed eternal life, once I fucked you Jesus Christ
within me your soul survives, I carry your soul life
I wont bless your slavery, abolish your pornography
your mind wont be made through me, your body's death guaranteed
I am now the devil's son, wait for you one by one
your blind mind dies for my sin, your choice is mine/
Dear Lord Jesus you can't saye me from me
This incredible look into the future, is not merely science fiction
but the truth of God, the truth of your own God
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Relocate your stare because your being subdued
and it makes me sick but what can i do
due to mental breakdown we'll replace whats in your head
why go out and play when you can stay home instead
Turn it off
A thousand images flash and they come on strong
and i've had enough but does it make me wrong
to hate machines that destroy whats in your head
why go out and play when you can stay home instead
Turn it off
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Zero My Hero - Content
02:06
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It's been day's or years
everything's the same
the barricades are closer
revealing the cage
there's a desire to understand
there's no way to comprehend
I need to know everything
I need to know to be content
You are content
You have no desires
There's no way to be content
You will always want more
Knowledge only brings confusion
confusion only brings thought
thought only brings knowledge
knowledge can never stop
Humanity is repulsive
Answers will never stop
you’re always pleased to be content!!
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Zero My Hero - Headlake
01:28
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Well iIm sitting here and the T.V. screen and voices around are giving me such a fucking headache, and every time I look around I realize i've got better thing's to do but i'm going nowhere because i'm just lazy. This girl I met the other day heard i was a sucker for intercourse or prostitution or some form of masturbation, and i was told that my destination was plotted by friends who stabbed me in the back looking for competition, and i don't want to be around you. All I see are complications and contradictions. You know how i feel and you’re going to treat this like a surprise.
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Sometimes I wonder if I’m gonna die
life doesn't matter and I start to fucking lie
lying in bed i got an idea
going out and shoot someone with my fucking fear
Sometimes i see violence come
sometimes you shoot someone
sometimes just don't give a fuck
sometimes you fucking suck
sometimes I shave my head
sometimes you're better off dead
sometimes you wonder if you're gonna die
sometimes you scream pain or lies
Sometimes i see my life is shit
living in a world that i'm sick of it
no one gives a fuck if you fucking lie
sometimes just leave your life
sometimes you scream your pride
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Burl - Spear
01:30
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Here comes the spoon to protect you and me
he's not a fork, spoon plain to see
he will protect you from all that is bad
he will protect you in this fucking land
Fear the spoon
Visions of sugar plums.. I am the spoon!
and the fork ran away with the spoon!
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Ringwurm - Hide Away
03:09
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Rotting on the inside, allowing the pain to please
Ive gone so far to end up in the same place
run for shelter, the outside is cold, the inside is dark
Hide away - the surface is pale
Aging on the outside, allowing the pain to increase
I’ve gone nowhere to end up so far away
hide in shelter, the inside is cold, the outside so dark
Hide away - the surface is pale
Hold on to you're vine, its what keeps you from hitting the ground
the inside is so infected, see the outside wither
there's no need for nourishment, there's no open holes to feed
I’ve dried up, i'm dying
I’m dead, but i live
Falling is what you make of it
I’ve started my decent, the end will be there
wait for the ground and rot.
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