This 2005 US compilation record featured goth rock and alt-rock sounds, and includes the demo for Billy Talent’s “Red Flag”.
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- 1. Gangsters And Thugs – Transplants
Lyrics
Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs
[x2]
You stand by me
I stand by you
If there is a fight I’m the one to come to
Good and bad, times we’ve been through
You got my back and I got yours too
All of my life you are in my crew
I’d do anything for you
Beat someone black and blue
Black and blue I would do it for you
Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs
[x2]
Try to tell’em leave us alone
Still riding with them fellas down that unknown road
There ain’t no telling, I told’em before
Wouldn’t listen
No more bitching
Leave ’em all on the floor
I know
This labels money
they take ’till it hurts
That’s why I still got that nina, and I still got that work
Tomorrow ain’t promised
I’ll smoke it today
the zone will run you five
And I’ll be on my way
Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs
It’s official, I’m destined to fail
And I ain’t trying to catch no case
I got no money for bail
I’m hurting, up in the E.R. before New Year’s Eve
Said there’s nothing we can do so we suggest that you leave
30G’s, no insurance, they don’t give a damn
Back to breaking out the scale, break it down into grams
They say you can’t win for losing, I swear it’s the truth
Same shit, different day, man I swear what’s the use
It got us paid with good intentions
I got dirty in two processions
I make a living ain’t got no pension
For transcriptions for my life on tension
The world is mine, no limit I can do it
Every drama in life I’ve been through it
Even if I had it good and I blew it
Regret nothing I move on and say fuck it
Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs
[x2]
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- 2. God Killed The Queen – Louis XIV
Lyrics
If you want to take my body tonight
Then you got to be somebody tonight
Use me just to make your body feel right
If you want to take my body tonight
Well God killed the queen
My body tonight
Well God killed the queen
My body tonight
Oh yeah
I think I’m seeing double
I think I’m seeing double
God takes time and money
I think I’m seeing double
He never made a dime on me
I think I’m seeing double
If you want to take my body tonight (I think I’m seeing double)
Then you got to be somebody tonight (I think I’m seeing double)
Use me just to make your body feel right (I think I’m seeing double)
God killed the Queen
For case up (I’ll probably take)
Well count it
Well count it
Well count it (My body tonight)
Well count it
Well I don’t know what I’m doing here
So she’s so loaded
5, 6 time on me (I think I’m seeing double)
God takes time on me (I think I’m seeing double)
He never made a dime on me (Wait till you’re seeing it)
I think I’m seeing double
I think I’m seeing double
Use me just to make your body feel right (I think I’m seeing double)
Well God killed the Queen
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- 3. I Don’t Want To Know (If You Don’t Want Me) – The Donnas
Lyrics
Hey!
I know where you live, yea
And I want to live there too
I drive buy almost everyday, its not even really on my way
When am I gonna get to see you?
It won’t be misunderstood
It won’t do you any good
Think I’m not the one you could
But I know that you would
I don’t want to know if you don’t want me, no
(Don’t want me, no)
I don’t want to know if you don’t want me, no
Hey!
I have a shirt that belongs to you
And I use it to guess all the things you do
I already met your mom and dad
Said I’m the best one you never had
And I think you should really reconsider
It won’t be misunderstood
It won’t do you any good
Think I’m not the one you could
But I know that you would
I don’t want to know if you don’t want me, no
(Don’t want me, no)
I don’t want to know if you don’t want me, no
I watched you through the window last night
And I thought I saw a girl in the candlelight
You think that’s fair after all I’ve done?
Restraining orders one by one
And I sure hope that was your sister
I guess you misunderstood
Didn’t do you any good
That you thought I never could
Now you know that I would
Now you know that I would
Now you know that I Would
I don’t want to know if you don’t want me, no
(Don’t want me, no)
I don’t want to know if you don’t want me, no
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- 4. Anthem – Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldiers
Lyrics
Turn off the sound of silence
Garfunkel just killed Simon
My mouth just keeps on climbin’
Up, up, up, up, up, and I’m in
Ok, our music’s violent
Explodes like dynamite and
Light bulbs but no ideas
Now your gunna see it
We’re the cold hand slidin’ down your own shirt
We’re the last of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldiers
We’re the bad man comin’ and it won’t hurt
We’re the mother fuckin’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldiers
That’s right we’re comin’ in
Don’t lose, we always win
We’ll tell it like it is
EVERYBODY IS OUR BITCH!!
If you don’t agree with this
Take a second and try our chips
Roasted to perfection
Flavorful, not flavorless
We’re the cold hand slidin’ down your own shirt
We’re the mother fuckin’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldiers
We’re the bad man comin’ and it won’t hurt
We’re the mother fuckin’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldiers
(Various screams)
We’re the cold hand slidin’ down your own shirt
We’re the mother fuckin’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldiers
We’re the bad man comin’ and it won’t hurt
We’re the mother fuckin’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldiers
We’re the cold hand slidin’ down your own shirt
We’re the mother fuckin’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldiers
We’re the bad man comin’ and it won’t hurt
We’re the mother fuckin’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldiers
I’m a mother fuckin’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldier
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- 5. This Is The Part – Gratitude
Lyrics
I’ve built up this collection of
Souvenirs from years of missed connections
I’m giving it all away
So here’s a ripped up picture and
Here’s an unused ticket from the show, the play, the game
I’m giving it all away
This is the part
This is the part where we start to feel better
And stop shutting up
We’re all running out of time, waiting in line
This is the part where yr friend got sent and
All the big war words stop making sense
And you wonder how the money ever got spent
And you wonder how that motherfucker ever got in
This is the part where you get to realize that
Whether yr dad died, yr boy or yr girl lied
There are families on the other side
It’s a start, it’s the same place for any and all hearts
This is the part
This is the part where we start to feel
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- 6. Red Flag (Demo) – Billy Talent
Lyrics
Cast off the crutch that kills the pain,
The red flag waving never meant the same
The kids of tomorrow don’t need today,
When they live in the sins of yesterday
Well I’ve never seen us act like this,
Our only hope is the minds of kids,
And they’ll show us a thing or two
Our only weapons are the guns of youth,
It’s only time before they tighten the noose,
And then the hunt will be on for you
The red flag waving never meant the same…
Cast off the crutch that kills the pain,
The red flag waving never meant the same
The kids of tomorrow don’t need today,
When they live in the sins of yesterday
Like the smallest bee packs a sting,
Like a pawn checkmates a king,
We’ll attack at the crack of dawn
Build a ladder if there’s a wall,
Don’t be afraid to slip and fall,
Speak for yourself, or they’ll speak for you
The red flag waving never meant the same…
Cast off the crutch that kills the pain,
The red flag waving never meant the same
The kids of tomorrow don’t need today,
When they live in the sins of yesterday
Like a fire, don’t need water
Like a jury, needs a liar
Like riot, don’t need order
Like a madman, needs a martyr
We don’t need them!
Cast off the crutch that kills the pain,
The red flag waving never meant the same
The kids of tomorrow don’t need today,
When they live in the sins of yesterday
We don’t need them!
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- 7. Identity Theft – Vaux
Lyrics
When am I gonna hear the new stuff, it better sound big.
One day you’re gonna buy my lunch for this, from the other side.
I’d rather steal than foot the bill, I’d rather die
I’d rather steal than pay the bill, I’d rather lie
We stand like giants we are, we are the same size
I’d rather sleep than work this week, I’d rather die
We are like convicts we are, we do the same time.
Call the cops, there’s a break in.
All my ideas someone’s stolen.
Call the firemen, there’s been a fire
All my life’s work went up in smoke, so it seems
I stand by as it burns
And I look on as it goes up
No more time
It’s not safe
No more time
It’s not safe
Call the cops, there’s a break in.
All my ideas someone’s stolen.
When am i gonna hear the new stuff, it better sound big.
One day you’re gonna buy my lunch for this, from the other side.
I’d rather cheat than earn my keep, I’d rather lie
We stand like giants we are, we are the same size
I’d rather crash than sink this fast, I’d rather die
We are like convicts we are, we do the same time.
Call the cops, there’s a break in.
All my ideas someone’s stolen.
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- 8. The End of Nothing – Funeral For A Friend
Lyrics
Killing you
May be the only chance i have
Of recovery
And I Know it’s so severe
As you knew it would be
The punishment, it fits the crime
So let’s take this knife (Take this knife)
And run it down your chest
Does this feel like love? (Feel like love)
Here we are waiting
So let’s take this knife
And run it down your chest
Does this feel like love?
Here we are waiting
The light looks good against
The bruises on your cheek
Another medal that you’ll have to wear this week
The light looks good against
The bruises on your cheek
Another medal that you’ll have to wear this week
Killing me
Might be the only chance you have of recovery
And I know its so severe as you knew it would be
The punishment, well it fits your crime
So let’s take this knife
And run it down your chest
Does it feel like love?
Here we are waiting
So let’s take this knife
And run it down your chest
Does it feel like love?
Here we are waiting
The light looks good against
The bruises on your cheek
Another medal that you’ll have to wear this week
The light looks good against
The bruises on your cheek
Another medal that you’ll have to wear this week
You and I, we’ll die alone tonight
You and I, we’ll lie alone tonight
You and I, we’ll die alone tonight
You and I, we’ll die alone
The light looks good against
The bruises on your cheek
Another medal that you’ll have to wear this week
The light looks good against
The bruises on your cheek
Another medal that you’ll have to wear this week
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- 9. Black History Month – Death From Above, 1979
Lyrics
Can you remember a time when this city was
A great place for architects and dilettantes
A nice place for midwives and crossing guards
And on, and on…
Hold on children
Your mother and father are leaving
Do you remember a time when this pool was
A great place for waterwings and cannonballs
A nice place for astrologists and blow up dolls
And on, and on…
Hold on children
Your best friend’s parents are leaving
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- 10. The Collapse (Demo) – Kill Hannah
Lyrics
Woke and nothing feels right
Can’t believe i made it through the night
The sky was cracked like porcelain
And all the souls they rose and marched again
It’s the same dream
It goes on and on and on and on
But this is where it ends
This is the collapse
This is the collapse
So don’t you close your eyes
This is the collapse
It’s just one of those days where nothing sounds right
It’s just one of those days where nothing looks right
It’s just one of those days where nothing feels right
And all these things go on and on and on and
On and on until tonight
This is the collapse
This is the collapse
So don’t close your eyes
This is the collapse ‘
It’s just one of those days where nothing feels right
It’s just one of those days
I’m never going home
I walk among the ghosts
Of all my former loves
And all my future selves
This is the final straw
I’ll take you by the throat
I’ll shake you like a doll
Just feed my starving heart
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- 11. Banquet – Bloc Party
Lyrics
A heart of stone, a smoking gun
I can give you life, I can take it away
A heart of stone, a smoking gun
I’m working it out
Why’d you feel so underrated?
Why’d you feel so negated?
Turning away from the light
Becoming adult
Turning into myself
I wanted to bite not destroy
To feel her underneath
Turning into the light
She don’t think straight
She’s got such a dirty mind and it never ever stops
And you don’t taste like her and you never ever will
And we don’t read the papers, we don’t read the news
Heaven’s never enough, we will never be fooled
And if you feel a little left behind
We will wait for you on the other side
Cause I’m on fire
Cause you know I’m on fire when you come
Cause you know I’m on fire
Cause you know I’m on fire so stomp me out
Cause I’m on fire [x4]
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- 12. Cash Machine – Hard-Fi
Lyrics
Go to a cash machine
To get a ticket home
Message on the screen
Says don’t make plans, you’re broke
No, no this can’t be right
I know that time is tight
I’ve only just been paid
Three weeks five days, til I’m seen
Right…
No…
I scratch a living, it ain’t easy
You know it’s a drag
I’m always paying, never make it
But you can’t look back
I wonder if I’ll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
I’m working for the cash machine
I try to phone a friend
My credit’s in the red
I try to skip the fare
Ticket inspector’s there
No no, this can’t be right
I live an honest life
It seems like sometimes
You don’t cross the line
You don’t get
By…
No…
I scratch a living, it ain’t easy
You know it’s a drag
I’m always paying, never make it
But you can’t look back
I wonder if I’ll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
Yeah…
What am I gonna do
My girlfriend’s test turned blue
We tried to play it safe
That night we could not wait
No no, this can’t be right
She said it would be alright
I can’t afford to be a daddy
So I leave tonight…
No…
I scratch a living, it ain’t easy
You know it’s a drag
I’m always paying, never make it
But you can’t look back
I wonder if I’ll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
I’m working for the cash machine
Cash machine
Cash machine …
There’s a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There’s a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There’s a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There’s a hole in my pocket
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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- 13. All Of The Above (Demo) – Big City Rock
Lyrics
I’ve heard of social climbing
And I’ve heard of bad timing
But I haven’t heard it all before…
Do you wanna rock?
Do you wanna roll?
Do you wanna get down on the floor?
All of the above
I’m falling in love
Anything goes now
Everyone knows how to throw a party
We’re gonna find one tonight
We’re gonna show them what we’re made of
All of the above…
I’ve seen a lot of faces
And I hear a lot of voices
But never one as sweet as yours…
Do you wanna carve
My name into a wall
Right next to yours inside the shape of a heart?
All of the above
I’m falling in love
Anything goes now
Everyone knows how to throw a party
We’re gonna find one tonight
We’re gonna show them what we’re made of…
All of the above
Fallin’ in love
With you…
With you…
With you…
With you…
I’m dropping out,
‘Cause I’ve seen what it’s about
And I know there must be something more
Do you wanna rock?
Do you wanna roll?
Do you wanna get down,
Get down,
Get down?
All of the above
I’m falling in love
Anything goes now
Everyone knows how to throw a party
We’re gonna find one tonight
We’re gonna show them what we’re made of…
All of the above
I’m falling in love
Anything goes now
Everyone knows how to throw a party
We’re gonna find one tonight
We’re gonna show them what we’re made of…
All of the above…
Get down,
Get down,
Get down,
Get down,
Get down,
Get down,
Get down,
Get down,
Get down,
All of the above…
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- 14. Checkmarks – The Academy Is…
Lyrics
So there you are, and here I stand,
As far as I remember you weren’t half bad.
Your bedroom behavior was never more than checkmarks on bedposts.
For I remember we never had.
[Pre-Chorus:]
You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes.
You hope I don’t make a sound, you hope that nobody knows.
You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes.
You hope I don’t make a sound, you hope that no one…
[Chorus:]
So suck your so called pity down.
Hey, that’s not so bad, is it?
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
and don’t forget to take deep breaths.
So suck your so called pity down.
Hey, that’s not so bad, is it?
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
and don’t forget to take deep breaths.
So don’t explain cause I know exactly what your going to say.
Big words, recycled phrases, and the bittersweet taste of other boys on your lips.
So now just sit here and talk about how you wanted it all.
So now just sit here and talk about how you wanted it all.
[Prechorus]
[Chorus]
Do you miss looking up from the floor at my face on a stage in a crowded room?
Well it’s not the same.
I bet you’re still a sucker for those famous faces.
Downtown, looking down, down, looking over the crowd, I hope you’re out there, look at me now.
Well it’s not the same.
Just look at how we’ve changed.
[Chorus]
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- 15. God & Mars – Days Away
Lyrics
I can’t get my mind to stop running
I can’t say I’m able
I can’t get my mind to stop spinning around
(No)So show me when I’m able
‘Cause in my mind I’ll work this out
I’m in a better place
Don’t take this and turn it around
Oh I’ve had enough
Don’t speak, don’t make a sound
I can’t get my mind to stop trading spaces
and face this lonely happy me
I take my time – all my time
And I close my eyes
cuz in my mind i’ll work this out
I’m in a better place
Don’t take this and turn it around
Oh I’ve had enough
Don’t speak, don’t make a sound
I’m thinking that this isnt real
But im not concerned
I feel the best when you’re not here
But i never learned, i never learned
In my mind I’ll work this out
It’s a shame, it’s a shame
I never saw it comming
Oh your lips keep moving but you say nothing
I’m in a better place
Don’t take this and turn it around
Oh I’ve had enough
Don’t speak, don’t make a sound
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- 16. Pressure – Paramore
Lyrics
Tell me where our time went
And if it was time well spent
Just don’t let me fall asleep
Feeling empty again
Cause I fear I might break
and I fear I can’t take it
Tonight I’ll lie awake feeling empty
I can feel the pressure
It’s getting closer now
We’re better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It’s getting closer now
We’re better off without you
Now that I’m losing hope
And there’s nothing else to show
For all of the days that we spent
Carried away from home
Somethings I’ll never know
And I had to let them go
I’m sitting all alone feeling empty
I can feel the pressure
It’s getting closer now
We’re better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It’s getting closer now
We’re better off without you
Without you
Some things I’ll never know
And I had to let them go
Some things I’ll never know
And I had to let them go
well I’m sitting all alone feeling empty
I can feel the pressure
It’s getting closer now
We’re better off without you
i can Feel the pressure
It’s getting closer now
You’re better off without me
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- 17. Snails – The Format
Lyrics
Nico, take it slow,
Show me that you care cause love’s just not a flare on my sleeve
Sleep well, I pray that cardboard boxes set the perfect stage
‘Cause woodgrain makes all man make things seem so out of date,
Life is not a play its what we make of the people we love,
Snails see the benefits,
The beauty in every inch
Oh, why, why, why, why, oh, why,
Are you quick to kiss?
She bites at blades and leaves, goddamn you shrubbery,
I’m sick of vanity plates
Should we move to the UK?
‘Cause life here in the States has escaped
All the people above
Life’s what we make of those people we love
Snails see the benefits,
The beauty in every inch
Oh, why, why, why, why, oh, why,
Are you quick to kiss?
Baby maybe, I spoke too soon
I’ll touch you once you make the first move
Snails see the benefits,
The beauty in every inch
I watch her as she runs,
My mother jumps the gun,
She puts her in her arms,
That is just like my mom
Never lets go, never lets me grow old,
I wanna pay her back,
But love is nothing you can tax
My family’s not rich by any means,
But I feel we won the lottery that day,
The rock swallowed the girl,
And I cried as cameras caught my eyes,
My tears turned into butterflies,
They fly away as caskets close
A new day comes you’ll wake unfold,
Smile when you feel the sunlight,
You feel the sunlight,
You feel the sunlight
You feel the sunlight,
Snails see the benefits,
The beauty in every inch
Oh, why, why, why, why, oh, why,
Are you quick to kiss?
Baby maybe, I spoke too soon
I’ll touch you once you make the first move,
Snails see the benefits,
The beauty in every inch
Snails see the benefits,
The beauty in every inch
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