LyricsPage

Anthrax
Fistful Of Metal
Armed And Dangerous
Spreading The Disease
Among The Living
State Of Euphoria
Persistence Of Time
Attack Of The Killer B's
Sound Of White Noise
Stomp 442
Volume 8 - The Threat Is Real
We've Come For You All

Air
Alice In Chains
Anthrax
A Perfect Circle
Apollo 440
Babybird
Brujeria
Butthole Surfers
Chris Cornell
Cult, The
Danzig
David Bowie
Death In Vegas
Depeche Mode
Doors, The
Faith No More
Fantômas
Foo Fighters
Genialistid
Godsmack
Green Jelly
Jane's Addiction
Massive Attack
Metallica
Moloko
Mr. Bungle
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Perry Farrell
Placebo
Porno For Pyros
Primus
Radiohead
Rammstein
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Riho Sibul
Secret Chiefs 3
Smoke City
Soundgarden
Sparks
Stiltskin
Stone Temple Pilots
Sugartooth
Therapy?
Tomahawk
Tool
U2
Ultima Thule
Underworld
Vast
Verve
Yello

page 1
RagdenDesign

 

Stomp 442

  1. Random Acts of Senseless Violence
  2. Fueled
  3. King Size
  4. Riding Shotgun
  5. Perpetual Motion
  6. In a Zone
  7. Nothing
  8. American Pompeii
  9. Drop the Ball
  10. Tester
  11. Bare

Random Acts of Senseless Violence

Shut up, donıt pass the blame
The same god-damn thing just the nameıs have changed
On the day you were busted your forgot the line
Donıt do the crime if you canıt do the time
An animalıs acting instinctively
Glorified murderer, insanity
Do you think Iıd kill you just count to one
Youıre the coward, with the gun

Yeah, you thought you knew me
Yeah, you hardly knew me
You donıt know me
I know I shouldnıt care
My crazy senses of right and wrong that canıt be made to break this,
break this, break this

I see something wrong and fix it with my hands
I walk a thin blue line, this cross I came to bear

So now youıre dead well whaı dya know
And am I sorry no, I donıt think so
They wanted sympathy now thatıs a bit much
How much did you show, how much
Take the value for one human life
And place it all right down on a roll of the dice
And a one, two, three for the pain you bring
Iım the bird without the left wing

Yeah, you thought you knew me
Yeah, you hardly knew me
You donıt know me
I know I shouldnıt care
My crazy sense of right and wrong that canıt be made to break this,
break this, break this

I see something wrong and fix it with my hands
I walk a thing blue line, this cross I came to bear

Random acts of senseless, random acts of senseless
Random acts of senseless, random acts of senseless
Violence

I see something wrong and I fix it with my hands
I walk a thin blue line, this cross I came to bear
I see something wrong and I fix it with my hands
I walk a thin blue line and Iıll be the one who laughs when,
You die

Main Solo : Paul Crook
Morsecode Guitar : Charlie Benante


Top



Fueled

Iım out to mix it up and change my complexion
To coat the feelings and cure my depression
A shot of petrol is my bonafide method
To lose control and get thorougly distracted

Iım on the money, here I come
Fuel for my engine, and Iım gone

I like to forget why I feel this compulsive
As I toss tomorrowıs dreams in the garbage
Whatıs important is a mind thatıs sicker
Turning Jekyll into Hide much quicker

Iım on the money, here I come
Fuel for my engine, and Iım gone

1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4
Kickstart and turn me over
Punchdrunk, but Iım still sober
Fourteen years and a whole lot bolder
And I donıt flinch
Hungry and Iıll take the best
'Cause I never wanted anything less
What doesnıt kill me makes me stronger

Itıs like a war inside me, Iım good, Iım evil
Two sides of the coin and Iıve been blessed with both
On one hand I am you, but I donıt like you
I guess thatıs the nature of the way things work

Iım on the money, here I come
Fuel for my engine, and Iım gone

1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4
Kickstart and turn me over
Punchdrunk, but Iım still sober
Bukowskiıs on my shoulder
With much to think
Hungry and Iıll take the best
'Cause I never wanted anything less
What doesnıt kill makes me stronger
Itıs like a war inside me, action is all I know
Tell me itıs suicide, tell me something I donıt know

I donıt know why Iıve been made some kind of hero
When Iıve done all I can do to prove Iım not
Itıs amazing to think someone could trust me
Tell me what do you know about me really ?
And I you make the mistake of getting close to,
Me, youıll just give me all that youıve got
So I donıt know why Iıve been made some kind of hero
When Iıve done all I can do to prove Iım not

1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4
Kickstart and turn me over
Punchdrunk, but Iım still sober
Fourteen years and a whole lot bolder
And I donıt flinch
Hungry and Iıll take the best
'Cause I never wanted anything less
What doesnıt kill me makes me stronger

1,2,3,4,1 I canıt close this broken door

Itıs just the nature of the way things work
You wanna be me, I donıt give a damn
Anyone can do it but it takes a man not to
Try so hard to give me a real life
Anyone can do it but it takes a man not to
Itıs just the nature of the way things work


Top

King Size

I want to be part of the program
I want to be part of the whole damn thing
I say, minimum effort, maximum gain
From the inside out it all looks the same
Making me feel stronger
Making me feel like The Hulk Iıll be
King Size

Here it is,
Iıll stake my claim and Iıll be first to warn you
Here it is,
I think the devil lives in California

Check out the freak Iım laughing
Excuse me are you talking to me ?
I say, minimum effort, maximum gain
From the inside out it all looks the same
Making me feel harder
Making me feel like The Hulk Iıll be
King Size

Here it is,
Iıll stake my claim and Iıll be first to warn you
Here it is,
I think the devil lives in California

Iım on a mission, Iım on a mission
For my survival, my king size position
Iım on a mission, in my condition
Outside my world I know thereıs
No place like home
Iım on a mission, my king size position
Outside my world I know thereıs
No place like home
I canıt stop my life from crashing
Out of control, Iım out of control
Nothing to fear but fear itself and me

I, Iıd never sell my soul
I never did a god-damn thing Œcause
Iıd never sell my soul for something thatıs free
Minimum effort, maximum gain
From the inside out it all looks the same
Nothing to fear but fear itself and,
Nothing to fear but fear itself and,
Check out the freak and Iım still laughing
Nothing to fear but fear itself and me

Here it is,
Iıll stake my claim and Iıll be first to warn you
Here it is,
I think the devil lives in California

Main Solo : Dimebag
Lyrical Assist : Rich Ross


Top

Riding Shotgun

Do it, drive it, drink it, smoke it,
Choke it

Two steps forward
One hundred steps back
Weıre going the wrong way
Itıs backwards, itıs backwards
Cuffed and branded
I canıt stand it

Give me the lane Iım gonna play it my way
when I want to
Charged by the pain
Iım gonna scream out my name if I want to

Live, it, be it, hold it, touch it
Kick it, beat it, love it, suck it

Two steps forward
One hundred steps back
Weıre going the wrong way
Itıs backwards, itıs backwards
Cuffed and branded
I canıt stand it

Give me the lane Iım gonna play it my way
when I want to
Charged by the pain
Iım gonna scream out my name if I want to

I feel like Iım riding shotgun
Not a roll I can play
I would never get on my knees
And walk the walk of the dead

I wonıt take a back up,
Iım gonna get my back up
I wonıt take a back up,
charged by life and nothing more

Do it, drive it, drink it, smoke it
Live it, be it, hold it, touch it
Kick it, beat it, love it, suck it !

Give me the lane Iım gonna play it my way
when I want to
Charged by the pain
Iım gonna scream out my name if I want to

Iım riding shotgun

Intro Solo : Dimebag
Main Solo : Dimebag
Feedback : Dimebag and Scott
Cool Noise in Verse : Joe Nicolo


Top

Perpetual Motion

The cracks are showing, on my face
I didnıt think that I was, that old my story is
I weathered every storm I, pulled it through
Falling by the wayside, Iıve seen a few
But I never went down, never went down
I never will
Taken every single blow and countered
Never went down, never went down,
and better still
Look at my face and see your father

Iım ready to take my turn
Taking the shot that Iıve earned
Chance is what keeps me rolling
Rolling

Diamonds in my eyes
Oceans full of pride
Can't you see Iım only human
Iım in perpetual motion Iım rolling, rolling
Can't you see Iım only human

The cracks are showing, on my face
The well ainıt empty, never out of place
It seems to be harder, for some maybe
And I wonıt play, the game of wait and see
But I never went down, never went down
I never will
Taken every single blow and countered
Never went down, never went down,
and better still
Look at my face and see your father

Iım ready to take my turn
Taking the shot that Iıve earned
Chance is what keeps me rolling
Rolling

Diamonds in my eyes
Oceans full of pride
Can't you see Iım only human
Iım in perpetual motion Iım rolling, rolling
Can't you see Iım only human

I don't fight I win, underneath it I'm human
And my pride is not a sin,
underneath it I'm human
and I respect my mistakes,
and decisions that I make
In time Iıve earned my cake,
have my cake and then
I'll eat it

Iım ready to take my turn
Taking the shot that Iıve earned
Chance is what keeps me rolling
Rolling

Diamonds in my eyes
Oceans full of pride
Canıt you see Iım only human
Iım in perpetual motion Iım rolling, rolling
Canıt you see Iım only human

Main Solo : Paul Crook


Top

In a Zone

Iım standing on a ledge cold and naked
Will someone come and offer me their help
Sometimes I forget my medication
Sometimes I forget to pray
Iıll make it through this fuckinı day

Iım unconscious, drunk and blinded
Count to ten and then I unwind it
Iım unconscious, drunk and blinded
Take a deep breath and then I unwind it

Iım wearing out my skin Iım under pressure
Pressure makes me burn it makes me ache
Sometimes I want to burn the things that make me...
Sometimes I stop myself too late
Itıs written all cross my face

Iım unconscious, drunk and blinded
Count to ten and then I unwind it
Iım unconscious, drunk and blinded
Take a deep breath and then I unwind it

Wired, wired
Iım in a zone, Iım in a zone, Iım in a zone
This is how I live

I never have to justify my actions
Scathing rhetoric my saving grace
Sometimes I really think that itıs too noisy
Sometimes I have to hit myself
Words can kill as well as help

Iım unconscious, drunk and blinded
Count to ten and then I unwind it
Iım unconscious, drunk and blinded
Take a deep breath and then I unwind it

Wired, wired
Iım in a zone, Iım in a zone, Iım in a zone
This is how I live

You canıt touch me, ever
Fear burns at my touch

Standing on a ledge will you come and help
Will you burn yourself, would you help me then
Fear burns at my touch, in its wake
An ugly jagged scar across your face
Iım unconscious, Iım unconscious, Iım unconscious, Iım
unconscious
Count to ten, Iım unconscious
Take a deep breath and then I unwind it

Wired, wired
Iım in a zone, Iım in a zone, Iım in a zone, This is how I ...
How I live, how I live, how I live, how I live
Iım in a zone, Iım in a zone, Iım in a zone, this is how I live

Main Solo : Paul Crook


Top

Nothing

Itıs difficult for me to get a grip on what you mean
When you stick your fingers in your ear and create another scene
You always step into the traps set perfect in your path
Busy going crazy over whose knifeıs in your back

Dive inside your blackest stare
The one thatıs saving do you date
Screaming that youıre scared
You the tallest soul
With the shortest self-esteem
Painted as the victim
Whoıs split between the bearns

It doesnıt seem to matter
Itıs nothing
Dead a dream is dying
Itıs nothing
Best friend I never had

Play me to the point of pushing me too far away
I can only say whatever, ambivalent to your game
You can pretend to the mirror, itıs the lie you tell yourself
And I wonıt walk on eggshells thatıs a dance for someone else

Dive inside your blackest stare
The one thatıs saying do you dare
Screaming that youıre scared
You the tallest soul
With the shortest self-esteem
Painted as the victim
Whoıs split between the bearns

It doesnıt seem to matter
Itıs nothing
Dead a dream is dying
Itıs nothing
Best friend I never had

Main Solo : Charlie


Top

American Pompeii

I try to imagine the best place Iıve been
Can I go back again ?
Open my eyes, what was no longer exists,
I canıt go back again
I like to pretend that nothing has changed
And never went too far
But it started to lose me like a four-hour movie
Iıd already seen
Holding onto my memory of what this used to be
Holding onto my memory of you

Sometimes I tell myself that things are O.K.
Another lie but it makes me feel better
Never as old as I was today
Iım gonna breakdown

In American Pompeii
In American Pompeii
Break myself just to live this way
Never as old, as I was today
American Pompeii

Look in my eyes and see how sick I feel
About what youıve become
Filthy and twisted like you never existed
I know what you were
Your beaty forgotten under mountains of schism
I donıt want to climb
Giving up my memory of what this used to be
Giving up my memory of you

Sometimes I tell myself that things are O.K.
Another lie but it makes me feel better
Never as old as I was today
Iım gonna breakdown

In American Pompeii
In American Pompeii
Break myself just to live this way
Never as old, as I was today
American Pompeii

Try to imagine the best place Iıve been
Can I go back again
Open my eyes it just no longer exists
I canıt go back again
Iım giving up my memory of what this used to be
Giving up my memory of you

Main Solo : Charlie
Solo Tag : Mike Tempesta
Shaker : Scott
Bongos : Charlie


Top

Drop the Ball

Killing myself
Someone said the fix is in
Killing myself
Once again, once again
Over easy
Burnt, my mind is overdone
Lifeıs a jigsaw
Why canıt I find the missing one

Even though Iıve felt Iıve proven what it is Iım worthy of
I canıt exist inside the boundaries of the so-called world
of love

Someone rescue my downward virtue
I dropped the ball again

Hands that touch me
Take 'em all away
Patronizing
Will you hear what I say
Fuck your caring
No one knows whatıs in my heart
Bring it all down
Break it all down to parts

Everytime I have considered why it is Iım even here
Calm collected copasetic, no good reasons why I fear
No one rescue my downward virtue

Even though Iıve felt Iıve proven what it is Iım worthy of
I canıt exist inside the boundaries of the so-called world
of love

No one rescue, no one rescue
I dropped the ball again

I never felt for you for anyone
I never ate off the same plate
Drop the ball I dropped the ball
I take from you, I rape from you
I kill myself when I think of you

Drop the ball I dropped the ball
I take from you, I break from you
I used to know how to be human
Drop the ball I dropped the ball
I take from you, I hate from you

No one rescue my downward virtue
No one rescue, no one rescue

Main Solo : Paul Crook
Chime : Charlie
Floor Tom Hits : Charlie & Scott


Top

Tester

I`ve changed, by staying the same
What does it mean to be different ?
You've changed, faced from the start
Tell me, an alternative to what ?

How does it feel ?
How does it feel to be part of the picture you...
Paint me into a corner
Tearing my niche,
'Cause I'm the opposite of opposite

Test your new model and see
Test your new model against the original
Iım the man you wanna be
So test your new model and once again you fail me

Planted, I'm staying in touch
Driven, by something with substance
Plugging, away I'm O.K.
Youıll be, here today, gone today

How does it feel ?
How does it feel to be part of the picture you...
Paint me into a corner

Tearing my niche
'Cause Iım the opposite of opposite

Test your new model and see
Test your new model against the original
Iım the man you wanna be
So test your new model and once again you fail me

For me, things are the same
I have no problem with fame
I can be everyman
'Cause my friends never shout my name

Test your new model and see
Test your new model against the original
Iım the man you wanna be
So test your new model and once again you fail me

Main Solo : Charlie
End Solo : Scott
Talkbox : Charlie
Stomping! Scott, Charlie, Frank, John, Paul C., Mike M., Zach.


Top

Bare

Standing on some dotted line
Reacting to the hands of time
A circumstance that Iıve been fed
Leaving questions in my head

Find the space that was left bare
An empty space Iıd gladly share

One must live while one must die

Combined paired up for so many years
Unsure if I really want to shed a tear
Signing off is always so clearly done
A number 2 is now reduced to one

Find the space that was left bare
An empty space Iıd gladly share

When your clock is up
And you rest for good
I will cut off my armpiece
Just like we agreed we would

One must live while one must die

While the other argues that
The world ainıt fair
But then who ever promised
Anybody equal share
You might as well forget
What you gambled on
'Cause plans never go by the way they're drawn

When your clock is up
And you rest for good
I will cut off my armpiece
Just like we agreed we would

One must live while one must die

I canıt say goodbye
Itıs all I can do to get up every morning
And when all else fails I try
To face myself and everything else
But mostly I wonder why

E-Bow Solo : Charlie
Acoustics : Charlie & Scott
Percussion : Charlie

Top

Total playing time : 50:58
İ 1995 Elektra / Warner
Out on October, 24 1995

Anthrax are :
Scott Ian : Rhythm guitars, assorted noises, vocals
Charlie Benante : Drums, guitars
Frank Bello : 4 and 12-string bass, vocals
John Bush : Vocals

Dimebag Darrel is the guitarist from Pantera

All music by Charlie Benante
All lyrics by Scott Ian and John Bush
Melody lines by Ian, Bush, Bello, and Benante
All songs arranged by Anthrax

Top