ANTI-MORTEM LYRICS

1. Words Of Wisdom

I was told my whole life “don’t do this, don’t do that”
Force your opinion on me like it was fact
You tried to hypnotize and teach me to act
The truth is you lied and there’s no going back

You wonder what’s under, what’s underneath my skin
You wonder what gets under, underneath my...

I see no reason why we should lay down and die
No words of wisdom
I see no reason why we should lay down and die
No words of wisdom

You were told get on your knees and pray every night
To the man who says that he will make it alright
So many words and not a damn one was wise
And I’m left with nothing but the nothing inside

You wonder what’s under, what’s underneath my skin
You wonder what gets under, underneath my...

I see no reason why we should lay down and die
No words of wisdom
I see no reason why we should lay down and die
No words of wisdom

You wonder what’s under, what’s under my skin
You wonder what’s under, underneath my skin
You wonder what gets under, underneath my skin!

I see no reason why we should lay down and die
No words of wisdom
I see no reason why we should lay down and die
No words of wisdom

No words of wisdom
No words of wisdom

2. New Southern

Can you tell me what I’m looking for?
Can you tell me what I’m searching for?

Sleep on the streets where I walk in the dark
And I lived with a heavy heart
Go wherever I choose to go when I roam
And I know that there’s no train headed for home

New southern
I live this way
Going straight to hell on a rainy day
A new southern
‘Cause I live this way

Lost my head on the way to get help
With the hand that I dealt myself
Fuck! I can’t help about the way I felt
But sometimes I even disgust myself

New southern
I live this way
Going straight to hell on a rainy day
A new southern
‘Cause I live this way

3. 100% Pure American Rage

Retaliate! Riot! Revolutionize!
We can no longer stand idly by...
Rebel against this devil or meet you demise
How much can we give till we realize?

Read the signs
We’re out of time
Today we rise
Join or die!

We took all we will take
Our hate is American made
City to city, state to state
Our rage is American made

Rage!

Annihilate! Destroy! Demoralize!
Read between the lines and don’t believe their lies
Revel in your evil, their all seeing eye
How much can they take, you’re out of your mind

Read the signs
We’re out of time
You’re in this fight
So choose your side
Today we rise
Join or die!

We took all we will take
Our hate is American made
City to city, state to state
Our rage is American made

Our rage is American made
Our rage is American made
Our rage is American made
Our rage is American made!

We took all we will take
Our hate is American made
City to city, state to state
Our rage is American made

We took all we will take
Our hate is American made
City to city, state to state
Our rage is American made!

4. Hate Automatic

You sell the words you used to mean
The silver lining on a perfect dream
Descend to stardom, demise to fame
And soon enough, you’ll be thrown away...

You’re in over your head
One false move and you’re dead
Don’t want this day to end tragic
Wannabe wants to be me
I switch off the safety
You’ve entered the mind of a madman

Fully-loaded automatic
Hate automatic
Fully-loaded automatic
Hate automatic

I’m the fuel, the igniter
You’re the fool in the fire

What a slap in the face
The only word is “Disgraced”
I’ve gone beyond the point of pissed
A disease that sticks to me
I can’t shake the feeling
Somebody put you up to this

Fully-loaded automatic
Hate automatic
Fully-loaded automatic
Hate automatic

I’m the fuel, the igniter
You’re the fool in the fire
I’m the fuel, the igniter
You’re the fool, you’re the fool!

Hell-stained thoughts in my brain
We are not one, we’re not the same! No!
You stole my life, you’ll share my pain
You stole my love, now feel my hate!

Fully-loaded automatic
Hate automatic

I’m the fuel, the igniter
You’re the fool in the fire
I’m the fuel, the igniter
You’re the fool, you’re the fool!

Hate automatic

5. Black Heartbeat

Used and abused, heart-breaking news
To live a lie and watch you die
Choking on your words

It’s safe to say it’s over now
At least until you call
Sometimes I’ve wondered why I cared
Or loved you at all

Go on and pretend that it’s not your fault
Your cold black heartbeat has come to a halt

So use me and abuse me
To get what you need
Confuse me, lie to me
Your damage has been done
You can’t take advantage of my love anymore
No trust, no honesty
Then just walk out the door

When I see you out, I keep my pace
My cold black eyes wipe that smile right off your face
You know that it hurts ‘cause you made me this way
But if you died tomorrow, well, I’d spit on your grave

Go on and pretend that it’s not your fault
Your cold black heartbeat has come to a halt

So use me and abuse me
To get what you need
Confuse me, lie to me
Your damage has been done
You can’t take advantage of my love anymore
No trust, no honesty
Then just walk out the door

Use me and abuse me
To get what you need
Confuse me, lie to me
Your damage is done

So use me and abuse me
To get what you need
Confuse me, lie to me
Your damage has been done
You can’t take advantage of my love anymore
No trust, no honesty
Then just walk out the door

No trust, no honesty

6. I Get Along With The Devil

Well I heard you got a big mouth
Let’s see about a quick hand
Fuck deep meaning
I mean to offend!

You do everything and anything you want to do
To take all you want, you’d tear the whole world in to
An old tradition we have around the south:
“Say my name with respect, or keep it out of your mouth!”

I get along with the devil
Yeah! I get along
But I hate the motherfucker!

Every day’s a new battlefield
Without a cause, you raise sword and shield
At whatever cost, carry out my will
I won’t stop and think or pause to blink
Don’t hesitate to kill!

I get along with the devil
Yeah! I get along
But I hate the motherfucker!

7. Path To Pain

If there was a time and that time is now
Time for you to walk away and shut your fucking mouth
Well, you face the smoking gun
Are you feeling lucky, son?
Bounced a check you could not cash
Fucked up bad, fell on your ass
Fell on your ass! Yeah!

Give up, give in
Best be on your way
Time’s up!
Commence kicking rocks down the path to pain

Give up, give in
If your ever walk my way
Time’s up!
Commence kicking rocks down the path to pain

If there was a time, a time to back down
Time for you to walk away, no sense in dying now
You wonder when I’m done
When it’s fucking bloody, son
Take a breath, savor your last
Fucked up bad, fell on your ass
Fell on your ass! Yeah!

Give up, give in
Best be on your way
Time’s up!
Commence kicking rocks down the path to pain

Give up, give in
If your ever walk my way
Time’s up!
Commence kicking rocks down the path to pain

Kicking rocks down the path to pain
My path to pain

8. Wake Up

I know your face, I’ve seen it once before
Your twisted truth lies behind closed doors

But we’re not blind
We can open your eyes and...

Wake up
Rise up
Don’t be afraid to
Stand up
Speak up
Show us your face

Liars, leaders, kings, deceivers
They’re all the same
We gave you your power
We can take it away
Away!

Give us a reason not to riot in the streets
Give us a voice and set your people free

Lock their closed doors
Throw away the key
We can open our eyes
We can learn how to see and...

Wake up
Rise up
Don’t be afraid to
Stand up
Speak up
Show us your face

Liars, leaders, kings, deceivers
They’re all the same
We gave you your power
We can take it away!

The wars that we’ve been losing
The wrong paths that we’ve been choosing
Every answer that they’ve made
More questions now replace
If we keep waiting on
Them to change the song
Will wake up one day...
And realize it’s too late!

Wake up
Rise up
Don’t be afraid to
Stand up
Speak up
Show us your face

Liars, leaders, kings, deceivers
They’re all the same
We gave you your power
We can take it away!

Rise up!
Stand up!
Speak up!
Wake up!

9. Ride Of Your Life

Ripped up, torn apart inside
I’ve been burned too many times
You should’ve thought twice on this one
But you’re not the thinking type

You better know where to run
Know where to hide
Don’t hold your breath
Look alive!

‘Cause I’m coming closer with every step
Do you feel me breathing down your neck?
I won’t tell you again, I don’t give a fuck if you understand!
My heavy, my calloused hand will find you, boy, and make you a man

Strap in for the ride of your life
Break into pieces in the limelight
Lie like I’m right, can’t seem to find
Nothing but wrong

You better know where to run
Know where to hide
Don’t hold your breath
Look alive!

‘Cause I’m coming closer with every step
Do you feel me breathing down your neck?
I won’t tell you again, I don’t give a fuck if you understand!
My heavy, my calloused hand will find you, boy, and make you a man

10. Stagnant Water

Rotten body swinging from a tree
Gunshot wound cleaned in a salt-filled sea
Cut throat dead on a blood red sun
In the right hand of God...is a gun

Full moon overhead
A good night to bury your dead
Your body aches as the night closes in
Waves crash down, there’s death in the wind

Stagnant water in your veins
A gunshot ends your pain
Lifeless men in the riverbed
Stagnant water turns blood red

How long can I live this disease?
How long will it imprison me?
Rubbed raw, so now I can bleed
Leave them here to suffer with me

Stagnant water in your veins
A gunshot ends your pain
Lifeless men in the riverbed
Stagnant water turns blood red

The blood pours and flows in streams
Stench of death blows in with the breeze
Bullet hits so you lay your head
On the bloody mouth of the riverbed

Stagnant water in your veins
A gunshot ends your pain
Lifeless men in the riverbed
Stagnant water turns blood red

Gather round the whipping pole, boy
Take their turns at beating you down
Grit your teeth, you feel it coming
Just some more meat to pound

Begging does you no good
We turned a deaf ear to your pleas
Sober life that you fear, it’s coming
Without the chance of being free

Break! Break!
Break these damn chains

11. Truck Stop Special

The first time I saw it
It happened so fast
I didn’t turn the other way
Although I never stood a chance

You said “don’t waste your life with your head in the sand”
You said “don’t waste your time, son, on a fool’s errand”

Well, in this life, the rules you live by
It makes no difference, son, when it’s do or die
Oh! Your stone’s been weighed, the dye is cast
Your crow has come, judgment is passed, yeah!

But you can’t deny the accusations
When you got the red-stained hand
This life is one of temptation
Best walk away while you can

You can’t live your life, no, with your head in the sand
You can’t waste your time, son, on a fool’s errand, yeah!
On a fool’s errand

Enough money to drown in, enough rope to hang
Trouble’s the way I’m living, child, but it ain’t nothing
I’ll educate you, boy, I’ll show you how to be
To never want nothing, son, and take all you need, yeah!

But you can’t deny the accusations
When you got the red-stained hand
This life is one of temptation
Best walk away while you can

You can’t live your life, no, with your head in the sand
You can’t waste your time, son, on a fool’s errand, yeah!

Well, this life, it’s a dead end street
Cold, dark and lonely, straight fucking mean
A race to the end, whoever gets there last
Suffers from the sorrow of losing all they had...

A fool’s errand
A fool’s errand!

12. Jonesboro

Walking down that road from Jonesboro
And I’m the meanest S.O.B. that you’ll ever know
South bound traffic, “can’t I just hitch a ride?”
“Yeah! I’m headed that way, boy! Jump inside!”

All the things you say about all the things you do
It’s about time to put you down, I swear I’ll see it through

“Get in or I’ll confess your sins with this gun
That I’m holding to the back of your head!”
I said, “You best just drive on to Jonesboro!
‘Cause I’m the meanest son of a bitch you’ll ever know!”

No matter what you think
Nothing you’ve heard is true
It’s a bad joke and you’re the clown
They’re laughing right at you

“Get in or I’ll confess your sins with this gun
That I’m holding to the back of your head!”
I said, “You best just drive on to Jonesboro!
‘Cause I’m the meanest son of a bitch you’ll ever know!”







ANTI-MORTEM LYRICS