BUTCHER BABIES LYRICS

1. Burn The Straw Man

Burn the straw man
Burn the straw man
Burn the straw man
Light a match and watch it burn
Burn the fucking straw man down

Now who is the victim and what is the charge
We've been stuck in the system for years
There's a human being wanted at large
He's a status code, a shit stain, a fucking disease
Let's go

We're just legal friction
They make you up and take a name
A piece of paper gave you a life but they treat you like a thing
They have ways of distraction
They keep you entertained
Keep watching don't ask questions
Reinforce the make believe

They're watching me, they're watching you
They're watching me, they're watching you
They're watching me and they're watching you

Be afraid
Be very afraid
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn
Understand
Do you stand under me
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn

I'm sick of following the leader
I'm sick of the shame
I've been sick from the cloud of smoke blinding this gaze
So put your left foot in and your right foot out and charge that mother fucker
Knock the straw man down
He has a million voices telling us lies
Describing your fate to your face while scripting your demise
He uses fear as his favorite play while hiding his eyes
For the calm and innocent who wreak of surprise

They're watching me, they're watching you
They're watching me, they're watching you
They're watching me and they're watching you

Be afraid
Be very afraid
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn
Understand
Do you stand under me
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn

I'm afraid
I'm very afraid
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn
Understand
Do you stand under me
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn

The straw man
He falls over
Burn the straw man
He burns so fucking hot

Light a match, watch it burn
Put your hand up, take a turn
Light a match, watch it burn
Put your hand up, take a turn

Be afraid
Be very afraid
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn
Understand
Do you stand under me
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn

I'm afraid
I'm very afraid
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn
Understand
Do you stand under me
Burn like a straw man
Burn like a straw man
Burn

2. Lilith

Welcome! To my kingdom of hearts
Feed my ego with lust
Slide my fingers inside and spread you like warpaint on my skin
And now you're welcome
By the grace of my hands, take in my wonderland where the streets painted red
Fill me with your poison in my skin and now you're mine

Cover me with your youth and beauty
Your death stings a rose in bloom now faded red

Bow down
I'm the Vasilissa
The Queen
The Queen of Hearts
Bow down
Kiss the rings Agapa me
The Queen
The Queen of Hearts

The faithful grab the holes in their chests
Spill the blood of my blood
I stain the rouge on my face
Bath me in your crimson, the story of you life ends now

Cover me with your youth and beauty
Your death stings a rose in bloom now faded red

Bow down
I'm the Vasilissa
The Queen
The Queen of Hearts
Bow down
Kiss the rings Agapa me
The Queen
The Queen of Hearts

Your life flows circles around
We are one in this blood sea
Let's paint this town red
Your heartbeat muffled in my hands
I am you and you are me
Let's paint this town red

Cover me
Cover me
Cover me with your youth

Bow down
I'm the Vasilissa
The Queen
The Queen of Hearts
Bow down
Kiss the rings Agapa me
The Queen
The Queen of Hearts

3. Headspin

We're all alone I'm moving closer now
I need to feel you running through my veins
A straight shot piercing through my skin
It's not enough, I need to drink you in
My lungs are hot and begging for more air
But my body is half-way there
And waiting for the beating of my heart
To catch up 'til we shake

Please don't tell me that your leaving now
Stay and bury yourself in me

He said please just don't stop
Please don't stop until I'm screaming your name
It's a head-spin until were both insane again
Don't stop 'til I'm screaming your name
He said I just won't stop
I won't stop 'til your screaming my name
It's a head-spin until were both insane again
Don't stop 'til I'm screaming your name

Hold me closer and pull me under
With our fingers interlocked
As we're blurring the lines
It's been a long day
I'm in a bad way
Give it to me,
I need to know you're mine
Steady hands
'Cause we've been here before
I want it all
Not wasting time so give me some more
I want it now
Stay and bury yourself in me

My body aches, my body shakes
I try to scream but nothing comes out
My body aches, my body shakes
I try to scream but nothing comes out
Melting into submission
I feel the sweat drip it blurs my eyes
My body aches, my body shakes
I try to scream but nothing comes out

4. Korova

Seems like forever you've been feeding me these nightmares, dearest friend
Just to be the one that saves when I scream 'cause you're my only friend
No I'm a hollow man

Run the night past the dogs that snarl and bight
My cow, korova, come with me
Guns are drawn bright against the snow they shine
My cow, korova, come with me

We can live forever
But if we die, we die together
Run with me
Run with me

Look me in the eyes
Tell me, who is your friend who is your enemy
You have no friends among the capitalists
You have no enemies among the workers
Friend? Now I'm your enemy
Simple hearted trusting man, hold my hand
Now liberate me

Now it's clear you were never human at all
My cow, korova, come with me
My salvation brought with me to take the fall
My cow, korova, come with me

We can live forever
But if we die, we die together
Run with me
Run with me
Set it all on fire
If we burn, we burn together
Run with me
Run with me
Run with me

I won't forget the night you arrived
Swollen with fear
I had to have you
My korova
Korova
My korova

Run through the night
Run to the light
Run through the night
Run like it's the last night of your life

If you really love me give me what I crave, my dearest friend
You never really knew me as the real me 'til the bitter end

We can live forever
But if we die, we die together
Run with me
Run with me
Set it all on fire
If we burn, we burn together
Run with me
Run with me
Run with me

5. #iwokeuplikethis

Woke up
I woke up in a plastic bubble
Breathing this plastic air but you weren't there to calm, calm my nerves
For the first time didn't even care
I got up walked around these cold dark places on my own

All, all while tripping
While tripping on my toe tag
Choking on my consciousness 'cause now I know I've died the most
All, all while tripping
While tripping on my toe tag
Confusion came to check my pulse 'cause now they know I've died the most

Toe tag
Toe tag

Sign and date my toe tag
Stamp and tie my toe tag
Lace it up
To tag
Bag me up
My toe tag

Woke up
See bags of blood they're all my type
Breathe in the putrid smell of my own skin
It rots off my bones
Looking at the others rotting too
I got up touched the ground felt the cold concrete below my feet

All, all while tripping
While tripping on my toe tag
Choking on my consciousness 'cause now I know I've died the most

Toe tag
Toe tag

Sign and date my toe tag
Stamp and tie my toe tag
Lace it up
To tag
Bag me up
My toe tag

I never should have unzipped myself
I could've continued to see through the eyes
The eyes, the eyes of my body double
I don't want to touch feel taste
I don't want to breath in this waste
Let me rot in peace

Toe tag
Toe tag

Sign and date my toe tag
Stamp and tie my toe tag
Lace it up
To tag
Bag me up
My toe tag

This should have been my end
Until we meet again
But I'm all, all while tripping
While tripping on my toe tag
Confusion came to check my pulse 'cause now they know I've died the most

6. The Huntsman

What big eyes
I know he's watching
What sharp teeth
I know he's hungry
I can taste him smell him on my skin

He hunts me down
Down on my knees
He wants me now
Now that I bleed for him
We'll drown
Forcing me
He wants me down
Down on my knees
He hunts me

What strong hands
It's how he binds me
What tight reigns
His word controls me
He can chase, but two can play this game

He hunts me down
Down on my knees
He wants me now
Now that I bleed for him
We'll drown
Forcing me
He wants me down
Down on my knees
He hunts me
He hunts me
He hunts me

He hunts me

Go on and taste me
Taste me
As we slowly waste away
I'll waste you
As we slowly fade away
This is my game
Go on and chase me
I'll chase you
I'll erase you from my mind
Erase you
This is my game now

He hunts me down
Down on my knees
He wants me now
Now that I bleed for him
We'll drown
Forcing me
He wants me down
Down on my knees
He hunts me
He hunts me

7. Controller

Play! Just push play
Play on this game
Play on this
Run don't walk and try to keep up
Play! Just push play
You want this game
So play this
Run don't walk and try to keep up

You think I'm stupid 'cause I've played you game for far to long
I'm stupid
Nah, you're stupid
You think I'm a sucker
Like a pawn you play breaking all the rules
I'm a sucker
Nah, you suck

So let's play your game, I'm crazy
I followed you home, I'm crazy
I watched you eat, I watched you sleep
You know I'm fucking crazy

Play! Just push play
Play on this game
Play on this
Run don't walk and try to keep up
Play! Just push play
You want this game
So play this
Run don't walk and try to keep up

Hey there Billy, you silly little boy
You thought your head games would lock me in, but guess what I found my way out
You think I'm desperate
I'm desperate
Oh so desperate

So let's play your game, I'm crazy
I followed you home, I'm crazy
I watched you eat, I watched you sleep
You know I'm fucking crazy

Play! Just push play
Play on this game
Play on this
Run don't walk and try to keep up
Play! Just push play
You want this game
So play this
Run don't walk and try to keep up

I know I'm outta control
You think you have control
We've all lost control
So on your mark
Get set
GO!

You know I'm fucking crazy

Play! Just push play
Play on this game
Play on this
Run don't walk and try to keep up
Play! Just push play
You want this game
So play this
Run don't walk and try to keep up

Play! (Crazy) Just push play (Crazy)
Play on this game (Crazy)
Play on this
Run don't walk and try to keep up
(You know I'm fucking crazy)
Play! (Crazy) Just push play (Crazy)
You want this game (Crazy)
So play this
Run don't walk and try to keep up
(You know I'm fucking crazy)

8. Oceana

This time I'm deep in the water
The murky water, it pulls me under
I feel it cover me
A whirlpool in my lungs now I feel it at one
I get the sudden itch and I'm gone
See you later!

Deeper to the deepest
Always sinking eye to eye with the fathers of the sea
We're fearless

Following the undertow
Sink to the lowest low

And now I know I'm swimming always swimming deeper
I always seem to find myself swimming with the sharks
In a fight I can't win but I always seem to start
Swimming always swimming
'Cause the bait of a chase pulls me from the cage
I'm a beast for defeat so let it swallow me
Swimming god damn swimming deeper down

Senses touch all my senses with the lashing of the tide seducing all my pride defenseless

Try to keep a grip on your rubbery skin
But I am no match
Sink your jagged teeth in
It's never enough for me
It's never enough for me
Sharing my blood with the sea
And I'm gone

Following the undertow
Sink to the lowest low
And now I know I'm swimming always swimming deeper
Swimming always swimming deeper down

Down we go to the bottom of the undertow
Down we go I try so hard to follow the glow
'Cause I always seem to find myself washed up with the tide
Strangled by the sea engulfing all my sight
Drowning always drowning deeper down
The roar of the waves pushes me back to shore
With my tail between my legs but I'll come back for more
Drowning always drowning deeper down

I always seem to find myself swimming with the sharks [6x]
Swimming with the sharks
Swimming with the sharks
With the sharks
With the sharks

And now I know I'm swimming always swimming deeper
I always seem to find myself swimming with the sharks
In a fight I can't win but I always seem to start
Swimming always swimming
'Cause the bait of a chase pulls me from the cage
I'm a beast for defeat so let it swallow me
Swimming god damn swimming deeper down

9. Look What We've Done

Oh, I can see what you see
It's all in front of me
I can only feel what you feel
It's deep inside of me

I can walk the way you walk
I can talk the way you talk
I've given every inch of me

How could I have been so lost

We held so strong as we built a path so wrong
We felt so in control as we were spiraling
Look what we've done
Bloody and damned
I can't wash this off my hands
We felt so beautiful as we were spiraling
Look what we've done

You can only breathe what I breathe
It's all I give of you
You can only hate what I hate
You're driven by my rule

You're not real unless I give you the chance to truly live
Exhausting all your love and trust

How could I have been so lost

We held so strong as we built a path so wrong
We felt so in control as we were spiraling
Look what we've done
Bloody and damned
I can't wash this off my hands
We felt so beautiful as we were spiraling
Look what we've done

Who am I
Who am I
Am I dead, am I alive
A skeleton with soulless eyes
Does this end with truth or lies

Will I remain this way
Does this ever change
Do I take the blame
Or simply run away

How could I have been so lost

We held so strong as we built a path so wrong
We felt so in control as we were spiraling
Look what we've done
Bloody and damned
I can't wash this off my hands
We felt so beautiful as we were spiraling
Look what we've done
Look what we've done

10. POMONA (Shit Happens)

Fuck fuck fuck fuck

Woke up in my car
Don't know where the fuck we are
What does that sing say? Fucking Pomona? Again?
Let's shake it off, let's get some coffee
A quad espresso, easy vanilla, extra ice, no cream, NO FUCKING CREAM!

Oh shit, look at my best friend, it's happening again
The fucking car won't start
What do I even have a corvette for?
I don't fucking know
Call a cab all the way back to LA
My phone is dead
FUCK! So is mine
Fuck it let's walk anyway...
Good 'cause we all know you need those extra steps

What in the world happened last night?

We drank it all
We smoked it all
We danced it off till the boys went home
We lost the keys
We found the cops
Got summer jobs
At least I think so

Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck fuck fuck fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck fuck fuck fuck
Shit
Shit
Shit
Shit shit shit shit
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck fuck fuck fuck

Please tell me you remember something
I upgraded my neuro-processor and checked my penile gland
I got myself some ass implants and even got a tan (It's Friday again)
Here comes that dipshit Jimmy in his stupid fucking Jeep
"Hey bitches, what a ride?"
Not if we have to do what we did last time (I hate Monopoly)

Oh my god dude, you got a tattoo?
Wait dude, so did you?
What? What is it?
It says "Jimmy!"
What does mine say?
It says "Jimmy!"
No not Jimmy!!!!
No
Fuck
Fuck
Not Jimmy
Fuck

Why does this always happen to us?

We drank it all
We smoked it all
We danced it off 'til the boys went home
We lost the keys
We found the cops
Got summer jobs
At least I think so

Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck you Jimmy
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck you Jimmy
Shit
Shit
Shit
Shit on Jimmy
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck you Jimmy

Pomona
Fucking Pomona
Always Pomona
Fucking Pomona

Can somebody tell me what the fuck is going on?
Dude, fuck if I know

11. Underground And Overrated

Can't call my family, I don't have one
The sickest kid on earth
I'm the science project you've been hiding and I'm out to get revenge
You think you kinda know me not the other way around
'Cause I've changed the story from the four horsemen to the boy who cries wolf

I can't live by the same rules as you
The message
The reason
There's no need to believe it
Because we'll all end up underground and overrated

Preacher's got the bible-thumpers circling me
I'm their drug filter human
I trained the parasites to talk outta your mouth and now you sing just like a bird
That is the thing about filthy cannibals they're all infected with disease
I was born to rule but you changed the game to the boy who cries wolf

I can't live by the same rules as you
'Cause your bullshit restrictions won't break me in two
No your bullshit restrictions won't break me in two
I can't live by the same rules as you
The message
The reason
There's no need to believe it
Because we'll all end up underground and overrated

Circles in circles
The dot in the middle
You fucked with the balance this time
You can't get rid of me, you're surrounded on all sides
You can't get rid of me, I'm even under your feet

You think you kinda know me not the other way around
'Cause I've changed it from the four horsemen to the boy who cries wolf

I can't live by the same rules as you
'Cause your bullshit restrictions won't break me in two
No your bullshit restrictions won't break me in two
I can't live by the same rules as you
The message
The reason
There's no need to believe it
Because we'll all end up underground and overrated







BUTCHER BABIES LYRICS