PULLING TEETH LYRICS

1. A Bitter Harvest

[Instrumental]

2. From Birth

you’re fucked from birth, born of a hopeless world you’re fucked from birth, just left to rot and die worthless humans, they’re breeding diseased spawn no life, no love, you just got left behind born less than human addicted, left for dead taught to care only for themselves careless actions thrive in a world gone wrong taught that they have no fucking consequence civil respect – abandoned and destroyed brought up in a world that doesn’t care born less than human addicted, left for dead taught to care only for themselves how can you be blamed for how you were raised? you never had a chance born to scumbags like that so little hope left now when this is our future dystopian outlook, where’s the flood when you need it? “cuz Lord knows I was fucked from birth Lord give me death, put me in the dirt born less than a human, born into addiction victims of God’s decisions, Lord undo your work” no god would stand a world like this we created this, it’s a human mess i’ve got a vulgar faith in man bring on the flood, this is your last chance

3. Extinction

a pleasant surprise but still unexpected the decision is made not to reject it plans have to change but it seems for the better creating new thoughts on forever not an easy choice in a place like this where the industry is human misery no, why can’t we see the coming end of civility? trying to survive in a world in crisis one on the edge of apocalypse is hard enough when you’re on your own searching for a place to call home but raising a child is a whole other beast when selfish depravity simply won’t cease with so few of us thinking to the road ahead is it better to let us die off instead? extinct

4. Brain Drain

i know why you made your choice but still i feel a bit betrayed self-imposed suburban exile, white flight for the modern day i hate to say it but you know it’s true this city’s dying cuz of people like you you believed the myth, you bought the lies of greener grass and bluer skies you somehow think you’ll keep him safe from drugs and guns in that place i hate to say it but you know it’s true this city’s dying cuz of people like you the disease takes control as the body is bled dry the ones who can help it are running for their lives now from the distance of your new home just watch it die

5. The New Dark Ages

it’s days like this that make me think that the sun will never shine again no signs of hope that greed and deceit won’t ever be part of the master plan they give us two choices and tell us it’s freedom but my beliefs aren’t represented and those with a choice choose not to partake, new plans must be implemented myths have a place in guiding our laws, our leaders are speaking in tongues our neighbors flick needles to deal with their feelings while violence consumes our young wars are still fought over the same false gods and still no one sees the truth cuz nice pleasant stories of life in the clouds are better than seeking the proof we inhale the vapors and we eat the cancers while disease it steals our breath solutions are offered but we can’t be bothered, give us convenience or death welcome to the new dark age

6. Grudgeholder

why i never learn burns behind my eyes ill-humored latebloomer, finally recognize been playing catch-up all of my life always find myself a few steps behind lessons are learned but never in time but this time i’m getting it right i’m tired of wasting effort where it doesn’t belong no longer making right what keeps going wrong accept my losses while my sanity is intact don’t need the stress, i’m cutting the fat you never listen, you never learn my frustration has reached a new peak rage boils over and i lose control do me a favor and stay over there save your “i’m sorry”s for someone who cares you never listen, you never learn please get it through your head i don’t fucking care why i never learn burns behind my eyes

7. Plastic Tombs

when we’ve got more going out than we do coming in we’ve got a real sustainability problem someone explain this to me cuz it doesn’t make any sense we’re told that it’s ok to spend what we don’t have it’s for the good of the economy debt-based economics, just fueling our greed confusing our wants and needs it’s in our best interest to invest in sickness it’s for the good of the society the rich get more and the poor go bust but in the almighty free market we trust is this really what we need? in a world where greed is king we live beyond our means we spend what we don’t have to gain the upper hand amass a pile of shit and live a life of debt bound by what you owe, buried in a plastic tomb this can’t last

8. Funerary

close your eyes, consumed with oblivion the night has torn us apart how can we imagine that we can survive? close your eyes, dream sleep the black sleep last sunset pays final debt never to rise again never close your eyes the blood has been drained night has swallowed us home fire in it’s own broken wisdom betrays the loss of abomination cursing the destruction of the ambivalent crucifixion, we rise in disguise a bastardized expression of guilt reach out and touch all things we want to corrupt live on, watch it all die because death is how we survive close your eyes a final breath, and then it’s done follow the trail of the setting sun cold nights and last rites sleep forever as they dim the lights rest in peace or so they say without the torment of another day your final goodbyes close your eyes

9. At Peace

hey old man, are you better off now? the pain you endured, no god would allow you never let it show, so stubborn, so still a man of such virtue, no god could kill peace, in death find peace some kind of release in death find peace please, see me as i sleep visit me in my dreams so i may be at peace your faith gave you strength to not succumb to despair you always put others first amidst this nightmare it’s all over now, but i still can’t believe no god would bestow such abhorrent disease peace, in death find peace some kind of release in death find peace please, see me as i sleep visit me in my dreams so i may be at peace never will i see your face and never will i touch your skin and never will i ever get to see you smile again never will i see your face and never will i touch your skin and never will i ever get to feel your warmth again never will i see your face and never will i touch your skin and never will i ever get to call and ask for help again never will i see your face and never will i touch your skin and never will i ever get to tell you that i love you again

10. Whispers

on those nights when sleep just won’t come you’ve exhausted every option, when it’s all been said and done you think about what comes next when peace finally knows your name the regrets that you may have, what you’d do all over again whispers from a far away place and you’re gone without a trace did you give all that you had to offer? did it kill you to watch others suffer? we will be remembered for the things that we shared while our empires of waste dissolve into the air whispers from a far away place and you’re gone without a trace voices that call you by your name lead to light on your final day do you plan to go an anonymous soul? destined to be forgotten in time the lackluster outcome of a life lacking goals or will you leave behind a grand legacy? a history worthy of time’s memory?

11. Waiting

a genius ploy to maintain control, reward so great you’d sell your soul two-thousand years and still you wait, the hook is set with the perfect bait like a carrot at the end of the stick, the promise of eternal salvation lead the way and they follow, forever waiting on the impending return still they’re waiting, they’re still waiting for his return how much waiting can you take before you learn? always waiting on the coming of the messiah he’s not coming, now be damned all crooks and liars the time has come, the chance was missed, humanity has been dismissed it’s up to us to save ourselves, no way but up cuz this is hell take control of your own life, stop waiting on man’s biggest lie no savior is coming for your soul, find faith in self because you’re on your own

12. August 29

if every day is a gift i’d like to give this one back the longest drive of my life julie in the passenger seat and barely a word said between us we were on our way to visit when the phone rang still over two hours away two hours that felt like so much more in virtual silence in times like this it’s a bit unnerving how often thoughts like, ‘maybe they made a mistake and they’ll sort it out right away and call back to let me know all is well’, pass through your head you keep checking your phone for that missed call, but nothing we couldn’t get there fast enough, yet there was a part of me that thought that if i didn’t show up at all then it couldn’t become real won’t you please let me give this one back, give this day back cuz i don’t know if i can make good use of this gift you’ve give me i walked in the door to sympathetic looks from family and friends but it was the faces if my mother, brother, and sister that came into focus immediately what was there to say? are there any words that would do this situation justice? ‘at least it was quick and painless’ ‘it most likely happened in his sleep so he never knew it hit him’ ‘he no longer has to deal with this terrible disease’ none better than silence i just commemorated my first Father’s Day without mine we have no traditions of remembrance on that day for those of ours who have passed my father loved his music and he will live on in mine won’t you please let me give this one back, give this day back cuz i don’t know if i can make good use of this gift you’ve give me just take it back, please take it back, i don’t want this, please take it back if i have one responsibility now it’s to take the lessons i’ve learned and pass them on to those who will listen in honor of his legacy always fight for what you believe is right no matter how many are telling you you’re wrong always honor the work of those that came before you and always cherish the family and the friendships that share your laughter in the good times and that provide support in the bad





PULLING TEETH LYRICS