The Memorials

The Memorials The Memorials Lyrics
1.Born To Shine

Didn't look like me...

I never did want much
Of those material things...
'cause i'm so fine
The stage is mine!
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words may... only hurt me.

I'll ride alone i've got my own
If you choose to desert me...!

But you don't have to go....


The path that i walk is out of time...
Oh did you know i was born to shine?
The path that i climb is out of time...
Oh did you know that i was born to shine?


2.Day Dreamer

I?m strange
I know very well
As you can tell.
I?m travelling
Just to see
New things?
Hey
Daydreamer!
Dreams waking
Breath taking?

Hey
Daydreamer?
How did you get so high
Head-off in the clouds?
Nothingness surrounds you
You?re all alone in a crowd.
Wake?n'bakin? today
?cause i gotta get away from me.
Hardly ever gentle
Rarely sentimental
And fairly
Even tempered
Trying to stay centered.
Positively leaning
Searching for the meaning of:
Why we do such crazy things
Chasing after dreams
As if they were fading?
So frustrating?

Hey
Daydreamer?
How did you get so high
Head-off in the clouds?

Nothingness surrounds you
You?re alone in a crowd!

Wake up!!!
Don?t sleep
On your dreams!
Wake up!!!
They?re waiting for you!
Wake up!!!
No rest
For the weary!
Oh oh oh oh oh

Soul flower
Fly free!
Won?t let no heavy spirit take control.
I?m walking on my own plane
I?m here to do my own thing
Finally!
Finally!
Oh no yeah!

Child of man
Be strong!
Patience is virtuous
And the labour is long.
But you ain?t gotta day dream
We?re livin? in a wake dream?
Finally!
Finally!
Yeah!


3.Dream

Anybody ever been told that they were a miracle?
A missing child or runnin? wild?
Momma told me ?bout my daddy when i was a few years old?
He was gone and had a home
Far away enough for him to have another family.
Single moms they bare it all.
Nobody else to call
All alone ?cause she wanted me more?

And i have a dream
For you and me yeah?
I have a dream
For you and me yeah?

Dreamers often do pretend
Here i might have never been?
Had i made the right choice?
And followed my first mind?
But now i?m so behind
Can i begin again?
Can i make a difference?
Be another version of me?
If i keep on reinventing
Will it cause you to cling?
Or will you walk away?
?cause i really want you to stay?
And keep on dreamin?!

And i have a dream
For you and me yeah?

I have a dream
For you and me yeah?

And i have a dream
For you and me yeah?
I have a dream
For you and me yeah?


I?ve gotta?
Gotta keep on?
I was a dream!

And i have a dream
For you and me yeah?

And i have a dream
For you and me yeah?

For you and me yeah?


4.Enough

I never was enough.
But i was just enough bug up
And you really did want me.
But i was always wanting your love?
I? gave you all i had.
Yeah that?s right.
But it wasn?t enough.
And i?ve just had enough
I?m so tired of wanting? ya.

Still you say: stay with me!
Lovely stay? with me!
Please just? stay with me!
Lovely stay?

It?s all backwards the way i don?t love you that much.
And your touch isn?t my remedy darling you set me free?
But hold me down though i surrendered to ya.
I gave you all i had?
Yeah that?s right.
But you brush me off
When i feel i am lost?
You call my name
You call my name
And you say?

Stay? with me!
Please just? stay with me!
Stay with me?
Stay?

I?m so tired of wanting your love
Seems it?s haunting me round every corner?
I can?t get away!
I can?t get away!
I can?t get away!
All i hear is stay!
Stay? with me!
Please just?
Stay? with me!

If i?m the truth then why would you make a laugh of me.
I?m down for you entirely
I?ve nothing left to prove.
You leave me now you lose
So can you choose or must i do it for ya?
I?m not amused.

A game of love is what we play.
A bad romance is in our fate but i?ll partake.
It?s masochistic but the pain is all i long for?
Every day i?ll give it all for your heart break.
I know you feel me?
You?re so weak you tell me ?no?
But you don?t mean it.
I keep it all inside to be the way you like
And it?s a shame?
That i?
I? i?

I never was enough?


5.Give Me The Stuff

Why cant I just let it go?
Its calling me.
I feel so out of control
And every time I try to kick it I fail...
This addiction is wicked its kicking my tail!
You cant picture my struggle.
Its something you feel,
This sickness is self inflicted but its real!
No one can save me ,Im in the way!
If I choose to go I still might stay.

I cant give it up!
I cant get enough!
Just gimme the stuff,
Gimme the stuff!
Its all I can see,
Without it I cant breathe!
Just gimme the stuff,
Gimme the stuff!

I wanna play all day long!
I wanna play all day long!
I wanna lose all my burdens in a song/
Im not trying to take these habits to the grave
Cause I will have lived my whole life as a slave...
Forgive me Im weary,
Im beaten,

Im torn...
I keep feeling lower,
I look for more...
Since I find my peace at the bottoms of bags,
Ive become less and less worried of tags
Label me junkie,
Compulsive, a fiend...
Everyone loves
To call me something,
I wont take offense!
I love being me
But Ill take your wallet, you got what I need!

I cant give it up!
I cant get enough!
Just gimme the stuff,
Gimme the stuff!
Its all I can see,
Without it I can't breathe!
Just gimme the stuff,
Gimme the stuff!
Just gimme the stuff,
Gimme the stuff!

I cant give it up!
I cant get enough!
Just gimme the stuff,
Gimme the stuff!
Its all I can see,
Without it I cant breathe!
Just gimme the stuff,
Gimme the stuff!
Just gimme the stuff,
Gimme the stuff!


6.GTFOMF

A friend?
Then a date?
Then my man?
Then a snake.
You?re so fake,
Such a flake.
Empty promises is what I?ll take from
Time I spent with you?
Didn?t wanna call me boo
And I didn?t have a clue
About the shit you put me through.
Never ever really loved me babe,
Only ever love the shit I gave you
And I?m not a player hater?
Just go away!!!

Is that all you have to say?
Would you just give me some space?
I?m not listening anyway!
If she?s so great:
Get the fuck out my face!

This is such a wast of time!
I?m about to loose my mind!
I don?t care so, how
?Bout you go get a life?
Get the fuck out my face!

My folks,
Not my bro,
Not some joe,
Not much more?
Well at first,
Then it changed?
He put it down and made me say his name.
Then he came up with an old lady
And the broad was so crazy.
She would make him call me daily
Telling me how much he hated me.
I was almost hurt about it
But I never really doubted:
He would do what ever he likes,
Even if it?s sleep with me at night?
And we play,
Never do stay too far away.
Not for long we?ve got some bond
Step to me and you?ll hit a brick wall.
It?s that strong,
Just back off?
Girl go home ?cause you look so lost?
With your cupcakes and your tears,
Matter of fact baby just disappear!

Is that all you have to say?
Would you just give me some space?
I?m not listening anyway.
If she?s so great:
Get the fuck out my face!
This is such a waste of time!
I?m about to loose my mind!
I don?t care so, how
?Bout you go get a life?
Get the fuck out my face!

Is that all you have to say?
Would you just give me some space?
I?m not listening anyway.
If she?s so great:
Get the fuck out my face!
This is such a waste of time!
I?m about to loose my mind!
I don?t care so, how
?Bout you go get a life?
Get the fuck out my face!

Love was like floating on a cloud,
Took me so high I can?t come down.
Wondering if I?ll ever be found
In love again and not just pretend.
Did I imagine it was true?
Love wouldn?t do me like you do?
You do? not like you do,
I loved you for real!
I won?t say I didn?t feel!
For you?
But now I?m through,
Baby?
Save me your tears
You won?t see no remorse here
I was so true and faithful to you.
Baby I!
I cried for you?
You were so cruel?
And thought you were cool?

You left me standing here so heart broken?
I was so all alone.
I missed you baby
While you were gone.
But not for too long,
Not for too long?
I?m strong?


7.I Remember You

Trippin? on the memories.
Time is oh-so-fleeting
It got away from me?

And lately,
Life seems upside down.
There?s heartbreak all around
And the pain is hard to bare.
Why are you no longer here?

I remember? you!
?Cause I remember? you!

I remember? you!
?Cause I remember? you!

So what can I do?
When smilin? just don?t work?
They still see the hurt
In my eyes, it?s so wrong
You belong here by my side!
Damn, those cowards playin? God,
It?s so senseless that you?re gone?
So when I am all alone,
I remember? you!

I remember? you!
?Cause I remember? you!

I remember? you!
?Cause I remember? you!

I remember? all the times?
How could I forget the best time?

?Cause I remember?!

All the good times, all the love?
?Cause I remember? you!

All in my heart, all the love?
Love?


8.Let's Party

Old boy Jack,
He knows just where the party is at.
I am talking good times that care,
Free kind is hard to find.
Call Jamie
And Johnny is coming too.
Mark is a maker,
Watch out for those jewels!

Because when you go party with the whiskey boys,
You are cool, let us party!
Might as well see this as dranking school!
Let us party!

Last night Jack kissed me
And Jamie layed me down.
Johnny got jealous
He went looking for something to pound.
Do not hate me!
We are still having fun!
Whiskey goes crazy I have got room for everyone!

Because when you go party with the whiskey boys,
You are cool, let us party!
Might as well see this as dranking school!
Let us party!
Go party with the whiskey boys,
You are cool, let us party!
Might as well see this as dranking school!
Let us party!

Because when you go party with the whiskey boys,
You are cool, let us party!
Might as well see this as dranking school!
Let us party!

Because when you go party with the whiskey boys,
You are cool, let us party!
Might as well see this as dranking school!
Let us party!
Go party with the whiskey boys,
You are cool, let us party!
Might as well see this as dranking school!

Let us party!


9.Natural Disaster

So when you see me on the way,
Will you pack up or will you stay?
Do you believe that you can weather this storm?
To your misfortune
I come by only to consume.
So your life will be no more?
Not like it was before.
Are you prepared to leave what?s there?
Do materials make your life?
I wonder why?
What do you see as precious?
Now, will you neglect it since time is not on your side?
Let go of your pride!

I?m a natural disaster,
And your joy is what I?m after?
I?m a natural disaster, oh!

If I was an earthquake,
I would crack your world,
I would destroy everything:
Make it like there was no life before.
I could be a blue flame,
I would burn so cold
Wouldn?t leave a trace of life,
Or any fortune that you could hold?

I?m a natural disaster!
I?m a natural disaster!
And your joy is what I?m after?

If I was the west wind
I would blow you down!
Or maybe if I was a twister
I?d come and sweep you right up off the ground!
I?m a wave of emotion,
Come to flood your heart!
My terror might just leave you breathless
As you watch your world fall apart?

I?m a natural disaster!
I?m a natural disaster!
And your joy is what I?m after?

So when you see me on the way,
Will you pack up or will you stay?
Can you weather this storm?
To your misfortune I come by
Only to consume you oh, no more!
Tell me: are you prepared to leave what?s there?
Do materials make your life?
Oh, what do you see as precious?
Will you neglect it
Now that time is not on your side?
Let go of your pride!

Now that time is not on your side?
And let go of your pride!
Oh, what do you see as precious?
Will you neglect it,
Since time is not on your side?


10.Real

Workin?, wishin? I was on the road.
Knowin? all the time I?m destined for much more?
I?ve been slavin? for a man that ain?t no good,
Thinkin? fire me, God damn I wish you would!
I wish you would!
?Cause you gimme scraps and it makes you feel proud,
And you got some nerve wanna go spread that shit around!
Talkin? ?bout what you gave me
Like it was free?
If you knew what I was made of
Would?a cherished me?

?Cause I?m real!
Won?t let ?em break me down!
I gotta do what I feel,
And do it with a smile!
I gotta face it, this time I can?t walk away!
This time I won?t let you get the best of me!

Have you ever settled for much less?
Did you ever go and walk out in protest?
Did you ever scream back in their face?
Did you ever give them just a taste of what you take?
With a blank stare
Like you just don?t hear them?
?Cause it ain?t fare.
You never did fear them?
Who ever said this shit would be easy?
Why is it always pain for gain?
When will this labour be fulfilling?
What can I do to make a change?

All you gotta do is be real!
Don?t let em break you down!
You gotta do what you feel,
And do it with a smile!
You gotta face it, this time you can?t walk away!
You got your dues to pay,
So go on and be real
with you especially!
You have it all eventually?

Should I speak nothing of this freedom
That I so humbly long for?
And yet I won?t explore the key to
Letting go of the pain from before.
Though I know they wish to break me?
Though I know they wish to break me?
Though I know they wish to break me down?
Down, down, down?
Never will they see me shed a tear!
I?m aware of my purpose here.
It?s not profound I?ve found
Just to be
The real me?
Just to be
The real me?


11.We Go To War

My ideals are not refined,
I work for the greater blind.
Miscommunicate my cause:
Blame it on sacred law.
I?m an insult to your fate,
My God you?ve betrayed,
Self-destruction?s in my fate.
Unafraid,
A willing sacrifice!
And what a shame
You must forget your life!

Black on black if in the dark,
I?ll be unseen and still make my mark,
Striving for infamy!
Your rules aren?t meant for me!
I won?t be bound,
I?ll leave here in a blaze.
Unafraid,
A willing sacrifice!
And what a shame
You must forget your life!
What a shame
You must forget your life!

?I?m eatin? your bleedin? heart for dinner,
Don?t think anything else will keep me warm in this cold winter.
I?m so cold i?ll call you my sacrifice,
It may be bold but this holy war
Leads to paradise?
On a mission that will end with both our deaths?
I?m not afraid of letting go of all these worldly
Things, my flesh is just a temporary fit!
Cowardess is not what this is all about,
there?s no innocents in this instance it?s time for judgement!
I?m eatin? your bleedin? heart for dinner??

Concede oh never,
calling?

We go to war!!!
Ready for war!!!
We go to war!!!
Ready for war!!!


What is this terrorism?
We?re killing our own sons!

We go to war!!!
Ready for war!!!
We go to war!!!
Ready for war!!!


12.Westcoast

It?s the memory of
Dancing in the sun and
Walking in the rain and
Smoking every day yeah?
On the best green i
Swear it isn?t this good in
Anybody else?s hood oh
What a blessing yeah?

Endless summer
I never wonder?
I?m cali dreamin?
West coast yes?

Endless summer
I never wonder?
I?m cali dreamin?
West coast yes?

Livin? on the left coast i?m
Waitin? on my next train and
I?m thinkin? with my right brain
And always creatin??
And i don?t tell lies i
Only make up stories
?cause the ordinary bores me it?s
So depressing yeah?
I don?t wanna grow up i
Only wanna be a kid again:
Music is my best friend

I ain?t never lonely?
Yeah it?s the
Endless summer
I never wonder?
I?m cali dreamin?
West coast yes?

Endless summer
I never wonder?
I?m cali dreamin?
West coast yes?

Oh i wanna go to an
Endless summer
I never wonder?
I?m cali dreamin?
West coast yes?

Endless summer
I never wonder?
I?m cali dreamin?!
West coast yes?

I?m cali dreamin?!
West coast yes?


13.Why Me?

?you ever meet somebody? with all the potential in the world?
But they just can?t seem to get it together?
And it?s always one thing after the next
?why me? why??
And they act like they can?t do anything to change it.
Well i figure? it?s all up to you.?

There she goes she?s crying again?
There?s no one to console her
Seems she has no friends?
And every time the walls start closing in
She just lays there so helpless.
?til they smash her thin
Then she thinks?

Why me why me?
You keep on crying crying?
And you don?t ever give it a chance
Always the victim of circumstance.
Time you take life into your own hands
At the end you?ll begin again?

She?s a fool she?s at it again?
Knows it always ends badly but still she pretends?
This time will be different and no one can obstruct
The bright future that she?s built and others bad luck.
But she says?

Why me why me?
You keep on crying crying?
And you don?t ever give it a chance
Always the victim of circumstance.
Time you take life into your own hands
At the end you?ll begin again?

?she?s always running running from herself
Unwilling to face the reality of things.

She?s oh-so capable of turning the tables.
Making her way all she has to say is? no.?

No?
I?m not goin? let you hurt me?
Anymore.
Yeah i know
I?m the one who let you hurt me
Before but
I won?t be crying:
There won?t be no more ?why me?!

Everything you do comes back
And sometimes two times
Harder than it started.
You cannot escape you
Get back what you gave and
Now you?re broken hearted?
What?s the use of crying
If you aren?t trying to change your situation?
If you let go of your frustration
Maybe then you?ll see:
You won?t be crying
There won?t be no more ?why me?!

No?
I?m not goin? let you hurt me?
Anymore.
Yeah i know
I?m the one who let you hurt me
Before but
I won?t be crying:
There won?t be no more ?why me?!