1. FEED

I don't need my ego fed (x4)

I just wanna feel I can trust (x4)

I don't need my ego fed (x4)

I just wanna feel I can trust (x4)

I don't need my ego fed (x4)

I just wanna feel I can trust (x4)

I don't need my ego fed (x8)


2. CYNIC

Yeah - I made a promise to love myself
But somehow I don't think that I'm gonna make it
Yeah - Is that me behind the screen?
I see some shapes but I can't see any faces

An ego might not be so bad
It could be something I should have
I can't make my mind up
Help me with this while I grip this
I made a promise to myself but I think I need some help
If you see something that is good in me won't you tell me?
And maybe I'd be something you could stand

Yeah - I made a promise to love myself
I think this could be good for you as well as me
Yeah - I know I'm not that much fun
The joke I have become doesn't make you laugh

Here comes the doubt again


3. MAYONNAISE AND MALAISE

Writing what you say and saying it all back to you
Mayonnaise and Malaise to go
The catcher in the rye caught a catch 22
Keep it at a pace - My life is like a crawl to me
Catatonic face - I'm marking time randomly
Mayonnaise and Malaise to go

Dull and null and void and all my best instincts stink
They pay me by the hour and I don't even have to think
Charismatic bore and I don't want to work no more
I'm gonna kill the next customer who walks in the door
Mayonnaise and Malaise to go

It's really something to be twenty-nothing
I feel my place is so secure
A culture spot that I have got
So glad to be unsure
We've passed our prime in record time
I never thought we'd fall so low
We've come this far to sell your cars
I want all my unease to go

It's really something, to be twenty-nothing
I feel my place is so secure
A culture spot that I have got
So glad to be unsure
I've come to resent what I represent
I'd like to smack that smile off your face
But for my angst I must say thanks
So good to be put in my place

Mayonnaise and Malaise to go

Punk Rock Car


4. USER

I used - I used her right - oh, yeah
I used - I used her right - oh, yeah

Don't you give me no
Don't you give me no shit

I used - I used her right - oh, yeah
I broke her open wide - I broke her open wide - oh, yeah

Don't you give me no
Don't you give me no shit

Digging down deep in my conscience
Digging up something nasty and white
Break wide down the middle and hard
I'll tear away what I came for

I used - I used her right - oh, yeah


5. MANIPULATOR

I never said now (x8)

I never said I wouldn't lie to you
I never said that what I've said was true
I never said I wouldn't lie to you
I never said that what I've said was true

Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now, real strong now

I never said now
I never said now
I never said now
Why don't you sit down?

I never said now
I never said now
I never said now
I never said now

I never said I wouldn't lie to you
I never said that what I've said was true
I never said I wouldn't lie to you
I never said that what I've said was true

Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now, real strong now

Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now, real strong now

I never said now (x8)

I never said I wouldn't lie to you
I never said that what I've said was true
I never said that what I've said was true

Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now, real strong now

Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now manipulated
Real strong now, real strong now

I never said I wouldn't lie to you
I never said I wouldn't lie to you
I never said I wouldn't lie to you


6. BAG OF HAMMERS

You pin me down - you box my ears
I'll get you back - Motherfuck - I'm no baby
I've made a meal - the first course is crow
Choke it down - cause you suck - I'm no baby

You never said smart was your strong trait
But smart never seemed to be a trait at all
And I never wanted to see you go down
But I must admit that I'd like to see you
Fall right back into your tar trap
And bend your back until it fucking snaps
And I never wanted to hurt you that bad
But I must admit that I'd like to see you fall

You pin me down - you box my ears
I'll get you back - Motherfuck - I'm no baby
I've made a meal - the first course is crow

La La


7. SCOTT-ROCK

I believe in someone
I believe in someone
You change my mind all the time the only one I know
I know it's kind of sudden
But I believe in someone
I couldn't say - how this would play
I've made my purpose clear
I believe in someone
I believe in someone
I believe in someone I believe in ones I love

I've never been this naked
I don't think I could fake it
It's as I've feared - I don't feel scared
I'd trick you if I did
Can I tell you something?
I believe in someone
That someone's you
And I'd tell the truth
But you've never asked me to
I believe in someone I believe in someone
I believe in someone
I believe in ones I love


8. SPORTS BAR

Fucked up - drunk and stoned
Every choice has a no
Speech slurred - I called you again
You're not even my friend
I did it again
Choked up - I gotta go
Every choice has a no
I'm broke - I don't belong
They're raping my favorite song
And every time I wake up I feel sad
I dream about the things I used to have
And how did I get into this? - I'm tied to it
Teased up - high hair disgust
No sex - a natural distrust
I don't care - you can't get through
I dig hating you
I did it again
Drink it up - pissed off
I'm a hack, you're a smoker's cough
I'd like to fuck, but you're too dumb
Gee, it's great being single and young
And every time I try to talk to you
I know there's something else you'd rather do
And how did I get into this? - I'm tied to it

And every time I wake up bruised
I know that my brain's not in use
And every time when things are great
I don't know why I detonate
I'm tied to it

I did it again

And every time I wake up bruised
I know that my brain's not in use
And every time when things are great
I don't know why I detonate
I'm tied to it


9. CHICAGO FANPHAIR '93

Sorry - to crash your party
But I just couldn't wait for an invitation
And I know damn well that you never sent one
But you can't kick me out - cuz I live here, too - and I'm the life
Of the goddamn party that you threw

Hangin out with a bunch of brats
I know you guys like to think that you know where it's at -
but you don't
I understand why you guys are so mad
I wasn't picked to be part of your plan - but, oh, well
La la


10. STRICT-9

You - You're not asking questions that I don't have answers for
You're hard to fool
But not too hard to do
You played it cool
But cool can get you screwed
And I'm way too fucked up on that to allow myself a way to get back

You - You're not taking actions for responsibilities
And these are only words
And, yeah, they are yours
And you know that of course
But we have tricky words
And I'm way too fucked up on that to allow myself a way to get back

You - You were throwing caution to what you were pissing in
Pissing in the wind - and that's the shape I'm in
I took that on the chin - the circle's closing in
And you don't have to grin - or give my world a spin
And I don't want to win- I just want to begin
And I'm way too fucked up on that to allow myself a way to get back


11. SKID MARKS

No - I'll cut you in a minute
You know you should admit it- oh yeah
There's no turning back
I guess that you knew that
My eyes are turning black and my brain is getting fat
I'm staring at some ants that are swimming in shellac
- I won't do this again - No

No - I'll cut you in a minute
You know you should admit it- oh yeah
Here I go again
I should be among friends
I'll let you know when
I start to feel a nerve end
That should be around ten
So just shut up until then
- soaked in glowstick juice

No No No No No No No No


12. GRRRLFRIEND

I'm in love with a riot grrrl
I'm in love with a riot grrrl

I'm a boy and I know that that's bad
But I don't see what's got her so mad
Now I'm not dumb -

I've got my eyes tied on
I've seen her 'zine and I think it's right on
Now I don't care if she makes me be quiet

I'm in love and I think it's a riot