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Some Thoughts

by Davey Dynamite

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1.
Well my real name is Dave Anians. And I’m a 20 year old Caucasian member of the middle class. But I have a heart and I have a soul and I have a brain inside of a skull. And I’m just like you I swear and I’m trying to be a good person. And I love my friends and I love my family but my social awkwardness probably pushes them away from me. But sometimes I’m better and sometimes I’m on top(did ya hear that voice squeak?) of it so hopefully you’ll meet me when I’m like that And I hate racists and I hate sexists but I’m really too afraid to get into an argument. But I love people so I can’t really hate them so I got to try my best to reach out to them. And I love punk rock but I love other music too. But I don’t like some punks but I believe in them, too. And I don’t trust the government but sometimes kind of do. And I’d tell you I’m a socialist but I haven’t got a clue. Because I’m just a stupid kid with some thoughts in my head and a low paying job so I can cure my future debts. And my parents are paying thousands upon thousands so I can go to school. So I can drink beer with my friends and get stupid tattoos. But I swear on everything I have and everything I know that I’m gonna do my best to try and show that I will make it worth it. (cue broken guitar string…) I will make this worth it. God I hope I make it worth it. And I write songs and this is an example, but this one’s kinda lame but I’m proud of the other ones. So tell me how you like them because I appreciate your thoughts. And I appreciate your willingness to listen to mine. So Thank you
2.
Down and Up 02:42
And I go down, and up, and up, and down When I see you… And life it seems to be the way it is and it’s not goin anywhere it’s just gonna sit right here. Like when I sit, here as an old and feeble man, I will be lying near my grave, thinking of my younger days. And I will sing, to eve, the mother of us all, and I will curse her thieving name for the ever present fall Like when I fall, to earth after being so damn high. I was flying up in April, shot dead by July. So cry me a river so I can float away, I will wash up on a beach where I can settle with my brain To get it all thought out, the way I need to go but there’s just two ways you can go when you are standing on the shore So I will cry, as well, and drown out the land, til I have no other choice but to swim into your hands So the rest of the world will be washed out from our tears, leavin only us, leavin no more fears So I will stick to this road, the only one I know. It will bring me to this place, that I’ve been callin home And the drive might not be long to get there, but there’s a weight to the road, and a pressure to the years.
3.
I just wanna get, a little out of it, alittle out of my head just once in a while And I don’t think im askin’ much And we’ll say, as the day fades, oh I love you for this moment And I don’t think that’s asking for much Cuz tonight, we’ll be flying Out of our brains into each other’s arms And tonight, we won’t be hiding Pretending there’s no need for alarm And it all looks, so beautiful, shimmering in the light from the tv The channels we’ve all watched so god damned long And you all look so beautiful This night when I’m not lonely Making all my days so god damned long ‘cuz tonight, we’ll be shooting From our hips, into each other’s skull And tonight, we’ll be rooting For every team’s colors, not their goals. Oh, but now it’s over, spending the day with our heads down Thinking about regrets and things gone wrong And are we really happy? Knowing the moment is over Fixing all regrets and things gone wrong ‘cuz today, we’ll be leaving Wondering if things will ever be the same And today, we’ll be bleeding Out of our hearts, into each other’s names And today, I’ll be thinking All the records burned, all the lessons learned And today, I’ll be sinking No one but me to keep me from going under And now it’s gone, and I feel so lonely My tired eyes are falling down on me This darkness holds no hope for tomorrow Am I dead or is this just lack of sleep?
4.
Hail hail chuck berry, Hail rock and roll Hail whatever it is we have, that gives us Soul And hail hail the rhythm and hail hail the blues and hail hail the hero The livin’ Johnny B Goode well tonight, as I was standin there feeling strange and quite aware of an age that has since passed long ago But atop the crowd a weary flame Aged with years of a chanted name A reminder of something we should all take home that even if it’s all the same an exhausted effort of forgotten days you’re still in it, and you win it, because you know that age aint just a number it hits your bones it drains your head but you don’t stop being alive until the day you’re dead And I know im just a stupid kid and I know that age aint hittin me yet but when it does I hope that I never forget That even when my time has come and there’s a 6 feet deep hole they have dug Even if I lived to be 84 I’ll know, I never grew old So Hail Hail Chuck Berry Hail Hail Chuck Berry Hail Hail Chuck Berry Hail Rock and Roll
5.
Chemicals 02:04
Do I stand right here in this rain? Do I stand here cold and refrain? Do I, watch this passin train Go by, and by and by, good bye? Or do I, jump on to that car So I, can travel wide and far No I, I can’t go anywhere No I, must settle this right here For me to break this streak this morning evening downward screaming Feeling that haze for no reason at all Oh I, ive been through this before Oh I, ive tackled this before Don’t cry, don’t give in to this chore This lie, this self chemical war My life, is meaning more and more My time, has always been adored But my brain, is telling me to quit Enough, I’ve had enough of it My friends, my love, my family My dreams, my hopes, my need to be free Oh fog, oh mist, you will never break me
6.
Go Baby Go 02:35
Dance with me, oh baby let’s use those feet oh I promise girl, won’t be the end of the world and I will try my best, and babe I won’t digress when I am telling you, oh how much I love you and baby let’s go back, to the railway tracks and we will watch the trains, break right through the rain as we look at time, and the way the line rushes through the mist, like a lover’s kiss And I will sing this song, as I march along through life’s changing ways, and its rushing days and I will try my best, after one last caress to keep moving on, and always staying strong so give me this one dance, oh girl that’s all I ask because time don’t slow, and baby time don’t hold on to the times like these, oh yeah they’re like a breeze they keep us cool for a while, and then they’re out of style So every day that you’re on this earth oh please oh promise me, that you will always be that girl I know, the one who never slowed down to see what the world wanted her to be Go baby go So please tell me dear, everything you fear and I will fight those fights, and girl I’ll make them right and come on please, tell me what worries thee so we can work it out, and strangle every doubt.
7.
Right now, all I can think about. Is let down, over this fucking crowd The framework, of things that I’ve stood for. The same work, washed out through every score I guess what they say is right, No one’s crazy anymore Call me selfish, call me insecure, call me crazy, sometimes you’re right I’m sure But when your heroes show themselves as pricks, don’t blame me for being idealistic Just hope in 1979, they weren’t so full of shit So tell me, why it has to be. That you scream for everything they say When they just proved that they’ve lost the soul, well I’ll tell you, one thing I know for sure when they tell me to get addicted, ill spit on the fucking floor Because when we screamed, Viva! At the top, of our lungs We meant long live revolution, and long live never giving in Viva never giving in, viva never giving in So right now, all I will think about. Is how to, never lose this shout To never get too proud to get pissed at beers thrown from the crowd Especially if my theme is to be dressed as a clown Cuz nothing, makes me more bitter than being shot at by guns of glitter By a man who, thinks he’s too good, to be brought back to his old neighborhood When honestly I really wish he would Because when he screamed , Viva! At the top, of his lungs. He meant long live revolution, long live never giving in. -------------------End of song clip is “Who Spilt My Beer?” by The Adicts-----------------
8.
Oh My God 04:59
Oh my god I’m losing it oh my god I’m losing my head all my life I’ve thought it all my life aint that long there’s a wishing well, that leads straight to hell. We throw our pennies in, to wash away our sins there are nickels, there are dimes, there are countless, there are infinite it continues, to climb, this very mountain, time after time but man made this mountain, made it immense, he made these pennies, he don’t make sense to me oh my god I’m losing it oh my god I’m losing you all my life I’ve thought it all our lives aint that long there are wishing wells, that lead straight to hell, we throw our saviors in, again and again we say absolve us, we gave enough, we gave our best friends, we gave our love we beg forgiveness, we beg for peace, we beg for life eternal, we beg for freedom we threw our pennies in, we threw our pennies in, into this wishing well, into this wishing well oh my god I’m losing it oh my god I’m losing you all my life I’ve thought it all our lives are gone we made pennies, we made nickels, we made dimes, we don’t make sense to me
9.
Fuck the man, who tells you how to be a man and fuck the world, who tells you how to be a girl and fuck the law, that tells you that it’s wrong to be whoever you are, to love someone Because when we grow up, we’re told to love who we can but god help his soul if he marries a man and divorce is ok, as long as that’s not gay there’s room for that in hell and about six states And that’s the attitude, but no one thinks it’s rude to shun what’s not straight, sit there and call it lewd. But please tell me dear, what’s so wrong with being queer? It doesn’t even affect you, now that’s what’s fucking weird. So continue to stand, I will continue to shout: Why all the doubt? There’s nothing wrong about husband and husband, wife and wife get your head out your ass, its’ not your fucking life. Fuck the man, who tells you how to be a man and fuck the world, who tells you how to be a girl and fuck the law, that tells you that it’s wrong to be whoever you are, to love someone.
10.
*“Well I felt so bad when I heard that song you know its been such a long long time well it’s a little off beat and it aint in tune, ya know its just like this heart of mine and if it hurt, when you left” Well you know you fucking broke my heart. but I aint ever gonna leave. So I turn to my clash posters. I ask Joe what to do. Is this really worth it? How do I stay true? Is this all lost? Was it really ever found? He says “why are you asking me? Im six feet underground… Its your fucking turn” So I take my stiff little fingers, I play these trusty chords I scream like no tomorrow like these are my dying words And there will be uptight people about this stupid song They’ll say I don’t stick to ideals and I still live with my mom But punk rock means a million different things to a million different people But ill tell ya what it means to me, it’s my church, my fucking steeple my fucking life, my fucking death, wave my black flag to a minor threat Dillinger 4 to fucking Trio, the ones who taught me how to feel From The Boys to the Dead Boys, Johnny Thunders making noise God bless the Saints, gotta love the Hives, the ones that make me feel alive We’re Descendants of Ramones, born through a Red City Radio We’re Adicts we’re Adolescents, we’re that Blank Generation But with an X for the Idol, we’ve got the Throwaway Style We are waiting for the man . We’re The Riffs, We’re The Damned. But that’s enough about those bands I just want to impress you, I want to keep this thing alive I want to keep all the punks in the alleyway singin: **“This is my world. This is my world, don’t take it away” *Lines from “Sleeping Aides and Razor Blades” by The Exploding Hearts ** Lines from “My World” by The Crack
11.
Shoe souls 02:36
Its kinda funny how some semipopular punk bands can teach you more about the things you never learned its kinda funny how a hard traveling folk man can tell you more about the way the world turns than every news show could ever tell me, cuz theyre too busy stayin alive than every president could ever tell me, cuz his campaign needs to thrive and everywhere I look is just more of the same. Are we telling the truth or are we playin games? I think it’s time we stop and reestablish ground, before these binding thoughts bring us crashing down Think for yourself. Give thanks to all of those who break out, of their cage and seek the truth unlock your head, throw out the junk that binds you shake it up, try something new cuz im sick of standin up here, feeling like a motivational poster and im sick of you sittin there, refusing to get any closer and im sick of the people, refusing to change if its crazy to be accepting, then we ought to be deranged End ignorance, if you want to save the world Prove me wrong, prove me wrong Walk a mile, in everybody’s shoes Prove me wrong, prove me wrong
12.
Outro 03:48
I’m strumming these chords. I hope youre not too bored Because I’m never gonna stop. I’m gonna sing these songs. until my voice is gone. No I’m never gonna stop. From the moment I picked up this guitar I learned to sing with all my heart But I’m not the first so don’t call me original But I’m not the last so call me hopeful. And we’ll strum these chords. Hope you’re on board Because we’re never gonna stop And we’ll scream these songs. until our voices are gone No we’re never gonna stop No we’re never gonna stop. And we will save our friends, we will fight to the end We will crash the gates, we’ll decide our fate We will love ourselves, we will destroy hell we will break the mold. We will not be sold We will live and we will die But if I died here. Right now I’d be doing what I loved With the people who I loved In this life, that I loved. So for the hundred millionth time, Thank You
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released August 29, 2011

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