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H2O
FASTER THAN THE WORLD
1.F.T.T.W
2.Empty Pockets
3.One Life ,One Chance
4.Guilty By Association
5.Fading
6.Bootstraps
7.Can I Overcome
8.Found The Truth Within
9.Old School Recess
10.Helpless Not Hopeless
11.On Your Feet
12.Day By Day
13.Force Field
14.Ez.2.B.Anti
15.M&M
16.Reputation Calls
17.Liberate
18.Follow The Three Way
19.Not Just Boys Fun
F.T.T.W
look for us in cali - east bay to la or with our friends in dc - the ust we made through the canadian border back home next week in nyc because we're faster than the world we cant slow down i hear the windy city calling-chitown,chitown as we arrive in tokyo-edemio and the kids are cool in kansas tomorrow's the philly troc show chorus new york city - you can't slow down east coast to the west coast- you can't slow down japan to europe - you can't slow down world wide hardcore punk - you cant slow down the world will try to catch up when they think this a trend but we'll keep moving fast enough and they'll never never comprehend
EMPTY POCKETS
all these politics, it's a deception falling on america's weak they say we're keeping ourselves down we sold out on half ass trailer park dreams so now we're living with rednecks, racists -blk/white hatred i'm trying so hard to love my nation underfed, overbred, i just can't get ahead it's not about the races or the revelations people shooting up the blocks because of empty pockets fighting with the cops because of empty pockets selling what we got because of empty pockets blaming every other face for our empty pockets and i think we need a shift in direction better wake your ass out of sleep out of sleep and stop juding others who struggle just like you and me cause now we're living with hard times, sex crimes friends are hard to find . i'm trying not to lose my mind in the low-class, high-class in the middle sinking fast i know you wanna blame it on my education i'm hanging on the block because of empty pockets fighting with the coops because of empty pockets selling what i got because of empty pockets blaming every other face to our empty pockets lost without a trace because of empty pockets living in a different place because of empty pockets
ONE LIFE ,ONE CHANCE
what if i said , i was an accident waiting to happen would i trip and fall, fall on my words and would you say, say that i was wrong my words were out of place, went where i didn't belong this to me is fact and fiction plays a role confusing situations that i can't control the heart of matter, it beats with pride sometime i wear it on my sleeve,sometimes i keep it inside and no one said it was gonna be easy, and i'm not afraid to try and with the odds stacked up against me, i will have to fight one life one chance, gotta do it right! and i cant let fate dictate what's best for me gotta take control of my own destiny, you can't relate you think there's no escape, but i got everything at stake here just to prove you wrong chorus
GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION
six years, a very hot summer night, ave a with friends hanging on the corner, for the world to see some friends drunk, some friends high, laughing and talking as the people walked by the air was tense an muggy as fuck, lower east side running amuck guilty by association judged by who i know can't keep all my friends out of trouble when they got no place to go me drug free in the midst of it all, crazy fucking summer hanging out with madball people got there ass kicked, people got hurt, but i was accepted for all it was worth bad reputations are hard to live down, i'm not guilty for i hang around chorus sometime i felt like an outcast, trying to talk my friends out of trouble tried to be a positive role model , but i got caught up in the rumble we had ideas scribbled on walls, six years later, our destiny calls living our lives, some of us in bands, touring the world, but we know where we stand cause when we play show together or just hanging out, talking about those time and how we got out we're still the same fellas, still all tight . young till we die, and ready to fight for what's right as i look back now on summer vacation i realize, i'll always be - guilty by association
FADING
you look me in my eyes, and i could not see your disguise i followed every caution that i knew, but now it's no surprise that you can only talk the talk and now there's nothing left for me to do and while i'm waiting , time is wasting and i can only do my best to put another to the test and while im waiting, you're just fading away you followed me around and picked my heart up off the ground you made me wanna be a better me, and then you turned you back as if our time was all an act, i guess there's nothing left for me to see chorus all i could see is what you wanted me to see all i could hear is what you would never say and all i could do is just go on without you anyway anyway i can today while you're fading away
BOOTSTRAPS
i got your bootstraps, i'll pull you up and won't think twice and you can take it as advice, we've got to help each other out cause that's what is all about and the fuck can we forget, how we got here today. no way! now it's time to make it clear, that we would not have made it here without the ones who pulled us up, taught us how to make it work and if you ever get to the chance to change somebody's circumstance i hope you know what you should do, cause that shit will come back to you i got your bootstraps, i'll pull you up and won't think twice and you can take it as advice, we've got to help each other out cause this is how we all survive, and we'ere never gonna stay alive without each other there's no way . now way!
CAN I OVERCOME
can i overcome these things i'm feeling, coldness deep inside the violence, the loss of friend, it's got me desensitized why in the world, does the world keep trying me i'll try . don't wanna hear all the hurt, i dont wanna see why can't you see sometimes i feel numb. i can't feel no pain can i overcome things i can't explain and i still want to try to trust again but i just can't believe the things i read, i just wanna close my eyes the tv news gets me confused, so i now i'm paralyzed and i can't close my eyes . pretending not to see what i've become can i overcome
FOUND THE TRUTH WITHIN
do you remember when we were afraid? crossing our fingers we'd turn out ok no faith in the world cause we doubted ourselves but in time, came to find the hard times had made us strong now the fear in me is gone, found the truth within, i'm strong only affraid of never knowing, all the things i could have never done do you still feel all alone and betrayed? kicking yourself for the mistakes you made well it's time to stand up and set yourself free the future is waiting while you search for what went wrong chorus i remeber all crazy shit we use to do seemed like we were'nt afraid of anything we were ready to take on the world, not worried about our future at all ah, fuck it we did that shit we were afraid we were afraid our time was running out we didn't think we had the same chances as the others had well guess what? we were wrong chorus
OLD SCHOOL RECESS
where did we go so wrong, how did we last so long all i can think now that we're here, is when we gonna have some fun can't forget what we were, even if it's all a blur and never forget why we're still young, and how we all still endure i don't wanna be 13, i only wanna share the scene all i really want to do is have saturday, every day for the rest of our lives when did it come to this, too much business i'm not under no fucking gun, so when we gonna have some fun tell me how you got so sad, with all the good times we had when all you really want is to have saturday when you're tired of living in the past - saturday when you only want good times to last - saturday everyday for the rest of our lives . old school recess
HELPLESS NOT HOPELESS
ain't it strange how time just slips away then i got your call the other day all these years and you're still in that place and you really don't have much to say like, what about your dreams? and are they blowing away, while you sit there wishing you could start again are you stuck in a rut? helpless not hopeless got a fear in your gut? helpless not hopeless are you waiting for luck? helpless not hopeless and i know how hard it is to change, with so many lives to rearrange and every time you feel so close, you forgot about what you want most like what about your dreams , and are they blowing away while you sit there wishing you could start again chorus time, it's funny how time slips away time, and it's hard, hard to make that change but, you can make that change
ON YOUR FEET
just when you thought you had it made, you had a life your bills were paid but your heart was numb inside, abandoned by your foolish pride and this i know, nothing comes from shallow goals i've tried and you will find, all your riches they come from inside and here it comes that empty feeling again i wanna help you out, i wanna make you understand what it's about i'm not just here to be your fairweather friend, we'll see this to the end and get you on your feet again now that you've lost, you win so much now there's only you to trust, wit your mind left open wide so now you know there's something you can't control it's ok, your war has died, but the battle still goes on outside chorus
DAY BY DAY
today's a new day, not like the old days what else can i say, that's not been said each day i rise up, thinking i've wised up i realize that i don't know shit i don't know where i'm gonna be - day by day with me i don't know where i'm gonna land - day by day with me my five year plan, has turned to ten and it's all gonna happen again millenniums coming, better start running straight for a place in history so fast the past went, none of our time spent wondering what's gonna happen to me chorus again and again through time i see - day by day i'm going through changes to find what's best for me - day by day i know where i am and i know where i'm from so i got to face the future and take it as it comes chorus stand up - on your feet chorus
FORCE FIELD
i'm staying away from your negative space you're only bringing me down whenever you come around i see the look on your face , you're in a world of hate anger is a wall around you no one's getting through friendships falling down around you what are you gonna do? i'm trying to give it something positive cause it's an open hand not a closed fist . are you getting the jist or are you just getting pissed chorus i'm not willing to waste my time believing that you're gonna do what's right i wont be there to catch your fall only to find i dont know you at all
EZ.2.B.ANTI
i thought this was supposed to be about open minds and unity not alienation, separation, or who is more pc you people pointing fingers, judging others needs to realize to each their own, get off your soapbox thrown who are you to criticize? it's so easy to be anti, close your mind up tight and you walk around the world thinking everything you know is right it's so easy to protest and so hard to fucking give no one person has the answers, there's no way to live nobody's better than no one else, straight edge or what you eat stand up for what you think is right, you don't have to be elite think of all your missing when your on that narrow road do you believe or is it just what you've been told chorus stand up for what you think is right, but who are you to criticize? your narrow mind has left you in a morale state of imaginary grace your cause has lost its taste and now you're gone just like that you're gone and you're never coming back chorus
M&M
growing up full of apologies, spent all my time trying to be me we all know it's never really easy at least i know i can admit it you need to remember, you need time to forget we need the time to change our minds and separate the present from tomorrow disguised as yesterday time moves so slow, but change comes too fast on top of the world, how could it last? so many hands to shake, never give you a break they think you have it all but where are those hands when you're falling chorus i remember how it used to be things were great, why did they change you need time to remember, you need time to forgive we need time to make our minds and try to change the present for tomorrow because of yesterday
REPUTATION CALLS
know all about you but are you just a name you like the feeling a reputation brings some say your violent and people are afraid i say you're silent and holding back the pain inside-you just can't live a lie inside-just can't live a lie reputation calls and now it follows you but what about the changes you been going through one these days the things they say won't mean the same as before rthen when reputation calls you don't have to answer anymore one of these days when you don't feel so hard one of these days when you put down your guard heart hanging out for the world to see when standing alone whole will you be chorus
LIBERATE
no more lies with violent ends no more fakes disguised as friends no one has the time to waste on them i want you to know, something that i feel it's deep inside of me, and part of you as well understanding, it slips so far away and sometimes i can't deal my own life is hard enough to handle chorus and i still believe, most people are the same we're so conflicted, and we need someone to blame is it just pride? or do we have to hide all our problems, no we will never tell chorus and we will liberate ourselves from them - liberate liberate
FOLLOW THE THREE WAY
never really been into religion, never gave a fuck about superstition but such strange things are happening, first once, then twice, then once again never really thought we'd reach a third one still there are those that haven't heard one so we still have such a mission our trilogy must have a tradition then once i could not believe, even twice i was still naive in my heart, in my head, these words are said i don't care what you say, i follow the three way i've never been into science fiction so i guess this is a contradiction or is just numerology, but hey it's looking out for me chorus
NOT JUST BOYS FUN
man you've got a problem, who made you fucking king a macho pig with nothing in your head no girls around you, their place is not at gigs don't want em on the dance floor, cause they're weak a woman's place, the kitchen, on her back it's time to change that attitude quick showing us your phobias, your scared to see em think you'd rather dress em up in pretty lace, all nice and colored pink you feel so fucking threatened, when they stand out in front a stupid, passive piece of meat is all you really want but it's not just boys fun there's girls who put out fanzines and others put on shows yet, they're not allowed to get out on the floor some make the music,well, that you can accept, hell maybe you get some tits and ass you fucking moron your brains have run amuck, girls' only lot in life is not to fuck chorus
THICKER THAN WATER
1.Universal Language
2.Everready
3.Talk Too Much
4.I See It In Us
5.Sacred Heart
6.Innocent Kids
7.Scarred
8.Go
9.This Time
10.Friend
11.A+
12.Phone Song
13.Responsible
14.Wake Up
15.Thicker Than Water
16.No Fucking Tears
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
what is the universal language could it be hate, if it's not love could it be money, sex or power i say it's music and none of the above don't you hear what you say? when you act that way can't you see your using the wrong fucking language a language i don't know do you feel evil inside the world do you chase the dollar or the girl what's the motivation in your life? is it to feel alive? well, then. what is the universal language could it be hate, if it's not love could it be money, sex or power i say it's music and none of the above
EVERREADY
chorus: try but you can't bring me down try but you can't let me try but you can't bring me down try i've come to far now to ever close my eyes made my mistakes and i wear no disguise i speak my mind and let the rumors twist the worlds around some try so hard, but no one gets me down chorus i get so stressed out i keep running out of time i'll do my best to make a better life i feel your doubt and i don't even wonder why got it figured out all i have to do is try chorus when times are tough, i'll rise above can't bring me down, no you can't let me down, made my mistakes wear no disguise, i've come too far now to ever close my eyes chorus
TALK TOO MUCH
she was with him, now everybody knows cause she told a friend and that's the way it goes people have loose lips, sometimes behind your back you know, that's how they get their kicks when the conversation lacks you know. chorus tell a tale of contradiction gossip causes crucifixion they talk too much-shut up! (4x) they talk too much and i just don't like what they say it's just a bunch of bullshit anyway he took her out to see what he could get he got nothing but he had to tell the guys he did that's how rumors start just how they end i don't know go on spread the word i don't listen anymore chorus
I SEE IT IN US
chorus i see it in us, i see it in us i know it's in us, but i i see it in us, i see it in us i see it in us, but i i can't quite put my finger on it. we're all guilty of it how many times do we end up with nothing when we try real hard and only see it one way? we think we'll go further but where will we be? just one step closer, still moving closer to a million miles backwards reality reasons, it wasn't meant to be all this time i felt so strongly and it was all for nothing nothing. chorus i think i finally figured it out!
SACRED HEART
hear what i'm saying i was always true i was never playing when it came to you never good at showing what you mean to me here's my last chance to set my mind at ease chorus and all the times you slipped between the cracks disguised as something sacred never knowing that i wanted to hold you in my arms, protect you never let the world upset you handing my life over to you i was always running searching for excuses not to be together now the chase is over, with this ring on your finger this will be forever. chorus
INNOCENT KIDS
innocent kids! young, dumb and naive told when to come and when to leave used and abused, like a bad habit does then accepted and rejected like an mtv buzz innocent kids! make a past for yourself get out the handbook off the fucking shelves so put on your best fake smiles and pull the knives out of their backs this better then you crew fantasy has been done since way, way back. sorry it took so long for you to see made up your past now what's your future gonna be? innocent kids!
SCARRED
once again you find yourself alone without a cause still the same bad habits but you haven't paid the cost still searching for the seed that grew into your need that's who you are-don't hide the scar now you look around for sympathy your life's a fucking mess and she can't look into your eyes and never have to guess she's looking for the stone that crashed into your home and your still waiting to believe that you can cover up the scar that's who you are--we see the scar that's who and what--we see the cut wear the scar--that's who you are (4x) thinking back to when you were a lost and lonely kid a look back at the tragic and the damage that it did still waiting for the day it all just goes away that's who you are--don't hide the scar now you know the reason why you feel so full of hate throw a stone i'm sure you'll hit someone who can relate and now you know the reason for the way you are but your still wanting to believe that you can cover up the scar that's who you are--don't hide the scar that's who and what--don't hide the cut wear the scar--that's who you are
GO
when you talk about your home life i try to identify with my own memories childhood life was such a breeze but now i'm slipping away from the boy my mother made i'm growing on, but i hold on to the days that made me feel so powerless and ignorant without a cent, without the sense to know that one day i would have to try to survive and go! chorus first time you gotta leave your home second time you live alone third time you just don't know fourth time you gotta pack your life and go! on the day my father died i was too naive to cry inside i was so unclear i always thought he'd reappear but now i'm slipping away from the lost child that he made i'm growing on but i hold on to his name, and to the days of innocence and selfishness i find these things impossible to shake but i won't break, until i take take a fucking chance and go! chorus
THIS TIME
standing alone in a situation somebody's talking their shit trying to control my frustration somebody's gonna get hit chorus but when is right to fight? when is it right to walk away? sometimes we have no choice and this is the price we pay cause we don't have to be what people see got our own minds and our own realities we try to stick together and let the music be our might but this time there's going to be a fight! we're not about senseless violence don't want to spoil the fun but when we get pushed it feels like an ambush and this time we cannot run chorus this time wrong or right!
FRIEND
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A+
all the feeling leaving you till you left alone inside a hollow shell twice repeated me then you til your left alone not knowing who to blame but i, i see the handle to the hilt you know i'm always pulling but they, they won't stop they won't stop pushing i remember feeling guilty was it something i did? or was it what i said? it's not you, it's not me the situations telling us to be not you, not me it's what the world has left us to be
PHONE SONG
sitting by myself alone waiting for a ring i fight the urge to pick it up so i can do my thing i try to stay connected to the lives of everyone tonight i'm calling you cause i've got nothing better to do i feel so alone and i can't get off the phone i hope your not at home cause i can't get off the phone i know it's my obsession but i see you got nothing better to do i call cause hearing is believing and the only time i can't hear it ringing is when i'm singing the phone is an extension to my arm and mind t talk, talk, talk from dusk to dawn cause all i got is time
RESPONSIBLE
am i responsible for what i think and feel is there a model i could never be? am i depending on you to show, to say to tell me what to do? because i think, i say it helps me find a way to voice my opinions without all this shit and i know, i try, to read between the lines cause some truth may lie there waiting but i won't chorus i won't stand back and let it happen i will stand up, i won't sit back and watch the tables turn is this a lesson that we've all got to learn how can one person really know? and set a path for me to follow reality devoid of truth can only represent the concrete proof that i need to hear it tells me what to fear to voice my opinion without all this shit.
WAKE UP
wake up! don't give up! get off your knees it's your last chance or will you blame it all on circumstance where will you go? when times are slow? and your still waiting for your next command waiting for your next command never gave your dreams a chance blamed it all on circumstance wake up! don't give up!
THICKER THAN WATER
my family looks out for me like friends our story never ends we've run into the fire and somehow water comes to save us there are so few we can depend on with blood there is an honor we behave like we don't care but it's so deep inside chorus it's more, more than you can see it's thicker than water it means more, so much more to me it's thicker than water we've all been struggling since i was three how happy can we be? we've turned some bad times into good always knowing where we stood now time has led us to the water we get by on h2o but we remember what is stronger and we let it flow chorus it runs so deep inside my veins through all the heartache and pain and everything i've come to see it's more than you can see
NO FUCKING TEARS
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SELF TITLED
1.5 Your. Plan
2.Scene Report
3.Spirit of '84
4.I Know Why
5.Gen-Eric
6.Surrounded
7.Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
8.Family Tree
9.Hi-Lo
10.My Curse
5 YEAR PLAN
my friends look out for me like family my mom's been struggling since i was three my friend's look out for me like family my mom's been struggling since i was three am i scared, am i pushed, am i worried? another day, another year so what's the hurry here i sit, alone and in despair the world outside is cold, alone and unfair no motivation, no college degree day to day survival starting to worry me no goals, no money, no inspiration my crew, tattoos, that's my only salvation 5 years from now where will i be? on the same road with no future to no destiny no ideas and fear is on my mind tell me, is my life just a waste of fucking time someday maybe i'll find a way to make all my fears go away 5 years from now where will i be on the same road with no future to no destiny my friends look out for me like family my mom's been struggling since i was three(2x) am i scared, am i pushed, am i worried another day, another year so what's the hurry? only one love in my life you know the rest, they never felt so fucking right there's got to be more, stop procrastination like depending on others for touring vacation 5 years from now where will i be on the same road with no future to no destiny another day, another year, so what's the hurry.
SCENE REPORT
well i woke up with this feeling yesterday no matter how hard i tried i couldn't say where it came from and what it did to me like a hole inside too wide and way too deep but i know i'm gonna find my way and i know i gotta have my say i hate when i turn on my fucking tv a newsman's trying hard to explain my scene to me hardcore's been my life since way back when it's my family, my future, my best friend but i know i'm gonna find my way and i know i gotta have my say it's not fashion or a tv show it's my life, it's the only one i know it's not a new concept on mtv it's something real beating inside of me woke up with this feeling yesterday no matter how hard i tried i couldn't say where it came from and what it did to me like a hole inside too wide and way too deep but i know i'm gonna find my way and i know i gotta have my say
SPIRIT OF '84
you can't have me i won't sign my life away i'm not even gonna listen cause your words are based on lies the truth escapes you you put your foot in your mouth let me tell you what it's all about i feel it here the feeling is real it's the only thing you can't take away i feel it here the feeling won't go i'm gonna let you know you can't have it i wont give it you can't take it away your foolish tounge has been divided two pths to follow i'm on the side of the truth cause i'm united to something real something that you'll never be i feel it here the feeling is real it's the only thing you can't take away i feel it here the feeling won't go i'm gonna let you know you can't have it i wont give it you can't take it away h2o go!! i feel it here the feeling is real it's the only thing you can't take away i feel it here the feeling won't go i'm gonna let you know you can't have it i wont give it you can't take it away
I KNOW WHY
and so she said to me i'm leaving, i can't take it anymore for all that it's worth, i knew that was over long before she turned the handle on my door cause i can read between the lies and i can see behind your eyes all the lies and alibis and i can understand your mind i can see through all your lies all your eyes and alibis and so it's over as the pictures from my wallet hit the floor well i stand in distrust cause i can't believe it's happening and my head tells me my heart should close the door cause i can read between the lines and i can see behind your eyes all the lies and alibis and i can understand your mind i can see through all your lies all your lies and alibis i tried hard to erase cause i don't think that i could ever replace it i think of all the time i wasted listening to your lies
GEN-ERIC
where were you you weren't here i screamed and shouted but you disappeared where is the shoulder that made me cry you went away but i don't know why where, were you? when i needed somebody to trust when i needed somebody to stand by i never wanted all that much why did you leave? why did you lie? where were you? i used to love you but i want to pretend your fucking game i won't play again where were you? when i needed somebody to hold when i needed somebody to love
SURROUNDED
i wrote a story in the book of life today i turned the page and then i turned and walked away cause what i wrote was just symbolic of the time i've been surrounded by another state of mind you do this, to gain control you say that, to make yourself feel whole you say this, just to be kind i see it's all just a waste of fucking time! sometimes the problems freeze the pen that's in my hand no rules provided that will make me understand and then i think about the notes that i just took i look around, then turn around, then close the book. cause i see the writing how it can be i write this paragraph to tell me that i'm me all rules provided, symbolic of the time it keeps me from falling into another state of mind i do this, to gain control i do this, to make myself feel whole i say this, not to be kind i see it's all just a waste of fucking time! stigma!!
HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
i remember all those bands preaching with motherfucking x's on their hands the youth of yesterday, what else can i say the times have changed and they've faded away the times have changed and the trends move on the spirit of youth i still carry on close minded attitudes, you know the youth crew alienating everyone who didn't think like who didn't act like who didn't look like you here today and gone tomorrow memories of yesterday leave me in sorrow here today and gone tomorrow sincerity? it was only borrowed (repeat1x) hey but where are they now? cause i'm still here and i'm drug free and fucking sincere hey but that's okay cause they're out of the scene they're denying hardcore while they chase the green you know who you are you insincere, straight edge last year, drinkin' a beer, have no friends, no heart or soul, playing the roll, full of shit. before you go waving flags you better know what you stand for.
FAMILY TREE
roots don't forget your roots don't forget your roots don't forget your roots i was thinking about the good old times and all the people who helped me survive now who the hell knows where i'd be without the branches of my family tree i was thinking about the friends who cared and all the times that we shared and if i had the strength to be what i could be love and respect to the branches of my tree family tree!!
HI-LO
hi-lo what does it mean another word for temperature, followed by degree i know it may sound simple but when i look in your eyes degrees of separation is what i find you lie, i try, you lie, i try! you lie from the center, distracted by everyone cause everything revolves around you not saying that i'm better but when i look in your eyes degrees of separation is what i find you lie, i try, you lie, i try time's up, i won't lie your whole life is a fuckin' lie you fake, but me i stay true flags up, wave 'em high the grass is greener, on the other side my mistake was ever meeting you hi-lo what does it mean another word for temperature, followed by degree i know it may sound simple but when i look in your eyes degrees of separation is what i find you lie, i try, you lie, i try
MY CURSE
too many questions but no one seems to know the value of the answers too many fingers and all pointed back at me is it because i was the one who pointed mine first? i see a problem but maybe it's part of me excuses without reasons i have a conscious inspiring to be more than a thought that's burning deep inside of me i see a doorway and i fumble for a key how many turns until it opens? and what will it reveal? i'm at the center, or is it left of me when will it open? on the surface, the smile evades the truth the words are even cheaper i ask for something impossible to give and sit back and watch it all go
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