Fired-side Chat Lyrics By Dillinger Four

Did you hear the latest one
About the footprints on your back
About how they lied
About how they stole
To keep each other in the black

I really wonder when it all comes down
Who will be dancing at the finish line
Ten to one it'll be the ones without a spine
Once again the truth fades into extinction
Short and sweet, this might burn a little now
It burns a little now

I've stopped looking for the medicine
I've stopped thinking it won't happen again
It's one thing to accept it
Another thing to let it catch you from behind
To shake you down
To live with it
And not make a sound
I've stopped looking for the medicine

I'm so sick that we're surprised
Everytime we're shown that power corrupts
Thump our chests at the man on the screen
Cursing the green
Tell ourselves that enough is enough

Another day
Another dollar
Another way to live with a life so intolerable

Maximum Piss And Vinegar Lyrics By Dillinger Four

I laughed at what was said, I'd been misled, confusing my enemies
Blind trust in what was put in front of me
You laughed as well, in on the joke, all poker faced
Fingers crossed behind your back
Eyes not betraying how the deck was stacked

And I'd like to be the one to wipe that smile off your face
To let you taste the bitterness that passing times has not erased
And when the house of cards you built has finally topppled in decline
I hope the punishment and pain will last a lifetime

You coast along, you're so damn smart you think
But not quite invisible, you're in my eye and unforgivable

Cuz I'm one step closer than the last motherfucker
That you thought you got over on but they couldn't wait as long
To see it through
You'll let your comfort get the best of you

You'll never see it coming, out of the blue
Like it was nothing, but you will know your situation
Because the end was your creation

Define Learning Disorder Lyrics By Dillinger Four

Listen up, sit up straight, that's the only way you'll get a break
Sitting still ain't such a bitter pill for goodness sake
For 12 years and it won't be the last time
And I shake every time that I think it through
Obedience was the golden rule

Aim so low that you can't miss your mark
And you played the part so long
You forgot what you are

Had some friends, played it straight, in the end they started to resist
The weight of the world it nearly broke their wrists
And now those wrists are slit
And it hurts every time that I think it through
That we learn to expect to lose

And you can walk away, can you walk alone
Can you raise your fist and stand up on your own
Can't let them pull the strings, they've held you way too long
Can't let them tell you what to think, can't let them tell you

Shotgun Confessional Lyrics By Dillinger Four

I guess I don't know what it's like, you were looking for a fight tonight
How can I explain my situation, convey all the frustration
When confusion and contradiction's all I find
I gotta know, if I may be so bold
Are there things you don't already know?
And I can't stand it when you look at me that way
It's like you don't hear a word I say
I guess the time has come and gone
For me to give a fuck about right or wrong
Why should I justify my actions to narrow-minded factions
Why care, why try, why waste the time?
Will the barriers breakdown? 'cause I'm hoping that you'll come around
Miscommunication confounds the meanings inside
There'll always be a new crowd of finger pointing big mouths
You may be one of them now, but they'll devour you in time

Open And Shut Lyrics By Dillinger Four

I watched the way you hung your head in shame
What were you thinking when you took the bait
Couldn't see quite clearly through those stars in your eyes
You burnt your fingers on the prize
You're on the spot now why aren't you answering
I can remember when we thought for the same things
It's open and shut now, console yourself somehow
I learned so much that afternoon
We talked as smoke filled up the room
Found out that you had lived a lie
Call it what you want, grown apart, change of heart
But I knew I couldn't recognize you anymore

Define Learning Disorder Lyrics By Dillinger Four

Listen up, sit up straight, that's the only way you'll get a break
Sitting still ain't such a bitter pill for goodness sake
For 12 years and it won't be the last time
And I shake every time that I think it through
Obedience was the golden rule

Aim so low that you can't miss your mark
And you played the part so long
You forgot what you are

Had some friends, played it straight, in the end they started to resist
The weight of the world it nearly broke their wrists
And now those wrists are slit
And it hurts every time that I think it through
That we learn to expect to lose

And you can walk away, can you walk alone
Can you raise your fist and stand up on your own
Can't let them pull the strings, they've held you way too long
Can't let them tell you what to think, can't let them tell you

J. Harris Lyrics By Dillinger Four

I asked why I was there and my answer came in two
You are a victim of a predator and this time he'll get his due
The pressure it swelled in my head, there was nothing I could do
I was just as much a prisoner as another would be too

And the truth is what we've told you
Don't answer, don't speak until we've spoke
Keep your neck under the yoke

I knew then what I had done but the end I couldn't change
It left a hole in me as black as night, just a pawn in their charade
And the last thing I wanted to do was have to meet him face to face
So much easier to walk away, try to forget I'd become what I hate

Shiny Things Is Good Lyrics By Dillinger Four

Sometimes you can feel the rug pulled from below your feet
It's like one minute you're like a rock standing strong and the next you're beat
It's not up to you, something's always there, working behind the scenes
Invisible hands handcuffing and last chance bluffing, feeding their greed

Pacified reason, it's adding up to treason, we are your slap in the face now
The sons who've been cast out
Slip under the wire, our spark ignites the fire
It's all smoke and mirrors and a transparent truth
Hold it up but don't trust it
It's all a hoodwink disappearing ink on the page
Built you up and then crushed it

It's all a bait and switch, a blind fold that we must wear
A promise of a life so real so close you can grab it but it's thin as air
Each and every one gets a day in the sun and you just might get one too
If you just believe what they're telling and buy what they're selling
It could happen to you

You give it all, get nothing back
Just trying to keep your head intact
You're just a shape without a soul
You grind along until you die
Your meaning comes from what you buy
Spend your life in the dark, end it with a question mark