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Lyrics:

Ignition


Session
We Are One
Kick Him When He's Down
Take It Like a Man
Get It Right
Dirty Magic
Hypodermic
Burn it Up
No Hero
L.A.P.D.
Nothing From Something
Forever and a Day


"Session"
I don't know when it got this way
I don't know how or long she's gonna stay
Every week it's the same
In her room - that's why I came
Here I go, I go again
Our rendezvous' never seem to end
I know where I'll be
I'll make this confession -
Back in her bed for another goddamn session
I'll never learn
God knows I'll try
Keep coming back for session and I don't know why
I'll never learn
I'll never see
Just tell me why these sessions got a hold on,
Yeah they got a hold on me
Some might say it's a fling
For all I know it don't mean a thing
Either way I can't complain
Ain't no strings - guess I got it made
Here I go, I go again
Our little things never seem to end
I know where I'll be
I'll make this confession -
Back in her bed for another goddamn session.


"We Are One"
We are one with ourselves
We don't give a shit about no one else
Well, it won't be long - our day in the sun is gonna stop
The walls come tumbling down
We are on - we are free
We are headed for obscurity
We are one - we are weak
We are gonna make ourselves extinct
We are one, you know it's true
Don't fuck with us or we'll fuck with you
It's a mentality that kills the best, we better stop
The walls come tumbling down
We are one and it won't be news
When we hang ourselves with one collective noose
Well, it won't be wrong - our day in the sun is gonna stop
The walls come tumbling down
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.


"Kick Him When He's Down"
'Hey, you're a riddle'
I say as I move aside
(Like I really need your advice)
But you won't leave it alone
Little men try but don't get a lot done
Living in sin don't move me either way
I get a feeling you're so vague
Like I said before
Little men come when anything goes
When the rain comes I sit home and pray
Make it all numb - I wish it all away
All I really need is just somewhere to hide away
Kick him when he's down -
Here alone I'll put up and fight
Kick him when he's down -
Beat me all the way I'll take it all night
Kick him when he's down -
Hey, don't worry I'll get along home alright
Hey, everybody's supposed to be the same
So how come they're so lame?
It's like taking a fall
Keep on running back into that wall
Awake in a dream
Get up and go to work
But I'm feeling like suck a jerk
Like I said before
Little men come when anything goes
'Hey, you're a riddle'
I say as I move aside
(Like I really need your advice)
But you won't leave it alone
Little men try but don't get a lot done
Living in sin don't move me either way
I get a feeling you're so vague
Like I said before
Little men come when anything goes


"Take It Like a Man"
When you won't go along
Some will feel like you can't find your way
Heaven knows, heaven knows
I've seen it all before
Now don't get me wrong
I've seen many a life gone astray
When someone goes
All your bows won't make it any better so let it go
Shut up and take it like a man
You need us to get a life
For your own good we'll take you by the hand
'Cause you need a little more
Maybe no one will say it
Maybe no one's aware it goes on
All I know, all I know
It's like going off the deep end
Could you make a decision?
Could you think for yourself and go on?
Everyone knows, everyone knows
You've got to fit into the mainstream so save your woes
Close your eyes - look away now
Make believe while you can
So you'd best go along
Don't let on if you can't find your way
Many more, many more do it for you
Because heaven knows, heaven knows
It's like playing with fire
You're life's a throw.


"Get It Right"
I've been told that to get what you want
You just got to give what you can
But I know for what I want
It don't came as easy as that
'Look out boy. Tomorrow comes
And things will look better by then.'
But I'll look out the window
Then look in the mirror at the same old me again
Still can't get it (right) and for all I know
I swear I never will
Do you think you'd sell your soul
To just have one thing to turn out right?
For the thousandth time you turn and find
That it just makes no difference to try
Like Holden Caulfield, I tell myself
There's got to be a better way
Then I lay in bed and stare at the ceiling
Dream of brighter days
No way out
Same old stuff always drags me down
No way out
Never gonna get it


"Dirty Magic"
In my own simple way
I think she wants me only
She said, 'Come over right away'
But she's just not that way
Her little soul is stolen
See her put on a brand new face
Pull the shades
Razor blades
You're so tragic
I hate you so
But love you more
I'm so elastic
The things you say
Games you play
Dirty magic
I should know better than
To think I'd reach inside her
It's all a cloudy kind of daze
She's not so sweet today
She mocks me, I'm no fighter
It all just seems like such a waste
It's oversimplified


"Hypodermic"
When you're feeling low
Hypodermic's where you go
When you're with yourself
You wish you could be someone else
Can't you see like you saw anymore
Can't you feel like you felt like before
Can't you face anything anymore
When life's a waste - run away
Your life's a waste - run away
Once you get a ride
Doesn't matter where you lied
Once you shoot it in
Doesn't matter who you've been
You're reaching in
But you don't know where to begin
All your dance and song
Won't matter when you're gone.


"Burn It Up"
Yeah, I think I'm burning up inside
Yeah, I think I'll take a little ride
Gonna light up everything in sight
I'll drive on by your yard
And throw a molotov cocktail at your car
Then another one in the local bar
Ignition
They call it an obsession
I think it's kinda bitchen'
I think it's kinda neat
Yeah, I'm a pyro
I wanna burn it up
Yeah, I'm a pyro
Tonight this hood will be a pyre
I'm gonna set your house on fire
(I'll) dance around the pretty flames
Such a wonderful game
I wanna make a tiki torch
I'm gonna throw it on your porch
Then I'm gonna run away
And come back another day
So many houses, so little time
So many reasons, I'm not a crime
I'd like to set you up
I'd like to set you up


"No Hero"
Once you said
You'd stick 'til the end
I guess you lied
They call it suicide
Now you're gone
What was so wrong
That you couldn't find a way to carry on
Second guess -
Did I do my best?
There was a friend I had
Johnny was a weirdo so what did you expect
I ain't no fucking hero
I'm just trying to survive myself
I should have known
You went through it alone
I wonder why
Did you even try?
You could have come to me
I would have helped you see
You could have found a way to carry on
Second guess -
Did I do my best?
I was a friend I had
Johnny was a weirdo so what did you expect
I ain't no fucking hero
I'm just trying to survive myself
'Johnny's strange behavior
Was a tip-off,' they say
But I ain't no fucking savior
I'm just living day by day
Little things, little lives
Hanging 'til the end
I say it don't really mean nothing
Telling truth, telling lies
I used to have a friend
I say it don't really mean nothing
And I can't let this feeling go
Let this feeling go
Let this feeling go


"L.A.P.D."
When cops are taking care of business I can understand
But the L.A. story's gone way out of hand
Their acts of aggression, they say, they're justified
But it seems an obsession has started from the inside
They're shooting anyone who even tries to run
They're shooting little kids with toy guns
Take it to a jury but they don't give a damn
Cause the one who tells the truth is always the policeman
Beat all the niggers
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We're) L.A.P.D.
The city of L.A. feels like a prison
With helicopters overhead and bullets whizzing by
Martial law ain't no solution
Police brutality's just social pollution
Beat all the white trash
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We're) L.A.P.D.
They say they're keeping the peace - but, man, I ain't buying
Because a billy club ain't much of a pacifier
'Protecting your freedom' now that's just a lie
It's an excuse for power that's more like an alibi
Law and order doesn't really matter when
You're the one getting bruised and battered
And you take it to a jury, they'll throw it in your face
Cause justice in L.A. comes in a can of mace
Beat all the niggers
Beat whoever you see
We don't need a reason
(We're) L.A.P.D., L.A.P.D, L.A.P.D.


"Nothing from Something"
Things are coming down on me
They never seem to let it be
It seems like everything I say just starts another fight
The pressure's building up inside
I gotta let it out tonight
Shattered glass will cure my ills and make me feel alright
Gonna break it and never stop running
Making nothing from something
Making nothing from something
Cut me for a lion's share
It's mindless, but I don't care
'Cause no matter what I say, I'm in another fight'
Take more shit, I've had enough
Tonight I'm gonna rip it up
Broken windows cure my ills and make me feel alright


"Forever and a Day"
Look at me while I look at you
Well, seeing eye to eye is something we can never do
You try to tell me what is right
I may not know a lot but I know one thing
(That's) if you've got the answer - then I don't want to know
If you've got the answer - just keep it your own
I wonder why our world is ablaze
Sometimes I speak aloud to hear what people have to say
I try to have an open mind
But your brain and your mouth must not be connected
(No,) if you've got the answer - then I don't want to know
If you've got the answer - just leave me alone
I would be patient but it takes so long
I don't want all this misinformation
All the words that you say
Lean on me while I lean on you
Well, if we destroy each other, we might save a life or two
A little sun, a little shine
Separates us both by forever and a day
If you've got the answer - then I don't want to know
If you've got the answer - just keep it your own
If you've got a vision - then I don't want to see
If you've got a notion - don't waste it on me

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