Stranger Than Fiction
Bad Religion
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Incomplete
02 : 29
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Leave Mine to Me
02 : 06
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Stranger Than Fiction
02 : 20
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Tiny Voices
02 : 37
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The Handshake
02 : 49
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Better Off Dead
02 : 38
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Infected
04 : 07
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Television
02 : 03
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Individual
01 : 58
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Hooray for Me…
02 : 49
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Slumber
02 : 41
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Marked
01 : 48
13
Inner Logic
02 : 57
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What It Is
02 : 08
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21st Century (Digital Boy)
02 : 47
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News From the Front
02 : 22
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Markovian Process
01 : 29
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Track Lyrics
Incomplete Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Mother, father
Look at your little monster
I'm a hero, I'm a zero
I'm the butt of the worst joke in history
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm a lock without a key
A city with no door
A prayer without faith
A show without a score
A bad word, a wink, a nod, a shiver
An untold story
Sex without fury
Creeping gray memory
[Chorus]
I am...
Incomplete, incomplete
Incomplete, incomplete
[Verse 2]
Doctor, cure me
What is the cause of my condition?
This madness shoots me
Like bullets smashing glass in a silent movie
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm a trap without a spring
A temple with no god
A jack without an ace
The tip of your tongue
I'm a promise in an unmailed letter
An unbuilt motor
Deck without a joker
Creeping gray memory
[Chorus]
I am...
Incomplete, incomplete
Incomplete, incomplete
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Tell Saint Peter not to bet on me, yeah
I've got a naked obsession
A good intention gone bad
[Chorus]
I am...
Incomplete, incomplete
Incomplete, incomplete
Incomplete, incomplete
Incomplete
Stranger Than Fiction Lyrics
[Verse 1]
A febrile shocking violent smack
And the children are hopin' for a heart-attack
Tonight, the windows are watching, the streets all conspire
And the lamppost can't stop cryin'
If I could fly high above the world
Would I see a bunch of livin' dots spell the word "stupidity"?
Or would I see hungry lover homicides, lovin' brother suicides
And olly olly oxen frees who pick a side and hide?
[Pre-Chorus]
(Ah-ah-ah) The world is scratching at my door
(Ah-ah-ah) My morning paper's got the scores
(Ah, ah, ah) The human interest stories
And the obituary, oh yeah
[Chorus]
Cockroach naps, rattlin' traps
How many devils can you fit upon a match head?
Caringosity killed the Kerouac cat
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
[Verse 2]
In my alley 'round the corner, there's a wino with feathered shoulders
And a spirit givin' head for crack, and he'll never want it back
There's a little kid and his family eatin' crackers like Thanksgiving
And a pack of wild desperadoes scornful of living
[Pre-Chorus]
(Ah-ah-ah) The world is scratching at my door
(Ah-ah-ah) My morning paper has the scores
(Ah, ah, ah) The human interest stories
And the obituary, oh yeah
[Chorus]
Cradle for a cat, Wolfe looks back
How many angels can you fit upon a match?
I wanna know why Hemingway cracked
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
[Outro]
Life is the crummiest book I ever read
There isn't a hook
Just a lotta cheap shots, pictures to shock
And characters an amateur would never dream up
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
The Handshake Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Every time you shake someone's hand
And it feels like your best friend
Could it be that it's only superficiality?
Without regard to well-being
Without an inkling of compromise
Handshakes are nothin' but a subtle "fuck you"
And contracts determine the best friendships
[Chorus]
This is the way of the modern world
Everyone's vying for patronage
This is the way of the modern world
And something's gotta give
[Verse 2]
Every time you shake someone's hand
And you share neither color nor creed
Got to overcome the obstacles of history
There is restrained passion
Mistrust, and bigotry
And these have created the new foundations of society
There's no harmony, just class and race
[Chorus]
This is the way of the modern world
Everyone's fighting for dominance
This is the way of the modern world
And something's gotta give
[Bridge]
Now I believe in unity
And I am willing to compromise
But I'm not gonna lie or sell my soul
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Every time you shake someone's hand
It determines where you stand
And if you won't uphold your side, it's better to
[Outro]
Fend for yourself, fend for yourself
Fend for yourself, and shun the handshake
Fend for yourself, fend for yourself
Fend for yourself, and shun the handshake
(I believe in unity)
Fend for yourself, fend for yourself
Fend for yourself, and shun the handshake
(And I am willing to compromise)
Fend for yourself, fend for yourself
Fend for yourself, and shun the handshake
(I believe in unity)
Fend for yourself, fend for yourself
Fend for yourself, and shun the handshake
(But I'm not gonna lie or sell my soul)
Fend for yourself, fend for yourself
Fend for yourself, and shun the handshake
Someone's gotta give!
Marked Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If I'm a monster, I am a willing one
This roller coaster ride is an enticing one
On the tip of a continuum, flowin' wavelike through disorder
Carryin' me like a vessel to water
[Chorus]
And everything you see leaves a mark on your soul
Everything you feel leaves a mark on your soul
Everything you touch leaves a mark on your soul
Everything you make leaves a mark on your soul
[Verse 2]
If I can touch it, I can destroy it
If it's imaginable to some degree, I can become it
Like a hungry fuckin' vortex that just flickers to existence
Consuming bits and pieces 'til I'm finally extinguished
[Chorus]
Everyone you see leaves a mark on your soul
Everyone you bare leaves a mark on your soul
Everyone you touch leaves a mark on your soul
Everyone you love leaves a mark on your soul, oh!
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
And everything you take leaves a mark on your soul
Everything you give leaves a mark on your soul
And all the fear and loneliness so impossible to control
And every tear you cry leaves a mark on your soul
What It Is Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If there's a purpose and there's a goal
There's virtuous and immoral
There's a reason for all of this
But I don't know what it is
[Verse 2]
I am one, and plural too
I accept them, but they exclude
I could make sense of all of this
But I don't know what it is
[Chorus]
The seeds of inspiration never germinated in my mind
The beacon of awakening is somewhere that I can't find
So I don't know what it is
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
There's a beginning and there's an end
There's a climax, some would contend
There's a way to signify this
But I don't know what it is
[Chorus]
The seeds of inspiration never germinated in my mind
The beacon of awakening is somewhere that I can't find
So I don't know what it is
Show me somethin' more definitive
I don't know what it is
21st Century (Digital Boy) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
From the time she could crawl
She was all draped in macrame
She was preened and redeemed
In a church that tried to show the way
[Pre-Chorus]
She was taught to never ask for more
They had no idea of what she had in store
[Chorus]
She's the queen of the 21st century
Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be
Analog heart, analog nerves, analog brain
But a fixture of the digital domain
[Post-Chorus]
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
From the time she could read
She could see that there was urgency
No debate, just a spate
Of ignorance in a splintering community
[Pre-Chorus]
She could never meet their expectations
Then she came to symbolize the nation
[Chorus]
She's the queen of the 21st century
Just a shell of what her parents thought a little girl should be
Steeped in spite, coddled in fear, drenched in novelty
Oh-oh, but masterful of sensual technology
[Post-Chorus]
Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[Bridge]
She's the queen
She's the queen
No rules in her empire
She's the queen
Just libido and desire
She's a lean, mean fighting machine
The stuff for modern media lore
And she always knows the score
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
She's the queen of the 21st century
Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be
Fallen star, black and blue, broken hearts, wasted youth
Rusted cars, twisted roots, mental scars, the ugly truth
[Post-Chorus]
Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[Outro]
She's the queen of the 21st century
(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
She's the queen of the 21st century
(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
And she's a modern day romantic, a walking controversy
(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
She's the queen of the 21st century
(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
She's the queen of the 21st century
(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
She's the queen of the 21st century
(Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
She's the queen