Angel Dust

[Verse 1]

You have a winning way, so keep it

Your future, your future, your future

You are an angel heading for a land of sunshine

And fortune is smiling upon you

[Verse 2]

Prepare for a series of comfortable miracles

From fasting to feasting, to feasting

And life to you is a dashing, bold adventure

So sing and rejoice and sing and rejoice

And look for the dream that keeps coming back

Your future, your future, your future

So pat yourself on the back and give yourself a handshake

'Cause everything is not yet lost

[Refrain]

Does life seem worthwhile to you?

Does life seem worthwhile to you?

Here's how to order

[Bridge]

Yes, mhm, now for the next question

Does emotional music have quite an effect on you?

Do you feel sometimes that age is against you?

Sing and rejoice and sing and rejoice

Yes, mhm, that's interesting, but tell me

Do you often sing or whistle just for fun?

Do you feel sometimes that age is against you?

I, I can help, I can help you, I can help you help yourself

[Refrain]

Does life seem worthwhile to you?

Does life seem worthwhile to you?

Here's how to order

[Outro]

Varicose

Comatose

Senile

18 ContributorsCaffeine LyricsThis was written by Mike Patton during a sleep deprivation exercise, while drinking coffee and watching late night television for inspiration.Pour shame all over us, harden into a crust

Cement

Forget the glamour and mumble a jackhammer

Under your breath

Hide your face in the curtains

Better unsaid, so close

And it rolls off the tongue, almost

The world expects the pose, perfectly natural

Loosen up

Smearing wet concrete and swearing you'll never be

Caught

At your weakest, etched in stone

And we're frozen here, peeking

Almost, sweet talk, caffeine

Make contact

Up to my neck

I confess in quicksand

"But it's so easy for you

Yeah, there's always one thing

Do you have something to tell me?

Say something

Anything"

I'm warning you

I'm warning you

I'm fucking you

I'm warning you

"Relax, it's just a phase

You'll grow out of it"

Believe anything anyone ever tells you

It's not funny anymore

It's the thing you hate the most

The thing you hate the most

The thing you hate almost

[Verse 1]

Backside melts into the sofa

My world, my TV and my food

Besides listening to my belly gurgle

There ain't much else to do

Yeah, I sweat a lot

Nope, yeah, shit, uh

Pants fall down every time I bend over

My feet itch

Yeah, I married a scarecrow

[Chorus]

I hate you

Talking to myself

Everybody's staring at me

I'm only bleeding

[Verse 2]

Someone taps me on the shoulder every five minutes

No one speaks English anymore

Would anybody tell me if I was getting stupider?

[Chorus]

I hate you

Talking to myself

You don't feel it after awhile

You take the beating

[Bridge]

I'm a swingin' guy

Throw a belt over the shower curtain rod

And swing

Toss me inside a Hefty

And put me in the ground

[Verse 3]

A drink needs me

I don't

I ain't about to guzzle no tears

So kiss my ass

Newscasters and cockroaches and desserts

[Chorus]

I hate you

Talking to myself

Everybody's staring at me

I'm only bleeding, yeah

[Outro]

Where are the kids? I don't know

Maybe getting pregnant or on drugs or on welfare

On top of the world, on the honor roll, on parole

On the dodgers on the backs of milk cartons

On stakes in the middle of cornfields

On covers of future history books on old lady's mantles

Walkin' on water nailed on crosses

I think it's time I had a talk with my kids

I'll just tell 'em what my daddy told me

You ain't never gonna amount to nothin'

[Intro]

We were so happy

[Verse 1]

Things worked out better than we had planned

Capital from boy, woman and man

We were like ink and paper

Numbers on a calculator

Knew arithmetic so well

Working overtime

Completed what was assigned

We had to multiply ourselves

[Pre-Chorus]

A bouncing little baby

A shiny copper penny

[Chorus 1]

And he spent himself

Would not listen to us

But when he lost his appetite

He lost his weight in friends

[Verse 2]

He became a fat nickel so fast

Then came puberty

Exponentially

Soon our boy became a million

[Chorus 2]

People loved him so

And helped him to grow

Everyone knew the thing that was best

Of course, he must invest

[Post-Chorus]

A penny won't do, no

A penny won't do, no

A penny won't do, no

A penny won't do, no

[Bridge]

But he made us proud

He made us rich

And how were we to know

He's counterfeit?

[Outro]

Now everything's ruined, yeah

Now everything's ruined, yeah

Now everything's ruined, yeah

Now everything's ruined, yeah

Now everything's ruined, yeah

Now everything's ruined, yeah

Now everything's ruined, yeah

Now everything's ruined, yeah

[Verse 1]

Return to my own vomit like a dog

Rhymes and giggles muffle the dialogue

Carve my initials in a tree, I will never leave

Maybe one day I'll be royalty

[Chorus 1]

Kingdom

Kindergarten

Born late

Will I graduate?

[Verse 2]

Drinking fountains are shorter than they used to be

The swings on the playground don't even fit me anymore

Folklore, nobody's supposed to believe in the next grade

Write it a hundred times

[Chorus 2]

Kingdom

Kindergarten

Waiting

Bell's not ringing

[Bridge]

Held back again

[Verse 3]

Everything got quiet suddenly, no Dolby

And the theater is empty

Film is flapping on the side of the projector

The reel is over

Banished with my sticky shoes and stinging eyes

I'm walking outside

[Chorus 1]

Kingdom

Kindergarten

Born late

Will I graduate?

[Post-Chorus]

Write it a hundred times, a hundred times, a hundred times, a hundred times

Write it a hundred times, a hundred times, a hundred times

[Outro]

Held back again

Held back again

[Verse 1]

I started this

It's all for me

What's yours is mine and mine is mine, that's plain to see

So give it up

I've got to have

[Pre-Chorus]

I swallow, I swallow

I swallow, I swallow

[Chorus]

Be aggressive

B-E aggressive

B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E

Be aggressive

B-E aggressive

B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E

[Verse 2]

What someone else (What someone else)

Would leave behind and spit it out, let go to waste I claim is mine

You're my flavor (You're my flavor) of the week

[Pre-Chorus]

I swallow, I swallow

I swallow, I swallow

[Chorus]

Be aggressive

B-E aggressive

B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E

Be aggressive

B-E aggressive

B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E

[Bridge]

I swallow

I swallow

[Refrain]

Aggressive (Aggressive, aggressive)

Aggressive (Aggressive, aggressive)

[Verse 3]

Tall and reckless

Ugly seed, reach down my throat, you filthy bird, that's all I need

This empty pit

I've got to feed to prove I'm fit, a healthy man I've got to be

Malnutrition, my submission

You're the master and I'll take it on my knees

Ejaculation (Ejaculation)

Tribulation

[Pre-Chorus]

I swallow, I swallow

I swallow, I swallow

[Chorus]

Be aggressive

B-E aggressive

B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E (I've got to be)

Be aggressive (Aggressive)

B-E aggressive

B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E

[Outro]

Go, fight, go, fight, go, fight, go, fight, win

[Verse 1]

A hierarchy

Spread out on the nightstand

The spirit of team

Salvation is another chance

[Pre-Chorus 1]

A sore loser

Yelling with my mouth shut

[Verse 2]

A cracking portrait

The fondling of trophies

The null of losing

Can you afford that luxury?

[Pre-Chorus 2]

A sore winner

But I'll just keep my mouth shut

[Chorus]

It shouldn't bother me (No)

It shouldn't (No, no, no, no)

It shouldn't bother me (No)

It shouldn't

But it does

[Verse 3]

The small victories

The cankers and medallions

The little nothings

They keep me thinking that someday

[Pre-Chorus 3]

I might beat you

But I'll just keep my mouth shut

[Chorus]

It shouldn't bother me (No)

It shouldn't (No, no, no, no)

It shouldn't bother me (No)

It shouldn't

But it, but it does

[Bridge]

It shouldn't bother me (No, no, no, no)

It shouldn't bother me

[Chorus]

It shouldn't bother me (It shouldn't bother me, no, it shouldn't, no, no)

It shouldn't bother me (It shouldn't bother me, no, it shouldn't)

[Outro]

If I speak at one constant volume

At one constant pitch

At one constant rhythm right into your ear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

You still won't hear

[Verse 1]

They will sum it all up in a sentence

A verdict made by those who know

I'm ready to make a commitment

I'm willing to make love to concrete

[Chorus]

Smiles, bruises

Smiles, bruises

Bars in the womb

I hide the dirty minutes under my dirty mattress and they are making me itch

My time is spilt milk

[Verse 2]

My skin is a layer of soot

I'm spending my days scrubbing

I'm trying so hard to act like nothing happened

(No one left to blame, no one left to blame, no one left to blame)

I'm trying so hard to find that fresh, clean smell

(No one left to blame, no one left to blame, no one left to blame)

[Chorus]

Smiles, bruises

Smiles, bruises

Bars in the womb

I hide the dirty minutes under my dirty mattress and they are making me itch

My time is spilt milk

[Bridge]

Cruel world sleeps above me

Mounting and teasing

[Outro]

I am what I've done

I am what I've done

I'm sorry

Sorry

Sorry

Sorry