Steady Diet of Nothing

[Verse 1]

You like the cut, you like the fit

Wide in the shoulders, trim at the hips

[Chorus]

In your nice, new outfit

All straight, clean lines

There's blood in your mouth

But not in mine

[Post-Chorus]

You think that I'm a sucker for it

That we're all fodder for this

Quick purchase once brought to market

Dress it up and it's sold

[Verse 2]

The place I'm offered is a bedsitter's tour

A worthless sightsee of your adventure

[Chorus]

In your nice, new outfit

All straight, clean lines

There's blood in your mouth

Dressed to the nines

[Post-Chorus]

You think that I'm a sucker for it

That we're all fodder for this

Quick purchase once brought to market

Dress it up and it's sold

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

You're number one with a bullet

That's money well spent

Your mouth plastered like poster

Address yourself, success

You can pinpoint your chimney

And drop one down its length

In your nice, new outfit

Sorry 'bout the mess

In your nice, new outfit

Ooh, sorry 'bout the mess

In your nice, new outfit

Sorry 'bout the mess

In your nice, new outfit

You're a fucking mess

[?]

[?]

Welcome home, misplaced son

Guess what we we're doing while you were gone

Cocktail party's in gear

We're glad that you're here

Why don't you sit down?

Out of the ashtray

Into the ashtray

Out of the ashtray

Into the family car

Out of the ashtray

Into the ashtray

Out of the ashtray

Into the family's arms

There's nothing waiting

There's nothing imminent

Nothing forgiven

To your young idea

There's nothing waiting

There's nothing imminent

Seems like you've been misused

The runaway returns

Home, son

...doing

...gone

[?]

Welcome home, misplaced son

Guess just what we we're doing while you were gone

Party's in gear

We're just so glad that you're here

Why don't you sit down?

Welcome back

Out of the ashtray

Into the ashtray

Out of the ashtray

Out of the ashtray

Into the ashtray

Out of the ashtray

14 ContributorsKYEO LyricsEven though it appeared on 1991’s Steady Diet of Nothing, “KYEO” (“Keep Your Eyes Open”) was being played as early as Fugazi’s fourth live show in 1987. According to Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the… Read More The troops are quiet tonight

But it's not alright

Because they're planning something

Don't you know things have settled down, down, down?

But silence is a dangerous sound

We must, we must, we must (We must)

We must, we must, we must (We must)

We must, we must, we must (We must)

Keep our eyes open

See what we see

What once was promised

Now will be

Still uncertain?

Still uncertain?

Still uncertain?

Get off that hang

Don't wait for that bang

Get off that hang

Don't wait for that bang

The tools, they will be swinging

The tools, they will be swinging

We will not be beaten down

We will not be beaten down

We will not be beaten down, now

We will not be beaten down