My favorite band is Brand New, and I automatically knew I wanted to use some of Jesse Lacey's lyrics. So far (and this is even excluding the new CD which will officially be released tomorrow) I've come up with way too many song to choose from.
Song Name Album
1. Archers The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
2. Degausser The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
3. Handcuffs The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
4. Jesus Christ The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
5. Millstone The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
6. The Storm is Coming Demos
7. Untitled 03 Demos
8. Untitled 05 Demos
9. Untitled 07 Demos
There are a ton of songs off the album Deja Entendu that I'm in love with, but the biggest problem is that I don't think the lyrics are obscure enough to pull out a separate meaning. Maybe I'm just too familiar with the album (I had to buy a second copy of the CD because my first was so scratch from continuous play that it wouldn't transfer to iTunes).
I won't post all the lyrics, but I'll post the song I'm actually listening to now.
This is Degausser.
Goodbye to sleep
I think this staying up is exactly what I need
Well take apart your head
Take apart the counting, and the flock it has bred
Goodbye to love
Well it's a ride that will push you up
Right against the wall
Take apart your head
Right against the wall
Chew it up and swallow it
(Does everybody really need to know everyone?
Do you really think you're really a part of it?
And is your army really one of some thousands?
And will you declare war on the loony bin?)
You're brought back but you're running
I fell asleep at the incline
I can't shake this little feeling
I'll never get anything right
Goodbye you liar
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(And I wish I could inspire)
Take apart the demon, up in the attic to the left
(When I arrive will God be waiting and pacing around his throne?
Will he feel a little Old Testament?
And will he celebrate with fire and brimstone
Yeah, I admit, I am afraid of the reckoning)
(Goodbye my love)
You're brought back but you're running
(You wait right here, and they will come and pick you up)
Let's sleep at the incline
(I've been on pause, but I'm shaking off the rust)
I can't shake this tiny feeling
(I've lost my charge, I've been degaussed)
I'll never say anything right
(I'm on my own, I've been degaussed)
I'll never say anything right
(I'm on my own, I've been degaussed)
I'll never say anything right
(I'm on my own, I've been degaussed)
I'll never say anything right
I'm on my own
Take me, take me back to your bed
I love you so much that it hurts my head
Say, "I don't mind you under my skin.
I'll let the bad parts in, the bad parts in"
Well when we were made we were set apart
But life is a test and I get bad marks
Now some saint got the job of writing down my sins
The storm is coming
The storm is coming in
You're brought back but you're running
I fell asleep at the incline
I can't shake this little feeling
I'll never get anything right
I'm on my own
I'll never get anything right
I'm on my own
Take me, take me back to your bed
I love you so much that it hurts my head
I don't mind you under my skin
I'll let the bad parts in, the bad parts in
Well you're my favorite bird and when you sing
I really do wish that you'd wear my ring
No matter what they say, I am still the king
And now the storm is coming
The storm is coming in
I think this staying up is exactly what I need
Well take apart your head
Take apart the counting, and the flock it has bred
Goodbye to love
Well it's a ride that will push you up
Right against the wall
Take apart your head
Right against the wall
Chew it up and swallow it
(Does everybody really need to know everyone?
Do you really think you're really a part of it?
And is your army really one of some thousands?
And will you declare war on the loony bin?)
You're brought back but you're running
I fell asleep at the incline
I can't shake this little feeling
I'll never get anything right
Goodbye you liar
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(And I wish I could inspire)
Take apart the demon, up in the attic to the left
(When I arrive will God be waiting and pacing around his throne?
Will he feel a little Old Testament?
And will he celebrate with fire and brimstone
Yeah, I admit, I am afraid of the reckoning)
(Goodbye my love)
You're brought back but you're running
(You wait right here, and they will come and pick you up)
Let's sleep at the incline
(I've been on pause, but I'm shaking off the rust)
I can't shake this tiny feeling
(I've lost my charge, I've been degaussed)
I'll never say anything right
(I'm on my own, I've been degaussed)
I'll never say anything right
(I'm on my own, I've been degaussed)
I'll never say anything right
(I'm on my own, I've been degaussed)
I'll never say anything right
I'm on my own
Take me, take me back to your bed
I love you so much that it hurts my head
Say, "I don't mind you under my skin.
I'll let the bad parts in, the bad parts in"
Well when we were made we were set apart
But life is a test and I get bad marks
Now some saint got the job of writing down my sins
The storm is coming
The storm is coming in
You're brought back but you're running
I fell asleep at the incline
I can't shake this little feeling
I'll never get anything right
I'm on my own
I'll never get anything right
I'm on my own
Take me, take me back to your bed
I love you so much that it hurts my head
I don't mind you under my skin
I'll let the bad parts in, the bad parts in
Well you're my favorite bird and when you sing
I really do wish that you'd wear my ring
No matter what they say, I am still the king
And now the storm is coming
The storm is coming in
Pure proof that they are not over processed in the studio. I. Love. Jesse. Lacey.
Hi Elizabeth: I think there's enough to work with. Doesn't this song have a theme of isolation from self and society?
ReplyDeleteI love Brand New! My favorite songs from this album have to be Handcuffs and Jesus Christ! :D
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