Green Day - Insomniac (1995)



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Armatage Shanks
Brat
Stuck With Me
Geek Stink Breath
No Pride
Bab's Uvula Who?
86
The Panic Song
Stuart and the Ave.
Brain Stew
Jaded
Westbound Sign
Tight Wad Hill
Walking Contradiction


Armatage Shanks

Stranded... lost inside myself
My own worst friend
And my own closest enemy
Branded... maladjusted
Never trusted anyone let alone myself

Chorus:
I must insist on being a pessimist
I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind

Elected the rejected
I perfected the science of the idiot
No meaning... and no healing
Self loathing freak and introverted deviot
(chorus)
Stuck With Me

I'm not part of your elite
I'm just alright
Class structure waving colors
Bleeding from my throat
Not subservient to you
I'm just alright
Down classed by the powers that be
Give me loss of hope

Chorus:
Cast out... buried in a hole
Struck down... forcing me to fall
Destroyed... giving up the fight
Well I know I'm not alright

What's the price and will you pay it if it's all right?
Take it from my dignity
Waste it until it's dead
Throw me back into the gutter cause it's alright
Find another pleasure f***er
Drag them down to hell
(chorus)
(interlude)
(chorus)
Geek Stink Breath

I'm on a mission
I've made my decision
I'm on a roll
No self control
Well I know what I want
And it's all that I got
And Im picking scabs off my face
Every hour my blood is turning sour
And my pulse is beating out of time
I'm on a mission
I got no decision
Like a cripple running the rat race
Wish in one hand
S*** in the other
See which one gets filled first
Geek Stink Breath
No Pride

Well I am just a mutt
And nowhere is my home
Where dignity's a landmine in the school of lost hope
Cause I'm not afraid to fade
Hand me down
second hand regret
Better swallow your pride
Or you're gonna choke on it
Better practice your values cause they turn to s***
Well it's gonna knock you down
Before your chance to stand up and fight
Well I know I'm not the one
I got no pride
Bab's Uvula Who?

I got a knack for f***ing everything up
I lose control and I get myself all wound up

What brings you around?
Did you lose something the last time you were here?
You'll never find it now
It's buried deep with your identity
So stand aside and let the next one pass
Don't let the door kick you in the a**
There's no return from 86
Don't even try
So exit out the back
And never show your head around again
Purchase your ticket
And quickly take the last train out of town
Stuart and the Ave.

Standing on the corner of Stuart and the Avenue
Ripping up a transfer and a photograph of you
You're a part of my dead past and rotting existence
As I stand by the corner of insignifigance

Chorus:
Well destiny is dead
In the hands of bad luck
Before it might have made some sense
But know it's all f***ed up

Seasons change as well as minds
And I'm a two-faced clown
Mommy's little nightmare driving Daddy's car around
I'm beat down and I'm brain dead
The long lost king of fools
I may be dumb
But I'm not stupid enough to stay with you
(chorus)
Brain Stew

I'm having trouble trying to sleep
I'm counting sheep but running out
As time ticks by... still I try
No rest for cross tops in my mind
On my own, here we go

My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed
Dried up and bulging out my skull
My mouth is dry
My face is numb
F***ed up and spun out in my room
On my own, here we go

My mind is set on overdrive
The clock is laughing in my face
Crooked spine... senses dulled
Past the point of delirium
On my own, here we go

My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed
Dried up and bulging out my skull
My mouth is dry
My face is numb
F***ed up and spun out in my room
On my own, here we go
Jaded

Somebody keep my balance
I think I'm falling off
Into a state of regression
The expiration date rapidly coming up
It's leaving me behind to rank

Always move forward
Going straight will get you nowhere
There is no progress
Evolution killed it all
I found my place in nowhere

I'm taking one step sideways
Leading with my crutch
Got a f***ed up equilibrium
Count down from 9 to 5
Hooray we're gonna die
Blessed into our extinction

Always move forward
Going straight will get you nowhere
There is no progress
Evolution killed it all
I found my place in nowhere
(2x)
Westbound Sign

Boxed up all of her favorite things
Sold the rest at a rainy yard sale
Big plans of leaving friends on a westbound sign
Weighed out her choices on a scale
Prevailing nothing made sense
Just transportation and a blank decision
She's taking off, taking off
Taking off, taking off

No time and no coping out
She's burning daylight (?)
Blocked out the rear view mirror and westward on
Strung out on confusion road
A ten minute nervous breakdown
Xanex, a beer for thought and she's determined
She's taking off, taking off
Taking off, taking off

Oh is it salvation or an escape from discontent?
Will she find her name in the California cement?
Punched out of the grind that punched her one too many times
Is tragedy 2000 miles away?
She's taking off

Alright
Walking Contradiction

Do as I say, not as I do
Because the s**t's so deep you can't run away
I beg to differ
On the contrary, I agree with every word that you say
Talk is cheap but lies are expensive
My wallet's fat and so is my head
Hit and run and then I'll hit you again
A smart a** but I'm playing dumb

Standards set and broken all the time
Control the chaos behind a gun
Call it as I see even if I was born deaf, blind, and dumb
Losers winning big on the lottery
Rehab rejects still sniffing glue
Constant refutation with myself
A victim of catch 22

Chorus:
I have no belief
But I believe I'm a walking contradiction
And I ain't got no rights

Do as I say, not as I do
Because the s**t's so deep you can't run away
I beg to differ
On the contrary, I agree with every word that you say
Talk is cheap but lies are expensive
My wallet's fat and so is my head
Hit and run and then I'll hit you again
A smart a** but I'm playing dumb
(chorus 2x)