He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
The cup is not half empty as pessimists say
As far as he sees nothing's left in the cup
A whole cup full of nothing for him to indulge
Since the voice of ambition has long since been shut up
A singer, a writer, he's not dreaming now of going nowhere
He gave heed to nothing, and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
So he voyages in circles
Succeeds getting nowhere
And submits to the substance
That first got him there, there, there, there
Violent, frustration, he cries out to God or just no one
Is there a point to this madness and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
He feels alone
His heart in his hand
He's alone
He feels alone
I feel
Then on that last day he breaks
And he stood tall
Then he yelled, and he yelled (why world, why world, hate you, hate you, bye world)
Violent, frustration, he cries out to God or just no one
Is there a point to this madness and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
As far as he sees nothing's left in the cup
A whole cup full of nothing for him to indulge
Since the voice of ambition has long since been shut up
A singer, a writer, he's not dreaming now of going nowhere
He gave heed to nothing, and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
So he voyages in circles
Succeeds getting nowhere
And submits to the substance
That first got him there, there, there, there
Violent, frustration, he cries out to God or just no one
Is there a point to this madness and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
He feels alone
His heart in his hand
He's alone
He feels alone
I feel
Then on that last day he breaks
And he stood tall
Then he yelled, and he yelled (why world, why world, hate you, hate you, bye world)
Violent, frustration, he cries out to God or just no one
Is there a point to this madness and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
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on the website, it says "...and he takes his life" at the end. i can barely hear it but i'm pretty sure that he screams it in the background. this is the best song on the cd if you ask me. i love it. this song and the secret one at the end are the best ones. "he feels alone his heart in his hand he's alone he feels alone i feel..." thats my favorite part. its kinda sad though, cause hes talking about himself.
Just To let everyone know, they recorded two versions of this song. One was from their very hard to find Untitled album (Titled by fans as "Demos From The Basement") Which is the version that has him yelling "and he takes his life!"
The other version was on their self titled album.
I like the older version more, he has much more emotion, I love the way his voice cracks at the end. It shows so much emotion, you can almost hear him 'crying out to God"
these aren't the exact lyrics, I wish I knew the correct ones because this song is amazing!! so angst ridden and depressing, i love the screaming. I totally feel this song.
they are exact at least to the lyric sheets in the cd. unless those are wrong (which i doubt)
considering the cd doesnt come out till the 25'th im gonna have to say how is that possible, though i can say that the following lines DO NOT match the lyrics above, check them yourself:
a singer, a writer, he's not dreaming now of going nowhere he gave heed to nothing and all that he was, was just a tragedy
then in violent frustration, he cries out to god or just no one is there a point to this madness, and all that he was, was just a tragedy
two words. pre release.
this song rocks.
this song. wow
this song. wow
this is a good song, i love the emotion in it!