Pop culture with a pin
Watch it wheeze in the air like a dying balloon
A mistake dawned on me
And the rest of my tribe: "Your wish is my command"
No really, it's OK
Give yourself a group hug and a pat on the back
No really, it's alright
Pose your best for a shot from the firing squad
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven
Raiding tomorrow's prayers with a stained silver bullet
Oh how it kills me waiting to follow through
On a dare
Pop culture with a pill
Watch it make all the worms in your mind disappear
Maybe so, maybe not
Never sure if it's me underneath a white sheet
Halloween Halloween
With a mask I can be your new friend for a while
Trick or treat, trick or treat
There's a razorblade inside your candy bar
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven
Raiding tomorrow's prayers with a stained silver bullet
Oh how it kills me waiting to follow through
On a dare, dare
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
Pop culture on your skin
You cannot keep your fingers away from your face
Memories are haunting me
Like fish floating dead at the top of a tank
Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven
Raiding tomorrow's prayers with a stained silver bullet
Oh how it kills me waiting to follow through
On a dare, dare
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
On a dare, dare
On a dare, dare!


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    I think this is some of Cave In's best yet... all the new stuff (Lost in the Air, Lift Off, Bigger Riff) is great. I messed up a couple of the lyrics here, but they're going to fix them hopefully. And I should have Bigger Riff lyrics up shortly as well.

    Gormon September 15, 2002   Link
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    Thanks for putting up these lyrics, Bigger Riff is an amazing song too, hope to see it up soon.

    tsucolon March 06, 2003   Link
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    God youre right those lyrics are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong!

    Below are the correct lyrics.

    Pop culture with a pin Watch it wheeze in the air like a dying balloon A mistake dawned on me And the rest of my tribe Your wish is our command No really, it's ok Give yourselves a group hug and a pat on the back No really, it's alright Pose your best for the shot from the firing squad

    Choosing my defence I'll stay on the fence

    Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven Failing tomorrow's prayer Stained silver bullet how it kills me Waiting to follow through On a dare

    Pop culture, with a pin Watch it make all the worms in your mind disappear Maybe so, maybe not Never sure if it's me underneath the white sheet Halloween, Halloween With a mask I can be your new friend for a while Trick or treat, trick or treat There's a razorblade inside your candy bar

    Choosing my defence I'll stay on the fence

    Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven Failing tomorrow's prayer Stained silver bullet how it kills me Waiting to follow through On a dare

    Pop culture on your skin You cannot keep your fingers away from your face Memories haunting me Like a fish floating dead at the top of a tank

    (repeats bits of bridge and chorus throughout)

    godsendconspiratoron April 06, 2003   Link
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    yah but he did it without the lyrics sheet, unlike you CHEATOR.

    tsucolon May 04, 2003   Link
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    yes i purposely mispelled cheater.

    tsucolon May 04, 2003   Link
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    i also did it without the lyric sheet. i worked the words out from the demo version, before i bought antenna. so there!

    godsendconspiratoron June 12, 2003   Link
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    BURN! PS: I dig the hell outta this song.

    chasingbankyon October 06, 2004   Link
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    The line "Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven failing tomorrow's prayer" is pretty kick ass.

    Kratos_604on February 01, 2006   Link
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    General Comment

    This song is about suicide.

    And godsendconspirator, yours is wrong too, because at the second verse its: "Pop culture, with a PILL" :).

    He mostly aims at the fact that these lately years, the suicide amount is gone up so high, it has become a "pop culture".

    cloaroton March 10, 2010   Link

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