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Knock 'em Dead Lyrics
This basket arrives
To show your condolence
You hope that it finds me well
And just in time
This loss was unbearable
But now I have flowers
A thoughtful, blooming bright arrangement
I can out live too
Dress the corpse in his best
You only have one shot
To knock 'em dead
And toast to the way he left us
Counting our blessings
And holding our heads
We better speak up
We better say something
We better believe ourselves for once
'Cause he never said help
He never said anything
In the way that we trained ourselves to hear
It's only in this silence
That I can hear he'd been screaming
All alone, All along
Dress the corpse in his best
You only have one shot
To knock 'em dead
And toast to the way he left us
Counting our blessings
And holding our heads
Dress the corpse in his best
You only have one shot
To knock 'em dead
And I would have thought
That I had more color than him
But my skin is stark stark white
And ash covers my skin
Alternate Endings (He changes some lyrics from the two versions I've heard)
To toast to the way he left us
Counting our blessings
And holding his hand
Or
I should have worn make-up
It seems to have worked for him
To show your condolence
You hope that it finds me well
And just in time
This loss was unbearable
But now I have flowers
A thoughtful, blooming bright arrangement
I can out live too
You only have one shot
To knock 'em dead
And toast to the way he left us
Counting our blessings
And holding our heads
We better say something
We better believe ourselves for once
'Cause he never said help
He never said anything
In the way that we trained ourselves to hear
It's only in this silence
That I can hear he'd been screaming
All alone, All along
You only have one shot
To knock 'em dead
And toast to the way he left us
Counting our blessings
And holding our heads
You only have one shot
To knock 'em dead
That I had more color than him
But my skin is stark stark white
And ash covers my skin
Counting our blessings
And holding his hand
It seems to have worked for him
Song Info
Submitted by
no_point On Oct 17, 2002
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Very well written song. Very haunting way of writing a funeral and a loss. Mr. Carrabba is getting better and better everyday.
Where is this from? No Point, where do you find these? or even hear them?
you can get this on dcsoimpossible.com.
your lyrics are pretty close, but i have a few disagreements...
"you only have one shot" "i can hear ethan screaming"
and you missed the last part of the song:
"And I would've thought that I had more color than him, My skin has gone stark white and an ash colors my skin, I'd sworn off of making up sincere words for you."
mr. carrabba used to be superman. now... he's just mr.carrabba. and if he keeps sucking at this rate, i am going to be a every sad lady.
im sorry if that offends anyone; i just really think that this mainstream stuff has taken a poopie on his songwriting abilities. =\
I used to have a comment on her before song meanings shut down, I really wish I could remember what it was...
magic toaster i dont think you understand what is like to lose somebody close to you... i just lost one of my best friends in a car accident and i can totally relate to this song and understand it for what it means.... stay open minded
I think he's just really awesome.. and he knows it, that's why he didn't worry about this song and people not liking it. If you'd ever feel this way that he did about loosing someone, you'd like the song, ya know? It would mean something to you. Obviously for everyone else, you've never lost anyone, so you don't have a reason to like it. Don't diss it though, it's his song, he didn't tell you to like it.
I think he's just really awesome.. and he knows it, that's why he didn't worry about this song and people not liking it. If you'd ever feel this way that he did about loosing someone, you'd like the song, ya know? It would mean something to you. Obviously for everyone else, you've never lost anyone, so you don't have a reason to like it. Don't diss it though, it's his song, he didn't tell you to like it.
I aggree with emo glenn, it is ethan screaming