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Until Morale Improves, the Beatings Will Continue Lyrics
I walked the road
From Tucson to San Antonio
With the smell of blood on my breath
Ninety days
Of sweat and dirt
Feels like one night when you've got nothing left
Until there's nothing left to do but die
Buckshot is my bread
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
Because I can't stand to be sober in this place
Your hands on my face
Every step of the way
Trying to peel away the pain
Buckshot is my bread
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
Because I can't stand to be sober in this place
Your hands on my face
Every step of the way
Trying to peel away the pain
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
From Tucson to San Antonio
With the smell of blood on my breath
Of sweat and dirt
Feels like one night when you've got nothing left
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
Because I can't stand to be sober in this place
Your hands on my face
Every step of the way
Trying to peel away the pain
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
Because I can't stand to be sober in this place
Your hands on my face
Every step of the way
Trying to peel away the pain
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
I'll drink whiskey instead of water
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"UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES, THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE is about the hero of the story, who is returning to the town where he shot the devil in order to finish him off. He is walking across the desert "with blood on his breath" ready to finish what he started. The chorus features the amazing William Elliot Whitmore on backup vocals. He sang to us in the studio through a telephone by the side of the road in Texas, and our producer Dan Goodwin was able to raise the volume enough so you can hear it. The chorus paralels the hero to the Christian act of transubstantiation, where, upon eating and drinking the wafer and wine at mass, they actually become the body and blood of Christ. In his case, "Buckshot is his bread, and he'll drink whiskey instead..." "
I saw these guys last night and during the song the singer took a shot of Whiskey. Anyone else reminded of Johnny Cash when listening to him?
God Is Everything
God Is Everything
God is a shot of whiskey
God is a shot of whiskey
and God burns on the way down.
and God burns on the way down.
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Absolutely!! Johnny, along with a little bit of Hugh Jackman thrown in for good measure!!
Absolutely!! Johnny, along with a little bit of Hugh Jackman thrown in for good measure!!
This is one of my favorite songs by them because of the lines "buckshot is my bread, I'll drink whiskey instead of water......" I'm always singing that part to myself after hearing this song
i like the sound of this song. a quiet, slow song with lots of emotio...but a kinda dry emotion....yamean?
this song is pretty badass
This might be my favorite songs, and like unionpunkgirl, because of the haunting lyrics "Buckshot is my bread, I'll drink water instead of water, 'cause I can't stand to be sober in this place. Your hands on my face, every step of the way, trying to peel away the pain". Fuckin' awesome.
be one of my favorite songs*
i love Murder By Death.
The chorus features the amazing William Elliot Whitmore on backup vocals. He sang to us in the studio through a telephone by the side of the road in Texas
How cool is that? Whitmore has such an amazing effect to that song
amazing cello solo. Really easy to play, but incredibly moving.
residuum, they're actually compared to him alot. :sometimes the line walks you?: i freaking love this song. i saw them in concert on wednesday and i've been listening to them non stop since long before that. this song haunts me like crazy, the buckshot line gets stuck in my head all the time. i wind up singing it at the top of my lungs ever time i hear it. freaking amazing. really.