A moment of silence please for those who never get the chance
They show up to the party but they're never asked to dance
The losers the liars the bastards the thieves
The cynicists, the pessimists and those that don't believe in nothing
I never met a loser that I didn't see eye to eye with, I declare
I stare into your eyes
But you look right past me into the air
What's it like to stand in your shoes?
To have never felt the belt of somebody's abuse?
I take the bottle and I tip it to all my heroes that have passed
Alas, you have left us but your stories they will last
Uninspired by the recruiting call
Independent we stand
Independent we fall
So tell me: how long do you think you can go before you lose it all?
Before they call you bluff and watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like to think I had control
At some point but I let it go and lost my soul
Sit tight but the revolution's years away
I'm losing faith and I'm running low on things to say
So I guess I have no choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite
Oh! to have died that night I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the reaper tipped the hourglass
The final mayday of our sinking ship had come and passed
Oh! to the west, you don't know what it is you're running from
And everybody's laughing loud
Your last chance to make your mother and father proud
Oh, oh, oh
A moment of silence please for those who never get the chance
They show up to the party but they're never asked to dance
The losers the liars the bastards the thieves
The cynicists, the pessimists and those that don't believe in nothing
They said "a pox
Upon your house
Upon your family and everyone you knew
And everyone you'll ever meet"
I bet they think we wish we joined when we could
But we do what we want we don't do what we should
Now everybody's laughing because they're thinking they in on something I don't get
Don't forget
I connect and I read every word you said
Like a child who believes he was wronged
If you hate me so much then stop singing my songs
So tell me: how long do you think you can go before you lose it all?
Before they call you bluff and watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like to think I had control
At some point but I let it go and lost my soul
Sit tight but the revolution's years away
I'm losing faith and I'm running low on things to say
So I guess I have no choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite
Oh! to have died that night I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the reaper tipped the hourglass
The final mayday of our sinking ship had come and passed
Oh! to the west, you don't know what it is you're running from
And everybody's laughing loud
Your last chance to make your mother and father proud
Oh, oh, oh
They show up to the party but they're never asked to dance
The losers the liars the bastards the thieves
The cynicists, the pessimists and those that don't believe in nothing
I never met a loser that I didn't see eye to eye with, I declare
I stare into your eyes
But you look right past me into the air
What's it like to stand in your shoes?
To have never felt the belt of somebody's abuse?
I take the bottle and I tip it to all my heroes that have passed
Alas, you have left us but your stories they will last
Uninspired by the recruiting call
Independent we stand
Independent we fall
So tell me: how long do you think you can go before you lose it all?
Before they call you bluff and watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like to think I had control
At some point but I let it go and lost my soul
Sit tight but the revolution's years away
I'm losing faith and I'm running low on things to say
So I guess I have no choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite
Oh! to have died that night I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the reaper tipped the hourglass
The final mayday of our sinking ship had come and passed
Oh! to the west, you don't know what it is you're running from
And everybody's laughing loud
Your last chance to make your mother and father proud
Oh, oh, oh
A moment of silence please for those who never get the chance
They show up to the party but they're never asked to dance
The losers the liars the bastards the thieves
The cynicists, the pessimists and those that don't believe in nothing
They said "a pox
Upon your house
Upon your family and everyone you knew
And everyone you'll ever meet"
I bet they think we wish we joined when we could
But we do what we want we don't do what we should
Now everybody's laughing because they're thinking they in on something I don't get
Don't forget
I connect and I read every word you said
Like a child who believes he was wronged
If you hate me so much then stop singing my songs
So tell me: how long do you think you can go before you lose it all?
Before they call you bluff and watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like to think I had control
At some point but I let it go and lost my soul
Sit tight but the revolution's years away
I'm losing faith and I'm running low on things to say
So I guess I have no choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite
Oh! to have died that night I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the reaper tipped the hourglass
The final mayday of our sinking ship had come and passed
Oh! to the west, you don't know what it is you're running from
And everybody's laughing loud
Your last chance to make your mother and father proud
Oh, oh, oh
Lyrics submitted by SlapsterMcFlash, edited by CoffeeEyes, Scepvyle
A Moment of Silence Lyrics as written by Brett Beavers Steve Bogard
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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the key line is "the tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite" i think. thats what this song is. its this guy who thinks hes a loser and a hypocrite rambling about whats its like
not really sure of my interpretation of the lyrics though
if it really is about kalnoky and catch 22 that's kinda disappointing, using a song that people will inevitably listen to as a means of delivering a personal vendetta to the masses seems a little catty. I agree with mrpants5060...it's a song about the people who live life on the fringe of what's normal.
anyway, kudos on the tune and melody. V awesome
It makes me happy, because my favorite people always seem to be the awkward kids.
...this song is pretty straight forward, he seems to be talking to a person symbolic of normalcy
I thing their new cd 99 Songs of revolution has meaning to it. I know it was only just announced as being completed recently, but back when Kalnoky started BOTAR, he mentioned the Cover album. i think this was right after he left Catch 22, its his way of saying Calm down guys, the revolutions years away, im losing faith, AKA in his writing, mabey he lost some of his inspiration, then he says and running out of things to say, coming to the fact that hes releasing a Cover album, hes written about all the stories in his live he knows now, and to get back on the ball again,hes going to record more music, and then get some more inspiration. Of course as you can tell over the years, new CD's were released and hes got plenty of inspiration and has yet to falter in his writing skills. But hey, it may seem farfetched, but i think that line was his way of saying, calm down catch, im not trying to attack you, im just as tired as anyone else right now and this is my way of taking a break. Any thoughts?
I'm sure the song could be about Catch-22. However, it is short-sighted and downright foolish to disallow any other interpretation.
Oh, and I always thought the line was "Independent we stand/And dependant we fall," but that's probably just a mondegreen of mine.
kalnoky's fucking amazing
before they call you bluff and watch you fall?
i don't know but i'd like to think i had control
at some point but i let it go and lost my soul"
No idea what it means but it is fuckin ausome
"if you hate me so much then stop singing my songs"
Catch 22 still sing old song, they are good but thay are kalnoky's songs
"our days were numbered and the reaper tipped the hourglass"
Kalnoky's days in Catch weren't happy and they knew that the end of their union was coming fast... too fast