You got to a need to suffer,
prepare to duck and cover
its coming to you
words are unnecessary
when you are dead and buried
doesn't matter to you
you got a need to suffer
set fire to your lover
its coming to you
love sets the precedent and
hate is the evidence and
it all points to you

we can't feel the shore light from the sea

now i wander through the day
this fucking look up on my face
brushing off the ones help me on my way
now you're better off dead

you got a need to suffer
set fire to your brother
its coming to you
love sets the precedent and
hate is the evidence and
it all points to you

you can't tell famine from disease

now i wander through the day
this fucking look upon my face
brushing off the ones who
help me on my way
now you're better off dead

turning off cause it turns you on
we all burn up parts of the sun
we're looking for you i said
we're looking for you
turning off coz it turns me on
we all burn up parts of the sun
we're looking for you i said
we're fucking looking for you
one is one again
one is one again
just enough to make you suffer
i'm looking for you

now i wander throgh the day
this fucking look upon my face
brushing off the ones who help me on my way
now youre better off dead
dead
dead



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    Such a good song. Can't believe no one has commented. Show some love for Finch.

    illegalpunkrkron August 19, 2008   Link
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    wow i was worried they might fall back into the style that made them popluar but this song shows there is no turning back and they will keep pushing forward, glad they stayed true!

    evanthehermiton September 11, 2008   Link
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    Evanthehermit no they arnt. I just went to a finch show 2 days go in Anaheim and Randy "r2k" was saying that the new cd they are recording is going to be aloy darker basically saying it isn't going to be a what it is to burn part 2 they're new songs are still catchy with their time caps and pauses amazing lyrics and sexy guitar riffs but it's not going to their old style

    CADAVERGRINDERon October 13, 2009   Link
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    i'm pretty sure its Famine OR Disease, not Famine AND Disease. Their new songs are really good. They're kinda dark like Say Hello To Sunshine, but in a different way. Can't really explain it. The only other songs I've heard by them is The Beverly Chillbillies, and Hail To The Fire. Check `em out, see for yourself. Long live Finch.

    slrmclarenfreakon December 11, 2009   Link

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