Starts so slowly, just a place to stay
somewhere warm where they can spend their days.
Air is stagnant and he feels unclean
hair hangs greasy and he smells obscene.
Something's happened and it's not so good
broken bottles in the face of love.
Mottled flesh under the harsh strip light
nylong sheets to keep them warm at night.
Once it's started it can never stop
fills his heaf with a dark damp fog.
In the distance is a constant cry
growing louder as the years go by.
Days get longer and he starts to drink
spews his stomach in the kitchen sink.
Tells his children they should have respect
tells his wife she's a nervous wreck.
He hates his wife and he hates them all.
He hates his wife and he hates them all.
Can't be bothered when it's all the same
leave it long enough it goes away.
In the meantime stomach turns to fat
she tries to tell him but he can't have that.
She's only jealous and she's telling lies
standing naked in his flesh disguise.
It took him years to get her into bed
now he's got her he just wants her dead.
She wants excitement and she needs romance
all she gets is dirty underpants.
Stupid animal that can't know why
something's wrong so someone has to die.
The wind is blowing and the rain falls down
sends his family on a trip downtown.
Sees them die in a burning wreck
sees them burn, smokes a cigarette.
He hates his wife and he hates them all.
He hates his wife and he hates them all.
He knows he's finished but he can't stop now
and he wants to end it but he can't see how.
And it's all in pieces, thrown it all away
oh, but he's not ugly he just looks that way.
And he wants some quiet and he needs it now
but the scream he started's getting far too loud.
He still pretends he does it just for now
his day will come he'll lose it all somehow.
Killing time until his ship arrives
been dead 10 years but he's still alive.
And the time is wasted and the ship has sunk
but he hasn;t noticed and he comes home drunk.
He's just dead weight he'll never leave the ground
he tries to stand but he keeps falling down.
It's hard to know he doesn't count for much
he's not a has-been; just a never-was.
He hates his wife and he hates them all.
He hates his wife and he hates them all.
Hates his wife
somewhere warm where they can spend their days.
Air is stagnant and he feels unclean
hair hangs greasy and he smells obscene.
broken bottles in the face of love.
Mottled flesh under the harsh strip light
nylong sheets to keep them warm at night.
fills his heaf with a dark damp fog.
In the distance is a constant cry
growing louder as the years go by.
Days get longer and he starts to drink
spews his stomach in the kitchen sink.
Tells his children they should have respect
tells his wife she's a nervous wreck.
He hates his wife and he hates them all.
leave it long enough it goes away.
In the meantime stomach turns to fat
she tries to tell him but he can't have that.
standing naked in his flesh disguise.
It took him years to get her into bed
now he's got her he just wants her dead.
all she gets is dirty underpants.
Stupid animal that can't know why
something's wrong so someone has to die.
sends his family on a trip downtown.
Sees them die in a burning wreck
sees them burn, smokes a cigarette.
He hates his wife and he hates them all.
and he wants to end it but he can't see how.
And it's all in pieces, thrown it all away
oh, but he's not ugly he just looks that way.
but the scream he started's getting far too loud.
He still pretends he does it just for now
his day will come he'll lose it all somehow.
been dead 10 years but he's still alive.
And the time is wasted and the ship has sunk
but he hasn;t noticed and he comes home drunk.
he tries to stand but he keeps falling down.
It's hard to know he doesn't count for much
he's not a has-been; just a never-was.
He hates his wife and he hates them all.
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