Red Mist

Don’t you push my buttons, man, I’m just not in the mood,
Already got a parking ticket today, That’s one too many accrued,
The shower was cold this morning, The car took a while to start,
And Sarah says I’m a waste of space, That bitch is trying to break my heart.
Don’t get in my way, It’s been a bastard of a day.
Work was nothing but nine hours of stress, The boss constantly on my case,
At lunchtime the canteen was closed, Not a morsel in the place.
And some bitch put in a complaint, When my language became quite strong,
My colleagues rub me up the wrong way, We just don’t get along.
Don’t get in my way, It’s been a bastard of a day.
My sanity is dying,
That baby won’t stop crying!
I’m gonna need a drink or two tonight,
I’m raging, cos nothing’s going right.
“Welcome, son, to The Dog and Gun. Tell me, what do you think?
Pull up a chair and sit right there, what can I get you to drink?
You don’t look too happy, son, has it been a bitch of a day?
Here’s your rum, the first’s on the house, just drink that shit away!”
The first slipped down so easy,
the second one did too,
By the time I’d had my fifth one,
my mind was set on you.
Some guys walked into Eddie’s bar, I didn’t like the look of them,
Though they just drank beer and threw some arrows like ordinary men.
I’m sure one of them looked at me and muttered something to his friend,
Well, I wasn’t having none of that, had to put it to an end.
The first went down so easy,
the second one did too,
By the time I’d floored the fifth one, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing!
They screwed up;
They were messing with the wrong guy. Fists flew, punches were thrown
and darts were thrown and cues were thrown.
Within a few seconds I was the only man standing in that room.
I had seen the red mist once again - I had just killed five men.
I just stood there trembling, aching, lost in disbelief,
This was never meant to come to pass, man, I was just a petty thief,
This is it, this is the end,
with thanks to the red mist,
I’m so sorry, officer,
It was never meant to come to this.