Everclear

1975

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Brawling scratches mean a bad hair day
Go on and press your face
all up against the glass
Watch and wonder as the pretty things spin and burn
swing and missing all
almost every time
Yeah, almost every time

Brawling scratches mean a bad hair day
Go on and press your face
all up against the glass
Watch and wonder as the pretty things spin and burn
swing and missing all
almost every time

I'm not alive, 1975
I'd spend my time wasted, dull, damaged, and blind
I'm not alive, 1975
yeah, 1975

I see scratches and the idiot kids
I watched them getting high
out in the cold blue sky
Watch and wonder as the asphalt babies burned
dancing in the flame, laughing all of the while

I'm not alive, 1975
I'd spend my time wasted, dull, damaged, and blind
I'm not alive, 1975

watch and wonder as they fade away... (x3)
fade, fade, fade, (fade), fade, (fade), fay ay ay ade
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and
sounds a lot like me
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and
sounds a lot like me
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and
yeah, almost all of the time
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and
whoa, 1975

I'm not alive, 1975
I was not alive, 1975
I'd spend all my time wasted dull, damaged, and blind
1975
watch and wonder as they fade away...
watch and wonder as they fade away...
watch and wonder as they fade...

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evergleam On May 09, 2002

Wonderful

Father Of Mine

Santa Monica

I Will Buy You A New Life

Everything To Everyone

Brawling scratches mean a bad hair day
Go on and press your face
all up against the glass
Watch and wonder as the pretty things spin and burn
swing and missing all
almost every time

I'm not alive, 1975
I'd spend my time wasted, dull, damaged, and blind
I'm not alive, 1975
yeah, 1975

I see scratches and the idiot kids
I watched them getting high
out in the cold blue sky
Watch and wonder as the asphalt babies burned
dancing in the flame, laughing all of the while

I'm not alive, 1975
I'd spend my time wasted, dull, damaged, and blind
I'm not alive, 1975

watch and wonder as they fade away... (x3)
fade, fade, fade, (fade), fade, (fade), fay ay ay ade
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and 
sounds a lot like me
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and 
sounds a lot like me
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and 
yeah, almost all of the time
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and blind...
dull, damaged, and 
whoa, 1975

I'm not alive, 1975
 I was not alive, 1975
I'd spend all my time wasted dull, damaged, and blind
1975
watch and wonder as they fade away... 
watch and wonder as they fade away... 
watch and wonder as they fade...

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2002-05-09 07:26:29

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by xplanecrashx

24y ago

most likely another one of art's autobiographical songs about drugs

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by evil_killer_phone

23y ago

1975... how old would he have been?

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by imyourzero000

20y ago

he would have been 13. ive read in a few places that thats when he starting shooting up. probably triggered by the death of his brother when he was 12.

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