Red

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I won't be like my father, and I broke up with my mother I got tired of her kisses, tired of her smotherings Around my fingers, let me punch and fuck shit up The sight of blood and bone and bruises makes me feel like I have woken up To all the madness all around me, I told you that you can kill me Out behind the house I'm getting high with just a soda can A lighter and some pessimism, a dalliance with anarchism I think Sally loves me, I am plotting our escape from here [Pre-Chorus] Just because thеy name me that don't mean thеy can tame me I will not renew my membership, I won't be an ambassador You name brand PR campaign to vindicate the family name You fear dirty laundry aired, I fear living and dying scared and alone [Chorus] Do not tell me I don't know, I got voices in my head They won't shut up 'till I'm dead, but now all I see is red [Verse 2] I am drunk on whiskey, I've heard good things about absinthe Absence makes the heart grow fonder so I'll go off to the yonder Smoke it, sniff it, snort it, drink it, screw it, punch it, kick it, lick it There's a feeling to be had don't wanna die, don't wanna miss it The more you want to agitate, the more I want to masturbate Jerks, they're lurking everywhere with purple smiles and perfect hair I will steal their girlfriends, I will also steal their Subarus, throw my ass in prision, I don't care I'll run the joint by noon and oh [Chorus] Do not tell me I don't know, I got voices in my head They will shut up when I'm dead, until then I'm seeing red [Verse 3] You promised me wonders, glories, untold possibilities If this is all that life is, I've been sold a lemon tree The bitterness it stings and I've stopped trusting you or anyone And I will burn your face off, I've the power of a hundred suns You would send me off to war, you don't care about me and my friends We are all expendable, cannon fodder for your freedoms Why'd you bring me here, am I just supposed to buy until I die? To work and work and work and be a tiny man who eats and votes [Pre-Chorus] Don't tell me there's no place for anger here I've watched your TV show Beneath upward mobility you're seething with hostility Infinite passive aggression, low grade clinical depression If that's what life's suppose to be I'll say "no thank you, fuck you please" and oh [Chorus] Do not tell me I don't know, I got voices in my head I will shut up when I'm dead, but now all I see is red Until then I'm seeing red, but now all I see is...