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Boogie Nights

by The Black Black

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    12" white vinyl with an exclusive poster featuring original artwork from Michael P. Sincavage, and lyrics.

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1.
i'm not a man, barely a thought i'm on your side, but not for too long you're 23, you think it's yours i built this world to tell you that you're wrong it's not worth saving, it's not worth saving now i'm not worth saving, it's not worth saving now we're not worth saving, it's not worth saving now it's not worth saving, it's not worth saving now you hit that age, when you learn that the pilot is on his first flight then you turn, he looks at you and screams, we're going down! this boy's adjusted, and he's starting to fit in i'm overwhelmed and I am trying to escape where do we go from here? where do we go now, and where do we go now?
2.
i am in love again, with a new idea of mine i'm gonna make it real, i'm gonna make it, make it it's an army of mechanical bugs that can eat our trash and turn it to gas and it's gone, and it's gone. out of site. out of mind i'm gonna build it, gonna build it yea. every good story needs a hero every good hero needs a villain i want to be your hero won't you please (please please) be my villain? it is so pretty now, when it snows like this the color matches the road, i love that black black snow let's reverse the last two hundred years of revolution with my brand new industry no need to change. no need to worry. we'll build it, and it'll fix it. we'll build it, and it'll fix it.
3.
let's all play in the back yard we're gonna make it all out, we're gonna make it out let's go chase the fireflies we're gonna make it all out, we're gonna make it out we'll give them their own names we're gonna make it all out, we're gonna make it out we'll stay out past the sunlight meet me, and play with me. stay out with me, and float with me. let's all go skate tonight we're gonna make it all out, we're gonna make it out we'll pretend that we're city kids we're gonna make it all out, we're gonna make it out and make new friends with our parking lot tricks we're gonna make it all out, we're gonna make it out we'll stay lit with the street lights meet me, and play with me. stay out with me, and float with me. i'd like to say every drink and every party i'd like to say every friend and every more than but what will it go to show? maybe it will go to show i'd like to think that time spent is well spent i'd like to think that hanging out is hanging in but what will it go to show? maybe it will go to show the say necessity is the mother of invention i think my aimlessness is the mother of this narcissist but what will it go to show? who cares what it will go to show? it's not an answer it's just self indulgence it's your question, and i'm done being self conscious but what will it go to show? who cares what it will go to show? let's all go to the bar tonight we're gonna make it all out, we're gonna make it out we'll drink in this circle all night we're gonna make it all out, we're gonna make it out we'll play songs, and play fight we're gonna make it all out, we're gonna make it out we'll stay out until the sun light meet me, and play with me. stay out/young with me, and float with me.
4.
what the world needs now is what the world needs now what the worlds needs now is one more band so check check check all your references check check your head and your references the truth is that anyone could do it, and most likely they'd do it better than you because no one gets your q and not ulysses reference, and frankly no one cares there's barely a fifteen year old around that can't play a power chord and most of them could play sweet child o mine way better than you ever could dan smith has done his job. the audience here is just being polite as they try not to snicker at the irony of your crippled microphone stand while you fumble for uncomfortable banter so check check check all your references check check your head and your references all your friends are so used to this sound how you been asking around they want to hang around? you wanna hang around? and all your friends are so tired of your sound you've been complaining about how no one's hanging about you've been beggin them out, but no one's hanging about i met a man in the back of a bar and he was screaming about that it was just me in the crowd i was the only crowd, it was me in the crowd and he was screaming... do you care, do you care what you're singing about? do they care, do they care when they're dancing about? do you care, do you care what you're screaming about? do they care, do they care when they're thrashing about? what the world needs now
5.
there's something in the distance, it's much too bright to see, but still i feel it's power no mortal could mistake it, for an ordinary symbol, it must mean that i'm special i can feel it overtake me, i'm more than just a man, separate me from the masses act on every impulse, oh don't you dare provoke me, i'm just here to perfect you rebuild an institution up from the ground you can join in the solution to knock it down no more am i conflicted, they've told me right from wrong, trust in our new vision there's no such thing as color, the world is black and white, just like our machine and if you have a question, it's taken as a threat, we don't enjoy your thinking we'll drag you in, and lock you up, and push you down, and drown you out, we're just here to perfect you rebuild an institution up from the ground you can join in the solution to knock it down
6.
i'm not certain that you can see it, i'm just certain that it is there it's moving just a bit everyday, and it's creeping, and it's creeping every slip is just a bit more damage and every break is just a bit more damage and every fix is just a bit more damage and every day is just a bit more damage now when it all blurs together, what's gonna be the fix then? who decides that you're not fit? when will they say that you're a danger? every slip is just a bit more damage and every break is just a bit more damage and every fix is just a bit more damage and every day is just a bit more damage a bit more now. they're gonna feed us to the wolves.
7.
my stomach turns it says i'm wrong again my bed is empty it says this year's the year i make my drink, it says i'm not your friend it tastes familiar, it's soap and dead skin my water's dirty, i want to send it back she tells me clearly this is my last chance she looks so tired i think it must be me it's so familiar, it's soap and dead skin well here we go, i'm on stage again it's like the last, and i'm broken again well here we go, a new stage again it's like the last, and i'm broken again the future's clear, it looks the same as the past it's indecision and abandoned plans but i'm so tired, i think it must be me this day's familiar, it's soap and dead skin well here we go, i'm on stage again it's like the last, and i'm broken again well here we go, a new stage again it's like the last, and i'm broken again
8.
i can hear myself, hear myself start to think don't concentrate, don't panic, don't panic, don't panic, panic! silence is such a racket in my head silence is just a racket in my head can i have an inch, before i lose it? i'm so helpless, helpless, helpless, losing control silence is such a racket in my head silence is just a racket in my head i am surrounded by these strangers i need a line i need a hand i need a friend i need a drink i need a smoke i need help to escape silence is such a racket in my head silence is just a racket in my head
9.
it's not a giant stretch to think that everyone hides their evil thoughts it's not a huge leap to think that i could be planning a suicide sit in, yea oh yea i wouldn't be all that shocked if i found out that you've been learning some new tricks i wouldn't be all that shocked if i found out that you've been reading the anarchists cookbook oh yea it wouldn't send me into a panic if i found out that you've been making new friends i wouldn't lose my cool or get too manic if i found out that you've been hanging with transsexuals what's wrong with that? oh yea so keep your search and frisk away from me you can't save us from society so keep your guns and cuffs the hell away from me we'll never be safe, so just let us be
10.
i want my own, i want my own, i want my own place where i can be, i can be, i i can be all alone i wanna hide, i wanna hide, i wanna hideaway from the man, from the man who tells me how to be and then the christians came, and they dropped their stakes and now you think that life, you think that life's a sin look around, look around and what do you see? all the buildings, yea these buildings here in the street they say i gotta, say i gotta gotta pay their rent i gotta work for them, i gotta work for them and then the christians came, and they dropped their stakes and now you think that life, you think that life's a sin i'm just another, just another, just another investment here to pay, here to pay, here to pay for their ways i'm just another, just another, just another acquisition it's their land, it's their land, it's their land i'm on

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released November 21, 2014

Written and performed by The Black Black
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by John Meredith at Mollusk studios in March 2014
Assistant engineering, percussion, and backing vocals by Josh Carothers
Produced by John Meredith and The Black Black
Additional percussion and backup vocals by John Meredith, and Leslie Meredith
Illustration and art design by Michael P. Sincavage

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