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Faith No More - King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime lyrics



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01. Get Out

What if there's no more fun to have?
And all I've got is what I had
What if I have forgotten how?
Cut my losses and get out now
Get out right now

There's something stronger than me
There's something I don't want to see
A new thing growing in me

It is the hardest thing to do
To watch it grow on top of you
And see you're just like everyone
No fun

There's something stronger than me
There's something I don't want to see
A new thing growing in me
There's something I don't want to see

I don't speak that language anymore
My blood is not that color anymore
My blood don't shine the same way anymore
I cannot deny it anymore

There's something stronger than me
There's something I don't want to see
Got a new thing growing in me
There's something I don't want to see
There's something stronger than me
There's something I don't want to see
A new thing growing in me...

02. Ricochet

All of that thick time without you
Has made me so thick and drunk
"and it's ok to laugh about it"
I said, "it's ok to laugh about it"

Runnin' twice as fast to stay in the same place
Don't catch my breath until the end of the day
And I'd rather be sot in the face
Than hear what you're going to say

One day the wind will come up
And you'll come up empty again
And who'll be laughing then?
You'll come up empty again

No reason no explanation so play the violins

It's always funny until someone gets hurt
And then it's just hilarious!

You beat me every time you blink
if only I did not have to think
Think about you crackin' a smile
Think about you all the while

On the ricochet it's going to hit you
It's always funny until someone gets hurt
You can laugh at me when it misses you

03. Evidence

If you want to open the hole
Just put your head down and go
Step beside the piece of the circumstance
Gotta wash away the taste of evidence
Wash it away

Evidence
Evidence
Evidence
Got a taste of evidence

I didn't feel a thing
It didn't mean a thing
Look in the eye, testify
Didn't feel a thing

Anything you say, we know you're guilty
Hands above your head
and you won't even feel me
You won't feel me

I didn't feel a thing

I didn't feel a thing
It didn't mean a thing
Look in the eye, testify
Didn't feel a thing

Evidence
Evidence
Evidence
Got a taste of evidence

I didn't feel a thing
You didn't mean a thing
Look in the eye and testify
I didn't feel a thing
I didn't feel a thing

04. The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies

The words are so familiar -
All the same greats, the same mistakes
It doesn't have to be like this

If you don't make a friend, now
One might make you -
So learn
The gentle art of making enemies

Don't look so surprised
Happy birthday...fucker
Blow that candle out
We're gonna kick you

Don't say you're not because you are
Don't say you're not because you are
History tells us that you are
History tells us that you are

All you need is just one more excuse
You put up one hell of a fight
I wanna hear your very best excuse
Never felt this much alive

Your day has finally come -
So wear the hat and do the dance
And let the suit keep wearing you.

This year you'll sit and take it
And you will like it -
It's the gentle art of making enemies

I deserve a reward
'Cause I'm the best fuck that you ever had
And if I tighten up my hole -
You may never see the light again

There's always an easy way out
There's always an easy way out
You need something wet in your mouth
You need something wet in your mouth

Never felt this much alive

05. Star A.D.

Star A.D.

See tomorrow dreamin'
You don't need your freedom

Star A.D.

A little joke that's understood
It's all over the world
A little joke that's understood
It's all over and over and over!

And dying is dry-
Like a fact of history
And when you die, you'll become
something worse
Than dead-
You'll become
A legend

We are forever

See tomorrow dreamin'
You don't need your freedom

06. Cuckoo For Caca

It's cold and it's
Smooth and it's
A hard shade of white
And everybody needs to lick the surface clean
But it never tastes better

White blooms to white and freezes white again
Close it before something crawls in
Commit it, leave it, get away - we always
Drop our good side

Being good gets you stuff
Being stuff gets you good
Good stuf gets you being
And wheelin' and dealin' and squealin'
Shit lives forever

They have no legs, but chase us anyway
Like the shadow of your best friend
Gave birth to something we don't want to be
We drop our good side

You can't kill it

Eat is just as deep as you can fuck it
So cough it up or go down
And there's only one thing that separates
A man...

Shit lives forever

We'll retire with a turd on our lips
Under a pair of knowing eyes
I'm gonna take a few down with me
And drop my good side

You can't kill it

Take it from our drummer Puff,
Being good it gets you stuff

07. Caralho Voador

They all know me by my car
They all know I'm gone, but not how far
I'm heading straight down 101
I'm going to go and get me some
My lips are movin' but there's no sound
Someday somebody's gonna get run down

Eu não posso dirigir
E agora aparece
Meu dedo enterrado
No meu nariz

My lips are movin' but there's no sound
Someday somebody's gonna get run down

08. Ugly In The Morning

You did one thing wrong
You woke up.
It looked better before
More-more
And the stomach turns...
Say nothing without wasting a word
I know exactly what you meant
I know how piggy feels
He starves without missing a meal
Look in the mirror...
Don't look at me-
I'm ugly in the morning
When the headache is gone,
The sun is not.
Forgot to turn the alarm
On-on
Doesn't matter how much you think
Or the number of hairs in the sink
I did it to myself again
I know how piggy feels
He starves without missing a meal
It's getting clearer...
Don't look at me-
I'm ugly in the morning

09. Digging The Grave

It would be wrong to ask you why
Because I know what goes inside
Is only half of what comes out
Isn't that what it's about?

It's about
To remind us we're alive
To remind us we're not blind
In that big, black hole

Comfortable
Digging the grave, I got it made
Let something in, or throw something out?
You left the door open wide

I know you have a reason why
That knot is better left untied
I just went and undid mine
It takes some time

And the shadows so big
It takes the sun out of the day
And the feeling goes away
When you close the door

Comfortable
Digging the grave, I got it made
Let something in, or throw something out?
You left the door open wide
Digging the grave, I got it made

Comfortable
Digging the grave, I got it made
Let something in, or throw something out?
You left the door open wide

10. Take This Bottle

I can wait to love in heaven
I can wait for you
Far away, I'll treat you better
Better than down here

Because I done wrong
And I'm a little afraid
And I ain't too strong
And this ain't easy to say:
Take this bottle
Take this bottle

And just walk away
The both of you
And let me feel the pain
I've done to you

I can hope we'll be together
With a better roof over our heads
I can hope the stormy weather
It passes on
It passes on

But I've hoped too long
Hoped for me to change
But that hope is gone
So listen to what I say:
Take this bottle

11. King For A Day

It is not a good day if you are not looking good
This is the best party that I've ever been to
Today I asked for a god to pour some wine in my eyes
Today I asked for someone to shake some salt in my life

Look!
Everything's spinning
(We're on the ground)
Never cheer before you know who's winning
(Don't make a sound)

Sniff the glass and let it roll around on your tongue
Let me introduce you to someone before the party is done
Someone to look to in need or in want or in war
If you give him everything, he may give you even more

Look!
Everything's spinning
(We're on the ground)
Never cheer before you know who's winning
(Don't make a sound)
Don't make a sound!!!

Look!
Everything's spinning
We're on the ground

Never cheer before you know who's winning
Don't make a sound
Don't make a sound

Everything's spinning
We're on the ground

Everything's spinning
We're on the ground

This is the best party I've been to
This is the best party I've been to
This is the best party I've been to
This is the best party I've been to

Don't let me die with that silly look in my eyes...(x12)

12. What A Day

A piece of mail
A letter head
A piece of hair
On a human head
They're sayin' to me
"I should've killed it"
"I should've killed it"
"I should've killed it"
"I should've killed it before"
You're right, you're right
"Kill the body and the head will die"
They're laughin' at me
"I should've learned it"
"I should've learned it"
"I should've learned it"
"I should've learned it"
"I should've learned it"
"I should've learned it before"

What a day, what a day
If you can look it in the face
And hold your vomit
What a day, what a day
If you can look it in the face
And hold your vomit

A wet sneeze and a "no left turn"
A row of teeth, an encouraging word
Beneath a mile of skin
"I should've noticed it"
"I should've noticed it"
"Noticed it before"
"Noticed it before"
"Noticed it before"
"Noticed it before"

What a day, what a day
If you can look it in the face
And hold your vomit
What a day, what a day
If you can look it in the face
And hold your vomit

What a day
What a day
What a day
What a day
What a day
What a
Day
What a day
What a day
What a day
What a day
What a day
What a

Don't touch it
What a day
What a day
What a day
No! Don't touch it
What a day
What a day
What a day
No! Don't touch it
What a day
What a day
What a day
No! Don't touch it
What a day
What a day
What a day
Touched it now!

13. The Last To Know

Where it
grows on trees
but never
Never blooms
Where it hurts
the least
for whoever
Saw it first

First to go
and the last to know

Lasts longer than
a lifetime
Takes the least amount of effort
Feels better than
a bargain
Just to know it's there

First to go
and the last to know
Can't you see
There's only one me
And that me is me

I know where
but I cannot share
You'll call me
I'll stand in line till then
I'll be waiting
Can't you see
All circuits are busy
Please try back again

14. Just A Man

Sky is clear tonight
Sky is clear tomorrow

A star is out
I reach for one to sparkle in my hand

A star is out
I will not touch you, I am just a man

Sky is clear tonight
Sky is clear tomorrow

And every night I shut my eyes
So I don't have to see the light
Shining so bright
I'll dream about a cloudy sky,
About a cloudy sky

Sky is clear tonight
Sky is clear tomorrow
A star is out
I reach for one to sparkle in my hand
(in your hand)
A star is out
I will not touch you, I am just a man
('Cause he's just a man)

"Man was born to love-
Though often he has sought
Like Icarus, to fly too high-
And far to lonely than he thought
To kiss the sun of east and west
And hold the world that he's behest-
To hold the terrible power
To whom only gods are blessed-
But me, I am just a man"

And every night I shut my eyes
So I don't have to see the light
Shining so bright
I'll dream about a cloudy sky,
About a cloudy sky

And every night I shut my eyes
But now I've got them open wide
You've fallen into my hands
And now you're burning me
You're burning me

And every night I shut my eyes
So I don't have to see the light
Shining so bright
I'll dream about a cloudy sky,
About a cloudy sky

And every night I shut my eyes
But now I've got them open wide
Shining so bright
I'll dream about a cloudy sky,
About a cloudy sky

A cloudy sky...