Living Colour - Stain lyrics
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Tracks 01. Go Away
02. Ignorance Is Bliss 03. Leave It Alone 04. Bi 05. Mind Your Own Business 06. Ausländer 07. Never Satisfied 08. Nothingness 09. Postman 10. WTFF 11. This Little Pig 12. Hemp 13. Wall 14. T.V. News 15. Love Rears Its Ugly Head 01. Go Away Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish
What is the point of suffering?
What is the purpose of joy? Is it true that the winner dies With the most toys? A lifetime spent for a dollar A lifetime twisting in pain A lifetime gone in an hour A lifetime playing the game I see the starving Africans on TV I feel it has nothing to do with me I sent my twenty dollars to Liveaid I've aided my guilty conscience to go away Now go Away Now go away Now go away Go away I don't want anybody to touch me I think everybody has AIDS What's the point in caring for you? You're gonna die anyway A lifetime searching for something A lifetime going insane A lifetime running from nothing A life looking for someone to blame I see the starving Africans on TV I feel it has nothing to do with me I sent my twenty dollars to Liveaid I've aided my guilty conscience to go away Now go Away Now go away Now go away Go away I see the starving Africans on TV I feel it has nothing to do with me I sent my twenty dollars to Liveaid And paid my guilty conscience to go away I see the starving Africans on TV I feel it has nothing to do with me I sent my twenty dollars to Liveaid And paid my guilty conscience Now go Away Now go away Now go away Now go away, go away, go away 02. Ignorance Is Bliss Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish
Living with myself is hard enough
So I get away when things get rough Fammon, strife, and thoughts of war Matter less than the dress she wore Ignorance is bliss Problem sloved with just one kiss Ignorance is bliss Problem sloved with just one kiss I'm just trying to survive Pay my bills and stay alive All the world's problems ain't my fault I take it all with a grain of salt Ignorance is bliss Problem sloved with just one kiss Ignorance is bliss Problem sloved with just one kiss Ignorance.. Ignorance is no excuse Your problem's solved but what's the use Ignorance is no excuse The problem's solved then what's the use I try to tell them everyday But nobody listens to a word I say Look out my window, what do you see? Sometimes it's worse than that stupid TV Ignorance is bliss Ignorance Ignorance is bliss Ignorance Ignorance is bliss Ignorance Well, ignorance is bliss Ignorance 03. Leave It Alone Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Glover, Reid, Wimbish
We must never take these words too seriously
Words are very important but then if we take them too seriously We destroy every thing... I'm not one of those joiners I'm not down with the club There's no place I'm going to You see, it's the hole I dug I just leave it alone I just leave it alone I just leave it alone I'm not down with this one Their motives are much too severe And that one, they're much too serious I don't plan to make this a career I just leave it alone I just leave it alone I just leave it alone We're always talking about peace But it's pieces that we find What's with all this tension? What is on your mind? Why are we always talking about peace? But it's pieces that we find Tell me what's with all this tension Tell me what is on your mind I wouldn't get into that one Naw, don't go for all their hype And you know I'll never be like that one Come on, I'm just not the type Well I gotta leave it alone Just gotta leave it alone Gonna just leave it alone Just gotta leave it alone No, no, no Leave it alone Leave it alone Leave it alone 04. Bi Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Calhoun, Reid
People, if they choose you, then they want you to decide
But you'd rather relax, kick back, enjoy the ride There's a catagory if you're straight or gay You're a wild card gambler and you like it both ways Everybody wants you when you're bi Looking at the girls and eyeing all the guys Everybody loves you when you're bi But the tension and the passion's double amplified My lover told me, well, that she's bi I wanted to scream, there were tears in my eyes She said baby, baby, don't you cry 'Cause the one I am with, you've been seeing on the side Everybody wants you when you're bi Eating with the girls and laughing with the guys Everybody loves you when you're bi But the tension and the passion's double amplified Everybody wants you when you're bi Feeling all the girls and touching all the guys Well, everybody loves you when you're bi Well a friend of a friend of a friend told me Everybody's messed up with their sexuality Well a friend of a friend of a friend told me I need a closet big enough to live in A closet for the whole world to live in I want a closet big enough to live in A closet for the whole world to live in Everybody wants you when you're bi Loving all the girls and loving all the guys Everybody needs you when you're bi But the tension and the passion's double amplified Everybody wants you That's right Everybody needs you Um-hum Everybody likes you I'll bet Everybody loves you Everybody, yeah Everybody Everybody, come on now Everybody, not me Everybody, whoo Everybody, yeah Everybody, come on now Everybody Well everybody loves you Bi Licking all the girls Licking all the guys Everybody's fucked up with their sexuality You like it both ways Like it both ways Bi 05. Mind Your Own Business Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Reid
I always have the same fight with you
It doesn't change no matter what we do Like, who is he, where was she, who were they with And why I don't care about it Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business And leave mine alone Gossip buzzes around your head like bees in a hive Sometimes I think that's how you stay alive Don't you hate it when those little facts interrupt? So much more fun just to make it all up Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business And leave mine alone Look, here's my point GET A LIFE A source gave me the scoop on you Can you confirm or deny that it's true? I heard that someone cut you down to size Somehow, you know, I'm not surprised Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Why don't you mind your own business Mind your own business Mind your own business And leave mine alone 06. Ausländer Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish
In a new place, in a strange land
An undone new world, not a part of the plan Hatred and fear is the language I know Out of my home, out of control Everything that I want, isn't it everything that you've got? Everything that I want, isn't it everything that you've got? How much more do you think I can take? I yield to your smile, a victim's mistake I don't want your life, I've got my own needs A life of my own, a chance to be free Everything that I want, isn't it everything that you've got? Everything that I want, isn't it everything that you've got? Everything that I want, isn't it everything that you've got? Everything that I want, isn't it everything that you've got? Everything that I want, isn't it everything that you've got? Everything that I want, isn't it everything that you've got? 07. Never Satisfied Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Glover, Reid
Starts from the back of your head
Shifts to the front of your head because of the vibrations Ain't got no girl to kiss on, what I got Ain't got no face to sit on, what I got Ain't got no star to wish on, what I got I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied until it ends in tears I've gotta have more and more, what I got That's what they make money for, what I got I sold my soul like a whore, what I got I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied until it ends in tears No, I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied until it ends in fire The world spins round and round and round My life's in pieces on the ground Some hearts just can't be bound, no I feel like I'm going to drown I got no hopes, no dreams, what I got I've got no ways and means, what I got What I have is this scheme, that's what I got Well, I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied until it ends in tears No, I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied until it ends in tears No, I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied until it ends in tears No, I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied I will never be satisfied until it ends 08. Nothingness Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Calhoun
Well like a descendant, I drifted far, far and wide
Isolation, separation, no where to hide Maybe there's somewhere I can go Where there's sunshine and the wind won't blow Nothingness All I have to feel is my lonliness Nothing in the attic 'cept an empty chest And nothing lasts forever Although there are many, I look for no one, no one but me I search for things that are taking me high and far out of reach But this is the place I call my home I live with the lies and the fear all alone Nothingness All I have to feel is my lonliness Nothing in the attic 'cept an empty chest And nothing lasts forever Nothingness All I have to feel is my lonliness Nothing in the attic 'cept an empty chest And nothing lasts forever Nothingness Lonliness Empty chest And nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever 09. Postman Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Reid
I am an angel, stands in the corner, nobody sees me
Invisible angel, makes certain signals, only I know what they me Dogs and demons walks in my head I am deep under pressure I understand what I have to do now I know I'm just following orders They crucify me again and again I won't stay on the cross Nobody knows the trouble I've seen Nobody knows what I've lost Heavy things, in a heavy bag, heavy thoughts on my mind Ghosts and monsters, you bastard sinners, you've ruined my life I walk through a crowd, nobody sees me, I'm invisible here I've come to finish my mission and put an end to his fear They crucify me again and again I won't stay on the cross Nobody knows the trouble I've seen Nobody knows what I've lost Day in, day out, day in, day out Chaos and carnage around me Well I hear thier shouts and cries Well I laugh at the gut when they try to surround me They won't take me alive They crucify me again and again I won't stay on the cross Nobody knows the trouble I've seen Nobody knows what I've, nobody knows that it's Day in, day out, day in, day out, day in Nobody knows the trouble I've seen Nobody knows what I've lost 10. WTFF Music by Living Colour
Instrumental
11. This Little Pig Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish
56 times in 81 seconds...something like this
This little pig has a mind of his own This little pig thinks he's cool This little pig thinks that he's all grown And this little pig needs school This little pig has something to prove This little piggie, he wants to be down Now this little pig wishes that he can undo The little pig that he shot down This little pig's on a mission This little pig needs a plan This little pig's got ambition This little pig does what he can This little pig's got cum on his hands This little pig needs money to talk This little pig comes up with a plan This little pig whistling rock This little pig thinks he's runnning the show This little pig thinks he's king of the hill This little pig, well he doesn't know He's the next pig to be killed 56 times in 81 seconds 12. Hemp Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Reid, Fairley
How carefully I've shaped you in the solitude of days
How peaceful is my mind entwined in cord around my fingers How sweet the days I've marked in knots I've tenderly caressed So many times I've touched you, reached you, teased you Now fingering these veins of hemp Their hair upon my skin And how gently, quickly you will sleep Slip into my collection with its bristles, coils, intentions Yet your words will be unfaithful before I set you free Slip as life is bound to slip from this entropy disorder Then tied and laid upon the floor in perfect symmetry 'Til the frayed edge of your lips on mine Positioned, placed at ease once more 'Til this restlessness returns I turn and turn and turn again 13. Wall Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish
We hate each other 'cause of race and religion
We hate each other 'cause of class and position We want to know why is love so hard to come by Give me a reason why you love so hard to try The walls between us all must fall The walls between us all must fall We hate each other 'cause we dance to different music We hate each other 'cause we think we know it all We hate each other 'cause that's what our parents taught us We hate each other for no reason at all The wall between us all must fall The wall between us all must fall We teach our young men how to kill and mame and torture We teach our young men how to make their mothers cry We want to know, why is love so hard to come by? Give me the answer, why is love so hard to try? The wall between us all must fall The wall between us all must fall This is how our world breaks down... The wall between us all must fall... This is how our world breaks down... The wall between us all must fall..... 14. T.V. News Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish
Here now, the news
Hear all the views TV talks to me Eye witness at the scene of the crime Same channel, same time Here now, the news The sea of simmer, is here save The choice is hard in the picture you paint Here now, the news Hear all the views TV talks to me What scam will win burning politics greed? Sports and weather, it's the ratings you need Here now, the news Plastic faces, numb the pain Leave me laughing, keep me entertained Here now, the news Hear all the views TV talks to me Here now, the news Here now, the news 15. Love Rears Its Ugly Head Music by Living Colour Lyrics by Vernon Reid
I always thought our relationship was cool
You played the role of having sense I always played the fool Now something's different I don't know the reason why Whenever we separate I almost want to cry Chorus: Oh no, please not that again Love rears up its ugly head And when I come home late you don't complain or call So as a consequence I don't go out at all My friends are frightened They don't know what's going on They think you put a spell on me And now my mind is gone Chorus Love's not so bad they say But you never know where love is gonna go Does anybody really know? I'm standing at the altar As they play the wedding march I'm in a black tuxedo with my collar full of starch She looks as lovely as she's ever gonna get I wake up from this nightmare in a pool of sweat Chorus What you gonna do What you gonna do when it comes and gets you? |