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Red Numbers Rising Faster

by The Ks

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1.
Bring your wine your cigarettes Come out tonight meet your friends Bring your notebook bring your pens We’re going where it all begins The show that always ends We’re gonna party in the graveyard Cops are coming after us They can’t catch us, we’re too fast We can hide behind these stones Stiff as statues til they’re gone Then it’s up til dawn We’re gonna party in the graveyard Tell your stories sing your songs Grab some glory we won’t always be this young We’re gonna get old and we’ll have to face that fear We’re gonna go and when we go they’re gonna bring us right back here We’re gonna party in the graveyard
2.
Waiting Beds 03:03
I’ve got the full moon in my window but it keeps on sliding over Hailed this taxi just to chase it but we never get no closer Those red numbers on the meter they keep on flashing faster Are we riding to the moon or are we driven to disaster Well the evening started quickly yes I got out at 3:50 Moving in and out of buildings and I’m bringing people with me And it’s August so we’re swimming in the soggy Summer air There’s a current it’s pulling us it’s taking us somewhere Where we gonna go where we gonna go instead? This city is full of waiting beds With sweaty sheets or sleeping heads I can’t recall what I just said I’ve got the full moon in my window and I keep on sliding over To my latest sweet acquaintance and I kiss her on the shoulder And the exit signs approaching but we never quite decided Where it is that we are going so we’re gonna keep on riding Where we gonna go where we gonna go instead? This city is full of waiting beds With sweaty sheets or sleeping heads I can’t recall what I just said I can’t recall what I just said The conversation’s lost its thread One Day we will all be dead Wondering what it was we did Where we gonna go? I’ve got the full moon in my window but it keeps on sliding over Hailed this taxi just to chase it but we never get no closer
3.
I'm All Over The Place (free) 02:44
Got myself a new distraction A deeper blue dissatisfaction I made myself a new promotion Poured myself into the ocean Let the water run all over the world I’m on the run all over the world I’m all over the place Brought the war a brand new battle I poured myself out into bottles Drink it down or let it flow Light a match and it explodes I don’t know how many little holes I’ll make my mark before I go I’m all over the place If I could find just one I’ve left so many things undone So many things I’ve made a mess of every one If I could walk the line it keeps on changing all the time I won’t be done until I’m dying I’m all over the place Got myself a new distraction A deeper blue dissatisfaction I made myself a new promotion Poured myself into the ocean Let it run Let it run I’m all over the place
4.
You Don't Have to Know (free) 02:41
A dog barks The Earth shakes She walks by And hearts break An a blind fool Could feel the heat Something strange runs through The kids on the street You don't have to know To know Half a glimpse You hear her voice And you're deep in There's no choice So you step quick Cause the hunt's on You want one good look Tell me where you goin'? You don't have to know To know She's sending Some message You're reeling You're wreckage You want it Can't see it But you'll find it You can't fight it You don't have to know To know
5.
It starts out sweet And then it hits the street Just like you kid Just like you did It starts out slow Then the next thing you know You're all used up You're all chewed up Black bubblegum Leopards the sidewalk People slide talk They want to get by you Black bubblegum Black bubblegum It starts out pink Then what do you think? You feel the hurt You're picking up dirt Big time dreams Desperate schemes Chew on your doubts Until you're spit out Black bubblegum Leopards the sidewalk People slide talk They want to get by you Black bubblegum Black bubblegum Ask for a dollar You'll get a quarter Stretch out the time It'll only get shorter Ask for millions You'll get nothing In the nook of this building Can you see them sleeping? Can you see them sleeping now? Black bubblegum Leopards the sidewalk People slide talk They want to get by you Black bubblegum Black bubblegum Leopards the sidewalk People slide talk They want to get by you Black bubblegum Black bubblegum Black bubblegum Black bubblegum
6.
Eden Roses 02:48
Up on the mountain, Eden roses grow Rattlesnakes and lions and look out below Gonna pick you a dozen and carry them home And you will never know The kind of lengths I go You know I love you so But you'll never know My Boss is dreadful No he never smiles From morning to midnight, he's got me working all the while Still I'll take on the workload just to keep you in style And you will never know The kind of lengths I go You know I love you so But you'll never know I watch you when you're sleeping I study your brow And if bad dreams creep in I'll get in there somehow I will take on the monsters That wake you in the night And I will watch over you Until the morning light And you will never know The kind of lengths I go You know I love you so But you'll never know And you will never know Oh no you’ll never know You know I love you so But you'll never know
7.
I hide in flowers I move in the night Feed on your hunger Pull me close as I bite I prey on young women I prey on young men When we kiss it's heaven When I'm gone it's the end I've scattered bodies all over this world And yours is next my girl There is no crime I'm not guilty of And I've come for you this time And my name is Love I'll play you some music Sing you a song Get you to do it Even though you know it's wrong I'll take you dancing take you to bed But all the romancing's gone when it's dead I'll fill you up still it's never enough And then I'll drain you down Because my name is It can be so sweet It can be so bitter That spark when we meet The cut when we sever I prey on young women I prey on old men When we kiss it's heaven When I'm gone it's the end I've scattered bodies all over this world And yours is next my girl There is no crime I'm not guilty of And I've come for you this time And my name is Love
8.
I met you And I went mad Had to give you everything Everything I had And you gave me your hand I felt the fire burn Didn’t know what You’d demand in return Down in your lending chambers I want to turn the tables Don’t want to sign no papers That’s no way to start Thought you gave me your love But it was a usury of the heart Now I’m lost And I’m dejected Couldn’t take the cost You collected But I’d take you back If I was able If we could work out something Under the table Thought you gave me your love But it was a usury of the heart There’s no time to lose Girl you’ve got to choose You want a living breathing love Or just a shiny substitute? How can you turn a profit? What good do you get off it? How can you stop a loving feeling Once it starts? Thought you gave me your love But it was a usury of the heart
9.
If you want my time I'm a busy man Still I'm gonna give you all I can Cause you're so fine Baby Girl you win That’s right I'm gonna pencil you in A couple nights a week I'm gonna give you my love a couple nights a week You're a special girl Yes you know it's true So many I wouldn't give one night to But if you want more Honey don't you freak Like I told you before just a couple nights a week A couple nights a week I'm gonna give you my love a couple nights a week Monday night I've got something to do Tuesday night I've got something then to Wednesday night I've got to practice with the band Thursday night Well maybe I can Friday night Yeah that's allright! Saturday Night Hey I saw you last night! Sunday, don't get carried away don't go crazy A couple nights a week I'm gonna give you my love a couple nights a week
10.
The great depression never went a way It hid out in poorer sections waiting for me to come it's way I thought my nice paying job would keep me safe. Good God I was so naïve When the crunch came down I was out on the street have to hit the concrete Now times are hard fish ain't biting. The wanted ads aren't too inviting Now the thin cow's gonna have to eat the fat. Pinch you wallets people and hold onto your hats Because The Great Depression, The Great Depression's back! Look at sky wish on a star pray they'll bring back old FDR But FDR won't lend a dime to me See those limousines go by at least their taxes won't be too high Guess it's good to see someone's getting lucky But it's hard to see people living large when Herbert Hoover Junior's back in charge All my friends are wearing a frown. I'm a one man shanty-town Because The Great Depression, The Great Depression's back The Great Depression, The Great Depression's Back it's back it'll take your cash if you get something together it'll fall apart fast Get back get back it'll spread like a rash and the welfare cutoff comes down like an axe It's back it's back here the market crash because the stockbroker couldn't stick to the facts And the whole world wants to kick your ass Because The Great Depression, The Great Depression's back The Great Depression, The Great Depression's Oh yeah the great depression The Great Depression, The Great Depression's back
11.
When we were down buried in rubble A man came down carrying shovels He told us in a voice harsh and rasping He said “All the walls of these caves are collapsing" He threw down his tools and he said “No doubt, The only way out is to dig your way out" Now we’re digging ourselves out from under (Digging a hole) He came back to see how we’d progressed There were piles of piles it was all a mess We were covered in soot from head to foot Anyone could see that it wasn’t any good He said “Now people I’m not kidding. You better get going cause the air is thinning" Now we’re digging ourselves out from under (Digging a hole) I don’t know I don’t know How we’re ever gonna get out of this hole? Now we’re digging ourselves out from under (Digging a hole) (I don’t know I don’t know How we’re ever gonna get out of this hole?)
12.
Little plaything Don't you want to play no more? Little plaything You sure get sad when you're bored I could think of things for us to do I could think of things for us to do Little plaything Are you all played out? Little plaything Are you starting to have your doubts? I could think of things for us to do I could think of things for us to do I could lie around coloring books all day I could take you to a Sunday Matinee We could do watercolors and Papier Mache I could teach you a brand new game to play I could think of things for us to do I could think of things for us to do Little plaything Don't you want to play no more? Little plaything Don't you want to play no more?
13.
The Shadow 04:32
There's a shadow falling across this room In between the lamplights there's a track of gloom There's a shadow crawling across the floor It's grabbed onto your ankles and it's pulling you down for more. Have you seen the shadow on the floor? Can you see the shadow lurking behind the door? Can you feel the darkness rising up rising up? Can you see the shadow? There's a dark figure coming down the hall There's a shadow behind the lamplights, and now it's dimmed them all And the darkness it swallows us whole There's a shadow on the ceiling, there's a shadow on my soul Have you seen the shadow on the floor? Can you see the shadow lurking behind the door? Can you feel the darkness rising up rising up? Can you see the shadow? There are shadows playing in the street You act like it doesn’t matter but there’s a darkness so complete Don’t want to go out there, but oh no it’s coming in And I’m captured by the darkness and the darkness wins Have you seen the shadow on the floor? Can you see the shadow lurking behind the door? Can you feel the darkness rising up rising up? Can you see the shadow? Can you feel the darkness rising up rising up? Rising up rising up? Rising up rising up? Can you see the shadow?
14.
Not in too much demand. Everybody else got wedding plans With you I’ve got a banquet served It’s more than I deserve You’re the only one who loves me You’re the only one who likes me baby I’m a big jerk most the time But with you I turn on the charm You’re the only one who loves me Usually I’m so ugly But I’m B-I-U-tiful When I’m in your arms Most days I don’t speak I don’t open my mouth for at least a week And when I do don’t no one know what the hell I meant But with you ain’t I eloquent? You’re the only one who loves me You’re the only one who likes me baby I’m a big jerk most the time But with you I turn on the charm You’re the only one who loves me Usually I’m so ugly But I’m B-I-U-tiful When I’m in your arms Got to keep you fooled At least another day or two Keep aquainting you With the nicer side of me Cause that’s the only side I’m gonna show to you You’re the only one who loves me You’re the only one who likes me baby I’m a big jerk most the time But with you I turn on the charm You’re the only one who loves me Usually I’m so ugly But I’m B-I-U-tiful When I’m in your arms You’re the only one who loves me You’re the only one who can stand me baby You’re the only one who can stomach me But when I’m in your arms I am B-I-E-A-U-T-I-F-O-U-L-U-L when I’m in your arms
15.
If my heart was in it I would make you mine You would be the center of my grand design I would build you a mousetrap so ornate You’d be eating the cheese without realizing that you'd taken the bait If my heart was in it Baby you'd be mine Well my heart was broken and I promised myself Never let one woman ever capture my imagination So if I've been drinking, out with the boys I might throw you a line I might let you have a choice If my heart was in it Baby you'd be mine I would tell you things that make your heart burn Give you gifts you could never return Tell you secrets that would speak to your soul You'd lose all self control If my heart was in it Baby you'd be mine
16.
Seven Skeletons were standing on my lawn I let them come on in and they put their skins back on I came to recognize them as my long lost friends I never thought that I’d see them again Oh my bones Oh my bones Don’t leave me on my own Oh my bones Oh my bones You know here you have a home Oh my bones I asked them how you been how you been my long lost friends? They just stood there and grinned so I asked them once again I asked them why they’d come I asked them where they’d been They just laughed and said “We’ll soon see you again" Oh my bones Oh my bones Don’t leave me on my own Oh my bones Oh my bones You know here you have a home Oh my bones They took their clothes off and they rattled down the road I ran to follow them but soon I could not go Any further but I heard them as they shuffled out of sight Deep down inside I felt my own bones shiver with delight Oh my bones Oh my bones Don’t leave me on my own Oh my bones Oh my bones You know here you have a home Oh my bones

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Tackling Death, Love and Money (in that order) with hooks and humor, this album's wry take on modern life brings an intelligent edge to their party rock.

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released April 29, 2011

Ray "Razor" Beyda: Red Guitars
Dave "Soup" Campbell: Drums, Vocals
Dan "Danny Icewater" Kilian: Vocals, Brown Guitar
Jeff "Big Swifty" Gordon:Bass
Jon "Laserbeams" Mossberg: Saxes, Keyboards

Produced by Dan Kilian and Jason LaFarge at Seizure's Palace in Gowanus

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