"Our Faded Funeral"
 
Nobody came to our funeral today
They buried us quick in the snow and the rain
In the same clothes that we wore on the streets
Time has faded us from memory

Out of sight
Out of mind
Always knew our day would die
We came from nothing our fate has returned
We shined for a moment
But proved to be worthless

Remember the days we never felt cold
Always had shelter from the rain and the snow
Our voices were heard when we wanted to speak
One short moment from victory

Forever For Hire (2009)



1.   How It Starts / Instrumental
2.   Nostrovia
3.   Wild Ride
4.   Now More Than Ever
5.   Domination Final
6.   Graveyard Tree Zero
7.   Saw My Friend Explode Today
8.   Asylum
9.   Heading Off To Battle
10.   The Final Day
11.   Small Block & Flathead
12.   Her Name Was Rock And Roll
13.   Forever For Hire
14.   How It Ends / Instrumental

"Nostrovia"
 
To our health to your health
lets order up a round.
The night is just beginning
we traveled to your town.
We’ve been out on the road
most of the day.
Its good to see a bar
its good to see a stage.
So put the pabst on ice.
Were all thirsty.

Hey. Nostrovia.

The music is so moving
and the crowd is so alive.
Its good to bring some life
into this little dive.
Its been almost a year
since we have seen this place.
Its good to see our friends
they are like family.
Another tray of shots.
Lets all party.

"Wild Ride"
 
There’s no feeling left in this place anymore.
And nobody left of interest anymore.
Am I crazy to think there must be something more.
I’m looking for the road straight out of here.

And anybody out there wanna take this wild ride.
Does anybody out there even dare.
No I don’t need no saving but I don’t mind if you try.
I’m lacking any faith in human kind.

There’s no purpose for the words that they all said.
And there’s no reason to listen to what they said.
A story in this head a tale best left unsaid.
I need an escape from what I’m not so sure.

So pointless yet so meaningful don’t dance around the words.
I´m having trouble understanding real or absurd.
Get me out of this place I’m just fighting with the air.
Get me out of this place self control is in the air.

"Now More Than Ever"
 
And suddenly your awake.
Your in the same rotten place.
And all ya really want to do is break out.
But your too weak and you just stay down.
And are ya ever gonna change your direction or keep moving south
And now more then ever your wrong.
I cant believe what you do.
You rob your family and crew
Because you thing that they all owe you some how.
And your headed for a beat down.
And are ya ever gonna change your direction or keep moving south.
Becoming so worthless you should be put down.
A sad little bastard afraid of the world.
And now more then ever your wrong.

"Domination Final"
 
There’s something to say about passion and the heart.
Friend you don’t know a thing and you will never win.
I came here to put you in the ground.
Domination final.
Vengeance all I feel.
A lesson is to be learned.
Destruction of the weak.
The stampede your running with your trample by the heard.
How can you live knowing what you’ve done.
You can try to hide but not from me son.

"Graveyard Tree Zero"
 
She was into darker things.
Things I didn’t believe.
I liked to live my life in reality.
I knew she was a freak and more or less insane.
But she had the darkest spell on me.

In her words she told me I will soon be dead.
From forces that I simply wouldn’t understand.
Baby your are crazy what I always said to her.
But one cold night she left her body and these words.
Lay me beneath a graveyard tree and dig me a hole.
Six feet down and west to east so I sing to the wind.
Cover me in a red silk sheet and my body unclothed.
Give me a vile of your blood around my neck and I.
Will return again.

Days turning into weeks and before I knew.
Three solid years passed by.
I kept thinking of the note.
The note I didn’t believe.
But it seemed to comfort me.

I’m starting to hear whispers that carry in the wind.
I can’t believe their real I can’t make out the words.
They’re starting to get louder much harder to ignore.
I thing they’re saying my name did her instruction work.

"Saw My Friend Explode Today"
 
I saw my friend explode today right before my eyes.
I wear his blood impatiently as if I’m waiting to die.

Brain matter chunks upon my face
And the blood in my mouth is an awful taste.
I don’t step lightly I’ll be the next,
And they’ll find me scattered all over the place.

Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, get right.
And the order on the radio says,
"Hold your ground; here they come!"

But okay, I read ya; you're comin' in loud and clear,
A dark cloud on the horizon.
The enemy's in sight and we won't take them alive.
It’s all or nothing, do or die, and I don’t care who is right.

Sounds like popcorn, smells like death,
And I see the bodies burn in the sands.
I just tripped over another friend.
Alive, he cried out, "Make it end!"

Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, get right.
And the order on the radio says,
"Hold your ground; here they come!"

But okay, I read ya; you're comin' in loud and clear,
A dark cloud on the horizon.
The enemy's in sight and we won't take them alive.
It’s all or nothing, do or die, and I don’t care who is right.

My chest burns; I’m hit, didn’t think it'd feel like this.
Fall to my knees, I curse a god.
I’m dying in a battle that is never gonna end
Under false gods and fake religions.

I saw my friend explode today right before my eyes.

"Asylum"
 
Piss stained mattress, canned dog food.
Straightjacket session, padded room.
I see the light through a single square foot,
And I think I'm getting worse as the months go by.

You just couldn't live by the rules, and now you stay in the asylum.
You couldn't fit in like we wanted, but in here, we can teach you,
And if you can't live by our rules, then you'll die in the asylum.
Am I insane? So they say.

Lights out at 8:00, take the pills.
Shocking treatment, break your will.
Your progress report is looking grim,
And we're trying other meds for the state you're in.

You just couldn't live by the rules, and now you stay in the asylum.
You couldn't fit in like we wanted, but in here, we can teach you,
And if you can't live by our rules, then you'll die in the asylum.
Am I insane? So they say.

Out there, you only cause trouble for the passive ones.
We understand your mind was too strong for the thought control.
Committed, committed, committed.
Never fit for release.

You just couldn't live by the rules, and now you stay in the asylum.
You couldn't fit in like we wanted, but in here, we can teach you,
And if you can't live by our rules, then you'll die in the asylum.
Am I insane? So they say.

"Heading Off To Battle"
 
Heading off to battle.
A fight I never picked.
Ideals I don't share.
But choices I won't get.

I wonder if I don't return, will you forget this face?
Fall in line with the rest of them I march for your fate.

Dance with the madness.
In this awful place.
I must break from reason.
And discover hate.

I wonder if I don't return, will you forget this face?
Fall in line with the rest of them I march for your fate.

Stand strong, stand proud, but how long can I keep this up?
Don't do well too long on the people that died right before my eyes.
But listen I can't help myself.

She's waits on needles.
But only for so long.
Receives the letter.
I won't be coming home.

I wonder if I don't return, will you forget this face?
Fall in line with the rest of them I march for your fate.

I wonder if I don't return, will you forget this face?
Fall in line with the rest of them I march for your fate.