"FALLEN RACE" is a compilation of songs recorded by the band between 1992 and 1997 derived from the Punk Rock sounds of BLACK FLAG, PLASMATICS and DEAD KENNEDYS, as well as the power pop sounds of CHEAP TRICK, KISS and THE RAMONES. The original projects were called "Raucous" (1992), "Invasion of Sanity" (1993), "Flagrant Violations Of Reality" (1995), and "Psychiatria" (1997). Here on this one anthology cd, you hear the band's sound transformation over those five years.
All songs written by Jef Jaeger and Robert Rivers.
Produced by Jef Jaeger and Robert Rivers.
2005 Criminal Records.
Recorded in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1997.
Running time: 73:12
Top Selling Download Single - "3-D"
fallen race is:
jef jaeger-drums, lead vocals
robert g. "bobby" rivers-all guitars, all bass, back vocals, lead on 8 (www.cdbaby.com/bob)
greg ducharme-guest vocals on 24, 30 and 34
brett furuta-guest vocals on 27 and 32
Relative albums: BOBBY RIVERS - "The Big City Bob Songs", "No Direction - LUV U2:The Big City Bob Songs Vol. 2", "Here and Back to There Again" and "Basement Days"
This page contains an album analysis and lyrics for individual song downloads.
Here's the lyrics for this album:
Lies (1993)
Observe the walls around my mind
Surrounded by deceit and lies
My ability to love is gone
Stripped away when I was young
Chorus: Lies!
Lies!
Lies!
Lies!
Lacerate my innocence
Twist my mind with vile intent
Bled completely dry of trust
I bandage all my wounds with hate
(chorus)
Brave New World (1993)
Plastic faces smile from high places
Skeletons shake the mannequin's hand
Welcome oh brave new world
Communal conspiracy
Elusive thoughts - powder in the void
To shallow minds - piles of toys
Stranglehold our minds
Willing to suffocate for lungs
(solo)
Mind (1993)
Strange impulses guide my brain
Downward spiral speeding train
Clouded visions getting worse
Can't escape psychotic curse
There's something wrong with my mind
Fighting out from the inside
I'm trapped inside my mind
Altered image reappears
Can't avoid my needless fears
Distorted actions dictate thought
Losing sight of who I was
There's something wrong with my mind
Fighting out from the inside
(chorus)
Democrazy (1993)
I could address you with demands
But frustration forces cries
You are an angel too free
A devil in demise
So if I have no hope, hope for me
If I have no faith, pray for me
If I have no sense, feel for me
If I have no mind, blame democrazy
Intoxicated stance by the mass
Creation of disparity
Indifferent approach by all
Permission for anarchy
(chorus)
Invasion Of Sanity (1993)
Don't teach me sanity
I'm happy where I'm at - I'm free
My life is simple
Without the lies
Don't bash my views with compromise!
I plunge my arms in piles of shit
To have something to use
To wash my hands of all the plans
Of this world's twisted views
3-D (1992)
I know that you are in 3-D
You wear green glasses to watch TV
It's all in color but you don't see
I know that you are in 3-D
I know you are in 3-D
I know you are in 3-D
Yeah, you are in 3-D
I know that you are in 3-D
I know that you are in 3-D
Show your dimensions - make love to me
You flaunt your beauty for all to see
I know that you are in 3-D
(chorus)
Music Magazines (1992)
Sitting all day just wasting away
My life and my love what I'm thinking of
Music Magazines
They dominate the teens
Music Magazines
They dominate the teens
Sitting in class and it's hurting my ass
The teacher's a pain - think I'm going insane!
(chorus)
Lying in bed - crazy thoughts in my head
About life and my love, yeah - I'm thinking of
(chorus)
Shadow (1992)
I fear as I walk down the street
I'm kind of scared
Don't know who I'll meet
I keep walking
It's just a shadow
A figment of imagination
You're only dreaming
It's only an emanation
I see as I'm running away
I'm terrified
Don't know what to say
I'm still running
Mannequins (1992)
Lifeless statues made of clay
Motionless - you look the same
Plastic minds - as you fall in line
Melt yourself to fit the mold
Conformity - do as your told!
Stand for this - you're all mannequins!
Stand for that - you'll do anything!
Face the wind - I watch you blow away
Clone society!
Flog the dead horse one more time
Inundate your state of mind
With hollow words - a symphony of lies
March in faceless symmetry
Clichés so mindless - repeated endlessly!
(chorus)
Clone mentality!
Silent stance and vacant stare
Empty thoughts that float on air
Emotions cold - sanctity of mind
Ignorance - the way you chose
One door opened - two are closed!
(solo)
Clones (1992)
We're clones - we follow everyone
We're clones - we'll be number one
In space - all our work is done
We're clones - there to have some fun
It's not my fault if I can't please you
I can't please anyone and won't try to
We're clones - just wanna be alone
We're clones - we're just one of the guys
We're clones - not government spies
In space - no hears you scream
We're clones - we're just dream machines
I wanna be alone!
Remote Control (1992)
Plastic pictures - chrome TV
You sit and watch but you don't see
Video jukebox - electric chair
You live your life but you don't care
You live so different
And when you talk
It's in remote control
The way you sleep at night
And when you walk
It's in remote control
Moving robots - clone machines
You live for money and not for dreams
Electric drums and strange guitars
You want to fly and touch the stars
(chorus)
Synthetic Man (1992)
I'm the man in synthesis
I'm here to tell a joke
I don't want to see you panic
When you see the smoke
I see the shattering of mirrors
Is driving you insane
The man who's wearing flowers
He's the one to blame
But it can't be him - 'cuz he's not real
He walks in the shadows and he's made of steel
Synthetic man
I'm the man in synthesis
Exposing all my shades
I'm not like the other ones
All my color fades
The illusion is a masquerade
Fogging up my brain
I'm the man who's wearing flowers
I'm the one to blame
Raucous (1992)
I'm so raucous I wanna shout
Rip my shirt and work it on out
I'm so raucous there's no doubt
Wanna get off and take a new route!
Can't stop now!
Won't stop now!
I'm so raucous I wanna scream
Right along with the record machine
I'm so raucous I'm in a dream
Can't break free - can't leave this scene!
Avulsion (1995)
Spoken: Blind men scream unintelligibly
in offices of power
Like narcissists who look for catalysts
To insure themselves a sense of being.
Meanwhile, all the engineers are in the caboose
Smoking wisdom as the train is moving
And they claim to be on board.
...And the followers are put in front
Bound to the wheels!
Blind men stare down at the avulsion
Looking for a needle and thread
Followers scream from the avulsion
Wishing they all were dead
All tearing away from being
All tearing away from healing
Engineers feed on the avulsion
Until it's completely bled
Followers scream from the avulsion
Wishing they all were dead
(chorus)
Kick Me (1995)
You go behind my back and talk
Spreading shit that isn't true
Now my friends all hate my guts
I feel I owe it all to you
Kick me
When I'm down
Kick me
All around
You come and tell me to my face
That you're a loyal friend of mine
You'd never say a spiteful thing
Your word is nothing but a lie
(chorus)
I used to think you were my friend
But my patience finally reached its end
There's nothing you can say to me
That won't be laced with treachery
You'll never get another chance
To...
Kick me!
When I'm!
Down!
Brainwashed (1995)
One by one we step in line
Plastic smiles, identical minds
Happiness - a programmed drone
My crooked face looks out of place
From the clones
Yeah, I'm out of place from the clones
Nodding heads and lifting hands
Recite a liturgy of commands
Then we're told to follow behind
But not me - I'm stepping out of line
From the clones
Yeah, I'm stepping out of line from the clones
Out of line from the clones
Reality Surreal (1995)
Frustration feeds the pain
No longer sane
Can't stop the hate
That fills me
I cannot be free
Inside of me
I've lost my way
Unable to see
I am not afraid
I'm fill with rage
Trapped in this cage
Miles away
Piece of mind
Something I left behind
While falling
Into nothing
I can't tell what's real
Unable to feel
No hands on the wheel
I'm going to break
I lose all control
Bottomless hole
Spiraling down
Up comes the ground
Survival means
To wake from this sleep
Stop the lie
And open my eyes
Control (1995)
Control - is what you want
'Cuz you've got no life of your own
Deception - the only way
That you can control my mind
Corrupt - manipulate
Bend the truth to get your way
Power - is what you crave
From those who cannot give - you take
I will resist every move you make
No matter how hard you push I will not break
I have something you will never take...
Control - is what you want
'Cuz you've got no life of your own
Deception - the only way
That you can - control!
Stone (1995)
Look at me, I'm just a rolling stone
By the masses I've been thrown
Skipping along on quiet waters
Take their wind and they will make no waves
Take their wind and they'll still find a way
Watch me drown 'cuz I'm a sinking stone
Impossible to keep afloat
Under fluid-like conviction
When I hit bottom, I'll look different
When I hit bottom, you'll all look different
Yes Man (1995)
My head's like a hole
Devoid of decision
Perception is blurred
No insight or vision
You know that I'll always say yes!
I'll love everything
You want me to
I'll hate everything
You tell me to
(chorus)
Twist my arm
I'll nod my head
Conform to your will
Like living dead
(chorus)
Verbal Rifle (1995)
What did I hear you say?
That I've got no more right
to say what I think
if the guy that's left
ain't the one that's right
Well, I'm not gonna deal
'cuz I'm not a vote to steal
or another empty stomach
that you say you're gonna fill
I'm not a fool
Like you
I say what I mean
Preach - with Judas lips
Go ahead and blow your kiss
You think your aim
is sure for all
but this one's gonna miss
Well, I'm not gonna deal
'cuz I'm not a vote to steal
like the laughing stock
who thinks that you are real
I'm not a fool
Like you
Who says nothing
Stupid Wisdom (1995)
Narrow mind claims to be wide
Common sense in short supply
I know enough of what you believe
Your tunnel vision won't let you see
No beliefs - no religion
All you know comes from television
Blind perspective in need of revision
Simple thoughts - stupid wisdom
If you say that it feels good
Does that mean that you should?!
Corrugated comprehension
Lack of mental stimulation
Stupid wisdom is what you earn
When you see no need to learn
King of all that you survey
A violation of reality
Psychiatria (1997)
The world is crumbling
Social fabric ripped apart
Apathy the new religion
Selfishness replacing God
Humanistic thinking
Destroys humanity
Civilization breaks down
A suiciety
Humankind has capsized
Common sense has run aground
Independent thought is lost
No survivors have been found
(chorus)
Looking Down On You (1997)
I've got a pocketful of promises
That I made when you were hypnotized
By the times
Coasting on the ferris wheel
Hoping I'll stay on because
You know that I have got nothing to lose
I'm sitting up on top
Looking down on you
Now I'm all content with my wallet full
Although your pockets are empty too
Just like your minds
Coasting on the ferris wheel
Hoping I'll stay on because
You know that I have got nothing to lose
I'm sitting up on top
Looking down on you
...On you
Shattered Soul (1997)
Depression beckons me inside
A hollow place in my own mind
I close my eyes - my blood turns cold
I languish in my pain alone
I claw at nothing - lovingly
I fall to nowhere - but still I feel
The icy blood within my veins
The void I'm feeling feeds my pain
(solo)
I wake up screaming - in my dreams
The nightmare becoming reality
My frozen soul comes crashing down
One million pieces on the ground
Survival (1997)
Time is racing by me
Picks up speed along the way
Minutes eaten by hours
And swallowed up by days
In this world of confusion
My happiness an illusion
Growing jaded and cynical
Treading water in a sea of delusion
Now the pain I felt within me is gone
I've learned to turn it off when I have to
Feeling this cold inside seems wrong
But this is to survive
I see the world around me
Indulge in meaningless games
They all lead to nowhere
And always end the same
Caught in a vicious cycle
Vortex in a drain
Frustration pulls me under
And I drown beneath the waves
(chorus - repeat and fade)
I Don't Mind (1997)
You cry - you whine
You point your finger at the next one in the line
You try to hide
That small angelic dust within your eye
Well, I don't mind
I don't mind
You bark - you bite
But the dog that has the bone can't win the fight
You're talking so frantic
Trying to change the world
Your good intentions
Are just borrowed words
And I don't mind
I don't mind
'Cuz we're only here for a little while
And you're only there for a little while
So I don't mind
I don't mind
(solo)
...I don't mind
Junior (1997)
Junior's standing by the roadside looking great
Sharing with birds the cookies mommy made
And passing there in a long black caddy
Junior stares - it looks a lot like daddy
Junior's standing by the roadside looking sick
Storing away - the mental pictures click
Junior's standing by the roadside looking low
Wondering why his daddy had to go
And in his mind is a perfect family
Junior dreams a childhood memory
Junior's standing by the roadside looking pale
Wondering what the hell he ever did
(solo)
How Many Times (1997)
How many dreams can be taken out of reach
before your mind ceases to dream?
Sometimes it's hard to keep me from sleep
'Cuz I'm only alive when I'm inside it deep
How many times can you fall in and out of love?
How many times can you try but lose it all?
How many times?
And how many years has it been
since I could feel anything at all?
Emotions that are real
So Far To Fall (1997)
I used to think I knew what love was
In my youth I thought I knew it all
I was proud
And I would always say
I'll do it all my way
'Cuz I know everything
I didn't realize the tightrope I'd been on
But the ground was a long way down
And I had so far to fall
I thought my life and love were doing fine
No obstacles would ever bring me down
I was wrong
I'd thrown it all away
With selfish things I'd do and say
I ruined everything
I lost my balance and my life turned upside down
Overnight I would lose it all
And I had so far to fall
I've learned so much - it's too late
It's far too late it's too late
I fell so far - it's too late
It's much too late it's too late
You (1997)
Ooh yesterday
Seems so long ago
Yet not so long
I said goodbye to you
Years go by
Time moves on
But memories of you
Will always stay with me
You were mine
We were young and free
We though it would last forever
Now it's just a faded dream
Sometimes I see
You and I in my dreams
Memories of those carefree times
Will always make me smile
We were young
Innocent of experience
Everything we did was new
I shared so much with you
Life goes on
We've gone our separate ways
The time we spent is part of me
I'll never forget you
Picture (1997)
(The riff from this tune was used by the rock group GLITCH in 1999 to make their song "Fruitloop" as part of the "We Love Glitch" ep. Permission was given to Lisa Starr to use the riff. It was also used by fallen race during the invasion of sanity session on a lyric called "timebomb ticking" which was sung by Brett Furuta, but is not included on this compilation)
You're only two dimensions
Only height and width
You're not really there
Your body has no depth
You are just a picture
An image on the wall
My imagination
Not really there at all
I wish you had three dimensions
I wish you were like me
We could live forever
In a world of make believe
And deep inside my mind
Your image seems so real
At night sometimes I tell you
All the things I feel
(chorus)
I wish you had three dimensions
I wish you were like me
We could live forever
(solo)
When I Hold You Close (1997)
If I were a rich man
with a pocket full of gold
You would take me
This I know
But if I were a poor man
with just a head full of dreams
Would you want me?
Well, I hope so
'Cuz when I hold you close
Something inside
tells me I know
This is right
When I hold you close
oh it feels so right
When I hold you close
I know I'm not the kind
who knows what love's about
'Cuz I keep falling
in and out
But there must be something wrong
'cuz something's feeling right
within me
I have no doubt |
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