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Vice Tricks

by Vice Tricks

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1.
Devil Eyes 03:20
DEVIL EYES Demons in your eyes; running from disguise Stepped into the street and dodged another bullet yet again Everything has changed and will never be the same What was beautiful has rotted and decayed I never saw it in your eyes, but I know it wasn’t lies Just a mystery I didn’t have the strength to read I always walk alone now there’s nobody home But that empty shell… nanananananana Promises and dreams now just feel obscene Don’t know what to do and don’t think I really care So don’t you even dare ever look at me that way That you did last year I never saw it in your eyes, but I know it wasn’t lies Just a mystery I didn’t have the strength to read I always walk alone now there’s nobody home But that empty shell… of what used to be Chorus: Now you walk alone Now you’re on your own
2.
DRINKING LUNCH ON A SCHOOL DAY (Mike Petty/Haircuts that Hurt) I lost track of time and then I lost my mind. I cased the joint but broken records were all that I could find. Songs I know by heart, but words I can’t recall. A scene that I was part of but don’t recognize at all. Spend so many nights in basements and in fights living in a college town just full of parasites. We took a lot of dares; and we never really cared. I lost so many brain cells- if you remember it then you weren’t there. Chorus: Now I’m looking back on what a great sound track I always swore that I’d never go back Now it won’t be long ‘till we sing another song Don’t look now but I’m already gone
3.
Lost 04:40
LOST In a world gone mad you have to look back down and see the dreams you held and see everyone has gone. Then to peer around, and see it all for shame; it’s such a versatile plain for the literally insane. I never saw that window as another world, just the people out side like a television story touching all of us in this enigmatic lie. Feeding insulin to the insolate again. Chorus: I never meant for us to end up this way Times have changed; we didn’t plan it out. I never wanted this pain on you- now I’m livid with my self. Can’t see the end and now all that I know is cloudy and the reason’s vacant. Can’t see the end though I hope you’re there when I come around With the lessons I was taught I learned to live again. After fifteen years I think it finally stuck. Now I’m on a journey that will never end; blistered heartbroken seas had their fun again Chorus: I never meant for things to come to end the way we planned it. You were the one that sent me out to see the world and I don’t regret a single day that you have grown since. You were the one; my hope my dreams my innocence Chorus:
4.
River City 02:52
RIVER CITY I found you lying beneath the oak tree Spanish moss casting shadows across your face I knew that you'd be the death of me But I knew I'd never be able to look away Chorus: The moon shines down through the roof of your house on the hill In this haunted river city where I'm drinking from your still Now you've kept me waiting on sunsets- have come and past But I've chained myself to this place for fear That if I leave you'll come at last Chorus: Now the walls are crumbling down around me Stones as ancient as the curse upon my heart And I can not move until I hear your voice Until then- like these walls are falling apart Chorus:
5.
Metropolis 02:52
METROPOLIS City lights drowned in gray peering out across the bay Another night of twisted scenes feeling lost in misery Sewer rats as big as god scurry under subway cars Picking scraps along the way looking for the next escape Chorus: You’ve got a life of your own You gotta make your own way girl; make them pay now And look around this is a city in pain Everyone needs saving but there’s no salvation now Neon signs light the way heading down Third Avenue Broken glass and tattered souls; tell a story to themselves Had your way with this city; left her wounded and betrayed Pristine nights of warming haze feeling sordid and enslaved Chorus: Junky blacked out on the street; fitting there as you would be Mystic smell from sewer grates; one more reason to escape Plagiarize your sorted tone ‘till you’ve grown a little more Rancid breath and hollowed eyes gives new meaning to your lies Chorus:
6.
DISIDENCE & BARBED WIRE Everyone you meet has got a story to tell. Some are good, some are bad, and some will drop you to the ground. Was it that night? What happened that night? It changed everything; and you’ll never be the same. Push it down, push down deep. When it all comes down will you run and hide again? No it’s not right; and you’re not alright. Better run, better hide, ‘cause it’s coming for you. Chorus: Dissidence and barbed wire -As you wallow through the mire Dissidence and barbed wire -Set you on the road to nowhere fast Ever since that night things are different. This infected need is clawing at your soul. Is it romance? Is it acceptance? Or was it all just bred and burdened from the start? Burn it down, burn it to the ground. You explode in a fury of violence and hate for your family; hate for your enemies, hate for the people that kicked you all of your life. Chorus: Time has come time has gone, but you’re still around and the pain is carried with you everyday. What is justice? What good is revenge? When you’re dreams have vanished, and so you… Track him down, hunt him down, treat him like an animal. Such a soul should be crucified and executed now. You are powerful, and you’re unstoppable; don’t be tricked by any motherfucker like that. Chorus: Now you have him; take it from him beat your point into his skull. Never let him hurt again; never will he hurt again. Tell the story as it’s told. You have taken your revenge, you have taken back what’s yours it’s time for you to live your life again!
7.
BLACK TUESDAY Started out bitter and cold Living on a cushy lie of experience and disconnection Finding out along the way That guilt can hold more power than the regrets it has tossed away Turn the key, hit the mark; yeah, it had to start Focus on illusion, imperfection, and a call to relapse Bite your tongue, hang your head play the perfect part Never knowing in the end who is chosen; who was cheated Chorus: Black, Black, Black Tuesday Life is hard, Times are tight See the chance to get away Ran the race; done the time Hang your head in quiet passage while you’re hoping for a better life Nothing new to keep you in line Taking pride in minor protest always working on a happy ending Chorus: Hurts to think; hope is lost Turning numbers in the mind that’ll never hit a happy ending Turning tricks, it’s all the same Playing on this broken Tuesday counterfeit to fill another taking Up, up, up; up and down. Up and back again Prozac flying off the market to intice another fiend Live on tea, cigarettes and a lot of theories One more lie to take you down the road that no one ever needed Chorus: One step one, one step two Now you’re at the door Unfulfilled and disillusioned Bent and broken tired bleeding There’s a ringing in your head Drives you off the wall Wanna stop this cycle before Something wicked tears you down
8.
Rock & Roll 03:41
ROCK & ROLL I take a look around; I came from underground There’s nothing out there that I give to care to think about I’m not a sick boy; I’m not a well boy I’m just a man who likes his music really, really loud Everything is golden; everything is wrong Every lick that broadcast is an arrogant assault I lay my chips down; I quit the game now Give me one more second while I go put on another record Chorus: We’ve heard it all again; that Rock & Roll is dead You got a hook now; and think you got a melody So get to work now and finish up this masterpiece Tread on softly while you’re dealing with the issues That have plagued your whole existence Leaving nothing else to satisfy you Heard it out now; time is running way too fast Wanting out now; life is falling out of task Things are spinning with your training and are leading Almost everything around to pulverize you Chorus: We’ve heard it all again That Rock & Roll is dead Not one time; not two times; but it’s your time Never believe it; never receive it Cut you like a knife ‘cause Rock & Roll ain’t dead Final Verse: Hearing it once again I see the world that you’re singing You’d trained the proper way, had that look; the feel and the image But when it all came down; you missed the last train out You had a soul- they bought it off and there’s nothing left of you
9.
DEAD MAN’S FLOAT Young woman dressed in black She brings her head up as she looks back And feels the darkness crawling all around Wants to know what to do; wonders where there is to go It’s over now, it’s over now. Now his life has run out. Chorus: Now you’re on your own Your daddy’s not home Gonna make it through the night Gonna hold your head up high As you run for your life every night Tonight, tonight, tonight… Ride streets on mescaline The drain is every ounce of memory; and ecstasy; A turbulent diacotomy You wanna know where dreams come true? Want to know what pain is real? It’s over now, it’s over now Now the money’s run out Chorus: Time crawling on again; it is that time again Another victim lashes out As he tries to break the door down Chaos is your only friend; chaos is your bitter end It’s over now, it’s over now Now the party’s burned out Chorus: Now you’re on your own- now you’re on your own again Now you’ve made it out again- Now you take it out again Now that time’s you’re only friend You wanna run, you wanna hide you want to make it out tonight, tonight, tonight…
10.
ANOTHER WORLD Hazard Park is empty on a Thursday afternoon I’m lying on my back watching blue turn to orange I know the choppers will be coming soon It’s snowing ashes, it’s snowing ashes Chorus: It’s not another part of town (it’s another world) A place that no one talks about (it’s another world) Where no one cares my face isn’t brown (it’s another world) It’s not another part of town (it’s another world) Forty miles might as well be around the globe Mansions and Mercedes going up in flames No one gives a fuck here in the barrio Waves maybe crashing, they maybe crashing Chorus:
11.
OVER THE EDGE There is too much love in this bloody world To deal with apathy tonight What’s one more pleasure mixed to the fun? Old fashioned dreams of living to the edge Take pride from the start I’ll raise my glass; I’ll match you twice Yeah, yeah, yeah… Chorus: Gonna take off on my bike and ride to the end of the world Flying over the edge- it’s over now I gotta new bike and I got a new girl Things are going pretty swell for me Time to find myself a new routine See the pain and drama going on Around with everyone that we know and None of it makes much sense to me Yeah, yeah, yeah… Chorus: Sometimes I feel like I’ve seen it all Done it all then I open up to something new Gonna take my bike and leave this place There’s nothing left for us here now And adios to all you suckers too Yeah, Yeah, Yeah… Chorus:
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Wolves 00:49
13.
Holiday 03:58
HOLIDAY I see myself reflected in the eyes of the man behind the mirror; the one who sees the other side. I see his pain and wonder where his mind has gone. There’s nothing left but vacancy; embedded misery. He had a dream. He thought the world would keep on spinning. Now there’s only laughter coming from those he disregarded. There’s only emptiness. Nothing left to think, to fight for. Bleeding sulfur, mental refuge- floating in a sea of garbage. Bridge: They tried to take his life away. He took the secret to his grave. In the end- there’s nothing much to suicide -For clarity I see myself reflected in the eyes of the man behind the mirror; the one who sees the other side. I see his pain and wonder where his mind has gone. There’s nothing left but vacancy; embedded misery. Bridge: Chorus: They want to take you on another holiday. Been forty years and you finally got your way. You have the answers, but don’t know what to say So live your dreams away- Fighting over sordid memories… ‘Til the end has caught up with you. Running, dashing, prancing, fleeting – Circumstances worth repeating Sloth of flying, wretched, squelching- Frozen in an intimate moment Bitterness and stoicide- they are the things we try to hide Reflected in the eyes is something more than you will ever see

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released September 13, 2013

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Vice Tricks Louisville, Kentucky

From the ashes of prominent long-running Louisville Rock & Punk bands, Vice Tricks began as a way to combine our love of 50’s-60’s Rock & Roll with the energy of 70’s Punk Rock. Along the way we crafted, carved, and botched our sound into something unique. Mixing the deep growl of the Upright Bass with a couple of dirty guitars we’ve developed Vice Tricks into the chaos machine that it is. ... more

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