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SWIMFAIL LYRICS
"I Am Relentless" (2004)
1. Welcome the Noise (Bookends pt.1)
2. Ironclad
3. Nonstop
4. Tear Together
5. Balance
6. Erratic
7. Constructive Criticism
8. Philosophy
9. Desperate
10. Start From The Ashes
11. Eleven
12. Pattern
13. Breaking Point (Present Day)
14. Mindless Something (bonus track, instrumental)
1. Welcome the Noise (Bookends pt.1)
(note: this song is slightly satirical, written from the point of view of someone who is overly and typically pissed off about life. While it may be seen as 'just another angsty song', and its satire may not be obvious to the casual listener, the comedic intent is there.)
welcome the noise
welcome to my world
I'll drag you in and break your soul
I'm in control I'll devastate your mind
I'll break your body lose control
forever trapped in mental rooms of pain
I'll lay the blame on you and pull you through
alive and insane I steal your thoughts
and add you to the caught you never knew
what it's like to die again and again
that's why I kill and cheat and rape and hate
the perfect mate
perfect hate
the perfect mate
alone I fucking hate you all
welcome the noise
devour the noise
welcome the noise
get that shit away from me!
lifeless noise
life's new voice
I hate you all, I'll never fall
welcome the noise
once again a second time you're torn
from your holy sign
a helpless child a hopeless child an evil child a bastard child in the world of hate and unkind fate
a place of war uneven
score and never finished lost diminished
no more life and no more light and no more hope
and life's become a joke a blackened coat of death
without breath you have guess everything uncertain
nothing real an empty curtain
hide... hide... hide!
welcome the noise
devour the noise
welcome the noise
get that shit away from me!
lifeless noise
life's new voice
I hate you all, I'll never fall
welcome the noise
2. Ironclad
(note: a song about frustration, essentially. The extreme annoyance at the fact that someone can make you 'go soft' just when you're hating them the most.)
your feeble attempts at assasination
bounce right off my shell
deflected
by years and years
of enduring endless pain and hell
yet you keep on trying to puncture me
you keep trying to make a dent
but I know that you'll never ever pierce me
until your body lies broken and bent
ironclad
ironclad
I am the iron beast
ironclad
ironclad
I am the iron beast
you'll never succeed at bringing me down
your reward is always blood and tears
you try to get through my defenses
you've been at it for months; now years
try and get past my armor and strike at my heart
try and topple me to the ground
try to rip and smash and tear me apart
every time there's only pain to be found
your pain!
ironclad
ironclad
I am the iron god
ironclad
ironclad
I am the iron god
my mind knows
you should be dead by now
but my body's refusing to act
is it possible
you get strength from my power
no, I'll never accept that fact
my morale falls
as my defenses fail
and you break through the iron at last
it can't be, it can't be true
I should've known it was too good to last
ironclad
ironclad
I am the iron corpse
ironclad
ironclad
I am the iron corpse
I've lost the argument
I've lost my power
I've lost everything in the fight
now I'm nothing
an empty rotting husk
betrayed by what I thought was right
ironclad...
no more...
ironclad
ironclad
I've lost again
ironclad
ironclad
I've lost again
every time you approach me
intent on your task
I tell myself not to give in
but every time you convince me
that the past is the past
and that by fighting I'm committing a sin
so don't come near me
don't ever show your face
you'll only gently tell me that I'm wrong
so don't come near me
don't ever show your face
and I might have a chance at being strong
for once...
ironclad
ironclad
I was the iron beast
ironclad
ironclad
I was the iron beast
you
take
from me
everything that made me myself
you
trick
me
into thinking that I'm the enemy
you
take
my mind
and twist it to your needs
you
fake
kindness
so I drop my guard and let you in
ironclad
ironclad
I was the iron god
ironclad
ironclad
I was the iron god
ironclad
ironclad
I am the iron god
ironclad
ironclad
I am the iron god
3. Nonstop
(note: this song does not take itself seriously at all. The lyrics you see below were completely and very literally spur-of-the-moment...)
nonstop
I am
I'm
on and on
on and on
nonstop
I am
I'm
nothing more
nothing more
nonstop
I am
I'm
on and on
on and on
nonstop
I am
I'm
seeing blind
seeing blind
turn on that lightswitch over there
it's not fair
I fucking hate your hair
no more signs
no more plans
go, I've got no CHORUS
go, I've got no LIFE
you, you have my ANSWERS
you, you have my MIND
I am never ENDING
I am never DEAD
reality is BENDING
you, you have my HEAD
you have my mind
seeing all the lanterns
seeing all the food
see, this is just nonsense
and I forgot to rhyme
the surface is meant
for the judge
I am nonstop
you
never ending
always bending
always chasing you
regret mending
refuse sending
got a life to chew
never is the same
as before
the mop has fallen
to the floor
who said I had to make
sense?
I'm just fucking pissed
you're fucking dense
I wouldn't worry
everything's under
CONTROL
I wouldn't worry
cause everything's under
CONTROL
2:37 what the fuck
kept up by metal
that's just my luck
before you ask, yeah it's fucking early
what the fuck rhymes with early?
short attention span
attention span
attention SPAN
short attention span
attention span
SPAM
that's it
I'm fucking going to bed
4. Tear Together
all my souls are scattered
for you, I have been shattered
everything is leading up to hell
I never told you; you could always tell
oh, so
tear me together again
again
"all the king's horses, and all the king's men... couldn't tear me together again"
take a breath and live
nothing here to see
take a breath to live
see, I'm killing me
tear together
tear together
tear together
5. Balance
(note: a song about bipolar/manic depressive disorder.)
STOP
you'll make me kill
my life's a delicate balance
one you're trying to upset
won't bother with being kind or gallant
YOU WON'T TAKE ME DOWN, NOT JUST YET
STOP
you'll make me kill
life is a perfect balance
life is a perfect hell
life is a perfect balance
life is an empty shell
life is a perfect balance
life is a perfect hell
life is a perfect balance
you've broken my empty shell
it's just a game
it's all the same
my life was a delicate balance
now it's gone plunging to the ground
won't bother with being kind or gallant
I'll be blunt: your 'love' has brought me down
life was a perfect balance
life was a perfect hell
life was a perfect balance
life was an empty shell
life was a perfect balance
life was a perfect hell
life was a perfect balance
you fragmented my life and couldn't tell
6. Erratic
(note: a curious song about the aggrevation of having a stutter.)
Structure is gone
Structure is dead
Structure is crushed
I saw the words inside my head
erratic
static
speech
giving
disorder
to each word
try and figure it out
just try and figure it out
try and figure it out
just try and figure it out
it's a problem
it's a problem
it's a problem
my mind
it's a problem
it's a problem
my mind is broken
stutter
7. Constructive Criticism
You know that
I can't take your bitching
complaints suggestions
always switching sides
it's always close
but never hits the mark
you've killed my work
and left me in the dark
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
it's good enough for ME
SO I DON'T NEED THAT SHIT FROM YOU
you never seem to catch on
you never seem to know
this is how I like it
this is how it goes
something's wrong
FIX IT
this job fucking sucks...
ditch it
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
it's good enough for ME
SO I DON'T NEED THAT SHIT FROM YOU
this is how it is
if you don't like it, TOUGH
i've got better shit to do
you broke your luck
this is how it is
if you're not happy, TOUGH
I won't waste my skill on you
you broke your luck
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
it's good enough for ME
SO I DON'T NEED THAT SHIT FROM YOU
now that I'm free
and I don't have to deal with you
motivational spree
I've got projects to do
now you see
that you needed me
what are you gonna do
to pull yourself through?
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
if it's good enough for ME,
then it's good enough for YOU
it's good enough for ME
SO I DON'T NEED THAT SHIT FROM YOU
8. Philosophy
Infinite universe, insane
impossible chain of events
all the answers, they're all the same
no more need to think
something's out there, in the dark
darkness could be light
thinking about it lets me live
it also lets me die
nothing out there created me
but something made my life
there's nothing out there that let me see
but there's something that gave me eyes
thinking about everything too much
thinking about our lives
are we born to die and let death bring god
or are we dying all our lives
9. Desperate
(note: a song about being curious about the 'other side', not suicide as one might think.)
Help me, I am desperate
help me, I am dying
help me get on track again
help me, I am desperate
help me, I am dying
don't want to throw it all away for Zen
is there any secret
to the world's success
something I should know
or do I have to make it
on my own
and go places I don't want to go
help me, I am desperate
kill me, I am life
I want to live in exchange for my life
help me, I am desperate
kill me, I am life
I want to live in exchange for my life
you may think I'm suicidal
well let me tell you, you're wrong
I just want to see
what's on the other side
you may think I'm trying to end my life
think I want to go
I just want to live my perfect life
I don't want to live in hatred
don't want to live in anger
don't want to live in truth anymore
I don't want to stay and die here
don't want to stay and fight here
don't want to sacrifice my life
it's just a game to me
and I found a shortcut
I'm scared if there's anything at all
I can choose to do it
I just lack the will to
the motivation isn't there at all
what would be the purpose
what would be the reason
would I be inducing my fall
is there anything after
anything worth it
should I give it my all?
help me, I am desperate
kill me, I am life
I want to live in exchange for my life
help me, I am desperate
kill me, I am life
I want to live in exchange for my life
10. Start From The Ashes
(note: a song about being frustrated about never being able to finish anything.)
WHAT ASHES
the thing about that is
it's not exactly the easiest thing to do
especially when you've been FUCKED OVER countless times
by your own beliefs
and you're still driving yourself FUCKING CRAZY
with this FUCKED-UP persuit of PARADISE
did you get that, FUCKER?
you wanna know why the FUCK i'm so FUCKING PISSED?
i'll give you a god damn reason
the moment you FUCKING tell me YOURSELF
start
start from the ashes
start from the dead
start from the suicide
start
start from the ashes
start from the dead
you know we both don't want to die
some call me a genius
some call me WORTHLESS
some say i'm 'talented'
but I say i'm a MESS
so you think i've got issues, HUH?
you KNOW I can't write this SHIT
don't you EVER fucking tell me what to do again
ALL you ARE is a FUCKING HYPOCRITE
11. Eleven
(note: another one of those intentionally over-the-top angry songs.)
NO
MORE
FUCKING
AROUND
this time
I am relentless
this time
I'm not a fool
this time
I'll steal your body
this time
you're the tool
this time is DIFFERENT
I am not WEAK
this time I'm ANGRY
I'll kill you as I SPEAK
THE WORLD CHANGES BY MY HAND
the things I used to do
I will not fall to
nothing can bring me down
I'm stronger and I'll TEAR YOU DOWN
take me seriously and SUFFER
consequences will make you LISTEN
nothing out of the ordinary
live my life and know that's it's no different
fuck you
I don't need
fuck you
I don't need
fuck you
you don't see
fuck you
you can't see
are you noticing
any kind of pattern?
do you think
it really even mattered?
12. Pattern
(note: a song that brings together the meanings of the songs Ironclad, Erratic, and Desperate-- and states that their progression is just a pattern that repeats itself over and over again.)
never thought you'd know
but it just goes to show
that you're always getting in my way
always steal the show
and leave me out of the know
then tell me I've got nothing to say
pattern
pattern
kill my soul
and leave me out in the cold
you live your life this way
well you're getting old
your body's already sold
but I am here to stay
never thought you'd know
but it just goes to show
that you're always getting in my way
always steal the show
and leave me out of the know
then tell me I've got nothing to say
pattern
pattern
always knew you'd know
and it just goes to show
that you're the one who's wrecking my ways
always steal my show
and leave me out of the know
then tell me I had something to say
pattern
pattern
it's a pattern
it's a pattern
joke my way through life
break the pattern
tear the pattern
kill both what I hate and like
always knew you'd know
and it just goes to show
that you're the one who's wrecking my ways
always steal my show
and leave me out of the know
then tell me I had something to say
pattern
pattern
kill my soul
and leave me out in the cold
you live your life this way
well you're getting old
your body's already sold
but I am here to stay
always knew you'd know
and it just goes to show
that you're the one who's wrecking my ways
always steal my show
and leave me out of the know
then tell me I had something to say
pattern
pattern
kill my soul
and leave me out in the cold
you live your life this way
well you're getting old
your body's already sold
but I am here to stay
13. Breaking Point (Present Day)
(note: the most 'personal' song on the album, it is essentially about truly not caring what people think of your interests/lifestyle and as such being able to live openly.)
break for your enemies
die for yourself
the only thing that's stopping you
from suicide is your ambitions, mind on the shelf
when you've tried and tried
again and again
to survive and dodge the end
no one will tell you, no one will know
why would you would break but never bend
it's not stopping
shit keeps dropping
I have to go through hell again
I'll forget but
always know why
I couldn't finish anything then
world never stopping
dreams keep dropping
I have to go through hell again
I'll forget but
always know why
I'll break my paws and crawl back to my den
stop all the bleeding
stop all the pain
I am relentless
and I've got nothing to gain
nothing, nothing, nothing to see here
it's just a fucking joke
a piss take without a cause
fail, swim, and choke
it's not stopping
it keeps dropping
I'm forced to go through hell again
I'll forget but
always know why
I couldn't finish anything then
life's never stopping
I keep dropping
made to go through hell again
I'll forget but
always know why
I'll break my paws again and again
live for your fantasies
dream for your life
nothing better than doing what you love
but you're forced to walk the edge of a knife
as I write this
as I wonder
is it just a waste of time?
something's trying to stop me
something wants to know
will I fail a second time?
it's never stopping
i'm always dropping
they tell me to live through hell again
I'll forget but
always know why
I'll never finish anything again
life's never stopping
I keep dropping
made to go through hell again
I'll forget but
always know why
I'll scream and break my paws again
I don't care what you think
I don't care at all
you can die and shrivel up inside my grave
I'll be there and give it my all
you can't control me
so don't put up a fight
if all you said is all you mean
then I'll be sure to get this one right
I'LL never stop and
I'LL never drop and
never go through hell again
never forget why
you'll never get my
talent for failing again
I'LL never stop and
I'LL never drop and
never go through hell again
never forget why
you'll never get my
talent for failing again
ALL MY LIFE
I JUST DIE
all he ever does is die
all I ever do is die
oh, groove
I am not
I am not
I am not
I am not
what you thought
what you thought
what you thought
what you thought
I am not
I am not
I am not
I am not
human
I am not
I am not
I am not
I am not
what you thought
what you thought
what you thought
what you thought
I am
an animal
14. Mindless Something (bonus track, instrumental)
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