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Go Rebels

by Titans of Filth

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1.
When you turned thirteen, you were suddenly such an ugly thing. I've seen the photographs but please believe me, I would never laugh at you. I want so badly to be back there then to provide what few comforts I can. Your young hands cradle the receiver as you whisper and you wait. I'm out there waiting, too: Fourteen and not too cool. When you stay up so late, I wish I was by your side, listening to your father's records and drinking his wine. I had late nights of my own. I spent every one of them alone. And while you were getting stoned, I said no to cigarettes and every other invitation. And while you were having sex, I was watching Cinemax.
2.
A summer eve with Ben and Steve, arrogance and vanity, Designer jeans and worried pride and another sleepy sunrise Whatever I did, face the fact: Facts aren't fooling you two Been here before, now we're back And I know what to do It's the same old story It's sad again, I'm sorry It's the same old story It's sad again, I'm so sorry We play poker 'til it's dark, gather our chips and go in But the water's too cold, she's a beach bunny with a runny nose Whatever I did, face the fact: Facts aren't fooling you two Been here before, now we're back And I know what to do It's the same old story It's sad again, I'm sorry It's the same old story It's sad again, I'm so sorry
3.
Beneath the overpass in the rain it occurs to me This tape tells the gospel truth Who would think such a sad song could be A guiding comfort for a wayward youth The rain falls hard on a humdrum town This town will drag you down We boys get blasted out in the bathroom at Burger King We boys drive fast for fun Late at night in the glow of the computer screen The private joy of the loneliest one The rain falls hard on a humdrum town This town will drag you down You are tired of it because it's all the same I'm tired of it, too You and I both know this town will never change And it has no use for me or you The rain falls hard on a humdrum town This town will drag you down
4.
Please, please be a beacon of sanity I don't want this thing to swallow me There's no more sweetness in our song Just a long wait for what we want Once I dreamed the biggest dream Now I don't dream anything Someday soon I may well be babbling Spilling all I have out to the room All my words may say too much If these secrets and lies still hold us together Once I dreamed the biggest dream Now I don't dream anything
5.
I fell asleep as the helicopter took me further from my friend The doctors called me the lucky one, but that just depends We rode up that mountain like it was a race Can you learn to love my disfigured face? I woke up in the afternoon, my friend was in his grave You were there beside me, beautiful and brave The cars came together, I witnessed the human host Spilling out its insides, giving up its ghost
6.
It's such a sleepy feeling, staring at the ceiling, Caring about nothing but the stuck-on stars glowing green I've arranged the constellations I sleep alone under my heavens As they fade away Appearing here the initials of Monica, now pregnant and married Whatever happened to all these Jessicas I knew in high school? I've arranged the constellations I sleep alone under my heavens As they fade away Beauty, beauty, beauty There's nobody near me There never was
7.
Smoking by the creek, she admits no regret One last cigarette, we take turns She laughs at me as I reveal My high-minded mother's concerns: Those kinds of kisses break a barrier We held each other tight like two lonely people Lately we don't seem to have much to say I write a letter to my cousin Matthew Soon a prayer for my judgment day Emerges from the bag of the mail carrier The soft sound of thunder threatens my soul Out here in the darkness near the gate I wonder if she'll come like she said It's early in the morning, she's running late, And I wonder if I might have to marry her
8.
Pop another cola cream But let's not think it breaks a dam Never mind what might be claimed Tilt the bottle, drain it down You always were a big success Catching breaks out on the lake But when it came to all the rest Your life was full of mistakes Once you dreamed the biggest dream Now you don't dream anything At all Kiss another cutie pie Walk again down to the pier Close again, but yet not quite Hand in hand, held so near Should your love refuse your ring You'd never guess the reason why I know a rope where we can swing We won't forget but still we'll try Once you dreamed the biggest dream Now you don't dream anything At all

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released July 13, 2012

Sam Grindstaff - Vocals, guitar
Ryan Wilson - Guitar (1-6), bass guitar (3-6)
Wyatt Strother - Drums (1-6), xylophone (3), backing vocals (4)
Lydia Brambila Escamilla - Vocals (1-6), keyboard (1-6), violin (6)
William Blake Tabb - Bass guitar (1-2)
Emily Armond - Keyboard (7)
Nate Mitchell - Drums (7-8)
Ian Mittler - Bass guitar (7-8)
Spencer Rich - Guitar (7)
Ann Rogers - Vocals (8)

1-6 recorded 2011 & 2012 by Wyatt Strother
7-8 recorded 2007 & 2008 by Jason NeSmith
Mastered by Joel Hatstat, title by Mercer West
Cover art by Dena Zilber from the film “Whatever” (Susan Skoog, 1998)
Last minute Photoshop help from Missy Kulik
“This Humdrum Town” chorus is stolen from the Smiths

A different recording of "Stuck-on Stars" appears on the Happy Happy Birthday To Me Vol. 4 compilation (2007). This recording of "Our Impending Announcement" first appeared on the Athfest 2008 compilation. A different recording of "August Comes Again" appears on the 2010 Wuxtry Record Store Day compilation.

"Our Impending Announcement" has a music video edited together from scenes from someone else's movie in November 2009: youtu.be/AG2X-a_p1uE

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