Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber - 1997

1. Loco
2. Bradley
3. Oddity
4. Unspoiled
5. Big Truck
6. Sway
7. First
8. I
9. Clock
10. My Frustration
11. Dreamtime
12. Pig



1. Loco


pull - steamroller rollinī through
my head said attached to loco
power up coal through the system
out to the right said youīre in my
light - lock down the generator on
man screw down use the system
use the main plan full power up to
the point man donīt fuck with me
loco
lock down here latch the generator
on screw the system
full power hit the main plan



2. Bradley


try to remember
try to forget
try to remember
look back try to remember
that name sounds so familiar
sue, these letters are driving me crazy
theyīre driving me so fucking crazy
theyīre making me so angry
bradley, to remember
bradley, so familiar
one more year do something
make something from nothing
sue, these letters are driving me crazy
theyīre driving me so fucking crazy
theyīre making me so angry
mom, these letters at christmas
are driving me crazy
i must be crazy - why?
donīt get it, iīm crazy - why?
tried to remember what you said
sounds so familiar what you said
my life is mine, itīs mine
iīm gonna take it back
my life itīs mine, itīs mine
i want it back



3. Oddity


this is the way itīs got to be...
crawl beneath this filthy ground
and underneath this dirty ground
i crawl beneath this filthy ground
and underneath these dirty leaves
seems to me to be the insanity
it seems to me iīve become the oddity
it seems to me i need some identity
seems to me iīve become the oddity
keep this high now keep this high
said i better
keep this high now keep this high
said i better
keep this high now keep this high
said i better
keep this high now keep this high
this is the way itīs got to be...
no fear, so depraved, break



4. Unspoiled


always cold inside this glass
trust itīs hard, i know this trust will never last
itīs never been much of my concern
iīve grown in size again, still fine?
sleep it all away, just another day
always me in the corner this way
itīs never been much of your concern
youīve grown inside again, still fine?
do i look fine to you?
do i seem alright to you?
do i look fine?
do i seem alright - to you?
stay - unspoiled
so spoiled you leave cleaner by day
exposed and lonely forever on display
itīs never been much of our concern
we fell apart again, kill time



5. Big Truck


too small, too small donīt compromise
so have fast, too fast donīt realize
have hand on wheel, set the sights, drive with me
too fast, too fast donīt realize
so have fast, too fast donīt recognize
have hand on wheel, set the sights, drive with me
moving - motion
said move, said move it
somebody better come and drive me
big truck
ainīt no grave gonna hold my body down
ainīt no grave gonna hold, hold my body, hold my body
big truck, come on



6. Sway


the roof the roof the roof is on fire
we donīt need no water let the motherfucker burn
burn motherfucker burn
burn, burn, burn, burn
just a little and nothing now itīs over
just a little and nothing now itīs over
what you said, no,
youīre never gonna say again
in your own special way you tear me down
sway - so hypnotic
neither up nor down,
just been turned and turned
it just sits inside so it burns and burns
if i canīt decide what makes you hurt
in your own special way you tear me down
so ask me please, please
give me something good, now
something
give me something good, now
give me
come sway this way



7. First


if someone should ask you then say
that he fell away
from what he wanted at first
from what he wanted at first
from what he wanted
if someone should ask you then say
that they fell away
from what they wanted at first
from what they wanted at first
from what they wanted
as he fell away, as she fell away
he wonīt come out and play music anymore
if someone should ask you then say
that she fell away
from what she wanted at first
from what she wanted at first
from what she wanted
try - tried i couldnīt kick it
iīm taking mine, iīm taking mine now
no, if someone should ask you then say
he sleeps all day
that he feels heīs gone, son
and always will be betrayed
try, tried i couldnīt kick it, no
iīm taking mine
try - tried i couldnīt kick
as she - as she



8. I


let down through the breakthrough
i travel as i hunger for the darkness below me
when iīm praying for the light above
to save this soul inside me
should i? would i? could i?
outcast from my own kind never knowing
soaring through my own mind never knowing
how could they live with what their doing
twist of my spine
oh god fuck
i donīt get it
breathe with me
just breathe with me
itīs up to me as i hunger
lay slow and still as i wonder
pray for darkness down in this hollow
but i try to grope
itīs up to me as i sleep again
my body lays down as i holler
itīs all inside but i confess in me
i like me



9. Clock


clock tick tick tick, tick tock, tick tock
wicked mind you hold the hour
but my mind it holds the power
clock tick tick tick
where did the time go?
what do i have to show?
watching the time fly (go by)
watching the time fly
clock - it counts my fears
my time goes by so slow
my clock goes by so slow
come closer you can do better
you can do better than me
it counts my fears



10. My Frustration


where was i when god had shown
how to make a happy home
lie in bed and sleep donīt come
have some peace then give me some
and i know the reason why you hold me down
i wonīt let this fear of loss make me drown
in my bed i lie alone
scrape together bone to bone
and i canīt seem to seem to find my way
i canīt seem to find the break of day
iīll stay just a step away
where was i when god had shown
how to make a happy home
and i have become my worst enemy
i will survive this instability
in my bed i lie alone
scrape together bone to bone
again i have become my worst enemy
i will survive this instability
i need to breathe the breath of life
you constantly drain my life
why canīt you see the breath in me
i constantly need your need
my butterfy donīt fly away
if i could just take this simple breath of life from me
you couldnīt take it motherfucker eternity
if i could take this breath of life and come inside of me
you wouldnīt take it, i need to breathe
as i creep the monkeyīs back
now sheīs gone and oh heīs back
and i know the reason why you hold me down
i wonīt let this fear of loss make me drown
i will stay, iīll stay
i will stay, iīll stay



11. Dreamtime


something in my mind keeps me satisfied
shoved aside, pushed to the wayside
if you lead, i will follow you
vague memories in my mind they hide
shoved aside to get thrown by the wayside
if you lead, i will follow you
dreamtime comes quick when broken
keep me satisfied so help me
so long i prayed for dreamtime, so help me
and itīs inside of you my friend
whoīll save me, who will?
itīs all inside of you, dreamtime



12. Pig


lost and lonely
your colors surrounding me
itīs only my way to breaknī free
in my mind i hear the soue
donīt you see iīm set free
iīm set gone gone free
lost and lonely
you make your way through this day
preceding your way after way i hate
in my mind i here the souee
souee here pig pig pig pig
murderer, terror, killer, terror
filthy, iīm filthy
iīm filthy swine and iīm filthy
donīt read the writing
well come up and you will see


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