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1.
Ballad of one girl and a madman 03:22
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Should you have to lick my door, Than I don’t need my shirt. A liver like my life, Adds sugar to my thirst. I’d rather fit my toy Wide rivers form a skin Try to lock it in my lower side Have to get my bus, I have to catch my tail I’d love to turn my bed, I just can’t Nobody read my mail, Uf, Somebody lit my mail Shouldn’t lick my bad cells Then I’d better hit my bone What a little life I get She sells the sides as well Got a rattle in my bag There’s a wizard in my coat Use a saddle in my bed, no let my pictures grow total madness come on there’s a rattle in my bed another snake is born I never lose my share What I never wanted for I’m lost, she’s coming, she banged With the shit she’s got to stay Oh no she’s gonna stay now Buggar in my hell Refain refrain now
2.
Supermarket hero 02:14
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I am your supermarket hero, your supermarket hero I am your supermarket hero, your supermarket hero Wondering what’s on your mind if you go and squeeze me in a day Go shopping in your favorite supermarket mall with a nightingale I heard your music, touched your hand, sniffed your dog and watched your friend Saw a girl that walked around the corner looking for a man I’ll be your supermarket hero Late at night still wondering if you would come and ask me for a light you shooked me up and told me that she was eager to pick up a fight I had no money and I had no dope and had nothing to give away The girl at the counter said: “…” You know who I am I am your supermarket hero Your supermarket hero (repeat)
3.
Butterfly 04:56
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Saw them eat off gold plates until the morning falls And if you paint my ghost life don’t wear no crown Oh yeah, you’re lonely, but can you tell me why ‘cause in the end it’s all just chickenshit and burned up lies saw them dance like ghost men with no reflection ‘cause all the friends around you are too old to be born oh yeah you’re lonely but can you tell me why ‘cause in the end we’re all just a butterfly, just a butterly butterfly, butterfly Get a life you’re an old god, get a life you’re an old god now I’m loosing you without a trace of being good And in the end you’re just a friend That was not even close to help Me out in different moments I was you, I was you They broke my fortress, they cut my tree Leaving an endless white masterpiece oh yeah I’m lonely but can you tell me why ‘cause in the end we’re all just a butterfly, just a butterly butterfly, butterfly Get a life you’re an old god, get a life you’re an old god now I’m loosing you without a trace of being good And in the end you’re just a friend That was not keen on heaven help I never tried to understand Your coolness was not showing off my friend So get a life, get a life, Get a life you’re an old god, get a life you’re an old god now I’m loosing you without a trace of being good And in the end you’re just a friend That couldn’t not stand behind his man I never tried to understand you’re cool, you’re so cool
4.
Scarface 04:03
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Scarface came to dinner, and he was my friend, I knew him so well since we were little boys He had brought a king size burger with cheese and schrimps on the side, didn’t know what that was for He also had brought a bottle of the finest red wine, and a fork, but nothing to uncork now he can never enter my house not once again, yeah you’ll understand, ‘cause the story goes like this. Scarface had a chance to break my hand But I’m grooving on love Shake, shake, scarface, move yourself ‘cause I’m grooving on love but after two weeks he was there again with all of his friends and his entire family he had three cute sisters, well that’s what I thought they messed up my house, all filled with babyshit it wasn’t even clean since the last time Scarface came to my house with the bottle and the cork and the goddamned thing he forgot well he can never enter my house not once again yeah you’ll understand, ‘cause the story goes like this. But just yesterday I heard knocking at my door so I went upfront to have a closer look There was a dog sitting at my front door It was the dog of my friend Scarface’s back in town oh what a bloody mess Scarface had a chance to break my hand But I’m grooving on love Shake, shake, scarface, move yourself ‘cause I’m grooving on love shake shake yeah honey you can shake shake… it was a morning in september and I was driving kids to school, never heard about a monster that could drink a swimming pool I heard it once I heard it twice and I could never understand that the memory for those little kids was exactly what you ment that I don’t wanna be your substance I’m not going to be king the only way to express myself lies in the word I sing and maybe in a next live I’ll be guided by a god that will tell me that it was all wrong, it was all wrong, I don’t know how I was still driving I was heading south, I had to go to work, the place where you constantly have to act like a jurk I told them once, I told them twice but they just coulon’d understand that the place for me lies outside and not here behind a desk And I don’t wanna be their sultan, I’m not going to be king I’m acting like the son of god until they lose their faith and maybe in a next live I’ll be guided by their god that will tell me that it was all wrong, it was all wrong, I don’t know how she’s no monster (repeat) she’s no monster (repeat)
5.
World 03:08
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World, on your marks, I need space to go on World, on your marks, I need space to go on I don’t like this fever It burns the guts out of my soul Pooring out the faeces And if you watch my tv You’ll see violence without hate Just fed up to take it World, on your marks World, on your marks Cultivate your weakness Burn it down and leave no trace Smell the core of your decay Stop your tears from leaking Merky fluids that could burn Holes in our faces World, on your marks World, on your marks
6.
Unicorn 02:48
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I don't wanna be the single one, single one, single one in a band I don’t like that uniform, uniform, uniform in my land I don’t have my life complete, life complete, life complete on my side I don’t know my superstar, superstar, superstar pretty tight You got to fight That’s right, no left, no right No I won’t hang out with anyone, anyone, anyone but my friends No I won’t take out my unicorn, unicorn, unicorn, makes no sense Take it home where it belongs, it belongs, it belongs on a pile Give it to the paranoid, paranoid, paranoid for a trial You got to fight That’s right, no left, no right
7.
Many boys 03:04
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you’re so close now, guess you’re mine nobody knows not even you and I we dance the future, trouble’s cold “mess up my name and I will mess up yours” but I don’t want to disappear go dance my lover commencing countdown one-two-tree and see that we are all alone ‘cause you’re so close now, guess you’re mine nobody knows not even you and I we dance the future, trouble’s cold “mess up my name and I will mess up yours” but I don’t want to disagree go dance my lover commencing countdown one-two-tree and see that we are all alone it’s a setup many boys, many boys are strong if you look from a distance and the girls, cry a waterfall to hold on to their tradition Many boys, many boys don’t have a gun to be sure they’re guiltyand the girl cry waterfalls to have Their little setup, a major setup, it is a setup,…
8.
Virtual gravity 02:50
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I feel all right with my head under a stone all alone And I can’t fly ‘cause the weights around my chest are keeping me low I’t true you’re a damn good reason to go out and dance I hope that I can take this fence Virtual gravity Virtual gravity I feel OK now that I have come from under shade lanes And I can stay in these odd and misty clouds around your frames I’t true you’re a damn good reason to go out and dance I hope that I can take this fence I feel all right, no time to hide, I’m gonna climb up that hilly mountain side Your fathers hand contrains me flying like a pie Into my face I take it flying like a pie A broken nose can not go flying like a pie Pa-pa-pie pa-pa-pie I wish that I could raise my hand… Virtual gravity is keeping me down Virtual gravity, my feet on the ground Virtual gravity is keeping me down Virtual gravity
9.
Buskidscumbags 03:54
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The boy went to his bed and never never slept no more The girl he saw that day had never been his way before The girl that made him smile was sitting on his bus to school And only for a sec she turned around and made him grow But there were buskidscumbags And they will never try to be my friends Their only purpose on this earth is to enjoy a little tease Buskidscumbags, no they will never try to be my friends They’re seventy-four on a bus heading to school And what I really want to know is if that little girl thought I was cool the boy said to his bed: “you’ll never be the same no more, ‘cause I have sowed my seed and love will grow out pretty soon.” But there were buskidscumbags And they will never try to be my friends Their only purpose on this earth is to enjoy a little tease Buskidscumbags, no they will never try to be my friends They’re seventy-four on a bus heading to school And what I really want to know is if that little girl thought I was cool whatever I want, whatever you need those buskidscumbags made me freeze The boy went to his bed and never never slept no more The girl he saw that day had never been his way before (Repeat some parts from here)
10.
Yellow Caribbeans 03:25
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I was a little bit afraid to see your face when you came in turned on the light The bloodstains on your little shirt made it impossible to think of going out I know that nothing’s really true until it’s said, until the words have made a sound The mystery behind it all was fading out After two years and ten more guys Don’t wanna be the one that hurts, no I don’t wanna, wanna be the one that hurts But now I’m coming home and see that face into a yellow simple life Indecency is what you gave, turned it around and made it pretty much all right I know that nothing’s really true until it’s said, until the words have made a sound The mystery behind it all was fading out After two years and ten more guys Don’t wanna be the one that hurts, no I don’t wanna, wanna be the one that hurts
11.
Sugar 03:18
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I don’t like to be your soulmate I would love you like a man I will always be your sad boy And I will tease you like a friend And I’m the guy you understand That helps you out when you’re not there When you’re not there I will never be your sad boy I will please you like a friend Under a sky of hope I do love you so If you would leave me now I won’t let you go All the good fortune that I have installed Would have a worthless meaning next to everything I adore That I’m the guy you understand That helps you out when you’re not there When you’re not there The wine is out so when you go Bring the sugar My body dried up you should know Bring it bring it bring it The wine is out so when you go Bring the sugar My body dries I need to know Bring it bring it bring it Bring it bring it bring it (Repeat)
12.
Monster 02:36
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Confusion 04:00
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In my head you have moved the furniture around I can not find my own strategic summer sign confusion, confusion I was born with a little help from an old friend Secret coïncidence to fall into your land confusion, confusion Every year the summer brings me energy and a beating heart every year the summer’s looking bright In your head I have moved the furniture aside You have not lost your own strategic summer sign confusion, confusion You were torn bit by bit and never had a chance Secret coïncidence – you keep it in your hand confusion, confusion Every year the summer brings me energy and a beating heart every year the summer brings me pheromones to find you oh girl, you win my heart nanana, nanananananananana, nanana, nanananananananana, confusion, confusion nanana, nanananananananana, nanana, nanananananananana, confusion, confusion
14.
Attitude 03:34
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Some friends are trying to peel our skin But they will never be a part of The life that we would like to live A house where every stone’s a part of Dark face that’s not faking truth My force and that force in you Don’t run with a burning shoe attitude, attitude, this is my attitude Attitude, attitude, this is my attitude A broken key can please a nun But it can never be a part of The whole extension of your sun Enlightening me ‘cause I am part of Tall hope for a better place Where we can stay inside Don’t run with a bleeding vain attitude, attitude, this is my attitude Attitude, attitude, this is my attitude

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released October 20, 2008

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Needle And The Pain Reaction Gent, Belgium

With a career spanning over two decades, Needle And The Pain Reaction have firmly established themselves as a powerhouse in the Belgian noise-rock scene. Formed in 1999 amidst the vibrant underground of Ghent, this trio draws inspiration from legendary acts like Sonic Youth, Shellac, The Jesus Lizard, Dinosaur Jr., and Helmet. The band crafts a potent and distinctive sound. ... more

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