updates.

so. i realize my last couple posts have been song lyrics. i also realize that i rarely post even that.
i think i'm going to start regularly posting song lyrics, but i'll try to talk about the album/artist a little bit. i don't know how much any of you will enjoy it, but hopefully it will give you ideas for new music? and i'll have some fun with it. so yes.

i suppose this can be my first one.

I've been listening to a lot of Streetlight Manifesto lately. They play "ska punk" music.

This is how Wikipedia defines "ska punk"

Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. Ska punk achieved its greatest popularity in the United States in the late 1990s, although there has also been a following worldwide. Several ska punk bands achieved mainstream commercial success, which in some cases continued into the 2000s.
The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting genres. The more punk- influenced style often features faster tempos, guitar distortion, onbeat punk-style interludes (usually the chorus), and nasal, gruff or shouted vocals. The more ska-influenced style of ska punk features a more developed instrumentation and a cleaner vocal and musical sound. The common instrumentation includes electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, brass instruments (such as saxophones, trombones or trumpets), and sometimes an organ.

Don't let their definition scare you off. This is not screamo music. It's probably different than anything else you listen to, but I think you should definately try it. Obviously, I have some of their music, so let me know if you'd like to listen to them.

I've been mainly, if not only, listening to their first album, Everything Goes Numb. One of my favorite songs off of the album [I really like the lyrics] is A Moment of Silence.

A moment of silence, please, for those who never get the chance

They show up to the party, but they're never asked to dance

The losers, the liars, the bastards, the thieves

The cynicists, the pessimists, and those that don't believe in nothing

I never met a loser that I didn't see eye-to-eye with, I declare

I stare into your eyes

But you look right past me into the air

What's it like to stand in your shoes?

To have never felt the belt of somebody's abuse?

I take the bottle and I tip it to all my heroes that have passed

Alas, you have left us, but your stories they will last

Uninspired by the recruiting call

Independent we stand

Independent we fall

So tell me: how long do you think you can go before you lose it all?

Before they call you bluff and watch you fall?

I don't know, but I'd like to think I had control

At some point, but I let it go and lost my soul

Sit tight, but the revolution's years away

I'm losing faith and I'm running low on things to say

So, I guess I have no choice but to regurgitate

The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite

Oh! To have died that night, I realized it wouldn't last

Our days were numbered and the reaper tipped the hourglass

The final mayday of our sinking ship had come and passed

Oh! To the west, you don't know what it is you're running from

And everybody's laughing loud

Your last chance to make your mother and your father proud

Oh, oh, oh...

A moment of silence, please, for those who never get the chance

They show up to the party, but they're never asked to dance

The losers, the liars, the bastards, the thieves

The cynicists, the pessimists, and those that don't believe in nothing

They said "a pox,

Upon your house,

Upon your family and everyone you ever knew

And everyone you'll ever meet"

I bet they think we wish we joined when we could

But we do what we want, we don't do what we should

Now, everybody's laughing, 'cause they're thinking they're in on something I don't get

Don't forget

I connect and I read every word you said

Like a child who believes he was wronged

If you hate me so much, then stop singing my songs

So tell me: how long do you think you can go before you lose it all?

Before they call you bluff and watch you fall?

I don't know, but I'd like to think I had control

At some point, but I let it go and lost my soul

Sit tight, but the revolution's years away

I'm losing faith and I'm running low on things to say

So, I guess I have no choice but to regurgitate

The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite

Oh! To have died that night, I realized it wouldn't last

Our days were numbered and the reaper tipped the hourglass

The final mayday of our sinking ship had come and passed

Oh! To the west, you don't know what it is you're running from

And everybody's laughing loud

Your last chance to make your mother and your father proud

Oh, oh, oh...