Strange Lot - Seth Sentry

A faint ghost through the raindrops

Pace a frozen train stop

My brain throbs as it wanders to my day job

On my way to the place that I hate most

Strange though how I’m still afraid of getting laid off

And every day feels the same with a different date

And every face looks as plain as an empty frame.

So sick of waiting for the painter

To begin to paint the plain away

For now a testament to emptiness and.

Thoughts ricochet, through my fickle pickled brain

Rain trickles down the grimace

Same image different name

Fault searcher my soul’s an impulse purchase

Round here we serve beer not purpose

"Step Aside"

Chorus:

When I wake up, my mind is full of dread, in the evening sleep as though i’m dead.I’m so tired, sad and lonely, happy when I’m dreaming only. Wanna break free aint escaping here cause I’m tied down paralyzed with fear. Every days the same but everyone has changed I cant let it side, better step aside.

hey all look so morose soaked overcoats, hope comatosed

Folks know the ropes, don’t row the boat, just float

Don’t delay, don’t you go and chase the blown away

umbrella cross the motorway, tell them keep a poker face.

For the joker’s sake, hold your plate steady while we load it up

And smoke your face pretty while your throat is cut

Yeah, things that go bump, know what’s up,

Only showing love through the drugs and the modem plug

Moments past only last in photographs show some gums fool the picture homie no he couldn’t give a lonely fuck.

See they don’t smile they just show their teeth

And sit below the streets on broken rollercoaster seats

With today’s valid ticket like this trip

Is where they’re all supposed to be

But don’t be difficult the warning posters read

And if it all amounts to this, then all aboard and count your chips

A flock of dirty pigeons fighting over water fountain sips.

“Step Aside”

Chorus:

When I wake up, my mind is full of dread, in the evening sleep as though i’m dead.I’m so tired, sad and lonely, happy when I’m dreaming only. Wanna break free aint escaping here cause I’m tied down paralyzed with fear. Every days the same but everyone has changed I cant let it side, better step aside.

Now I could learn to hide a smirk behind a smile,

In a nice designer shirt, life of work, buy a pile of dirt

And plant a house in it

Past the shanty town limits, where the angry crowds picket

Pick a hand-me-down image.

And be an average bloke, the same person that you know

That hates work but has to go, to pay for the back he broke toiling in the fields, what’s the point of putting poison in their meals

When a coin will have them oiling up the wheels

For the rich man’s chariot, they’re carrying

A figjam arrogance and shrink-wrapped happiness.

"Hand it out"

Same shit different brand name,

"Gather around"

Same slip different cash claim,

Wait,

Welcome to the day it was rocket science

And watch grey become a ying-yang compromise.

Throw the canary down the mineshaft with a gas mask

For the last laugh,

Tip your bar staff

"Step Aside"

Chorus:

When I wake up, my mind is full of dread, in the evening sleep as though i’m dead.I’m so tired, sad and lonely, happy when I’m dreaming only. Wanna break free aint escaping here cause I’m tied down paralyzed with fear. Every days the same but everyone has changed I cant let it side, better step aside.

(ooooo, ohh o)

(yeah yeah)

And welcome to the day that daisy chain,

Breaks from the weight and strain,

But everything remains the same.

And welcome to the day that the painter came and

Astounded every critic with a thousand

Different shades of grey.

And welcome to the day that the sweat from every brow

Was ours to keep

And every pawn was proudly crowned a queen

And welcome to the night that while the captain slept,

We abandoned ship with our lanterns lit singing

"Step Aside"

Chorus:

When I wake up, my mind is full of dread, in the evening sleep as though i’m dead.I’m so tired, sad and lonely, happy when I’m dreaming only. Wanna break free aint escaping here cause I’m tied down paralyzed with fear. Every days the same but everyone has changed I cant let it side, better step aside.