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Lacerated Nights

by Why Bother?

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1.
THEY WANT THE X, THEY WANT THE Y, THEY WANT THE Z AND THEY WANT THE I, THEY WANT YOUR GRIN, THEY WANT YOUR BREATH, THEY WANT YOU IN AND THEY WANT YOUR DEATH AND I'M NOT DREAMING BOUT ANYTHING TONIGHT, NO I'M NOT DREAMING BOUT ANYTHING TONIGHT. THEY DON'T WANT A, THEY DON'T WANT B, THEY DON'T WANT C OR NOT EVEN D, THEY WANT THE LAND, THEY WANT THE FUEL, THEY WANT THE FOOD AND THEY WANT TO RULE AND I'M NOT DREAMIN BOUT ANYTHING TONIGHT. OH THEY WANT IT ALL YEAH THEY WANT IT ALL TO PUT BEHIND THE WALLS AND THEY'LL SAY ANYTHING TO GET IT. THEY WANT THE MONEY, THEY WANT THE GUNS, THEY WANT THE GIRLS AND THEY WANT YOUR SONS, THEY WANT YOUR MIND, THEY WANT YOUR SOUL, THEY WANT YOUR HEART AND THEY WANT TO CONTROL AND I'M NOT DREAMIN BOUT ANYTHING TONIGHT. THEY WANT THE WARS, THEY WANT THE DRUGS, THEY GOT THE POWER AND THEY GOT THE THUGS, THEY WANT THE WATER, THEY WANT THE SKY, THEY WANT YOUR DAUGHTER AND THE FIRE IN YOUR EYE AND I'M NOT DREAMIN BOUT ANYTHING TONIGHT. OH THEY WANT IT ALL, YEAH THEY WANT IT ALL TO PUT BEHIND THE WALLS AND THEY'LL SAY ANYTHING TO GET IT, YEAH THEY'LL DO ANYTHING TO GET IT.
2.
I'M PUNCHING HOLES IN MY WALLS, ON MY HANDS AND KNEES I CRAWL, I NEVER THOUGHT ROME WOULD FALL, I'M TAKING PILLS I'M DOWNING SHOTS I'M LAUGHING AT WHAT I FORGOT I'M SLEEPING IN THE PARKING LOT. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY MIND, I AM JUST A REBEL WITHOUT A DIME, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME.
3.
WOKE UP IN A PARKING RAMP, CONCRETE GIVES ME SHADE, I'M IN SPACE #216, UP ON LEVEL 2 AWAY FROM THE ANGRY STREETS, TRYING TO GET A BETTER VIEW AWAY FROM THE MIDDAY HEAT. FOR A MOMENT I NOTICE THINGS, PUT MY EYE TO THE SCOP, CROSS HAIRS SAY READY TO FIRE, MAYBE I SHOULD SHOT THE POPE BECAUSE I'M COMING APART RIGHT AT THE SEAM, I'M COMING APART AND I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN. I STEP BACK FROM THE LEDGE, BLOOD FALLS TO THE FLOOR, ANOTHER SAMOURAI IS DEAD STOLEN FOR ANOTHER WAR.
4.
I HEAR YOU TALKING AT NIGHT WHEN I WATCH MY TELEVISION, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY MIND, SHOULD I GET HELP? I CAN'T MAKE A DECISION, I HEAR THE TRUTH I HEAR LIES, I CATCH MYSELF IN MID CONVERSATION, WHEN YOU LOOK INTO MY EYES YOU'LL SEE MY FEAR AND ALL MY FRUSTRATION. SO WHAT SHOULD I DO? I CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS, TELL ME WHAT SHOULD I DO. I HAVE A SPLIT PERSONALITY CRISIS, THERE'S TWO OF ME THAT AREN'T THE SAME, I HAVE A SPLIT PERSONALITY.
5.
IT FEELS SO GOOD, YEAH IT FEELS SO GOOD, WHEN I BANG MY HEAD ON THE GROUND MY EYES ROLL BACK I CAN'T HEAR A SOUND, ALL THE COLORS TURN TO ONE IT'S JUST LIKE LOOKING INTO THE SUN, IT FEELS SO GOOD YEAH IT FEELS SO GOOD, I GUESS IT SHOULD, MAYBE I WANTED IT TO. IT FEELS SO GOOD YEAH IT FEELS SO GOOD WHEN I BANG DOWN ON MY DRUM ALL NIGHT YOU MIGHT THINK THAT I'M DUMB BUT IT FEELS SO GOOD, I GUESS IT SHOULD MAYBE I WANTED IT TOO. IT FEELS SO GOOD, YEAH IT FEELS SO GOOD WHEN I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN FOOLED BY YOU, I'M EXPECTED TO GET MAD BUT THAT WOULD PROVE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT A LIE IS JUST THE TRUTH WITH WINTER CLOTHES ON.
6.
Clouds 04:37 video
CLOUDS ARE LIKE WAVES, CLOUDS ARE LIKE FEATHERS, CLOUDS ARE LIKE FABRIC TORN AND TATTERED, CLOUDS ARE LIKE WEBS, CLOUDS ARE LIKE SHADOW, LIKE CRYSTAL SMASHED AND SHATTERED, CLOUDS ARE LIKE FLYING JELLYFISH, CLOUDS WILL GRANT MY EVERY WISH. CLOUDS ARE LIKE FORESTS, CLOUDS ARE LIKE SMOKE, CLOUDS ARE LIKE SCREAMING CITIES ON FIRE, CLOUDS ARE LIKE SNAKES, CLOUDS LIKE EMOTIONS, CLOUDS WILL SHAPE AND TEMPT YOUR DESIRE. CLOUDS ARE LIKE NOTHING AT ALL. CLOUDS ARE LIKE CAVES, CLOUDS ARE LIKE MOUNTAINS, LIKE LANDSCAPES OF SCIENCE FICTION, CLOUDS ARE LIKE DESERTS, CLOUDS ARE COLD WITH GOLD, LIKE ARCHITECTURE OF EGYPTIANS. CLOUDS WILL LET ME TIME WARP TO GALAXIES.
7.
ABOUT THIS TIME OF NIGHT HE COMES OUT TO PLAY RISING OUT OF HIBERNATION, WALKING ALONE ON THE STREET THIS LATE AT NIGHT YOUR RUNNING OUT OF YOUR SALVATION. SHARP KNIFE STOLEN LIFE HE'S GETTING AWAY, HE'S GOT YOU RUNNING BUT YOU WON'T GET AWAY. THE DARK CLOUDS ABOVE RELEASE THE RAIN, PUSHING THE SIDEWALK BLOOD DOWN THE DRAIN, HE TURNS THE CORNER AND WHAT DOES HE SEE, THE NEXT VICTIM NOW IS GOING TO BE ME. SHARP KNIFE STOLEN LIFE HE'S GETTING AWAY, ALL CUT TO PIECES IT'S TOO LATE TO RUN AWAY.
8.
WHAT DID YOU SEE ON 11/22? A PINK CLOUD IN THE SKY? JOHNNY'S HEAD IS BROKEN, WHAT'S ON T.V. ? A TELLEVISED ASSASSINATION, GUNSHOTS TERRORIZE THE NATION ON THE 33RD DEGREE, A TELEVISED ASSASSINATION, MURDER ON T.V. A TELEVISED ASSASSINATION, C.I.A ASSASSIN.
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Submersive 02:48
TAKING THE HIGHWAY OUT TONIGHT, GOTTA FIND MY GIRL GONNA FEEL THE LIGHT, RACING WITH THE MOON THRU THE TREES, C'MON PRETTY GIRL FOLLOW ME. THE SKY IS A VERY DARK CANNONBALL WASTELAND, I DON'T HAVE THE TIME BUT I'VE GOT THE SPEED TO TAKE MY STAND, UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE AND YOU ARE THE ONE THAT I NEED I NEED TO FIND YOU. SO I DRIVE INTO THE MIST BELOW I MOVE INTO THE STRONG SUBMERSIVE GLOW, THERE'S A RED HOT LIGHT COMING UNDER THE HOOD I DON'T THINK THAT I SHOULD BUT I'LL GO FASTER.
10.
Oh Jodi 01:44
WHEN I FIRST SAW HER ON THE MORNING NEWS I KNEW HER LOVE WOULD JUST ABUSE ME, ALL THEY FOUND WAS HER PURSE, BLOOD SPOTS ON THE GROUND, THE COPS DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, SHE'S NEVER BEEN FOUND. OH JODI I RUN MY FINGERS THROUGH YOUR HAIR, YOU DON'T SAY MUCH ANYMORE BUT I DON'T CARE, I GOT MY GIRL. OH JODI YOU'VE GOT THAT COLD COLD STARE, YOU DON'T DO MUCH ANYMORE BUT I DON'T CARE, I GOT MY GIRL.
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DO YOU KNOW I CAN SEE YOU? DO YOU KNOW THAT I'M THERE? I MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ALL ALONE, I BREATH HEAVY AS YOU BLOW DRY YOUR HAIR. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG, I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU WITH A STALKER'S STARE. I LEARN HOW TO BE PATIENT, I HAVE BECOME THE UNSEEN, I CUT MYSELF THIS MORNING BECAUSE YOU IGNORED ME LAST NIGHT IN MY DREAM. I JUST WANT YOU TO FEEL ME, I JUST WANT YOU TO CARE, I LOOK INTO YOUR WINDOW WITH A STALKER'S STARE. I SNEAK INTO YOUR BEDROOM WITH A TIGHTROPE IN MY HAND, HOW MUCH I NEED TO FULFILL THIS NIGHT YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND. YOU START TO OPEN YOUR EYES, YOU HEAR THE FABRIC TEAR, THE LAST THING THAT YOU SEE IS A STALKER'S STARE.
12.
I'M SO HAPPY IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, I WANNA GO OUTSIDE RUN AROUND AND PLAY, MET A FANCY GIRL WHO WANTS IT ALL, SHE STILL NEEDS SOMEONE TO CATCH HER WHEN SHE FALLS SO I TAKE HER DOWN TO THE RIVERSIDE, TO TELL HER ALL MY DIRTY SECRETS AND WATCH HER CRY. I LIKE IT WHEN THE CLOUDS ARE REALLY WIDE AND I LOVE IT WHEN THE STARS ARE SHINING BRIGHT, MET A DISTANT GIRL WHO DOESN'T WANT TOO MUCH SHE JUST LIKES IT WHEN I PUT HER IN HANDCUFFS SO I TAKE HER DOWN TO THE RIVERSIDE TO TELL HER ALL MY DIRTY SECRETS AND WATCH HER CRY. IT'S FANTASTIC WHEN THE SKY IS BLUE I LOVE IT WHEN HER EYES ARE THAT WAY TOO, HER EYES CHANGE FROM BLUE TO GREY TO GREEN, THE SUN SET THIS MORNING NOW I'M SO SAD SO SHE TAKES ME DOWN TO THE RIVERSIDE TO TELL ME ALL HER DIRTY SECRETS AND WATCH ME CRY AND SHE GOES DOWN AND SAYS GOODBYE.

about

Talk about a band...WHY BOTHER? are not only doing it themselves, but doing it for themselves. With zero interest in performing live or promoting their music online - the Mason City, Iowa four piece have been back in the basement writing and recording highly original punk music faster than it can be pressed to vinyl in this day and age. Their earliest material was collected on 'A Year of Mutations' and issued on LP by Feel It in 2021 - since then, the band has been building towards their first full length, and hot damn does it deliver! Speck's guitar sound is cut straight from the ultra-trebly Killed By Death sound as Terry's vocals and '73 Univox 100 synth cut over top of the wildly dexterous rhythm section of Pamela and Paul. It's a sound both classic and futuristic from a group of Midwestern weirdos living outside the tech bubble, spinning their own web of sound straight from 8-track tape. So if you need a dose of true original punk rock in 2022 and beyond, WHY BOTHER? can give you that fix.

credits

released September 16, 2022

MIXED BY PAUL GATO AT THE DELAWARE BOMB FACTORY.
MASTERED BY CAUFIELD SCHNUG AT MELODY MEN MASTERING.
VOCALS/SYNTH-TERRY.....GUITAR/VOCALS- SPECK.....BASS GUITAR- PAMELA......DRUMS- PAUL.......
ARTWORK BY BILL DOVER.

WHY BOTHER? WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS TO MARTIN, IAN, DAVID, EDDIE, JOE AT PAPERFACE ZINE, NEIL CRUD AT LOUDER THAN WAR RADIO, STEPHEN AT EQUALIZING-X-DISTORT, PHIL AT EXTREME NOISE RECORDS, CLAY PIGEON AT WFMU, PETE, BAXTER, GINA, LEMMEMOTO, GORDY, ''SCREAMING'' LORD SUTCH, SIMONE, MAGNUS, PATRICK, STEVEN BERNARD, WALTER ''WALLY'' LAB, DT, COLIN, OTTO, NICK, MARIAN AND LASSIE, ADAM AND SYMPATHY FLOWERS, THE FLYNSTONED KIDS, WET BREAD, AND ''ITCHY'' ALFRED.....
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO SAM RICHARDSON AT FEEL IT RECORDS AND THE TREMENDO GARAJE YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR THEIR TIME AND SUPPORT.

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