Shinjuku Mad is the experimental electronic duo of Patrick Driscoll and Curtis Ferguson. Their self-titled debut album, Shinjuku Mad, was originally released on July 1, 2010, as a free .zip download, alongside a limited edition CD-R and cassette All tracks were written by Shinjuku Mad in 2010, with Curtis Ferguson providing lyrics and vocals, while Patrick Driscoll handled production and instrumentation The album artwork is adapted from an original piece by Yusaku Kamekura Shinjuku Mad was recorded in Saint John, Canada
I stood before the city walls The forest called Said run away from bitter strife And sharpen up your hunting knife The broken bones It’s in you The fire storm The radical truth What a moment What a day to slip away You keep forming on the plains And I believe you
I got a love for the city I love the fight You wanna push it around I don’t mind There isn’t anybody out there who’d love me tonight There isn’t anybody out there who’d see me feel right And when I’m cornered and I’m open You give me a sign There are two wars of contrition going on in my mind There are two wars of contrition going on in my mind And when I’m cornered and I’m open You give me a sign I got a love for the city I love the fight You wanna push it around I don’t mind Transform me You are too kind Your body, your mind There isn’t anybody out there who’d love me tonight There isn’t anybody out there who’d see me feel right It only lasts for a moment You wish you would die There are two wars of contrition going on in my mind There are two wars of contrition going on in my mind And when I’m cornered and I’m open You give me a sign I got a love for the city I love the fight I wanna be alone I knew You'd call I Knew You'd call I knew I knew you would call
Try me I’ll make your night a long hell You try me I’ll pull the carbon Out to incite what You put on a mass threat You didn’t have to make it such a big deal You didn’t have to pull out your badge You didn’t have to make it such a big deal, now Well, you made me go mad Try me I’ll make your night a long hell Sorry I’ll pull the carbon Out to incite what It's pulling, it's coming You didn’t have to make it such a big deal You didn’t have to pull out your badge You didn’t have to make it such a big deal, now Well, you made me go mad Dude, here comes Another cockroach, another day Another problem that you let get away Another cockroach, another day Another needle to fish outta the hay
To go for seconds A cold decision A righteous power Or only a dud You are Coming to me Show me something I don't expect to turn water to wine Blood makes the grass grow A little greener Tells you more Than song and dance The vicious retort Out of fear Tell me who can hold your hand Through this Stop the racket They know you’re wasted You are nothing when you soften up Coming to me Show me something I don't expect you'll turn water to wine Blood makes the grass grow A little greener Tells you more Than song and dance The tricks are being pulled To deceive us And I hate More than I love Within me
The bone, the bone I’m picking at the bone Tiny tiny skeletons of nothing that I own Stop, stop, stop and think Can’t face the world pissing blood the sink, it’s In that closet door you wouldn’t open Always laughing but you’re never joking Time to laugh, time to cry No question and no reply Here it comes, here it comes now The brain child’s thinking Mister please smash out my brains That way I won’t go insane Water from the faucet drops Drip, d-drip, drip Drop, drop, drop, drop Mister please put me to sleep Say a prayer for the meek Who’s the guy? I’m petrified Run away? Don’t even try Falling apart You hear a sign […] Higher than you thought You’d be Prepare to take a drop It’s pretty High
Hold your medal up Hold your baby for the camera You won the war You blue eyed babies Hold your medal up Hold your baby for the camera You won the war But for two long years You hear gunshots You hear gunshots Oh, thought it'd be easy To stop a bit on the corner That life you saved it can't kill you Those visions in your mind It's over Kill you It's over Let me go
You were never meant to feel this Clamp down Your spine will shiver, as the walls around Start bleeding Believe it will endlessly Carry you To the deep red sea Let me out You were never meant to feel such a pull The sheep are dead, so take off the wool You believe me You weep, you wither away Cat and mouse it’s the game fools play Because the cats got the claw Cats got the claw The drunken fool is spinning in a circle Drunken fool at a break neck pace Drunken fool, you can feel his frustration Drunken fool, he gets laid to waste The drunken fool is spinning in a circle Drunken fool at a break neck pace Drunken fool, put your finger on frustration Turn it on, your night gets laid to waste
The best revenge is killing, well You all know it You’ll see it, tonight Why did you ask me why am I shaking? I’m not scared, I’m just overcome with hate It seems that you’re under the assumption That when you’re selfish you are great The best revenge is killing, well Off and on goes the motive You dropped the ball Children forget the basics You got no balls Was it you who tried to make the quick move Just to stun them and notch it in your belt It’s not that you didn’t have the power You didn’t know how the power felt (You didn’t like it)
Shot to dust without a whisper End it all And it comes with a banshee call I’m too depressed to make a mission out of it So You can’t be happy with that Oh no no no Across the city, I feel the dawn Winds are coming, change your mind People come out from the slums The sun is hiding in between two fingers (But) The sun is hitting asphalt You can’t be happy with that No no no You can’t be happy with that And now I figure Who Who Who are you I can’t make you Stop from thinking About it Stop singing About it There’s someone out there coulda known There’s someone out there who’d know There’s someone out there who wants to see you Before you go
When you spit You little shit There’s no money In a black hole There’s no food Not to be rude In a black hole They have to see you All you are is nothing to me Don’t you know it’s coming All you are is nothing to me Running from the kingpin
My blood’s not pure It’s been thrown around It’s been finger painted with On dark walls and On the corner of your lips You can’t be sure That you got it Until it almost makes you sick Please shield your precious porcelain face I pierced the bottom No, not again Searching through your soul again You’ve been searching for a target That ain’t there I pierced the bottom You can’t be sure You got it You see it on the walls You see broad For a world that’s just too small And If you’re sure Won’t you come back And show that side to me How many years ago bud? What have we got? What have you got to lose? I don’t wanna hear your real estate ideas I don’t wanna wanna hide from your fears The street corner’s shit And everybody knows Does anybody notice? I don’t wanna hear your real estate ideas I’m so sick of hiding from your fears The street corner’s shit And everybody knows Does anybody notice?
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