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Silverchair... doesn't ring a bell? Well, well, then let me tell you, relax in my arms and listen.
Many years ago on the bus ride back from school, I sat next to this guy named Michael (you know those people you always see but only find out their name after 2 years because you think it's about as important as the watch pocket in your jeans?). So, this Michael pulls out his nice CD binder with things written like “michael tvttttttttb 4ever your cutie” and starts flipping through it back and forth. Now, surely, some of you haven’t gone through that period when you had to lug around 10 kilos of CDs just to have half the songs on a 516-megabyte mp3 player, but let me assure you of this: when someone kept spinning those CDs in front of your eyes, it could only mean two things: either he had a brain fried from 2 hours of derivatives worked out during math class or he wanted to show you his records. I opted for the latter.
“Can I see your CDs?”
“Sure, go ahead (I was just waiting for that, hehe)”
So now the CDs are in my hands... Silverchair? “What do they do?” I think for a second to myself.
“They’re a super cool grunge band.”
Obviously, no one asked him, but a bit of uncertainty might lead to all that... So be careful, guys! I put on the CD still hopeful, then it begins: the attack is as grunge as one could have heard... that's not just grunge; it’s beyond, it’s an imitation of grunge, it's grunge to the nth degree, it’s grunge like a record executive would want grunge to be: verse chorus chorus chorus chorus. But being a man of good faith, I continue and think that’s just the big hit to capture the audience, and yet no! The second one starts, and history repeats itself... calm-verse power-chorus and on it goes! Now I won’t bore you with all the songs from this album, just know that the sound is derivative of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden, but for heaven's sake, do not compare them!
The best comes with “Lie To Me,” track number four, that day I thought it was a joke... a cover at least... but no, it was simply a poorly done rip-off of “Territorial Pissings” from Nirvana's 'Nevermind'. And I’ll stop here otherwise I would ruin everything with a series of un-gentlemanly insults toward Silverchair.
Stay away men, this 1996 record is just another attempt by record companies to exploit once more (and already back then we were fed up) the so-called grunge gold mine. And don't tell me that the Silverchair are Australians and were about 18 years old, so what? They could have easily not played; no one forced them!
I’ll conclude by telling you that this man also had in his CDs the first one by Nickelback and Staind... well, I hope you’ve learned the lesson: before asking a stranger to show you his collection of CDs or mp3s, make sure there isn’t something more important in your watch pocket.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Slave (03:57)
Lived too long now you've come to take me to
A place where I can die
Lost my soul, lost my confidence in me
Can't be something but I'll try
Lived too long and waited to just drown
In my self pity I keep falling down
Want to be your soldier
Want to be your slave
I have no pride in myself
Only book that I own is called How to Lose
Pick a chapter, I know them all, just choose
Lived too long and waited to find
A place where I can die
Lost my soul, lost my confidence in me
Give me something but I'll try
Want to be your solider
Want to be your slave
I have no pride in myself
That's how I behave
Go
I can't find
I can't find
I can't find
I can't find
Why
02 Freak (03:48)
No more maybes
Your baby's got rabies
Sitting on a ball
In the middle of the Andes
Yeah, I'm a freak of nature
Yeah, I'm a freak
If only I could be as cool as you
As cool as you
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Try to be different
Or get a different disease
Seems it's in fashion
To need the cold sore cream
Yeah, I'm a freak of nature
Yeah, I'm a freak
I don't really know
How to put on a cool show
As boring as they come
Just tell me where to go
If only I could be as cool as you
As cool as you
As cool as you
As cool as you
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Body and soul, I'm a freak, I'm a freak
Freak
Freak
Freak
Freak
03 Abuse Me (04:03)
Need to ask a question
Calling out my name
Nothing seems to bother
Wish I had a clue
Come on, abuse me more, I like it
Well I don't think you like me
Well I hate you as well
No one seems to like you
Wish I couldn't tell
Come on, abuse me more, I like it
Come on, keep talking cause it's true
Come on, abuse me more, I like it
Come on, keep talking cause it's true
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard, overboard
Come on, abuse me more, I like it
Come on, keep talking cause it's true
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard
Throw the sailors overboard, overboard
04 Lie to Me (01:22)
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a liar, lie to me
Gonna be a while, lie to me
Gonna be a while, lie to me
Gonna be a while, lie to me
Gonna be a while
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
Lie to me
05 No Association (03:55)
You've never wanted to know me before
Little or no association
Leave me alone, I want to live
Stop sucking the blood right out of me
Couldn't care less if I died right now
Who am I?
I don't know, you tell me
You seem to know everything else
Need a pathway need a guide
Contemplating suicide
Wish I could be like you
You say you care, but do you
Do you
Do you
Burn
06 Cemetery (04:04)
Need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
All the ones who hate
I may be late
Always seem to get the wrong date
Well I guess it's fate
I live in a cemetery
Full of good will and integrity
You see, I have no specialty
Here's your warning
I'll give you click, click, boom
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
I need a change
Not to imitate, but to irritate
I live in a cemetery
07 The Door (03:38)
Could've been like before
Could've had to lock the door
Make your mind
Let the door, let the door swing
Only one
Only one to let the door
Wanted to pretend he's dead
Didn't have to pretend
Make your mind
Let the door, let the door swing
Only one
Only one to let the door
All this and more
Makes no sense to me
All this and more
Makes me drown
Let me know if it's alright
Let me know if you just might
Make your mind
Let the door, let the door swing
Only one
Only one to let the door
All this and more
Makes no sense to me
All this and more
Makes no sense to me
All this and more
Makes no sense to me
All this and more
Makes me drown
09 Learn to Hate (04:19)
I wanted to be friends with her too
So my relationship could be the same as yours
I hated everyone just like you
Hating you should be introduced as a new law
Take the time to learn to hate
Come and join the mass debate
Take the time, take the time
It's all uphill, you've gotta climb
You betrayed all the trust I gave you
Now I need therapy to hate a little more
You cannot help me to forgive you
The drugs have given you all kinds of different sores
I hated everyone just like you
Hating you should be introduced as a new law
Take the time to learn to hate
Come and join the mass debate
Take the time, take the time
It's all uphill, you've gotta climb
As you pump drugs into your bloodstream
I sit observing in disgust
Hoping that you will finally come clean
So I don't have to use this gun
Take the time to learn to hate
Come and join the mass debate
Take the time, take the time
It's all uphill, it's all up, it's all uphill
10 Petrol & Chlorine (04:00)
Sinking through dark black holes
It's never gonna end
Open gash in my rib cage
It's never gonna mend
Take another picture of the wall
Sinking deeper every time I fall
Each day ends quicker
And my mind gets slower too
As my life just fades away
I wouldn't have a clue
Take another draw out from the shelf
I'm too weak to do it by myself
Though you had the world at your feet
You could see it I was blind
Had the perfect job called life
You didn't like it you resigned
Brain's a square of grass
Growing on petrol and chlorine
On petrol and chlorine
You know just what I mean
11 Roses (03:32)
Drained as drained can be
Life is gone from me
Drained if drained is free
If only I could breathe
Smelling dead roses
Smelling dead roses
Take your mind with you
There's no room for two
I can't handle both
Handle both of you
Smelling dead roses
Smelling dead roses
But I won't fall down
No, I won't fall down
But I won't fall down
Cause I won't fall down
Smelling dead roses
Smelling dead roses
But I won't fall down
No, I won't fall down
But I won't fall down
Cause I won't fall down
12 Nobody Came (06:13)
Laying lost and wounded
Just myself to blame
Have no life and
Being hand-fed pain
Head's a crying wasteland
Filled with shame
Cried for help before and
Nobody came
His father beats him
No hesitation
His face left dripping
In humiliation
Head's a crying wasteland
Filled with shame
Cried for help before and
Nobody came
As he lies wounded
His father turns to clay
A frozen statue
Can't walk away
Head's a crying wasteland
Filled with shame
Cried for help before and
Nobody came
To see what I can lose again
For being the victim
13 The Closing (03:26)
Welcome to the closing
Not for love, what for
It's easy to be taken
But to say
Come again
Leave again
Waste of time
Come again
I'm alone while you're having fun
You have faith while I feel none
Sleep till late to waste half the day
But I'm happy to live this way
And I know that you can't see my pain
But you know that I can see your pain
Come again
Leave again
Waste of time
Come again
I'm alone while you're having fun
You have faith while I feel none
Sleep till late to waste half the day
But I'm happy to live this way
Me and shame are the same
Me and shame take the blame
Me and pain are the same
Me and shame take the blame
Come again
Leave again
Waste of time
Come again
I'm alone while you're having fun
You have faith while I feel none
Sleep till late to waste half the day
But I'm happy to live this way
Welcome to the closing
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