Excuse 17 Lyrics

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These are all I've done so far, but more are on the way!

5 Acres
Code Red
Cut and Dry
Decatur H.S.
Drop Dead Look
Forever Fired
Groundhog's Day
Imaginary Friend
Nervousness Never Fades
This is not Your Wedding Song
We're the Seniors (and we rule the school)

Excuse Seventeen

CODE RED
I have a shameful something I want to share with you
I cut myself ‘cause that is the only way I can feel

Emergency room here we come, all cut up again
Pocket knife right through the head
“Accidents happen” that’s what she said
They said she must be weird
These things take time so we all just wait

This hidden part of me is about homicidal control
I cut myself ‘cause that’s the only way I can deal...

Playing games in the other room
Words carry through the wall
Dizziness takes it all away
I can’t hear anything you say
Couldn’t get out of bed today
They said she must be dead
But it’s too soon to tell I know
I have to wait I’m sick of waiting

Security blankets, baby doll hatchets
Security blankets wrapped all around us...

CUT AND DRY
Hers wasn’t a case of mistaken identity
It was more like a case of a fucked up country
But it’s not that cut and dry to me
And the last thing that was needed was my fucked up white girl sympathy

Hush hush is what they say; we’ll make the incision our way
We can’t make you cry but we’ll do everything to try
Hers wasn’t a case, it wasn’t a case
And the only way they could get her strength was skin deep

Cut and dry

Hers wasn’t a case of mistaken identity
It was more like a case of a fucked up country
But if not it will never be that cut and dry to me
And there’s no way I can say I’m sorry

Hush hush is what they say; we always get our way
We never made you cry so we just made you die

WE’RE THE SENIORS (AND WE RULE THE SCHOOL)
Destroy realities with no remorse
Getting good at slamming doors

“We’re the seniors and we rule the school”

Stake a claim, lose a friend
(You can’t be anything unless we say you are)
It’s time to fess up and make this end
(You can’t be anything unless we say you are)

Recognizing hearts too coarse
Getting good at slamming doors

“We’re the seniors and we rule the school”

IMAGINARY FRIEND
Imaginary friend is what you are to me
This is my world, not of make-believe or pretend
Imaginary friend is what I am to you
I am not your Frankenstein, your creation

You don’t know what to do and say
I need you to say I need you to listen
My wound cannot be healed with a bandage or a ?
I’ve been this way long before we ever met
So you don’t get credit for my ideas

You don’t make me crazy
(I’m going to blow my mind / I’ll call you next week)
You don’t contribute to my insanity
(I don’t want to hear about your defect)
You don’t rub off on me, one bit
(I’m going to blow your mind / I’ll call you next week)
You don’t make me crazy
(I don’t want to hear that I’m your defect)

Imaginary friend - what are you doing?
This is our world not of make-believe or pretend
Imaginary friend; what is crazy anyway?
I say we put our safety blankets to their end

GROUNDHOG’S DAY
I’m not feeling very interesting but
I know I am true and I trust what I do
I know Groundhog’s Day is not very revolutionary but
People who always are (revolutionary) scare me

So deal with this here and now ‘cause
I am digging through this shit and I am going to get out
This groundhog is digging out of its hole
It’s full of reality and it’s cold
Six weeks of winter and
It’s all dependent on one fucking rodent

This is the season of, of wait and see and I’m
Wai- waiting to see what’s important to me and
This is the season of, of wait and see and I’m
Wai- waiting for you to take from me and
This is the season of, of wait and see and I’m
Waiting for you to give up on me

I have to dig through me me me to
Get to what’s important, too big to see
The shit is clearing but I still can’t see my shadow
Maybe next Groundhog’s Day I know I’ll know, I’ll know

Such Friends are Dangerous

5 ACRES
Don’t care; don’t care; go away
What did I do to deserve this from you?
What did I say to make you
Make you and break you with one hand
Well that wasn’t my plan but this is where I stand ‘cause
You’ve gone to 5 acres of land and maybe there
You’ll keep a friend, keep in touch
I’ll miss you, I’ll miss you so much

So much I want to die or at least
Now I can try at least I can try ‘cause
You’ve gone to 5 acres of land and maybe there
You’ll keep a friend; keep on puppy dog eyeing
You say you like sitting in your own shit
Well there in the doghouse you’re lying
(Remember the rose garden you never promised me)

Give an inch, take a mile
You say you can’t change time and there’s no reason, no rhyme
No rhyme or reason you see
Cause the worms are eating away at both you and me so
You’ve gone to 5 acres of land and maybe there
You’ll keep a friend

FOREVER FIRED
He says he feels your pain; he felt mine too
He feels everything that belongs to you
He builds a trap that you can’t see
For awesome girls like you and me

It doesn’t matter if you’re sleeping
To get control that he is seeking
He wants to make unemployment out of you
He’s scared ‘cause he knows his working days are through

‘Cause he’s fired; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end”
Come on fire ‘em; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end”
Even though he’s secret and true you know the same old shit won’t do
Come on fire ‘em; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end”

He says he feels your pain; he felt mine too
He’ll say anything to get inside of you
Resistance to his trap, resistance to him
You’re either irrational or on some kind of whim
You haven’t changed, no not at all
Except now you’re teasing gives him blue balls
He wants to work on taking care of you
He’s scared ‘cause he knows his words aren’t true

‘Cause he’s fired; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end”
Come on fire ‘em; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end”
How long can this go on? “Forever,” isn’t that strong?
Come on fire ‘em; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end”

Spit it out spit it out
Chew ‘til my heart’s eaten out
This is what it’s all about for you for you
It’s always about you
Eat until you’re full of me
Suck me dry until I don’t have anything
Inside out inside of me
You’re inside out get out of me
Don’t tell me what is mine
This time you’ll just have to get out
‘Cause this is mine this time

DECATUR H.S.
Red light- blank smile
“It’s a shame the way you drive so fast”
Oh are you living in the past?

Red light runner / Seven (days) in one

So what if I want to live fast die young?
You can’t tell me I’m the only one
“What’s a red light?” when I’m driving so fast
That I can’t see anything I pass
Hurry up already! I’m so restless
Fever burning out of control

Red light means blank smile - you think that it’s serious
Red light beams blank smile – that’s so… oh my God!

Are you only concerned with the fact that I play fast
Or are you living in the past?
A critical smile hurts for a while
I can’t drop to the floor if I’m living right

Red light runner – seven days in one

THIS IS NOT YOUR WEDDING SONG
Will you wear white? Will you wear white?
On your wedding day will you wear white?
Will you tell them what you did to me?
Will you tell them everything?

Will you wear white? Will you wear white?
On your wedding day will you wear white?
The guilt shows through everything

I won’t cry at your wedding / I don’t cry at weddings

Don’t think you can start again
You’ve got my insides all over your hands
Don’ think you can ever hide
You stain everything you touch with your hands
Don’t think I will let you forget
‘Cause I will never be able to forget
I know who you are
Don’t think you can pretend with me I still remember everything

I won’t cry at your wedding / I don’t cry at weddings

Tomorrow tomorrow I’ll get you tomorrow
You’re only a day away
Tomorrow tomorrow I wait for tomorrow
To wash all this dirt away
I know pronounce you I know pronounce you
I know pronounce you dead, dead
DEAD at your wedding

I won’t cry for you
You can’t do this to me again
The guilt will show through

THE DROP DEAD LOOK
What’s the matter with you?
Do as you want me to do
They always said you were the clever sentimentalist
Sensitive, seductive, but easy to tease
No fair, pulled out your hair
You know they like you better on your knees

Don’t be stingy baby
I only like you cause I know you’re going to make me
Big, so big
Legendary protege
You know they like me when I have nothing to say, yeah

What’s the matter with you?
Make me a product of you
They always said you were the fascinating mystery
Shaped you into the right size for their hands
To touch, to mold, to shape until they had control
You know they like girls better when they’re dead

The code is discretion
No one knows
If I don’t tell them your rules, your game
The things you do to make me tame and then you say
That you’re going to change, yeah

When you tell me that you hate me won’t you look me in the eyes

Don’t be stingy baby
I only fuck you cause I know you’re going to make me
Big, so big
Legendary protege
You know you got the drop dead look, yeah

NERVOUSNESS NEVER FADES
Last night I thought I’d just go ahead and pull my hair out
I hate to wait around for failure, I'd rather do it on my own
Then wait; the nervousness never fades

This not an invitation for you to crawl inside of me
This in not your love song to analyze, more like a good sleep remedy

This is a song I wanted to write about this girl I know
But I know you’d all just twist it into what you wanted me to say
And mean, you don’t know a thing

All these things I want to tear right out of me
Like how it matters how I care what people think
It’s you! It’s you! It’s you! It’s you!
We’ve got to get out of here before it kills us
I’m going to put my heart right on the page and let it bleed
Right through, there’s nothing else to do
The words! The words! They’re eatin’ all the words
The words! The words! They want to eat this up

Racers take your places, ready on your mark
Gun goes, they’re off, racers leave the start
I watch you as you run away with part of my heart
I’m stuck here at the start, you finished with my heart

Home Discography Lyrics Photos Contact Discussion Links		Lyrics These are all I've done so far, but more are on the way! 5 Acres Code Red Cut and Dry Decatur H.S. Drop Dead Look Forever Fired Groundhog's Day Imaginary Friend Nervousness Never Fades This is not Your Wedding Song We're the Seniors (and we rule the school) Excuse Seventeen CODE RED I have a shameful something I want to share with you I cut myself ‘cause that is the only way I can feel Emergency room here we come, all cut up again Pocket knife right through the head “Accidents happen” that’s what she said They said she must be weird These things take time so we all just wait This hidden part of me is about homicidal control I cut myself ‘cause that’s the only way I can deal... Playing games in the other room Words carry through the wall Dizziness takes it all away I can’t hear anything you say Couldn’t get out of bed today They said she must be dead But it’s too soon to tell I know I have to wait I’m sick of waiting Security blankets, baby doll hatchets Security blankets wrapped all around us... CUT AND DRY Hers wasn’t a case of mistaken identity It was more like a case of a fucked up country But it’s not that cut and dry to me And the last thing that was needed was my fucked up white girl sympathy Hush hush is what they say; we’ll make the incision our way We can’t make you cry but we’ll do everything to try Hers wasn’t a case, it wasn’t a case And the only way they could get her strength was skin deep Cut and dry Hers wasn’t a case of mistaken identity It was more like a case of a fucked up country But if not it will never be that cut and dry to me And there’s no way I can say I’m sorry Hush hush is what they say; we always get our way We never made you cry so we just made you die WE’RE THE SENIORS (AND WE RULE THE SCHOOL) Destroy realities with no remorse Getting good at slamming doors “We’re the seniors and we rule the school” Stake a claim, lose a friend (You can’t be anything unless we say you are) It’s time to fess up and make this end (You can’t be anything unless we say you are) Recognizing hearts too coarse Getting good at slamming doors “We’re the seniors and we rule the school” IMAGINARY FRIEND Imaginary friend is what you are to me This is my world, not of make-believe or pretend Imaginary friend is what I am to you I am not your Frankenstein, your creation You don’t know what to do and say I need you to say I need you to listen My wound cannot be healed with a bandage or a ? I’ve been this way long before we ever met So you don’t get credit for my ideas You don’t make me crazy (I’m going to blow my mind / I’ll call you next week) You don’t contribute to my insanity (I don’t want to hear about your defect) You don’t rub off on me, one bit (I’m going to blow your mind / I’ll call you next week) You don’t make me crazy (I don’t want to hear that I’m your defect) Imaginary friend - what are you doing? This is our world not of make-believe or pretend Imaginary friend; what is crazy anyway? I say we put our safety blankets to their end GROUNDHOG’S DAY I’m not feeling very interesting but I know I am true and I trust what I do I know Groundhog’s Day is not very revolutionary but People who always are (revolutionary) scare me So deal with this here and now ‘cause I am digging through this shit and I am going to get out This groundhog is digging out of its hole It’s full of reality and it’s cold Six weeks of winter and It’s all dependent on one fucking rodent This is the season of, of wait and see and I’m Wai- waiting to see what’s important to me and This is the season of, of wait and see and I’m Wai- waiting for you to take from me and This is the season of, of wait and see and I’m Waiting for you to give up on me I have to dig through me me me to Get to what’s important, too big to see The shit is clearing but I still can’t see my shadow Maybe next Groundhog’s Day I know I’ll know, I’ll know Such Friends are Dangerous 5 ACRES Don’t care; don’t care; go away What did I do to deserve this from you? What did I say to make you Make you and break you with one hand Well that wasn’t my plan but this is where I stand ‘cause You’ve gone to 5 acres of land and maybe there You’ll keep a friend, keep in touch I’ll miss you, I’ll miss you so much So much I want to die or at least Now I can try at least I can try ‘cause You’ve gone to 5 acres of land and maybe there You’ll keep a friend; keep on puppy dog eyeing You say you like sitting in your own shit Well there in the doghouse you’re lying (Remember the rose garden you never promised me) Give an inch, take a mile You say you can’t change time and there’s no reason, no rhyme No rhyme or reason you see Cause the worms are eating away at both you and me so You’ve gone to 5 acres of land and maybe there You’ll keep a friend FOREVER FIRED He says he feels your pain; he felt mine too He feels everything that belongs to you He builds a trap that you can’t see For awesome girls like you and me It doesn’t matter if you’re sleeping To get control that he is seeking He wants to make unemployment out of you He’s scared ‘cause he knows his working days are through ‘Cause he’s fired; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end” Come on fire ‘em; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end” Even though he’s secret and true you know the same old shit won’t do Come on fire ‘em; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end” He says he feels your pain; he felt mine too He’ll say anything to get inside of you Resistance to his trap, resistance to him You’re either irrational or on some kind of whim You haven’t changed, no not at all Except now you’re teasing gives him blue balls He wants to work on taking care of you He’s scared ‘cause he knows his words aren’t true ‘Cause he’s fired; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end” Come on fire ‘em; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end” How long can this go on? “Forever,” isn’t that strong? Come on fire ‘em; I said again, “There’s no good time for this to end” Spit it out spit it out Chew ‘til my heart’s eaten out This is what it’s all about for you for you It’s always about you Eat until you’re full of me Suck me dry until I don’t have anything Inside out inside of me You’re inside out get out of me Don’t tell me what is mine This time you’ll just have to get out ‘Cause this is mine this time DECATUR H.S. Red light- blank smile “It’s a shame the way you drive so fast” Oh are you living in the past? Red light runner / Seven (days) in one So what if I want to live fast die young? You can’t tell me I’m the only one “What’s a red light?” when I’m driving so fast That I can’t see anything I pass Hurry up already! I’m so restless Fever burning out of control Red light means blank smile - you think that it’s serious Red light beams blank smile – that’s so… oh my God! Are you only concerned with the fact that I play fast Or are you living in the past? A critical smile hurts for a while I can’t drop to the floor if I’m living right Red light runner – seven days in one THIS IS NOT YOUR WEDDING SONG Will you wear white? Will you wear white? On your wedding day will you wear white? Will you tell them what you did to me? Will you tell them everything? Will you wear white? Will you wear white? On your wedding day will you wear white? The guilt shows through everything I won’t cry at your wedding / I don’t cry at weddings Don’t think you can start again You’ve got my insides all over your hands Don’ think you can ever hide You stain everything you touch with your hands Don’t think I will let you forget ‘Cause I will never be able to forget I know who you are Don’t think you can pretend with me I still remember everything I won’t cry at your wedding / I don’t cry at weddings Tomorrow tomorrow I’ll get you tomorrow You’re only a day away Tomorrow tomorrow I wait for tomorrow To wash all this dirt away I know pronounce you I know pronounce you I know pronounce you dead, dead DEAD at your wedding I won’t cry for you You can’t do this to me again The guilt will show through THE DROP DEAD LOOK What’s the matter with you? Do as you want me to do They always said you were the clever sentimentalist Sensitive, seductive, but easy to tease No fair, pulled out your hair You know they like you better on your knees Don’t be stingy baby I only like you cause I know you’re going to make me Big, so big Legendary protege You know they like me when I have nothing to say, yeah What’s the matter with you? Make me a product of you They always said you were the fascinating mystery Shaped you into the right size for their hands To touch, to mold, to shape until they had control You know they like girls better when they’re dead The code is discretion No one knows If I don’t tell them your rules, your game The things you do to make me tame and then you say That you’re going to change, yeah When you tell me that you hate me won’t you look me in the eyes Don’t be stingy baby I only fuck you cause I know you’re going to make me Big, so big Legendary protege You know you got the drop dead look, yeah NERVOUSNESS NEVER FADES Last night I thought I’d just go ahead and pull my hair out I hate to wait around for failure, I'd rather do it on my own Then wait; the nervousness never fades This not an invitation for you to crawl inside of me This in not your love song to analyze, more like a good sleep remedy This is a song I wanted to write about this girl I know But I know you’d all just twist it into what you wanted me to say And mean, you don’t know a thing All these things I want to tear right out of me Like how it matters how I care what people think It’s you! It’s you! It’s you! It’s you! We’ve got to get out of here before it kills us I’m going to put my heart right on the page and let it bleed Right through, there’s nothing else to do The words! The words! They’re eatin’ all the words The words! The words! They want to eat this up Racers take your places, ready on your mark Gun goes, they’re off, racers leave the start I watch you as you run away with part of my heart I’m stuck here at the start, you finished with my heart