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The Jersey Devil

by Evil Adam

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Merlin (yes, really) There have been some odd twists and turns in my life. And through a large portion of it all, Rene Rosa has littered my life with his personal brand of Scrap Metal.

Keep being awesome, man. Favorite track: I Try (Take Your Pants Off And Dance Mix).
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1.
No excuse, not even stupidity, could explain how you have lost everything. Could it be thanks to your lividity? You are known for your overreacting. It's too bad, there's nothing you can do now. Time has passed, but never will it heal all wounds. Still, you're thinking things will be fine somehow. Miracles just never really worked for you Do you stop to question your morality? Ever felt like you were slowly sinking? If so then, welcome to humanity. Sometimes we need feeling without thinking. It's so sad, there's nothing you can do now. Time has passed, but never will it forget you. Still, you're thinking things will be fine somehow. You'll realize just how wrong you are very soon. Thinking without feeling. Swimming without sinking. Taking without stealing. Feeling without thinking. How dumb did you think that we all were? Did you think that we wouldn't catch on? Use your brain, that's what it is there for. How did you make it this far since being born? I'm so glad, there's nothing you can do now. Time has passed, and evidently so have you. Now I know that things will be fine somehow. With you absent, everything will be like new. Thinking without feeling. Swimming without sinking. Taking without stealing. Feeling without thinking. Just how stupid are you?
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X-Mess 03:15
I'm so sorry What was I thinking? I must have been drunk Without drinking To believe That we could maintain A relationship Built on past strain. But I know now We were both wrong Realized it Before too long. Start in summer End in winter Shortly after X-Mess dinner. The gift we gave was heartbreak. Our second chance at mistakes. No need to be so sorry. It was both our folly What once had failed Seemed so much better Under bright sunny Spring weather. But then raining Turned to pouring You then found this Old man boring. Autumn leaves Now crackling under, Your warmth left me With the summer. Who would have thought That our small mess Would have ended Right on Christmas. The gift we gave was heartbreak. Our second chance at mistakes. No need to be so sorry. 'Tis the season to be jolly. I can't believe it You can't deny it We were so stupid Why did we try it? If I could build it, You could destroy it. If I disarmed, You still could deploy it. What was the point And what were we proving? No one was wining, Both of us losing. Why did we regress Under such distress I ruined Christmas With my new X-Mess The gift we gave was heartbreak. Our second chance at mistakes. No need to be so sorry. 'Tis the season to be jolly.
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I understand it all now but I'm broken and shaken. I tried to help you out but you refused to listen. Why do I waste my breath when you don't pay attention? I gave all that I could give but What you want I'm not giving. I do the things that make sense and you like things so senseless. The broken promise you made has left me sore and breathless. Why does it always have to end like this? I always feel so empty yet I'm never being missed. And the world around me crashes so I write another song Why can't I just be happy, and my bad luck proven wrong I finally find something in life that I think that I'm good at. You come and tell me to stop cause no one will ever buy it. You think that there's no money in my music, in my art. You say my dreams are too lofty but I can't stop my heart. Why does it always have to end like this? I always feel so empty yet I'm never being missed. And the world around me crashes so I write another song Why can't I just be happy, and my bad luck proven wrong? What makes the things around me slip right through my fingers? Why is it that the things that I love can never linger? What have I done to make things happen the way they do now? I guess only I have the power to stop it somehow. So I continue my dreaming my writing, and scheming. I won't stop any of these things that you find demeaning. At least I try my best to create and not destroy. Some day you'll see me as I am not as some dreaming boy. Why does it always have to end like this? I always feel so empty yet I'm never being missed. And the world around me crashes so I write another song Why can't I just be happy, and my bad luck proven wrong? It doesn't have to always end like this. I'll make my mark on your world, when I'm gone I'll be missed. And the world around will crash, but they will listen to my song. Someday I will be happy and my bad luck proven wrong.
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Hindsight 03:50
Unshaken from the undertow, madness and pain is all you know, it builds and always seems to grow, but you can't take it. The torture within you won't die, the anguish never will subside, you act fine, but you cannot hide nor can you fake it. Don't waste your time on what would be, if your past had gone differently, it used to be the same with me, but I accept it. Forget the mistakes that you made, Those bad decisions of past days, Cause they are done and there to stay, and you can't change it. It's not worth the pain it will cause, if each time you go on, you pause, and ponder what made it go wrong, learn to deal with it. I know its tough to understand, that no matter how hard that you plan, everything that will, and somehow can, will go wrong with it. Don't waste your time on what would be, if your past had gone differently, it used to be the same with me, but I accept it. Forget the mistakes that you made, Those bad decisions of past days, Cause they are done and there to stay, and you can't change it. All is wrong and nothing's changed, just realize it stays the same, no matter what you must refrain, from putting all this on your brain. There's nothing you can do for it, just try to use better judgment, when future times do call for it, or else suffer the worst of it. I think that you should know by now, your fun and games catch up somehow, and when they do you can't allow, them to take over. What's done is done and you regret, but worry about what has not yet transpired and then you just might get your life to control over. Don't waste your time on what would be, if your past had gone differently, it used to be the same with me, but I accept it. Forget the mistakes that you made, Those bad decisions of past days, Cause they are done and there to stay, and you can't change it. You can't change it now!
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Infection 03:10
Take a picture, It will last longer. Feed someone else, To End your own hunger. Take the last drop, You will grow stronger. Be the first in, Last to go under! Is this supposed to impress me? Am I supposed to believe, That you are oh so selfless, And help others while you bleed? Where's my mind at? I feel so stupid. Treat you like me, and my time is wasted. Where's the end at? Has it even started? Our lives are in chaos, But our deaths are charted. Is this supposed to impress me? With some kind of relief? How you've smothered the others, yet you live and can breathe? I'm full of you, and you're full of yourself. You're emptiness, Filled with affluence and wealth. No dignity, not while you're so well. Life for others, You made into hell. It's a virus, and we all have caught it. Operations down, though we all have fought it. Need a new charge, and they all have bought it. Want a new way, but no one has thought it. Is this supposed to impress me? Am I supposed to believe, That you are oh so selfless, And help others while you bleed? Is this supposed to impress me? With some kind of relief? How you've smothered the others, yet you live and can breathe?
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Something so pure, something so right, I'm not used to that in my life. But now it's here, I hope it stays. I'll do my best to keep it this way. I've found her without looking far, That delicate face in front of me. I can't believe we're where we are, but it's how it should be. Everything before seems like a dream, Nightmares designed to make one scream. But things are different now you see, I don't have to fear me being me. I've found her without looking far. That delicate face in front of me. I can't believe we're where we are, but its how it should be. And now I've passed along when things were so wrong And now I've come to see, she was right in front of me I've never felt so incomplete when I'm alone and she's asleep. the only thought that keeps me sane is that "Tomorrow I'll see her again". I've found her without looking far. That delicate face in front of me. I can't believe we're where we are, but its how it should be And now I've passed along when things were so wrong. And now I've come to see, she was right in front of me
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I'm outside, all alone. Then they offer me a ride home. They want to sell. I want to buy. I'm goin broke, but I'm gettin High. I sell my clothes, but keep my shoes. It's all I've got that I can use. They keep me here above the ground. Plus, they help me move without a sound. I'm running fast while moving slow. There's nowhere else that I could go. I trip and hit the concrete floor. I wake up where I was before. I pray to god that it's a dream. Or, at least that's what it seems. I try to move but it's no use. Why did I buy these fucking shoes?! The laces break the soles wear out. I paid too much, without a doubt. My life sucks, I want to die. I thought Air Jordan's would make me fly. I feel pathetic, I got gypped. It's like I'm in “Tales From the Crypt!” Others may laugh, I'll sit and cry. The commercials say they'll make you fly. Why must they lie to all of us? I hope their lungs all fill with puss. It's such a crime, I'm gonna sue. I really hate these fucked up shoes!
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I am just too afraid. I live with pain all day. No fear in physical pain. It all just feels the same. I fear just for the worst. I fear that I am cursed. I fear a life alone. I fear rejection first. The women who don't know me want me. The women who know me want me to be their friend. The ones that I love don't love me the same way. The ones that I love wind up fucking me in the end. Why do I even try, when I lose every time. I should just go outside, and get some peace of mind. But now I feel the worst. I feel like i've been cursed, to live a life alone, with lines that are rehearsed. The women who don't know me want me. The women who know me want me to be their friend. The ones that I love won't love me the same way. The ones that I love wind up fucking me in the end. What is left for me to say when I can't have my way? I'm sure your thoughts won't change, You're sure I'll be okay. I fear the way I feel. Why can't my dreams be real? If you can't be for me, Then I don't think I can deal. The women who don't know me want me. The women who know me want me to be their friend. The ones that I love won't love me the same way. The ones that I love make me go insane in the end.
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It's gone so far in just a short time But It's still not over Some say they believed less in us Than in a four-leafed clover They think that you and I should not walk Hand in hand together They wish that they were us And treat us like they think they're better But please Listen to me They just want to distract us Cause injustice Because Both you and me Have something They have nothing They want our thing But what They can not see Is that I love you only Love me only And what's Funny to me Are stupid things they tell us 'Cause they're jealous I promise this love won't self-destruct I won't be Deceiving Don't listen to what they say about us Ignore these That envy I promise to be one you can trust Believe me Trust in me I think you can tell that I'll be honest Stay with me Don't fear me What do they get from trying to destroy What we hold dear Are they just upset that they could never Once come near To you or I and what we have And how we love each other To bad for them no words they spread Could change our feelings ever But please Listen to me They just want to distract us Cause injustice Because Both you and me Have something They have nothing They want our thing But what They can not see Is that I love you only Love me only And what's Funny to me Are stupid things they tell us 'Cause they're jealous I promise this love won't self-destruct I won't be Deceiving Don't listen to what they say about us Ignore these That envy I promise to be one you can trust Believe me Trust in me I think you can tell that I'll be honest Stay with me Don't fear me
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Hello, and how are you today? Let's talk about my God my way. Did you know that when you die you'll go to hell? Cause my God is real, and your's can't exist as well. Okay, well if that's the case, Why were we made with you're god's face? Why do we have to eat to live? Why do we sleep and have to take a shit? Your God is a problem. All gods are a problem. Your faith is a problem. All faiths are a problem. I don't think you seem to understand, Our God is good, and he is a man. But not like us down here on lowly earth. He fathered Jesus in a virgin birth. That's great, so Christ was god's son? Then why would he be the only one? God only got horny on one night? If god's a man then that just can't be right. Your God is a problem. All gods are a problem. Your faith is a problem. All faiths are a problem. Deity, not for me! Deity, not for me! Deity, not for me! Deity, not for me! Why can't you believe what's best for you? You will suffer once your life is through. You should fear what has created us. God is the only one that you can trust. Well now, that doesn't make sense. If god's so great, then why is he so tense? Why does he take away our love? Why won't he intervene from above? Your God is a problem. All gods are a problem. Your faith is a problem. All faiths are a problem. Deity, not for me! Deity, not for me! Deity, not for me! Deity, not for me!
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You can't take what doesn't exist, my dignity and worth will never be missed. They had no place here ever to be. Neither one could exist here inside of me. Try as you might to go and take, the things I don't have but you wish to rape. It's not my fault that you don't understand I don't believe in myself, you, or any human. Why must you treat me this way? What else will happen today? What could I possibly say, That just might get you to stay? The worse you make me feel the more that I can see the love is real this time. Real in my mind. Each time I hear you yell, The feelings in my heart begin to swell. I realize that when we fight, It means our love grows stronger that night. And with every beating I take, I know even more that It's not a mistake. I can tell you were meant for me, By each of these scars, that's on my body. Some think I'm crazy to stay, But they don't see you all day. You have to treat me this way, Or else I might go astray. The worse you make me feel the more that I can see the love is real this time. Real in my mind. I have to stay. I know its wrong but I can't understand How a person can be ruled by an abusive hand. If you were loved you wouldn't get this, Not unbearable pain, you should feel you're in bliss. How can you think that they'll ever change, 6 years and 2 kids later and they still act the same. What makes it worth all of this abuse, Are you just stupid or do you deny the truth? You don't have to stay.
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ThiShit 05:56
What is it that I have, that you want and can't grab. Why do you torture me, with your thoughts like disease? Why can't I ever see what you mean? Where are we? How will this ever end? Enemy's that once were friends. Leave this wound, in my head, In my heart, in my hands. See the blood all around, pooling up, spilling down. who cares? Not me! I could give a shit, About all of this! I could give a shit, About all of this! What would I want with this? Why is it my business? I don't need more of it! Away from thishit! I'm so sick... so sick... Why am I so distraught, over what I have fought? I don't see what's so wrong. Why does it take so long, Just to know who's to blame. Never mind, I heard my name. Do with me as you want. It's more fun for the hunt. Leave this wound, in my head, In my heart, in my hands. See the blood all around, pooling up, spilling down. who cares? Not me! I could give a shit, About all of this! I could give a shit, About all of this! What would I want with this? Why is it my business? I don't need more of it! Away from thishit! I'm so sick... so sick... It's my turn to lie to you. I never thought you were a fool. I think you are the best, At what you do, regardless Of who you are, and what you've done. Nothing but second to none. Aren't you proud of all of this, Adding up, to worthless shit. Leave this wound, in my head, In my heart, in my hands. See the blood all around, pooling up, spilling down. What would I want with this? Why is it my business? I don't need more of it! Keep me Away from thishit!
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14.
I haven't slept, cannot eat, I must submit, admit defeat. I don't want to lose this time, I don't want to lose my mind. I realize the mess I'm in, I realize that I can't win. That doesn't mean that I won't try. That it won't stop the urge to cry. I'll try to turn things around, but get turned upside down. I'll try to make things right but instead start a fight. I'll try my best just for you, but trying my best just won't do. I'll try but never give up, but trying isn't enough. I'm not that smart but not dumb, just don't expect to see me run. I always learn from mistakes, I always learn real from fake. This world has not been so easy, This world at times is cruel to me. but cruelest is this twist of fate, My wish to change things came too late. I'll try to turn things around, but get turned upside down. I'll try to make things right, but instead, start a fight. I'll try my best just for you, but trying my best just won't do. Sincerity, not charity, Is what I offer everyone. But truthfully they cannot see, they turn away and sometimes run. Listen to me, I'll always be the person you can depend on. It's not easy for me to see how things could turn to be so wrong. I plan but never execute, my failures seem so resolute. With every other word I speak, it feels I waste another week. I've dug a hole that I can't climb, but climb I will until I find, that after all this climbing's done, I can rest here after I've won. I'll try to turn things around, but get turned upside down. I'll try to make things right, but instead, start a fight. I'll try my best just for you, but trying my best just won't do. I'll try but never give up, but trying isn't enough. Sincerity, not charity, Is what I offer everyone. But truthfully they cannot see, they turn away and sometimes run. Listen to me, I'll always be the person you can depend on. It's not easy for me to see how things could turn to be so wrong.
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I feel like I've been locked up tight For a century of lonely nights Waiting for someone to release me You're lickin' your lips And blowing kisses my way But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away Baby, baby, baby (baby, baby, baby) Oh, oh, oh My body's sayin' let's go Oh, oh, oh But my heart is sayin' no If you wanna be with me Baby, there's a price to pay I'm a genie in a bottle You gotta rub me the right way If you wanna be with me I can make your wish come true You gotta make a big impression Gotta like what you do I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Gotta rub me the right way, honey I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Come come, come on and let me out The music's fading and the lights down low Just one more dance and then we're good to go Waiting for someone who needs me Hormones racing at the speed of light But that don't mean it's gotta be tonight Baby, baby, baby (baby, baby, baby) Oh, oh, oh My body's sayin' let's go Oh, oh, oh But my heart is sayin' no If you wanna be with me Baby, there's a price to pay I'm a genie in a bottle You gotta rub me the right way If you wanna be with me I can make your wish come true Just come and set me free, baby And I'll be with you I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Gotta rub me the right way, honey I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Come come, come on and let me out I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Gotta rub me the right way, honey I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Come come, come on and let me out Oh, oh, oh My body's sayin' let's go Oh, oh, oh But my heart is sayin' no If you wanna be with me Baby, there's a price to pay I'm a genie in a bottle You gotta rub me the right way If you wanna be with me I can make your wish come true You gotta make a big impression Gotta like what you do If you wanna be with me Baby, there's a price to pay I'm a genie in a bottle You gotta rub me the right way If you wanna be with me I can make your wish come true Just come and set me free, baby And I'll be with you I'm a genie in a bottle, baby Come come, come on and let me out
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Somewhere down in a peninsula, comes a tale of many folk. Some tall some short, some genetic freaks, some addicted to diet coke. In a secret room in Lobster labs, The Dr. creates a plan, to clone a human, a real being, Named Steve, a hairless man. The purpose of this trial in genetic duplication, was simply to test the stress on one through repeated mutilation. A thousand deaths to a thousand clones of just one tiny man. The Doctor's mind was all but shot, but still, his ground would stand. Meanwhile behind the innocent facade of a couple friendly dopes. The Tall man and not-as-tall man cling on to little hope of ever doing anything that would benefit mankind Except for making a couple of jokes and eating some pork rinds Fat and skinny, tall and taller dumb and not as dumb. One's lonelyless of being girlfriendless did cause him to succumb To the ways of genetic trickery, and made himself a pal. A combination of DNA, amalgamated in hell. Sincho Galameany is the name of this poor wretched soul. A mix of Sinbad, Gallagher Kevin Meany and Margaret Cho. Demented and devious, a saviour to us all, A friend to George Lucas and a friend to not-as-tall. Now, Robot Fonze is another case, something went totally wrong. The thumbs-up, the leather, the greasy hair, and never-mentioned bong. What's amiss we cannot tell, He seems sent from above. Simply he is a wonder, Robot Fonze is just pure love. There are others in this world of lobster, in just 4 here panels, you see. But I have to take a little break, I really have to pee. Now that I have come back, and my pants are free of soup, I must summarize this land of freaks who seem to hang in groups. Besides those few we talked about, there are also those we didn't. That bitchy Heather is one of them, she can't stand them when they're kidding. A couple of thugs here and there, and BY CRACKY, we're almost done! But Don Hasket, and Cecil do, and I think I'm forgetting one. Oh, who else but Satan, yes he himself, it comes as no surprise. Though from hell he looks better suited for the starship enterprise. But that's ok, as I'm sure he does it fairly well, and On that note, this song is over, I'll see you all in hell.

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Evil Adam is a catchy metal-ish music project started by Rene Rosa and joined in by the best musicians and friends that would dare play the stuff live. The live act is on pause now, but new recordings are being released regularly.

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