Alkaline Trio are an American punk rock band that formed in McHenry, Illinois, in 1996. The band's line-up consists of Matt Skiba (vocals, guitar), Dan Andriano (vocals, bass), and Derek Grant (drums). To date, the band has released seven studio albums, including their newest, This Addiction, released on February 23, 2010. [read more] - Bleed
There's a forest fire, burning brightSpreading quickly towards our last rightsNowhere to run, pointless to hidePointless to hideJust lay there and scream, pretending to tryPretendingIntending to burn, pretending to...
- Fall Victim
Not sure how this is supposed to feel Cutting like a red hot knife of surgical steel We're all fresh from the autoplay She came, she came with sterile warnings Screaming from her place Singing "I wanna make you bleed"...
- Sadie
You're on your own my little nightmare you cannot stay hereIt's far too bright for youIf they attack you just lay there,Play dead dear, it's your only hope of pulling through.And seconds they seem like a lifetime.A...
- Stained In Satin
It's not so much a storm, but just a cloud that lives inside of meHe doesn't stir so easily these days, but when he wakes,He goes the distance in a marathon of days too longOpen containers that sing songs, "you'll...
- Back To Hell
Like the pills in your hand, I'll never let you downAnd like the bugs in your bed, under my skin nowDevouring all that's left of meDevouring all that's left of meIn the palm of your hand, a resting placeAll the guilt...
- Time To Waste
There's someone down below, blowing you a kiss They watch from their windows As all arms fall to their sides And all eyes fix on the death of tomorrow And you found everything you need to make a life complete...
- Deathbed
Calling all cars or coroners, we got a dead one hereAnd anybody else receiving this, the west coast is far from clearLike a time bomb, a sudden deathIt's gonna find you when you least expectIt's gonna leave you the...
- Smoke
Over and out of it for one more plane ride outNot sure, and never was if this will all head south, or whatWait her a month or two will pass, I'm sure I won'tFaith dear, enough to get you by until we're homeI wish I...
- Wash Away
Sad memories the gathering rain bringsI loved her but I'll never see her againClouds raise their heads in the morningthe way I once walked on by herBut now she's gone and I'll never raise my face againWhite horses...
- Poison
It's not just the painA pain in my backThat laughs in my faceMy face every nightAll the poison that took my lungsIt keeps me from feeling warmBut why do the rooftops here in LondonLook just the same as the ones in...
- Death Bed
Calling all cars or coroners, we got a dead one here And anybody else receiving this, the west coast is far from clear Like a time bomb, a sudden death It's gonna find you when you least expect It's gonna leave you...
- Mercy Me
It's been a long day, living with thisIt's been a long time since I felt so sickI took a long walk straight back homeI coulda walked by to San FranciscoI used to long for time aloneI used to long for a place of my...
- Settle For Satin
Stained In Satinby: The Alkaline Trioit's not so much a stormbut just a cloud that lives inside of mehe doesn't disturb so easily these daysbut when he wakes he goes the distance.in a marathon it takes too longopen...
- Burn
Burnby: The Alkaline TrioThere's a lightning storm each and every nightCrashing inside you like motorbikesWe toss and turn, sleep so loudGrind the teeth in our empty mouthsOur emptyThere's a forest fire burning...
- Prevent This Tragedy
Here we are again with handguns for heartsThey had a master plan, wanted to tear us apartNothing to hold. I'll hope to lead itOur demise has been completed nowNowhere left to go but Down, the flames of hell they give...
- Your Neck
Well things they go bump in the night that you can't seeHow were the mishaps that always have burdened threesThey say no rocket science, no big mysteryWhy the light of day is shown to us is absolutely meaningless to...
- I Was A Prayer
I am waiting 'til there's nothing leftI'm a prayer, all you see is breathI am empty, I am skin and bones, I'm a ribcageWell, I'm out the door with apathyAnd I'm coming home with sympathyI am realize, I am shame, I...
- Old School Reasons
I got these thoughts in my headdirty as *** and never leavingand they're best left unsaidall the drinks on your breathgot some shit off my chestthrew it on my back next to the monkey nestthat somebody leftwith me the...
- Donner Party
so it began this wayi can't recall how it got startedso it began this way i don't recall a thingand all in all i guess it's for the better if you don't remember anythingsit and singthere was a time when everything we...
- Emma
emma appeared like an angel. emma fell like raininto my lap like a heart attack. like lightning from her namei'm running dry of bad excuses. don't want to lie or seem intrusive, buttime hasn't told me anything, and...
- Every Thug Needs A Lady
i know it's dark here, you know that i'm scared toofor some reason right now, of everything but youright now you're all that i recognizeyou know i came here when i needed your soft voicei needed to hear something that...
- Fatally Yours
there's no mystery no morejust no talking to youguess you had other things in storeguess i just felt i was throughi answered every question as accurately as i couldi don't hear from you no morebut i get the messageyou...
- This Could Be Love.
I've Got A Book of matchesI've Got A Can of KeroseneInvolving You And MeI don't Blame You For Walking AwayI Touch Myself At Thoughts Of FlamesI Shat The Bed I Laid There in ItThinking of you Wide Awake For DaysAnd I...
- Trouble Breathing
You told me that you want to dieI said I've been there myself more than a few timesAnd I go back every once in a whileYou called me lucky, you.. you called me luckyYou said tonight is a wonderful night to dieI asked...
- Southern Rock
I can't believe my heart's still pounding I can't believe how close I came And meanwhile heaven's falling The fallen angels flown away And that'll be me someday With stolen wings and evil ways Straight south with the...
- Enjoy Your Day
So where'd you go? How was your vacation home? Well obviously you were busy, too busy for me So this is how you leave me? I'm broken hearted on the floor, My tears seep through the crack under my door Where I am...
- Message From Kathlene
I guess I'll always stop and see you And we'll run into each other's livesYeah, I guess, although it tears me up insideEverytime it burns my eyes with tearsBut I know you're worth the painI've so much more to gain by...
- Sorry About That
It hasn't been that long Since we drank to the sunset, until it was gone And down with it went our pain and fear As we slowly broke contact more and more with every beer And we passed out in each other's arms Both...
- Cop
Wonder what it was that made you this wayMaybe as a baby you dropped your rattleAnd it still rattles you to this dayYou better practice your evil looks in the mirrorThey don't work on meSlowly crawling up from the...
- Cringe
wide eyed knee deep in surprisejust below your thighsthe temperature drops 5 degreesyour stand-by flighthas just arrivedtough tiedbleeding from your eyeseven Christ himselfwould cringe @ the sight of your scareswhile...
- San Francisco
Choking on the thought of leavingDrinking to keep from sobbing 4pm, 4 dollar pints - SFO - the time and price With all my happiness abortedThe PA painfully starts boarding I sink deep, 30 thousand feet Into my window...
- Clavicle
Been on top of the world since about six months ago Marking the first time I laid eyes on you I lost all train of thought as I entered the room Saw what looked like really good food then I saw you And so did you I...
- My Little Needle
I'll come down to get you highOr maybe sing you a lullabyeSing you to sleep - a sleep you'll never wake fromSing you to coma so to speak When I fall down I'll fall apart Trade in my bike for a shopping cart and beg...
- Nose Over Tail
Crack my head open on your kitchen floorTo prove to you that I have brainsMeanwhile tin men are led by little girlsDown golden roads that lead to nowhereFine time to fake a seizureFeel your mouth on mine, you're...
- Do You Wanna Know
So hello where are we todayStill fighting, still running in placeNow the outline of this lakeSeems to be pointing me awayHonestly Ive never lied more to myselfAll over the floor, right through my teeth I've showed...
- Help Me
Here you find me in betweenHeaven and Hell my dearWhere nothing's what it seemsIt's just as well I fearI'm giving you the creepsAnd a farewell kiss to go into the unknownSaw you standing thereOutside the music hallYou...
- In Vein
My point of reference makes me afraid to begin convincing,But you might as well just change your name.'Cause I only recognize this shadow,Kinda like a superhero with nobody's best interests in mind.Now there's blood...
- Love Love Kiss Kiss
Take a look, you see I painted you a pictureIt's black and white, except the blood's a little richerDown in the corner where I gave it my signatureThen I titled it, "This one's for the winter"Check it out you see it's...
- Live Young, Die Fast
It's not big surpriseWe turned out this wayIt's in our eyesLike shallow gravesBut we are one with the larva and dirtWe don't discriminate at allFor what it's worthSo live young, die fastNo one will lastSo sit back and...
- Ruin It
I've waited a long time for this lifeJust to ruin it, so please don't ruin this for meYes to understand this lieHell I crossed those t'sI scratched out all these eyes, myself last nightWhat I promise not to findSo...
- Calling All Skeletons
Here it is again yet it stings like the first timeSeems it never ends, Double nickels on your dimeI thought we were friends, I guess it just depends who you askThese feelings tend to leave me with a hole in my chestA...
- Into The Night
We'll never know which way this road is gonna turnand can't be sure how quick your wick is gonna burnso sing to me your darkest secretstime to leave behind your regretsbefore we get lost in a blink of an eyeThis...
- I Found Away
Midway on our life's journey, I found myselfIn dark woods, the right road lost. To tellAbout those woods is hard - so tangled and roughAnd savage that thinking of it now, I feelThe old fear stirring....Stumbling...
- Over And Out
"Over and out," she said, from a hospital bed"For what it's worth, it doesn't hurt, don't cry.""Over and out," he said, with a .45 to his head"The war has taken everything from me, it's all I see so..."Run for cover...
- Burned Is The House
It's like we both have just arrived hereLike we've just stepped off a plane in a new townand the sun was out.I was talking, you would point your ear at melike I was making some sweet soundyou said, "make it loud"But...
- In My Stomach
In this shadow, I shrink and it knowsI can't move. It is making me cold.And it grows in my stomach like mold.It keeps me just sick enough to stay home.Kill the lights. Curtains cover closed blinds.Build a wall of...
- Lost And Rendered
Found out the hard wayThat you were lost and renderedAll alone in the dark forest of your thoughtsForever following a trail of fear that seems to leadTo more dead ends and mysteriesI'm losing hope of ever solvingCan...
- 97
ive got it nowlike a thorn in my side the size of a cadillacdrive it thrucause backing up now would be next to impossiblei had it allwhen i was with you i forgot about everything18 months18 months seems like ***...
- Snake Oil Tanker
This time you've dug yourself an anchor too heavy to move ahead withResembling a faker, charming snake oil tankersDon't let them strike you downI know that you wish I was deadI know 'cause you told me last weekend And...
- SunDials
You were like a toilet bowl at the end of the rainbow Something like a pot of gold stuck under my pillow Keeping me up at night you kept my head spinning And wishing there were windows to throw you fromThrow you...
- Cooking Wine
Sorry I'm late, I was out spoiling my liverI couldn't waitThe sun was up for far too long todayAnd I can't see straightBut the two of you look awfully prettyAnd I couldn't waitBeen awake for far too long todayAnd is...
- As You Were
Stale as a 2 day half full beerCigarette boats float around in hereA field in my gut lacking sunshinePut down like a teenagers first drink I cough up compliments I thinkYou're better off walking away while you still...
- Blue Carolina
It's everything that I can do right nowTo not think about you moving further off with every passing secondAnd every night of this lonely summertimeI feel you missing from my heart, a part was kidnapped from my...
- Weak Week
eleven eleven said the clock as i pulled it aroundthe foreign days and understandinga way out would be nice,i'll have your good advicewent up the blockmaking the scream 12 aftersome days the walls look greener(cause...
- Dead End Road
I thought that you were jokingWhen you said you couldn't breatheYou said you couldn't breatheTurns out that you were chokingOn a town you couldn't leaveYou knew you'd never leaveIt met your disapproval at the age of 8...
- Queen Of Pain
There's a fire forming, not too far from hereAlong the east coast maybe, it resides in you, my dearWorn out on our courtesy, we've made our curtain callsLike vampire bats deprived of blood, into the New York City that...
- For Your Lungs Only
A right turn gone wrong Nothing but the dust left to fill your lungs up Have to choke and choke and choke Reprecussion, what got us this form? Facilitation for feeling listless Reprecussion, what got us this form?...
- 100 Stories
You're in the next room sleeping and I'm shouting out a song for youI shouldn't wake you over the furnace, but I should swear to someone you'd have loved every noteSo dream a good one tonightI'll listen to the bad...
- Ninety-Seven
I've got it now A thorn in my side the size of a Cadillac Drive it through 'Cause backin up now would be next to impossible I had it all When I was with you I forgot about everything Eighteen months Eighteen months...
- Jaked On Green Beers
It's been a long time since I've been close to youIt's been a long time since I've been sad.It's been a while since I've really spent time with youWish I could take back the times that I had.The only thing that you...
- All On Black
I put it all on black, no color you're all dressed inAnd a stab in the back left you bleeding on the floorAnd I'm mourning the death, the recent passing of your insidesI smile in regret every time I think of how I...
- I Lied My Face Off
Well it's not fair, it's not even closeYou tied me down where I'm forced to watchAs you poke holes in every part of meContaining something secretlySomething sacred to meI lied my face off when I said that I would be...
- The Metro
The Metroby: The Alkaline TrioI'm aloneSitting with my empty glass.My four wallsFollow me through my pastI was on a Paris trainI emerged in London rain,And you were waiting thereSwimming through appologies.I remember...
- Goodbye Forever
Take your wings outside, you can't fly in here Besides, a purple sky is better soaringfor you my angel You're an angel, you little devilAs for me i'll stay inside, I'll be just fine and I'll watch from the window...
- My Friend Peter
I dont care who you've been sleeping with these daysYou're outta my hair It's growing just above my smiling face that I wearEvery night I drink myself to sleepNot thinking about youNot thinking about anything at all I...
- My Standard Break From Life
I've got a regular problemSo my standard break from life is in orderI'm having trouble making sentencesI'm older but I don't feel any smarterYou see I don't know what I said to youAnd now you're pissed at you know...
- Hell Yes
I gave up on you a long time agoHow can you blame me?We made plans to meet and you never showedYou kept me waitingThey said everything would work out just fineThey said you'd help meBut as it turns out it was all a...
- Stupid Kid
there are things that used to make me smileone of them was you for just a little whileyou left me for dead so far awayI replaced you with fear and shameyou'll be happy on the day Idiethere are things that used to make...
- Bleeder
You came to me like a dream.The kind that always leavesJust as the best part starts.It ends so abruptlyAnd leaves you stunned and ***In your bedroom all alone.It's kinda funny how something so soothingGets...
- You're Dead
What the hell is your nameAnd can you explain this messIt seems your playing a gameWhere you only know how to take out the bestCause if assholes could flyThis place would be busier than O'HareThere's proof in the...
- Crawl
Waking up zeroed in on medicineAm I waking up at all todaySeeing lights, feeling painThere's my cure on iceI can walk but I will crawl thereI will crawl thereSitting straight, feeling faintAn exhausted smile screens...
- Trucks And Trains
These days go by like trucks and trainsSome hit so hard you barely feel a thingLights out right now back then and forevermoreLights out left now these robots marchingTo the nearest liquor storeThere's something green...
- Armageddon
I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photographBehind your back it goesA little something like this is way too big to missI got a letter in the mailThe sender failed to let me know whereit came fromOpened...
- Private Eye
I dragged this lake looking for corpsesDusted for prints, pried up the floorboardsPieces of planes and black box recordersDon't lieAnd I've been preoccupied with these sick, sick sensesThat sense DNA on barbed wire...
- Mr. Chainsaw
When was it that you lost your youth or tradedIt for something more for them to use so jadedWhy is it that you never saidI love you more than just a friendI pray this gridlock never endsAnd when we get there just...
- Steamer Trunk
Why you turned out the way you didThat thunderstorm is still crashing inyour craniumFind that all these funny faces look the sameI know who's to blameBut I swore I wouldn't sayIts time that I got moving onAs you're...
- Bloodied Up
You don't say much of anythingWhen questioned of your whereaboutsIt's evidentIt's right in front of me in black and white and redAnd I don't believe in much of anythingI'm glad I have people I call friendsIf it was up...
- Take Lots With Alcohol
Hello what the hell am I doin' hereThat's a really nice suitThis is a really comfortable chairSee I don't know if you can help me or notCause I don't feel sickBut the pains in my head have almost put meUndergroundI...
- Another Innocent Girl
He likes to act like he's all grown upHe wanted to grow up to be an actorBut he never told anybodyHe likes to spill all of his gutsOn the top of a well stocked barAnd then swallow them bit by bit by remembering every...
- I'm Dying Tomorrow
I'm dying tomorrowIn this house, this street, ChicagoI'm dying tomorrowDid I, did I do it right?Did I remember to sleep inTake lots of pillsCommitt Irreversible sins?Did I, did Iat least try to kiss the prettiest...
- Blue In The Face
it's about time that i came clean with youi'm no longer fine and far from running smoothi thought that i found myself onto something newone more line i repeat over and over again'til i'm blue in the face with a...
- Continental
i've got a dying urge to feel the way you dotoo close for comfortbed and breakfast in a spoonthe shortest breath of your young lifea long walk home on friday nightyou made one last stop at the storeso close to perfect...
- If We Never Go Inside
a train appeared in town one night. for some of us it changed our livesa few of us never saw it coming, then like the fire it disappeared.it happens at a wonderful age, with the traffic lights your mind can changewe...
- This Could Be Love
i've got a book of matchesi've got a can of kerosenei've got some bright ideas involving you and mei don't blame you for walking awayi'd do the same if i saw mei shat the bed and laid there in itthinking of you wide...
- You've Got So Far To Go
Soon ends our stay here and it's been funSo tonight I'll raise my glass to us'cause we've talked so much I think we filled this ashtray twice, and I'm pretty surewe emptied every bottle in the place, soLet's walk...
- Keep 'Em Coming
14 hours ahead - a head that's heavier than leadand I've got toothpicks in my eyesA smile more yellow than the skyI've got a song stuck in my headOne that I miss more than my bedIt's a song sung from a fallen milkman...
- *** You Aurora
My, my what a mess we've made of our pretty little heads these daysIt appears a heavy wind's blown through here recentlyBest wishes have been made for youYou never had no say it's trueYou have to be the cutest...
- Madam Me
The sunrise fills your eyes, cannot hear your cries Pleading please just go awayI can't take another day of thisNo surprise, a surplus of lies, freed from the skiesIs there something that I missed?Can't even take...
- Sleepyhead
All you've been asking for's been placed in front of youThe headaches, the shaking, The boredom the boardroom bringsYou're scratching at itching brought by the spiders beneath your skinThe answer in question is over...
- 5-3-10-4
Schoolyard freaks are freezing, down getting teased againI'm looking back and down and watching it go byDown at the stockyards cattle screaming, the trains squeak by againI can see my breath and I'm so thankful I'm...
- Maybe I'll Catch Fire
This house is full of ears but I can't talk to anyoneThey've heard this one a thousand timesMost exciting thing I doHang half way out a third floor window,Maybe throw lit cigarettes downAnd maybe I'll catch...
- Mayday, I'm In Love
I can't eat , even I want toI can't sleep, what's wrong with me?!I can't think, â?¦..[maybe you're in love]Yes, maybe I'm in loveâ?¦!I can't tap, even I want toI can't slide, what's wrong with me?!I can't...
- I.M.U.L
I got your messageAn = (equal mark)A ) (close brackets)It's a sign of little smile to me..From you..Tonight..I made a replyA ; (semicolon)A capital PIt's a wink of teasing eye from me..To youâ?¦Goodnight..It's...
- Good Morning
See the skySo Clearâ?æSo Coldâ?æFeel the spirit of the brighter day todayHear the green saysSo Peaceâ?æSo Calmâ?æFeel the peacefullness & hopefulness todayGood...
- So Would You Let Me Be
We've get along together,I should have known,You're the best that I could loveâ?¦Until now, it's hard for me to face itWhy didn't we meet each other sooner?!I left them all behind you..Only for you!Would you...
- Super Girl
It's not suppose to feelIt's not suppose to be like thisI'm not what I used to beI feel that I can't breatheI feel that I can't be my selfStrong when I'm aloneI'd try to get you out of my mind& manytimes I try to step...
- We've Had Enough
In the shadows where the heads hang low-You hear voices as the wind blows, asking "can't you see?"Reminding you to breatheIt's only time before it catches up to you and all your broken luckI found a better way to get...
- The Metro
The Metroby: The Alkaline TrioI'm aloneSitting with my empty glass.My four wallsFollow me through my pastI was on a Paris trainI emerged in London rain,And you were waiting thereSwimming through appologies.I remember...
- If You Had A Bad Time
If You Had A Bad Timeby: The Alkaline TrioIf you had a bad timeAt one of my partiesWell I wouldn't expect to be seeing you soon and that's fineYou have to know what and whyThose things make you happyYou have to know...
- She Took Him To The Lake
Do you remember the story of the boy and his first date?She took him to the lake and he fell in love.She spent one summer waking up between his arms.She told him how good that felt, told him he was the one.And then...
- Madame Me
The sunrise fills your eyes, cannot hear your cries Pleading please just go away, I can't take another day of this.No suprise, a surplus of lies, freed from the skiesIs there something that I missed?Can't even take...
- Tuck Me In
Tuck me into where it's freezing,Tuck me into bed with snakes.Tuck me in with the tarantulas,I wanna let 'em in my mouth and down my throat to lay their eggs.Tuck me into where there's bleeding,Where it spills out of...
- Hating Every Minute
Hating Every Minuteby: The Alkaline TrioSit down, please make yourself comfortable...I might need some timeto dance around what I need to say,I love you to death, I think I need a break.I spend my days worried out...
- Dead And Broken
A deep dark secret down at the bottomBut this bay can't keep it unforgotten.And a story that was told has now grown taller than we'd ever wish to beBeyond belief...I'll grab the boat if you go grab the anchor,The tarp...
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