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It’s the end, it’s the end
It’s the end of an era
It’s the end
It’s the end, it’s the end
It’s the end of an era
It’s the end (and it’s all over now)
Maybe it was all my mistake
Maybe I went too far astray
But baby we’ve come so very far
How dare they throw it all away?
You still have to fight for what’s right
You still have to stand
They’re not going to make this easy and
It never is
It’s the end, it’s the end
It’s the end of an era
It’s the end
It’s the end, it’s the end
It’s the end of an era
It’s the end (and it’s all over now)
Maybe it was all my mistake
(baby this was not all your fault)
Maybe I was led too far astray)
(It’s over, it’s over, it’s over)
But baby we’ve come so very far
(baby you’ve come such a long, long way)
Don’t let them throw it all away
(it’s over, it’s over, it’s over)
You still have to fight for what’s right
You still have to stand
They’re not going to make this easy and
It never is
It’s the end, it’s the end
It’s the end of an era
It’s the end
It’s the end, it’s the end
It’s the end of an era
It’s the end (and it’s all over now)
Once, was a time
There seemed to be more light
This little light of mine,
I’m gonna let it shine
Once, there was a time
There seemed to be more light in this world
This little light of mine,
I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine
‘Cause it’s the end, it’s the end
It’s the end of an era
It’s the end
It’s the end
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Meathooks
04:37
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Meat... hooks...
Meathooks
I knew that you wanted to scare me
I knew cause that’s what they told me
I had a laugh instead
Can’t believe the things I said
I thought you were so below me
I liked how you thought you could dare me
Thought you could play on my pride
Then you got inside me head
Left me shaking in my bed
You broke me down from the inside
I feel the meat hooks ripping through my skin
now I'm hanging on a wire and we're moving in
I feel the temperature fallin down
and now I'm just another carcass with no face for a frown
I feel the meat hooks tearing me apart
I’ve got mindless self destruction down to an art
I feel the temperature going down
and now I'm just another carcass with no face for a frown
It’s like how he said don’t mess around with Jim
They told me don’t mess with Texas
You snared me in your trap
Crackle pop until I snap
You eat guys like me for breakfast
I feel the meat hooks ripping through my skin
now I'm hanging on a wire and we're moving in
I feel the temperature going down
and now I'm just another carcass with no face for a frown
I feel the meat hooks and they’re taking hold
Always there reminding me I’m not in control
I feel the temperature falling down
and now I'm just another carcass with no face for a frown
I feel the meathooks tearing me apart
I’m feeling masochistic so let the evisceration start
I feel the temperature falling down
and now I'm just another carcass with no face for a frown
Meathooks, meathooks, ma ma ma ma ma meat hooks
Ma ma ma ma ma ma meathooks
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She’s an anomaly
One in a million, she makes you feel so free
Yeah she’s your number one
But she’ll become the one who got away
People have spoken, now she’s gonna sashay
(did she ever really love you at all?)
Anyone can break somebody’s heart
With whom do you think you’re messing?
Has she got you second guessing?
Set it up and smash it all apart
Are you just projecting passion?
Getting caught up in her fashion?
You can build your wall, make it higher, higher, higher
Anyone can break somebody’s heart
He’s a dichotomy
The things he tells you, they don’t always agree
He’s not your number one
But he was one tenacious son of a gun
(his love for you was only a lie)
Completely unfaithful, now the good times are gone
(you’ll get better all it takes is some time)
Anyone can break somebody’s heart
Girl your man is misbehaving
Situation’s not worth saving
Set it up and smash it all apart
He will never treat you right
Staying out late every night
You can build a wall, make it higher, higher, higher
Anyone can break somebody’s heart
Anyone can break somebody’s heart
Emperor exposed as naked
Too late now he’ll have to fake it
Set it up and smash it all apart
He has made you look the fool
Falling under fascist rule
You can build a wall, make it higher, higher, higher
Anyone can break somebody’s
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By My Side
05:26
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I hunted high and low for you
No one else could ever do
Sometimes you make me want to scream
Sometimes we live inside a dream
You stayed through my darkest days
When I fell apart you remained
I’ll be there when your world shakes
I’ll be there through the mistakes and heartaches
When the world gets cold I want you by my side
When I get old I want you by my side
When the world gets cold I want you by my side
When I get old I want you by my side
A minor earth | a major sky
A million reasons I could cry
I’d lose my way if not for you
You leave the breadcrumbs so I knew
You stayed through my darkest days
When I fell apart you remained
I’ll be there when your world shakes
I’ll be there through the mistakes and heartaches
When the world gets cold I want you by my side
When I get old I want you by my side
When the world gets cold I want you by my side
When I get old I want you by my side
I’ll be there when your whole world shake, shakes
Even when your heart heart aches aches
You will never, you will never slide, slide
Always got to have you by my side, side
By… My… Side…
When the world gets cold I want you by my side
When I get old I want you by my side
When the world gets cold I want you by my side
When I get old I want you by my side
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Hotel Terminus
04:11
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won’t you come, come and see us
Hey young man isn’t it time
To grab some piece of mind
To let yourself unwind
A little fun never hurt anyone
Explore your wild side
Do things you’ve never tried
Come away and see
Here in this vicinity we’ve got the best amenities
And you will find that friends are always
Lurking in our lengthy hallways
won’t you come, come and see us
at the hotel terminus
don’t feel scared, or unprepared
our hospitality is notorious
Hey there sir
Wouldn’t it be nice
To taste the spice of life
Go on and grab a slice
We’ve got living proof
There’s a fountain of youth
And they’re all waiting here
Their beauty has no peer
Come away and see
Here among these corridors
Where bodies meet by threes and fours
You’ll find it is our specialty
Facilitating ecstasy
won’t you come, come and see us
at the hotel terminus
don’t feel scared, or unprepared
our hospitality is notorious
Been around the world
And i’m tired of the soup du jour
Been around the world
Wanna end this prophylactic tour
Afraid nobody around me
Ought to get caught in my tornado
I guess i’m just a loverboy
Feeling like the white tomato
won’t you come, come and see us
at the hotel terminus
don’t feel scared, or unprepared
our hospitality is notorious
won’t you come, come and see us
at the hotel terminus
don’t feel scared, or unprepared
our hospitality is notorious
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Dear Christine
04:33
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the whirled girl lives in a blurred world
She’s a cherry bomb caught in a maelstrom
Spotlights flowers set the scene
It’s almost like a dream
Dear Christine
What’s it all mean miss tangerine?
Dear Christine
What’s it all mean miss tangerine?
Condition white
Condition yellow
Condition orange
Condition red (red red)
Now may we present to you
The blood and guts that you’re accustomed to
In living color right at home
A wicked script full of warning signs
Trauma, torture ripped from the headlines
A stage-managed departure from a life alone
What’s it all mean miss tangerine?
Dear Christine
What’s it all mean miss tangerine?
Condition white
Condition yellow
Condition orange
Condition red (red red)
Now may we present to you
The blood and guts that you’re accustomed to
In living color right at home
A wicked script full of warning signs
Trauma, torture ripped from the headlines
A stage-managed departure from a life alone
You were here and now you’re gone
A faded memory just hanging on
A morbid curiosity
A faded footnote in history
You were here but now you’re gone
Your faded memory barely hanging on
A morbid curiosity
A faded footnote in our history
Sha na na na na na Dear Christine (4)
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Jason
03:49
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We’re high on the plains
I gave you the reigns,
Now I’m subject to your whim
I could ride all night
Beneath this canvas of stars
I cannot explain, my plan was insane
Fueled by spiked cherry limeade
Now you’re way too wasted to be driving my car
jason, just drive
we don’t have to know where we’re going
jason, jason
any which way the wind is blowing
jason, just drive
we don’t need to know where we’re going
jason, jason
any which way the wind is blowing
We’re out on the range
And isn’t it strange
It’s like a dream where I forgot to get dressed
Seein’ UFOs and sayin’ “bros before hoes”
You don’t complain when I can’t contain
Little things like love and lust
When directed your way
They’re all ones and zeroes
jason, just drive
we don’t have to know where we’re going
jason, jason
any which way the wind is blowing
jason, just drive
we don’t need to know where we’re going
jason, jason
any which way the wind is blowing
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Glisten
04:03
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I put on my best laugh for you
I put on my butterfly sunglasses for you
I’d put down whatever was passed by you
I’d get down on my knees and make an ass out of me just for you
And then we’ll find
A way to hotwire our minds
We’ll leave behind
All the lines that we can not align
And then you say
All the things that make me stay
The night begins to glisten
As I begin to listen
The wheels of love wouldn’t turn for us
We’re casualties of the heart in stereo chorus
And when you had no more use for us
Betrayed my trust, went bust
And left a mess both disgusting and glorious
And then we’ll find
A way to hotwire our minds
We’ll leave behind
All the lines that we can not align
And then you say
All the things that make me stay
The night begins to glisten
As I begin to listen
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Infrared
04:10
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Lost with the battle won
Left with no place to hide
Hearing this terrible voice
Telling me not to go outside
Last in a long, long line
Learning to pace my highs (or “Looking for smoke and fire”)
How in the hell can this be real?
Is this my July surprise? (or “I to myself inquire”)
don’t leave me for dead
I’m here but I’m crawling down on the ground
I know you can see my infrared
through the darkness and the sound
Can you read my mind?
And would you understand
All of the things that I pretend
Had never really happened?
May I have this dance?
A waltz while the sky is falling
We’ll make a pact and say a prayer
Before taking a vow of silence
Shhh….
don’t leave me for dead
I’m here but I’m crawling down on the ground
I know you can see my infrared
through the darkness and the sound
Through the darkness and the sound (x3)
don’t leave me for dead
I’m here but I’m crawling down on the ground
I know you can see my infrared
through the darkness and the sound
Don’t leave me for dead
I know you can see my infrared
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Devin Tait Sacramento, California
Having transplanted himself from Kansas to California around the turn of the millennium, Devin Tait quickly found himself derailed from his original plan to join a boyband. Meeting a couple of guitar playing lesbians at karaoke led Tait to form the band Shitting Glitter with Amy Crosby and Von Edwards. After nearly a decade with the band, Tait decided it was time to branch out on his own. ... more
Devin Tait recommends:
S No S is a musical project from Brandon Strecker (Devin's brother) spanning many years and miles, but staying true to Brandon's voice, with collaborations from friends and family.
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Turbo Sunshine is a band fronted by Brandon Strecker, with Devin Tait on Synths and Dolly Dagger on drums. A love letter to 90's industrial with a wink and smile.
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Open For Business
by Shitting Glitter
I was a member of Shitting Glitter for nearly a decade, and this was our last recording I made with the band and is, in my opinion, our masterpiece.
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Fall Into Me EP
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