Atomsmasher · Album · 1998
Up & Atom
The debut, released October 20, 1998. A cult favorite that mixed power-pop hooks with restless experimentation.
Tracks and lyrics
Sick4:33Lyrics
You've gotta be into something sick And I wouldn't change a minute what you did And I said you've gotta be into something sick Well I think I got the message in your eyes When you left me without thought of compromise And I said you've gotta be into something sick Well it's only last night that I lost my mind I heard myself and the bang behind It sucks real bad to be afraid I'll carry that heart 'til it can be laid You've gotta be into something sick And I wouldn't ask your mother what you did 'cause she'll say you've gotta be into something sick Well I know I got the message in your eyes When you left me without thought of compromise And I said you've gotta be into something sick You've gotta be into something sick And I wouldn't trust that woman with that kid 'cause he'll say you've gotta be into something I've gotta be into something You've gotta be into something sick Well it's only last night that I lost my mind I heard myself and the bang behind It sucks real bad to be afraid I'll carry that heart 'til it can be laid And I'll always wonder But never know You save my soul Save my soul I'll never know If you could save my soul You never knowRainbow3:36Lyrics
Last winter when you sold me I burned myself down slowly It's in the dirty looks Counting down Praying for something you might have told me I'll take your looks I'll read your books I'll take your house I'll take your place I'll break your face I'll take you out tonight And I don't want your rainbow buggin' out No evidence will hold me When I decide to go free You won't be too upset Tied behind late again 'cause no one else could mold me I'll take your looks I'll read your books I'll take your house I'll take your place I'll break your face I'll take you out tonight And I don't want your rainbow buggin' out I hear those voices calling me A record that can't be believed Agreements are just empty things They can be Just like meThe Foreign Dime4:16Lyrics
Different signs I'm aware I'm King Carl Throw my work in the closet I am asking for the immediate attention Of a girl without an erasable tongue She shows me all of her senses I am intelligent asshole and not myself I will not waste the foreign dime Too regal now Seventeen hours of those adult film questions Hold my arms I'm about to imitate Several kinds of adults in a jar high Crouch and bring about the impossible day Decide who lives on the car phone I will take my own hide to a serious place I will not waste the foreign dime Too regal now The wounded hate The sun will shine 'til we know how Am I here Am I alive What's getting set to happen Until you hire something I tell you hire But you required that pain A. R. O. M. A. W. R. I will not play their stupid part They call me out I will not waste the foreign dime Too regal now You can't debate You can't retry Be glad we had that night a while But you behaved poor and all You leave my hair corridor The ladder burned you right in timeJealousy2:53Lyrics
You can't love anyone that you want to leave Peel me down four shells I keep the board right outside The challis is dry As dry as your bones Maybe I'll sleep inside Try to take Finalize Me and my jealousy Brought a sign Won't be here when son arrives As black as the sky Demanding your lives Dope me second time Bury you for my crimes Me and my jealousy Brought aside Won't be here when sun arrive I can show you what it's like But I can't tell you what it meansAlways High4:02Lyrics
I don't know what it is about you You're choking on your own design And if I ever have to doubt you It would be bad Don't take me by a bank or houses You know that I am always high The semen in his hair and couches He's dripping like an open vein The lesson learned in little sections But still on time Don't mention this to any cops 'cause They'll know that I am always high On the way to start a fire Doesn't matter who gets burned Sure do stink of frying matter Should I not have had a cup full Take a look at the dawn of Saturn I won't say it 'cause I know you're gonna take me high You know that I am always high I could I could save on air I'm saving on air And I'll learn about AIDS I'm saving on air away I save I save by day I day I day I I'm talking about popping the canon all the time I'll save on air I'll learn about AIDS yeah I'll save on air awayMaybe2:57Lyrics
Maybe I should have told you Maybe I couldn't hide my hurt Maybe I'm all updated Maybe I should have changed my shirt Maybe you're quite the quandary Maybe I'll go upstairs for awhile Maybe I'm all updated Maybe I'll hide behind my smile Maybe I'll stay behind it I couldn't feed anyone anything right or wrong When I feel my energy vanishing That'd be terrible Maybe I am contagious Maybe your phone ain't on the line Maybe I'm almost perfect Maybe I'm just a waste of life Maybe it's always moving Maybe it's always stay in line Maybe I'm all updated Maybe I'm not afraid to die Maybe I'm never sorry I couldn't feel anything anywhere right or wrong When I fear my energy vanishing And you're responsibleBFC1:40Lyrics
Big fat cow grazin' in the grass Got a terrible fever and a very big ass Don't know the difference between rubbin' and a scratch oh no Big fat cow lickin' off the ground Moo to yourself 'cause you like the sound Smells like the shit of garbage hound oh yeah You are the home of freedom Big fat cow livin' in the past Gonna pray every day that the memory lasts Stars and stripes are overcast uh huh Big fat cow color TV has burned in the image of what you should be Totally glad you aren't like me oh yeah You are the home of freedom Not concerned with the image you're projecting to outsiders5 Day Weekend3:24Lyrics
I took a 5 day weekend I left myself out rotting But still my heart keeps beating For what I haven't gotten I cooked a load of wanting Outside you hear me bleeding Another holy fountain Could not abide my healing You notice what I got then I think I know this feeling I never felt outrageous I took a 5 day weekend I never knew my neighbors They see me when I'm weeping Don't ever ask no favors Don't even want to meet them Don't ever hold your hard in Don't ever bust no feelings You bit a poison apple I took a 5 day weekend I had a good old car crash I sang I'm Only Sleeping Nobody saw my old valve 'Cause everyone was freaking You notice what I got then I think I know this feeling I went to bed outrageous I took a 5 day weekend

