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Crash

by Stop The Car

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1.
BLACK IS THE COLOUR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HEART (Utley) She's my bad addiction Can't leave it alone Jet black loose strap death trap Can't leave it alone She says love me And I love her even though she lies She says hold me Darling, I will stay forever We will always be together She's slow-motion murder Can't leave it alone Blood red skin shed death bed Can't leave it alone She says hold me And I drink the sorrow from her eyes Fuck me holy Can we stay this way forever Can we always be together I'm so alive when I'm in her arms But it's all a lie She's so close, but I can't hold her She's my own Medusa But my heart is the stone Snow white skin tight last night Can't leave it alone She says warm me For the night is black and I'm so cold Hold me, hold me Nothing ever lasts forever We will never be together
2.
Lovestruck 02:20
LOVESTRUCK (English) I have no reason to be hopeful That he could ever feel the same How can he notice one so humble? Why should he even know my name? (I'm lovestruck) The music when he's speaking (Lovestruck) The way his jackets fit (Lovestruck) I don't know what he's seeking (Lovestruck) I wish that I were it For days on end I hope to see him On the off chance his eyes meet mine Walking with girls that don't deserve him I watch him closely for my sign (I'm lovestruck) My heart and soul are captive (Lovestruck) My body feels so free (Lovestruck) His presence brings on rapture (Lovestruck) His absence tortures me My friends all say that I am foolish They say I'll have myself to blame Once we're together I'll discover Having and wanting aren't the same I'm lovestruck
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Confession 03:58
CONFESSION (Utley) I cannot justify the things that I've done wrong All I can do is try to do better from now on I want to lay this burden down I want to lay this burden down I'm not the man I see reflected in your eyes But I will try to be until the day I die I want to lay this burden down I want to lay this burden down I've found a love that I can call my own Day after day I've found somewhere that I can call my home And I want to stay I stand outside your door and watch you while you sleep So pure and beautiful, it drives me to my knees I want to lay this burden down I want to lay this burden down
4.
MARRIED TO FATE (English) I want to be alone with you And say the things that you would rather not hear I want to be alone with you And tour the corners where you keep your fear I want to peel back layer on layer on layer on layer of personality I want to hold in my hand that man that little toy fragile toy you must be I'm gonna turn my back on you Until you tell me what I want to know I'm gonna turn my back on you For today you reap what you used to sow I want to break you on down, down around my feet like the dirt that you are to me Want you to know how it goes when your lifeline crumbles at your feet like honesty Oh, you should have played nice, now we both have a cross to bear Why didn't you think twice? How could you be so unfair? All I ever did was love you. Love surely makes for purest hate With a single decision you married us both to fate I've had about enough of you Yes, I have satisfied my appetite I've had about enough of you Well, maybe I could manage one more bite It seems the tide has turned have you learned you get burned if you play with fire long enough? The Man of Steel has a heel like Achilles and it seems to me you never were all that tough
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INVISIBLE FENCE (English) Don't you hide your face from me There's something there that I might see If I find that it's not there I wonder if I'll even care STRING ME ALONG, WILL YOU? DAY AFTER DAY I SPEND MY TIME BETWEEN HOPEFULLNESS AND AGONY WHY TREAT ME THIS WAY? You and me, we once made sense Before you put up your defense You tell me that you still care But when I call you're never there STRING ME ALONG, WILL YOU? TIME AFTER TIME HOW CAN YOU INSIST THE WEDGE BETWEEN US CAN'T EXIST? I AM NOT BLIND I guess I've finally seen the light So this won't end with a fight I'll have to be the strong one here And make my own self disappear
7.
HOW (DO I LET YOU GO)? (Utley) How do I stop the world from spinning 'round? How do I stop the river's flow? How do I stop the rain from falling down? How do I melt the winter snow? How do I let you go? How do I stop my heart from shattering? How do I face another day? How do I stop these thoughts that torture me? How, how do I turn and walk away? Tell me how do I let you go? Nobody ever took me higher Or ever laid me quite as low You are my one and true desire I never dreamed that you would go How do I stop the world from spinning 'round? How do I stop the river's flow? How do I stop the rain from falling down? How, how, how do I melt the winter snow? Please tell me how do I let you go?
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IT'S IN YOUR HEAD (English) If wading through the bullshit seems to be a full-time job And every chance at happiness is stepped on by some slob If apathy and rudeness are reflected everywhere And you would die of shock to meet another soul who cares Hold on to what you know is true What's coming at you comes from you Do not forget why we're all here The answer's clear If love for fellow men and women seems a trite cliche And tolerance for others' flaws ebbs lower every day If life exhausts your energy and leaves you without hope And you are sliding backward down depression's slippery slope Hold on to those who you can trust You'll leave the losers in the dust Just like all things, this too will pass It just won't last If people seem like robots with computer chips for souls And every baby starts its life from six feet down a hole Before you throw your hands up or complain that you're not free Wake up and realize perception is reality Hold on to knowing right from wrong What doesn't kill you makes you strong Why wait for heaven 'til you're dead? It's in your head
9.
IN ANSWER TO 'A' (English) Here we are drowning in a river of dreams We are alive, yet we're not living it seems Fear strikes deep So routine we keep If we took a chance we could end up hurt If we left the ground we'd long for the dirt Days, years, pass without their promise realized Talents fade. One day we'll look up as though surprised Youth and beauty gone Others carry on In another world would it be the same? Can you change a thing if you change its name? Stop the car, the scenery is rushing by too fast I can't seem to find out how to make the good times last Courage comes so late Can we change our fate? If I knew the words I would cast the spell But the ones who know aren't the ones who tell
10.
Nothing 03:34
NOTHING (Utley) I got it bad, girl, this evening Nothing much to say My eyes are filled with night time but the stars have gone away I've got a hole the size of you inside my heart And there is nothing I can do It's torn apart Now every day lasts a lifetime and everyone is strange Nothing's really different Only everything has changed I've got a hole the size of you inside my heart And there is nothing I can do It's torn apart
11.
SUFFERIN' BASTARD (English) A sufferin' bastard walks down my street Instant karma chained to his feet He's got no lovelife, he can't find work Even his mother thinks he's a jerk No matter what he tries, it always fails He's on the lighter side of Justice's scales It's like a bad dream between his ears If he weren't funny, he'd bring you to tears He's got no talent, he's got no skill He could be dangerous if he had will If not for charity, he'd surely die But better it be him than you or I Sufferin' bastard can't get a break No second chances he can take He's got no friends and he's got no class Even his dreams are purely crass If not for charity, he'd surely die But better it be him than you or I
12.
Stay Awake 06:07
STAY AWAKE (English) Leave your bed behind, in the night go wandering Out here you will find the searchers are gathering Thin, silvery lines connect to the other world Out here you can fly with a breath and a word In the daytime, you won't believe So stay awake tonight Your own Neverland glows in fields of white and black It awaits your hand exploring its every track Others you will meet, pure soul without substance You look at your feet and grin at their absence In the daytime, you won't believe So stay awake tonight

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Recorded at Ultrasuede Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio in September 1999.

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released October 31, 1999

Mark Utley - vocals, guitars
Melissa English - vocals
Vincent Hammerstein - bass
Kevin Hartnell - drums, keyboards

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Stop The Car Cincinnati, Ohio

Neo-psychedelic graveyard garage music. STOP THE CAR was formed in 1984 in Evansville, IN. Their music and theatrical live performances enjoyed considerable local success. They relocated to Nashville in 1989, split up in 1991, and reformed in Cincinnati from 1997-99. They performed reunion shows in 2005, 2006, and 2007, and now have a 2019 reunion show in the works. ... more

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