Lyrics from Harmony and Dissidence, JU's sophomore album. No infringement intended, all lyrics © Chris Shiflett/Jake Jackson Entertainment, Inc.
We're gonna march on Washington
The people's will shall be done
Wage war on everyone
The devil's work must be undone
Oh-oh
Stand up and listen
A true patriot's mission
This war of attrition now
We'll keep on marching on
K Street burns while the working poor sing
Follow the money into the West Wing
This is the rapture you've been waiting for
Now disappear into your holy war
Oh-oh
Why don't you listen?
A true patriot's mission
This war of attrition now
We'll keep on marching on
Into the street, thru the crowd,
you keep running
Beating you back til you're gone,
we keep coming
Undertow
Some things never change
Some things never change
Lonely and deranged
Some things stay the same
What would you say?
What would you do?
Yesterday these lies were true
Hope fades away for me and you
A harder way I'm coming to
I'll just wait til you're asleep
To spill my secrets to me
I Pretend that I don't see you there
Pretend you're gone
I Pretend that I don't really care
Pretend you're wrong
I misunderstood the power of
a guilty conscience
And would you like to know
What really haunts us?
And could you let the big things go?
The power of the undertow
I'll wait til you're alseep
To spill my secrets to me
I Pretend that I don't see you there
Pretend you're gone
I Pretend that I don't really care
Pretend you're wrong
It's a peace I never knew
I'll battle til I'm blue
Alone forever true
Only to me
Everybody loves rock and roll
But they never stick around for long
they get tired of the same old song
All the gold just turns to stone
Black Regrets
So sick of lying about it
But can't live without it
Keeps up the pulse in my veins now
Heart in mouth and it just keeps on beating
It's stuck on repeaating
The way that your name sounds
I don't want nothing to do with me
But I'm acting alone again
And your lament
"you can't repent
for the sins of another"
the wedding dress
the black regrets
will do nothing but smother us
You push when I push back
You should feel like you act
You should pause for a moment together
Breathe it in til you choke
Every lie in your throat
every stick in the spokes
sends you over now
when your planes are all crashing down
on a long distance lover
Now you're waiting alone
At the back of the room
Try not to wonder why
When you call out his name
Only nothing remains
Try not to wonder why
feels so good and it's true
Such a simple fuck you
Feels so good and it's true
It's the worst we could do
Lifeboat
What did you think that you'd get with me?
What did you think that you still needed?
Is this everything you wished it'd be?
That we could both just be defeated?
I don't remember birthday cards
I don't remember Easter weekend
I never said this wasn't hard
But my resolve is getting weakened
And if you're tired of waiting
Well you can rest your heart right on this needle
And when we're all deflated
We'll sink in good company
We're stranded out so deep
Hurry up, this lifeboat might be sinking
Don't you let it all go wrong
Could you admmit you were strong
Enough to swallow your pride
Enough to be completely finished
I could just lay here and die
You could just stay there and live it
Trigger Happy
Start at the ending
You should give up all defending
A losing battle never ending
The beginning of your war
There's s no backing down now
An arrogance, you're found out
You're frowning on your way out
Still clinging to the door
Y'know you laugh when you talk about it
But you're just scared
But you don't care
I don't believe in
The nation you're deceiving
Hypocrisy in bredding
Ideology assured
Just thiink for a moment
Of the other side you torment
Y'know human life is holy
Cast aside
Could you pull the trigger?
Could you pull the trigger?
Could you pull the trigger on me?
White Flag Burning
Cursed your name today
Spit your words away
Gonna breathe this change
I will re-arrange
Wanna speak my mind
Fear won't keep me blind
Shift the blame from me
Crossed this bridge in peace
White flag stained witih red
Time to count the dead
Ambulance delayed
Hope gets in the way
I can feel the road
running faster
Feel it on my own
I'll outlast you
Cursed your name today
Spit your words away
White flag stained with red
Time to count the dead
Ambulance delayed
Hope gets in the way
I can feel the road
running faster
Feel it on my own
I'll outlast you
Don't laugh, I can hear you crying
Don't look, staring at the wall
Don't touch, you could never catch me
Do nothing at all
Stitching
Last time I saw you
Said you were on the mend
I guess you were just
Lying again
That's ok cuz
I Lie like that too
I like to pretend
That I'm better than you
But you know we've got the same black heart
The same black stitching that we pull apart
What was the final straw?
The last thing you could take?
I knew you'd leave us soon
But you were still awake
When the second shot was fired?
A wish that's now expired
Finally ringing true
Left us without you
But you know we had the same black heart
The same black stitching that pulled you apart
Now we'll have to do without
Nothing we can do about it
I hope you're happier alone
Now we'll have to do without
Nothing we can do about it
I hope you found a better home
The Land Without Law
Hey Cesar
When are you picking us up?
Cuz we got
Flights that we gotta miss
Waves to catch
We need sleep and we're pissed
Gotta go
Cuz we've been dreaming of this
Hi-voltage running thru my lips
And I don't give a fuck about the p.a. system
The president is taking you off the grid
Well I hope you survive the neo-liberal threats
Breaking down
Coming up unwound
In the end
What the fuck are we supposed to do?
Blowing a fuse
Hey Cesar
I'm not trying to complain
But I've got
To try to heal this pain
and I'm sick
those shots went straight to my brain
Dougie kicks the city thru the rain
The subway burns with celebration fumes
And we'll run as fast as we can to the hotel room
This ain't my first time in this third world fight
And there's no time to rest when we can
dance all night
What matters most to you?
The Day that No One Smiled
The hardest rain won't erase
The bittersweet slap to your face
Resentment that you can taste
Resentment that you can't fake
Who's faking it now?
Revisionist, untrue
Theey laugh and they lie to you
The truth is understood and overdue
Long distance, "he'll be right with you"
Spin the verdict, tighten the noose
You never have to wait for good news
I wouldn't want to be in my shoes
Still standing...
"What should we do now?"
They turn to me somehow
As I lose my poker face
And stop pretending
That I know which way to turn
An unforgiving burn
Suffocates us, fills my lungs
An inferno
Damn You
In the teeth thru the heart you just got me
On my knees and I'm so jaded
I'd hit back but I'm deflated
I'm listening, listening with different ears
Smiling but oh so guarded
Scabbed up in all the right places
I'm just passing time
Waiting for the chance just to hit right thru you
So...
Damn you and the shit that you put me thru
Revenge I'm dreaming a nightmare
It might take a sweet, sweet while
You're gonna get what you got coming at ya
You're gonna walk the longest mile
Waiting for the chance to just hit right thru you
So...
Damn you and the shit that you put me thru
Fuck you and the shit that you put me thru
Like a Bomb
Wait--if it's a hassle
Then I can leave you hostile
Embrace less and less often
Distaste almost forgotten
Stop on a dime or just let yourself listen
Wasting your time on an old inquisition
Surrender all of your ammunition
Or rip like a bomb thru me
Break this broken record
First place you hold the last wword
You Can't Have It
The warning signs were all there
The tingling on end hair
The loudest voice was your own
The oil fields were burning
The wheels of commerce turning
The king sat smiling on his throne
But you're lleft out on your own
v Told to love the hate you're thrown
We're throwing out the tyrants...
Is this the life that you want?
Is this the world that you want?
Is this the love that you take for granted?
Is this the life that you take?
The world you want but you can't have it
Marginalized and suppressed
"How could you criticize us?"
devoted to a higher cause
not made of flag waving
troop support and blind faith
we'll lead the charge, the coup d'etat
wrap the propaganda
in any flag you want to
keep their eyes shut
scared of everything