The Belligerents by Lower than LoFi
(1988 to 1990)
The Belligerents were:
Don Brown - drums/vocals
Thomas William - guitar/vocals
Paul Z. - bass
Peter Bergman - guitar
Tracklist
| 1. | Same Ole Blue | 5:36 |
| 2. | Waiting for the Bus | 3:48 |
| 3. | Faultline | 4:35 |
| 4. | Darker Days | 3:42 |
| 5. | Half Eaten Apple (In just one Bite) | 4:40 |
| 6. | Without Me | 4:08 |
| 7. | Regret | 2:52 |
| 8. | Dont Forget the Rabbit | 4:31 |
| 9. | Gloria (Van Morrisson cover) | 3:46 |
| 10. | Ticket to Ride (the Beatles cover) | 2:44 |
| 11. | Darker Days (Thomas William DEMO) | 3:15 |
| 12. | Dave's got V.D. | 1:53 |
| 13. | Fellowship of Losers | 4:11 |
| 14. | Ferris Wheel | 3:04 |
| 15. | Plymouth Horizon | 3:57 |
| 16. | Half Eaten Apple in just one Bite (Thomas William DEMO) | 4:38 |
| 17. | She Just Wants to be Wanted | 5:14 |
| 18. | Vicious Circle | 2:53 |
Credits
released May 5, 1991
1
Same Old Blue
------------------------
Think not which
But something else
Chasing dreams
Of unattainable wealth
In a world all gone and mad
Wanting something
I'll Never have
So find it in your soul
When you're in my shoes
Nothing important
Nothing new
In the same ol' way
The penguin flew
This here is a life song
To the same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
My dreams fall
Like drops of rain
Never win in this
Endless game
I tried my best
But I stumbled
I'm single and I'm
Seeing double
In this world…etc.
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
[BRIDGE]
I've smoked a million
Packs of cigarettes
I've got my money
On the table but
Lost all my bets
One day maybe
Someday soon
I'll finally win again
[LEAD]
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
# # # # #
Words and Music by:
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music -
1988 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
2
Waiting For The Bus
—-------------------------
We weren't baptized
By Elvis living off handouts
Help us we're too blind
To see the writing on the wall
We laid claim to an empty keg
Too intoxicated to break a leg
Always bowing out
In the station's civic stalls
Waiting For The Bus
It ain't stopping for us
Waiting For The Bus
Going nowhere or bust
[BRIDGE]
# # # # #
Words and Music by:
Peter Bergman,
Don Brown,
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music
1988 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
# # # # #
3
Faultline
—--------
Ever since I was a little kid
People pointed at me
Scrutinized the things
That I did
Always playing the part
Of the scapegoat
One foot in the water
The other trailing off
In the boat
Jumping the candle
Too close to the flame
Never burnt but blamed
Living on a faultline
It's no fault of mine
Faultline
Damned to do the time
Faultline
Never can find
A good place to hide
Never enough time
To figure out an alibi
# # # # #
Words and Music by:
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
# # # # #
4
Dark Side of the Day
—-------------------------
Ain’t you ever woken up
On the dark side of the Day
Evening comes too soon
Concealing it all away today
Wash away the bitter taste
This brings into your mouth
There are somethings that
You really should never do without
Keep your head on down
Head on down head on down
To the river keep your head
On down keep it down
Head on down to the river
Ain’t you ever woken up
With your head underground
My only move is to get
The fuck outta this town is
# # # # #
Words and Music by:
Peter Bergnan,
Don Brown
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
# # # # #
7
Regret
—-------
v1.
I just sit & wonder
On the other side
Memories seem fonder
From this cage
I need to escape
Nothing more
Than saving face
In my life I’ve seen
A number of sunsets
And I like the
Age Old Mariner
I live with many regrets
c1.
I regret I ever knew you
I regret I ever did
I regret the time we spent
A time I could have lived
I regret I ever knew you
I regret the way I behaved
I want to take back everything
To you that I gave
v2.
I just sit & wonder
What I missed out
Still have my doubts
Start and see life as a new
See more than missing
I’ll be wanting you
#. #. #. #. #
Words and Music by:
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2024
# # # # #
10
Unhappy New Year
--------------------------
Another year
Another dull
Maybe next year
We'll make it
A little farther
I'm just fine
In this little space
Take another punch
Upon my chin
I'm just wishing you
An unhappy new year
And I hope its a good one too
I'm just wishing you
An unhappy new year
With a little luck
We'll make it through
#. #. #. #. #
Written by Paul Z
Anton and
Thomas William
℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
#. #. #. #. #
11
Don't Forget The Rabbit
--------------------------------------
Don't forget the rabbit
He's got some
Really naughty habits
Like trampling
Your flowers
On Easter's day
He'll set the world
A spinning in his mind
He is a winning
It's a time of love
And it's the month of may
In my mind the flowers grow
While I can only dose
I need these things
To help me grow faster
I'll never lose my summit
From this perch
I will surely plummet
Subjugated jokes and laughter
His desires have come to the front
I refuse to join
In the hunt
I promise I won't fail this test
But unlike the rabbit
I'm bound to dammit
I need these things
To help me grow faster
I need these things
To help me grow faster
To see above
Their jokes and laughter
In the morning
The flowers call
While I can only
Stumble and fall
The rabbit
He does his best
I'll never lose this summit
From this perch
I'm prepared to plummet
Subjugated jokes and laughter
His desires have come to the front
I'm prepared to join
In the hunt
I promise I won't fail this test
R-A-B-B-I-T
That is what it means to me
F-U-C-K-I-N-G
C'MON CAN'T YOU SEE?
Don't forget the rabbit
Don't forget the rabbit
He's got some
Really naughty habits
Don't forget the rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
#. # #. #. #
Words & Music by:
Don Brown, Peter Bergman,
Paul Anton Z &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic ©2023
#. # #. #. #
Don't Forget The Rabbit
—-----------------------------
Don't forget the rabbit
He's got some to
Really naughty habits
Like trampling
Your flowers
On Easter's day
He'll set the world
A spinning in his mind
He is a winning
It's a time of love
And it's the month of may
In my mind the flowers grow
While I can only dose
I need these things
To help me grow faster
I'll never lose my summit
From this perch
I will surely plummet
Subjugated jokes and laughter
His desires have come to the front
I refuse to join
In the hunt
I promise I won't fail this test
But unlike the rabbit
I'm bound to dammit
I need these things
To help me grow faster
I need these things
To help me grow faster
To see above
Their jokes and laughter
In the morning
The flowers call
While I can only
Stumble and fall
The rabbit
He does his best
I'll never lose this summit
From this perch
I'm prepared to plummet
Subjugated jokes and laughter
His desires have come to the front
I'm prepared to join
In the hunt
I promise I won't fail this test
R-A-B-B-I-T
That is what it means to me
F-U-C-K-I-N-G
C'MON CAN'T YOU SEE?
Don't forget the rabbit
Don't forget the rabbit
He's got some
Really naughty habits
Don't forget the rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
#. # #. #. #
Words & Music by:
Don Brown, Peter Bergman,
Paul Anton Z &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic ©2023
#. # #. #. #
The Belligerents were:
Don Brown - drums/vocals
Thomas William - guitar/vocals
Paul Z. - bass
Peter Bergman - guitar
1
Same Old Blue
------------------------
Think not which
But something else
Chasing dreams
Of unattainable wealth
In a world all gone and mad
Wanting something
I'll Never have
So find it in your soul
When you're in my shoes
Nothing important
Nothing new
In the same ol' way
The penguin flew
This here is a life song
To the same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
My dreams fall
Like drops of rain
Never win in this
Endless game
I tried my best
But I stumbled
I'm single and I'm
Seeing double
In this world…etc.
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
[BRIDGE]
I've smoked a million
Packs of cigarettes
I've got my money
On the table but
Lost all my bets
One day maybe
Someday soon
I'll finally win again
[LEAD]
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
Same old blue
# # # # #
Words and Music by:
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music -
1988 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
2
Waiting For The Bus
—-------------------------
We weren't baptized
By Elvis living off handouts
Help us we're too blind
To see the writing on the wall
We laid claim to an empty keg
Too intoxicated to break a leg
Always bowing out
In the station's civic stalls
Waiting For The Bus
It ain't stopping for us
Waiting For The Bus
Going nowhere or bust
[BRIDGE]
# # # # #
Words and Music by:
Peter Bergman,
Don Brown,
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music
1988 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
# # # # #
3
Faultline
—--------
Ever since I was a little kid
People pointed at me
Scrutinized the things
That I did
Always playing the part
Of the scapegoat
One foot in the water
The other trailing off
In the boat
Jumping the candle
Too close to the flame
Never burnt but blamed
Living on a faultline
It's no fault of mine
Faultline
Damned to do the time
Faultline
Never can find
A good place to hide
Never enough time
To figure out an alibi
# # # # #
Words and Music by:
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
# # # # #
4
Dark Side of the Day
—-------------------------
Ain’t you ever woken up
On the dark side of the Day
Evening comes too soon
Concealing it all away today
Wash away the bitter taste
This brings into your mouth
There are somethings that
You really should never do without
Keep your head on down
Head on down head on down
To the river keep your head
On down keep it down
Head on down to the river
Ain’t you ever woken up
With your head underground
My only move is to get
The fuck outta this town is
# # # # #
Words and Music by:
Peter Bergnan,
Don Brown
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
# # # # #
7
Regret
—-------
v1.
I just sit & wonder
On the other side
Memories seem fonder
From this cage
I need to escape
Nothing more
Than saving face
In my life I’ve seen
A number of sunsets
And I like the
Age Old Mariner
I live with many regrets
c1.
I regret I ever knew you
I regret I ever did
I regret the time we spent
A time I could have lived
I regret I ever knew you
I regret the way I behaved
I want to take back everything
To you that I gave
v2.
I just sit & wonder
What I missed out
Still have my doubts
Start and see life as a new
See more than missing
I’ll be wanting you
#. #. #. #. #
Words and Music by:
Paul Z. Anton &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2024
# # # # #
10
Unhappy New Year
--------------------------
Another year
Another dull
Maybe next year
We'll make it
A little farther
I'm just fine
In this little space
Take another punch
Upon my chin
I'm just wishing you
An unhappy new year
And I hope its a good one too
I'm just wishing you
An unhappy new year
With a little luck
We'll make it through
#. #. #. #. #
Written by Paul Z
Anton and
Thomas William
℗ 52music
TowilMusic © 2025
#. #. #. #. #
11
Don't Forget The Rabbit
--------------------------------------
Don't forget the rabbit
He's got some
Really naughty habits
Like trampling
Your flowers
On Easter's day
He'll set the world
A spinning in his mind
He is a winning
It's a time of love
And it's the month of may
In my mind the flowers grow
While I can only dose
I need these things
To help me grow faster
I'll never lose my summit
From this perch
I will surely plummet
Subjugated jokes and laughter
His desires have come to the front
I refuse to join
In the hunt
I promise I won't fail this test
But unlike the rabbit
I'm bound to dammit
I need these things
To help me grow faster
I need these things
To help me grow faster
To see above
Their jokes and laughter
In the morning
The flowers call
While I can only
Stumble and fall
The rabbit
He does his best
I'll never lose this summit
From this perch
I'm prepared to plummet
Subjugated jokes and laughter
His desires have come to the front
I'm prepared to join
In the hunt
I promise I won't fail this test
R-A-B-B-I-T
That is what it means to me
F-U-C-K-I-N-G
C'MON CAN'T YOU SEE?
Don't forget the rabbit
Don't forget the rabbit
He's got some
Really naughty habits
Don't forget the rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
#. # #. #. #
Words & Music by:
Don Brown, Peter Bergman,
Paul Anton Z &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic ©2023
#. # #. #. #
Don't Forget The Rabbit
—-----------------------------
Don't forget the rabbit
He's got some to
Really naughty habits
Like trampling
Your flowers
On Easter's day
He'll set the world
A spinning in his mind
He is a winning
It's a time of love
And it's the month of may
In my mind the flowers grow
While I can only dose
I need these things
To help me grow faster
I'll never lose my summit
From this perch
I will surely plummet
Subjugated jokes and laughter
His desires have come to the front
I refuse to join
In the hunt
I promise I won't fail this test
But unlike the rabbit
I'm bound to dammit
I need these things
To help me grow faster
I need these things
To help me grow faster
To see above
Their jokes and laughter
In the morning
The flowers call
While I can only
Stumble and fall
The rabbit
He does his best
I'll never lose this summit
From this perch
I'm prepared to plummet
Subjugated jokes and laughter
His desires have come to the front
I'm prepared to join
In the hunt
I promise I won't fail this test
R-A-B-B-I-T
That is what it means to me
F-U-C-K-I-N-G
C'MON CAN'T YOU SEE?
Don't forget the rabbit
Don't forget the rabbit
He's got some
Really naughty habits
Don't forget the rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
The rabbit
#. # #. #. #
Words & Music by:
Don Brown, Peter Bergman,
Paul Anton Z &
Thomas William Music
1989 ℗ 52music
TowilMusic ©2023
#. # #. #. #
The Belligerents were:
Don Brown - drums/vocals
Thomas William - guitar/vocals
Paul Z. - bass
Peter Bergman - guitar
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