Dead People from Manifest Destiny by The Numbskulls

Frankie's brother got killed. Laid waste to the street. He was somebody’s brother, a mother’s son, a lover. True I didn’t know him at all. It still made me sad though.

Stevie crashed into a brick wall. He told me once what hardcore meant. I hope his kids got to know him. I always thought I’d see him again pumping gas or walking down the street. I knew him a little, I guess. It still made me sad though.

Vincent was my best friend. He liked it simple. He loved his life. He never complained to me once about the things he wished that he could’ve changed. He caught some cancer wasted away in days in front of me. The morphine numbed him but couldn’t help me though.

I don’t want to leave me house. Stalled with fear, this is my life. It’s not my death. I’m a coward for shedding tears. My guilt is by association. We’re all living on borrowed time.

They never caught the guy. Frankie’s brother died without a reason. Another unsolved crime, why waste the time? It could have been me or it could have been you. I know that Frankie was sad. He said so on TV.

I read it in the paper. It was all bad news. It was hard to believe. All the things he did in just 24 years. He died on a sunday, crashed and burned. I always like Stevie. I think he even liked me.

Vincent haunts my dreams. I try not to be scared at night when his painted eyes are watching me. I could have thanked him more before he died, but I just left the room, fuck!

I don’t want to leave me house. Stalled with fear, this is my life. It’s not my death. I’m a coward for shedding tears. My guilt is by association. We’re all living on borrowed time.

Anyone can kill me. They’ll never catch them. My car could explode and I’ll be strapped in safe. Should I quit smoking. Should I quit breathing. Is this nature or evolution or just a fucking plague?
Frankie's brother died. Stevie’s dead and so is Vincent. All the dead people that never mattered. The ones I loved, the ones I knew, and some I didn’t know at all. It still made me sad though. Dead people.

• Rock
• dead people
• punk
• ska
• wormtown
• Worcester