Bleeker Ridge - Small Town Dead

Song: Small Town Dead
Artist: Bleeker Ridge
Album: Small Town Dead

Bleeker Ridge is a Canadian rock band from Orillia, Ontaio.

Small Town Dead is the first single and title track from Bleeker Ridge's debut album, which was released in September of 2010. I think the song is about growing up in a small town, and not wanting to be stuck there for your whole life. The band member's are all really good musicians, and lead singer Taylor Perkins has a great voice. The song is fast, energetic and great to rock out to. The music video shows the band in their hometown of Orillia, where they work boring jobs or hang out in random places.  It alternates between them leaving these places to go play a show and them actually playing a show in the middle of town. In the radio edit the lyrics "My reputation failed and fucked me again / Pack my shit leave this town" are replaced with "My reputation failed and stopped me again / Pack my things leave this town".

"Small Town Dead"

I got the number but my reputation failed
and fucked me again, pack my shit
Leave this town go to a place where no one
Knows who I am

And Why do I get in this situation
And Why do I leave myself to blame yeaah

Oh no there we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
With my back against the wall
Oh no here we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
Small Town Dead!

I like to tell her but to say those words would mean
My cover is blown
What's truth when it doesnt help you
You've got to look after your own

And Why do I get in this situation
And Why do I leave myself to blame yeaah

Oh no there we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
With my back against the wall
Oh no here we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
Small Town Dead!

Growing up never living
A second hand city
Living like this forever
I'm small town dead!

(ooooooh)

Oh no there we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
With my back against the wall
Oh no here we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
Small Town Dead!

Oooooh, I'm small town dead!

Bleeker Ridge - Small Town Dead - Youtube (Music Video)

Apocalyptica - I'm Not Jesus

Song: I'm Not Jesus

Artist: Apocalyptica (Feat. Corey Taylor)

Album: Worlds Collide

Apocalyptica is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki, Finland.

I'm Not Jesus is a single from Apocalyptica's sixth studio album, Worlds Collide, which was released in 2007. As I've said before on other posts about Apocalyptica songs, they have no lead singer and most of their music does not have lyrics. The songs that do have lyrics are sung by guest singers. I'm Not Jesus is sung by Corey Taylor, who is the lead singer of both Slipknot (an American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa) and Stone Sour (an American rock band also from Des Moines, Iowa). The song I'm Not Jesus is sung from the perspective of someone sexually abused as a child by a priest. The song is confrontational toward the priest. Corey is a very good singer of metal and rock. His voice fits this song perfectly. As I've said before I love Apocalyptica's mixture of metal and classical music. This song is loud, angry and the lyrics speak of something truly terrible. I think the song should make people think about what has happened and how we shouldn't let people get away with such abuse just because they are in a position of authority

"I'm Not Jesus"

Dirty little secret
Dirty little lies
Say your prayers and comb your hair
Save your soul tonight

Drift among the faithful
Bury your desires
Aberrations fill your head
You need a place to hide
And I am

Do you remember me?
And the kid I used to be?
Do you remember me?

[Chorus:]
When your world's come crashing down
I want to be there.
Your god is looking down on me!
I'm not Jesus,
Jesus wasn't there!

You could confess it all away,
But it's only shit to me
Your god ain't looking down on me!
I'm not Jesus,
I will not forgive!

No I won't! [2x]

I've thought you were a good man,
I've thought you talked to god.
Your hippocratic, messianic, child abusing, turned satanic.

Do you remember me?
Do you remember me?
And the kid I used to be?
Do you remember?
Do you remember?

[Chorus:]
When your own world comes undone,
Let me be the one to say:
I'm not Jesus,
You can't run away!

And the innocence you spoil
Find a way to live
Your god is looking down on me!
I'm not Jesus
I will not forgive!

I won't forgive.
I won't be whatever you want to.
[2x]

Do you remember me?
And the kid I used to be?
Not the same as I used to be!
Oh, do you remember me?

No!

[Chorus:]
When your world's come crashing down,
I want to be there
Your god is looking down on me
I'm not Jesus
Jesus wasn't there!

You could confess it all away,
But it's only shit to me!
Your god is looking down on me!
I'm not Jesus,
I will not,
I'm not Jesus,
I will not forgive!

Oh, I will not forgive, yeah yeah!
No, I will not forgive!

Apocalyptica - I'm Not Jesus - Youtube (Music Video)

Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become

Song: Animal I Have Become
Artist: Three Days Grace
Album: One X

Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, Ontario.

Animal I Have Become is the first single from Three Days Grace' second studio album One X. The album was released June 13th 2006. The song's lyrics were written by lead vocalist Adam Gontier while he was in CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) for an addiction to the prescription painkiller OxyContin. I think the song is about his addiction and how he felt because of it. About how he became something he didn't want to be. The song is energetic, hard rock, and I really love it. The video shows Adam in bed appearing to have nightmares/hallucinations. It also shows him walking around, looking into mirrors and seeing himself as a monster, alternating with the band playing in a small red and black room.

"Animal I Have Become"

I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)

I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times i've lied
(So many times i've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)

Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become - Youtube (Music Video)