Use Your Illusion II

(slash / rose)


Hey you caught me in a coma
And i don't think i wanna
Ever come back to this...world again
Kinda like it in a coma
'cause no one's ever gonna
Oh, make me come back to this...world again
Now i feel as if i'm floating away
I can't feel all the pressure
And i like it this way
But my body's callin'
My body's callin'
Won't ya come back to this...world again
Suspended deep in a sea of black
I've got the light at the end
I've got the bones on the mast
Well i've gone sailin', i've gone sailin'
I could leave so easily
While friends are calling back to me
I said they're
They're leaving it all up to me
When all i needed was clarity
And someone to tell me
What the fuck is going on
Goddamn it!


Slippin' farther an farther away
It's a miracle how long we can stay
In a world our minds created
In a world that's full of shit


Help me
Help me
Help me
Help me
Bastard


Please understand me
I'm climbin' through the wreckage
Of all my twisted dreams
But this cheap investigation just can't
Stifle all my screams
And i'm waitin' at the crossroads
Waiting for you
Waiting for you
Where are you


No one's gonna bother me anymore
No one's gonna mess with my head no more
I can't understand what all the fightin's for
But it's so nice here down off the shore
I wish you could see this
'cause there's nothing to see
It's peaceful here and it's fine with me
Not like the world where i used to live
I never really wanted to live


Zap him again
Zap the son of a bitch again


Ya live your life like it's a coma
So won't you tell me why we'd wanna
With all the reasons you give it's
It's kinda hard to believe
But who am i to tell you that i've seen
Any reason why you should stay
Maybe we'd be better off without you anyway


You got a one way ticket
On your last chance ride
Gotta one way ticket
To your suicide
Gotta one way ticket
An there's no way out alive
An all this crass communication
That has left you in the cold
Isn't much for consolation
When you feel so weak and old
But is home is where the heart is
Then there's stories to be told
No you don't need a doctor
No one else can heal your soul


Got your mind in submission
Got your life on the line
But nobody pulled the trigger
They just stepped aside
They be down by the water
While you watch 'em waving goodbye
They be callin' in the morning
They be hangin' on the phone
They be waiting for an answer
When you know nobody's home
And when the bell's stopped ringing
It was nobody's fault but your own
There were always ample warnings
There were always subtle signs
And you would have seen it comin'
But we gave you too much time
And when you said that no one's listening
Why'd your best friend drop a dime
Sometimes we get so tired of waiting
For a way to spend our time
An "it's so easy" to be social
"it's so easy" to be cool
Yeah it's easy to be hungry
When you ain't got shit to lose
And i wish that i could help you
With what you hope to find
But i'm still out here waiting
Watching reruns of my life
When you reach the point of breaking
Know it's gonna take some time
To heal the broken memories
That another man would need
Just to survive

(slash / lank / rose)


Don't damn me
When i speak a piece of my mind
'cause silence isn't golden
When i'm holding it inside
'cause i've been where i have been
An i've seen what i have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'cause it's all a part of me


Be it a song or casual conversation
To hold my tongue speaks
Of quiet reservations
Your words once heard
They can place you in a faction
My words may disturb
But at least there's a reaction


Sometimes i wanna kill
Sometimes i wanna die
Sometimes i wanna destroy
Sometimes i wanna cry
Sometimes i could get even
Sometimes i could give up
Sometimes i could give
Sometimes i never give a fuck


It's only for a while
I hope you understand
I never wanted this to happen
Didn't want to be a man
So i hid inside my world
I took what i could find
I cried when i was lonely
I fell down when i was blind


But don't damn me
When i speak a piece of my mind
'cause silence isn't golden
When i'm holding it inside
'cause i've been where i have been
An i've seen what i have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'cause it's all a part of me


How can i ever satisfy you
An how can i ever make you see
That deep inside we're all somebody
An it don't matter who you wanna be
But now i gotta smile i hope you comprehend
For this man can say it happened
'cause this child has been condemned
So i stepped into your world
I kicked you in the mind
An i'm the only witness
To the nature of my crime


But look at what we've done
To the innocent and young
Whoa listen to who's talking
'cause we're not the only ones
The trash collected by the eyes
And dumped into the brain
Said it tears into our conscious thoughts
You tell me who's to blame


I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'
An i know you don't wanna hear me deny
That your satisfaction lies in your illusion
But your delusions are yours and not mine
We take for granted we know the whole story
We judge a book by its cover
And read what we want
Between selected lines


Don't hail me
An don't idolize the ink
Or i've failed in my attentions
Can you find the missing link
Your only validation is living your own life
Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time
So i send this song to the offended
I said what i meant and i've never pretended
As so many others do intending just to please
If i damned your point of view
Could you turn the other cheek


But don't damn me
When i speak a piece of my mind
'cause silence isn't golden
When i'm holding it inside
'cause i've been where i have been
An i've seen what i have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'cause it's all a part of me
Don't damn me
I said don't damn me
I said don't hail me
Don't damn me

(stradlin / arkeen)


I can't stop thinkin'
Thinking 'bout sinkin'
Sinkin' down into my bed
I call my mother
She's just a cunt now
She said i'm sick in the head
She said you ain't special
So who you foolin'
Don't try ta give me a line
But i can't stop thinkin' 'bout
Seein' ya one more time
(oh no)
But i already left you
And you're better off left behind


It's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind
It's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind


Too bad you're fucked up


I used to be wasted
Always tried to take it
Take it down into my vein
I call the doctor
He's just another
He said i'm sick in the brain
He said you ain't special
So who you foolin'
Don't try ta give me a line
But i can't stop thinkin' 'bout
Doin' it one more time
(oh no)
But i already left you
And you're better off left behind
(oh yeah)


Aw it's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind
It's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind


So bad...


Boy


It's a
It's a
Heads up
It's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind
Now it's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind


But i can't stop thinkin' 'bout
Doin' it one more time
(oh no)
See i already left you
And you're better off left behind
(oh no, oh no)
It's a bad obsession
And you're always messin' my mind
See i already left you
And you're better off left behind
Uh huh...no


Maybe you'll do better next time
Punk!!

(stradlin / slash / rose)


Kickin' back in the shadows
Got no need for the light
Who's sorry now old timer
Look at how you've spent your life
Scroungin' for change
To put some money in your pocket
My how scratch does burn
Laughin' at the suckers as you pissed it away


But i got the time and i got the muscle
I got the need to lay it all on the line
I ain't afraid of your smoke screen hustle
It's a perfect crime
Goddamn it it's a perfect crime
Motherfucker it's a perfect crime
I said it's perfect


Keep the demons down
And drag the skeletons out
I got a blind man followin' me in chains
I said he's fun to watch
When the world has stopped
An i think he's got somethin' to say
"you wanna fuck with me, don't fuck with me
'cause i'm what you'll be so don't fuck with me
If you had better sense
You'd step aside from the bad side of me
Don't fuck wit'da bad side o' me
Stay away from the bad side o' me
Don't fuck wit'da bad side"


T minus 1:09 and counting


Ostracized but that's all right
I was thinkin' about somethin' myself


1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8


Call on everybody who's got last rites
Said it's better
If you locked 'em away
Runnin' through the visons
At the speed of light
Won't ya let me be
Motherfucker just let me be
Goddamn it better let me be
Don't ya know ya better let me be...


Perfect crime
Goddamn it it's a perfect crime
Motherfucker it's a perfect crime
Don't cha know
It's a perfect crime

(paul and linda mccartney)


When you were young
And your heart was an open book
You used to say live and let live
You know you did
You know you did
You know you did
But if this ever changin
In which we live in
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
Live and let die


What does it matter to ya
When ya got a job to do
Ya got to do it well
You got to give the other fella hell


You used to say live and let live
You know you did
You know you did
You know you did
But if this ever changin
In which we live in
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
Live and let die

(stradlin / rose)


Talk to me softly
There's something in your eyes
Don't hang your head in sorrow
And please don't cry
I know how you feel inside i've
I've been there before
Somethin's changin' inside you
And don't you know


Don't you cry tonight
I still love you baby
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight


Give me a whisper
And give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you
Tell me goodbye
Don't you take it so hard now
And please don't take it so bad
I'll still be thinkin' of you
And the times we had...baby


And don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight


And please remember that i never lied
And please remember
How i felt inside now honey
You gotta make it your own way
But you'll be alright now sugar
You'll feel better tomorrow
Come the morning light now baby


And don't you cry tonight
An don't you cry tonight
An don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry
Don't you ever cry
Don't you cry tonight
Baby maybe someday
Don't you cry
Don't you ever cry
Don't you cry
Tonight

(stradlin)


I tried so hard just to get through to you
But your head's so far
From the realness of truth
Was it just a come on in the dark
Wasn't meant to last long
I think you've worn your welcome honey
I'll just see you along as i sing you this song


Time can pass slowly,
Things always change
You day's been numbered
And i've read your last page
You was just a temporary lover
Honey you ain't the first
Lots of others came before you woman
Said but you been the worst
Sa' you been the worst


So goodbye to you girl
So long, farewell
I can't hear you cryin'
Your jivin's been hell
So look for me walkin'
Down your street at night
I'll be in with another
Deep down inside
Deep down inside

(stradlin)


Found a head and an arm in da garbage can
Don't know why i'm here
Livin' on the run for oh so long
I gotta go collect
Double talkin' jive
Get the money motherfucker
'cause i got no more patience
Double talkin'
-i got (lies)-
No more patience man


Back in town an'a all new friends
They sayin' how ya been?
Fucked up and outta place
That's how i felt back then
Double talkin' jive
Get the money motherfucker
'cause i got no more patience
Double talkin'
-i got (lies)-
No more patience man
You dig what i'm sayin'?!