Live for No One

by Tommy Knox

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13 new songs recorded and performed live by Tommy Knox. True to the rough acoustic style. Recordings that pay tribute to the days of the basement tapes, the b sides, the boombox demos. Staying raw as always.

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released 01 November 2012
All songs written and performed live by Tommy Knox c2012

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tags: folk acoustic folk guitar pop rock tommy knox tommyknox99 youtube Schaumburg

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Track Name: Same Old Story (First Paragraph)
Looking out for the reason
Can't think of a hope or cause that I can believe
Blame it on the times or a particular season
Still can't find the reason
I watch the horizon drop down
Trying to hault the thinking but I just can't stop now
mouth full of blasphemy and treason
Cuz I can't find the reason

My mind has taken me by force
Left my body nothing more than a walking corpse
Daydreaming of triumph and glory
But outside it's the same old story the same old story

Looking hard for a purpose
If I'm being honest i feel completely worthless
Blame it on the inside or the surface
Still can't find a pupose
I watch the sky fall towards me
Trying to take the high road but it won't reward me
Head full of hatred I deserve this
I cannot find a purpose

My mind has taken me by force
Left my body nothing more than a walking corpse
Daydreaming of triumph and glory
But outside it's the same old story the same old story
It snuck up and will not let go
Covering the exits I'll never know
If I had something to believe in
I can't find a reason
Track Name: Black Eye
White collars lookin down on me
From high up on their canopy
While I lay underneath the El Train
Collecting debts for the big boss
Barely covering my costs
Another Joe nothing no name

Pinching pennies and spending time
Getting ready for my shot
Here it comes, like it or not
I can see it in my mind

Tell me who to be
Tell me what to see
Tell me when to breathe
Tell me when to bleed
Just keep telling me
Black my eye and split my lip wide open
Think I'm gonna quit? You must be joking
Tell me who I am
Tell me where I stand
Tell me that I can't
Tell me that's it's better if I drop my hands man
Black my eye and split my lip wide open
Think I'm gonna quit? you must be joking

There's a word out on the street
That somebody is looking for me
To take a dive and cash in a check
That's fine underestimate me
When I come I'm sure you'll see
A freight train emerge from the wreck

Laying low and pushing hard
This is my shot
My time has come like it or not
I can feel it inside

The next great champ always seems to come from no where
From a life where nobody cared never broken never scared
Failure has me more prepared Hard times made me more aware
Not to squander opportunites stay true to me fight fair
You called out the wrong one
Like walking straight into the hot sun
Raise your hands
Make your stance
Here's my chance the lights flash
Your lights go out
Track Name: The Cruelest Joke
Here we go again
The same old thing
Prisoner of your mind
So let's play pretend
There are songs to sing
And axes to grind
I fall and crawl and scream
This is all a bad dream
I'll wake up in time
Or I'll finally see
This is reality
It's leaving me behind

I'm frozen in fear
But I still smile
Keep looking for myself
But I've been here all the while
There's ice in my tears
I laugh out of control
At the cruelest joke
That the world has ever told

Comin around again
To the same old place
In the maze inside
Nothing left to defend
Blank stare om your face
Everything was a lie
These walls and halls aren't fair
This must be a nightmare
I'll wake up safe and sound
Or I'll admit I'm scared
I'm alive and aware
That there's nothing to be found

And it's so funny when you're not the punch line
I always think I have the last laugh but it was never mine
Track Name: Captain of a Burning Ship
I'm captain of a burning ship
Hell yes I'm going down with it
I will let my crew off first
This is one and only my curse
I'm the one who set the blaze
Lined the powder to the kegs
Struck the match and let it fall
Save yourselves one and always remember me
This is your only chance
To get off while I advance
Straight into the blackest sea
To be devoured by my enemies
Grab a raft go overboard
I'm no longer your overlord
The flames rise around me
I am setting you free

Do not try to be a hero
And go down with the captain zero
Save your courage for tomorrow
For the ones who steer theirs straight
They deserve a better fate
They didn't earn their sorrow
I'm captain of this burning ship
Hell yes I'm going down with it
Til the flames hit my bones
I'm captain of this ashy blaze
Until it all becomes a haze
I aim to go down alone

All this gold that I have saved
Will oh so swiftly melt away
It's much too hot to be touched
It used to mean so much to me
I'll sail on past the break of day
Till the last plank is burnt away
And my skeleton is sinking
The salty sea I'm drinking up
The ocean floor draws nearer now
I'm glad everyoe made it out
It's no place for good men
Only for the condemned
Rest my head shattered coral
Contemplate my lack of morals
Locked for eternity
Looking up from the bottom of the sea

I'm captain of this burning ship
Hell yes I'm going down with it
Til the flames hit my bones
I'm captain of this ashy blaze
Until it all becomes a haze
I aim to go down alone

Captains all around the see
When you hear about me
I hope you treat your ships
With care and selflessness
As I rest on the ocean floor
When I look up may I see no more
Ships go up in flames
And captains go down in shame
Track Name: The Enemy
You tell me "do what you want"
Then you say I did the wrong thing
Find another corner to haunt
To escape your taunting
Put both my hands on my ears
I already here the voices
They know how to strike fear
And I know how to make bad choices

What can I do
When the enemy is me not you
What can I say
To make you take this blame away
Who can I be
To escape this worthless life
Where can I go
When the enemies is inside

You tell me to go away
Then you ask me were I've been
I've come back to decay
At the feet of you were once my friend
I cover both of my eyes
I already see the fire
You know how to surprise
And I know how to retire
Track Name: You Could Be My One
I thought you told me everything my light
Now I can't seem to do anything right
Except fight when I have no case
Time, I should make haste but I lay to waste
Now I'm laid across the floor thinking
Can I do this anymore? sinking
Daydreams of unspoken connection
Turned to rejection introspect and inspection

Let it be what it is it's fate
No time to hesitate or wait
We jumped and landed on the moon
It's never too soon to make a run
Before it's too late and we lose sight of the sun
You could be my one
You could be my one
And only shot

I thought you had no secrets my love
Now they're raining down from above
Things I didn't want to even know
So why'd I ask so many questions???
No I'm laid across the floor drinking
I can't do this anymore sinking
Daydreams of our future plans
Turned to demands and fight for the upper hand

Let it be what it is it's fate
No time to hesitate or wait
We jumped and landed on the moon
It's never too soon to make a run
Before it's too late and we lose sight of the sun
You could be my one you could be my one
You could be my one

Past relationships, why sing old hymns? Why make each other pay for old sins?
This is now, sing a new song, lift each other up and keep loving on
Into the night
Track Name: My Swamp
Crack a mirror when I crack a smile
This is my life
Cast out like a monster cold and vile
To lurk in the night
But now that I've been hiding out a while
I'm starting to like
This dirty lonely muddy new life style
So hate it's alright

I can only tell you this one time
Then you do what you want
Go and get on with your life
Get out of my swamp

Put your torches down and pitchforks too
It's not very bright
Attacking someone with nothing to lose
And a reason to fight
I try and leave you very blatant clues
Out in plain sight
Wooden signs and posters in your view
Don't test my might

I can only tell you this one time
Then you do what you want
Go and get on with your life
Get out of my swamp
I'll tell you like I did before
Then you do what you want
But I don't need you anymore
Get out of my swamp

I'm cool with being green
Quit giving me reasons to be mean
And shout keep out keep out keep out
If you come up in here you'll be overcome with fear
And just freak out freak out
I'm cool with being green
Quit giving me reasons to be mean
If you come for me you'll find all the trouble
that you seem to seek out seek out seek out
Track Name: Pony in Alcatraz
I rode a pony to alcatraz
Now I'm a freak in a cage
Nothing quite like the aftermath
The length of the beard on a sage
I jump rope and shake some hands
Dolls are coming alive
I made a list of strange demands
Sent the bees all back to the hive

Sanity is overrated
Vanity's overstated
Profanity emasculated
Humanity's become outdated

I rode a pony to alcatraz
Now I'm the star in the show
Earphones on my giant head
Train whistles blow
I hopscotch and knuckle up
Paintings jump off the wall
Hop on my pony and buckle up
Come one and come alll

I rode a pony to alcatraz
I see a girl have a hyper spaz
Relax girl it's not so bad
Bouncing off these white walls
I take her outside I take her outside
To a cliff by the sea
I rode a pony to alcatraz
Or did the pony ride me?
Track Name: Turnaround (Victory Delay)
Tell me all your secrets
Why you gotta keep them so tight
Jealous defeats this
Now I can't even sleep at night
But that's alright

I turnaround quicker than most
Turn a Eulogy into a toast
Turn your memory into a ghost
Then I watch it fade away
Then it's complete
I turn around and stay on my feet
I never met defeat
Only victory delay

SHow me all your scars
Why you gotta hide them so deep
You make this so hard
With every promise that you fail to keep
But I won't weep

I turnaround quicker than most
Turn a Eulogy into a toast
Turn your memory into a ghost
Then I watch it fade away
Then it's complete
I turn around and stay on my feet
I never met defeat
Only victory delay

I will fall as sure as the sun will rise
But I'll get back up and shine like the full moon on a clear night
Track Name: Greatest Evil
The greatest evil in the world
Is the indifference of good men
I'm as evil as they come then
Put me out
Never strong enough to take a side
Square on the fence is where I reside
Holding on to my doubt

Never bold enough to steal
Never strong enough to kill
Never clever enough to lie
Never brave enough to risk my life
And put it on the line for what is right
Never strong enough to take a side
And Take a stand

If the greatest horror in the world
Is timid hesitation
Take me in to the station
Lock me away
Never firm enough to make demands
Right over the line is where I stand
Making sure I don't sway

Never bold enough to steal
Never strong enough to kill
Never clever enough to lie
Never brave enough to risk my life
And put it on the line for what is right
Never strong enough to take a side
Take a stand

Take a stand
I'm an evil man
I just fold my hands
And close my eyes
Never take a side
In my evil mind
I just turn away
And hide
Track Name: Generous Man
Pinstripe suit on
I'll take what's mine
If you're not with me
You're my enemy this time
I see black white and green
And red if need be
Just me and what I want
Don't ever get between

That's when I get mean
And I stop caring
Quit asking
I'm not sharing
I used to be a very generous man
Until the one I love took my heart from my hand
Now I'm ice cold

The gun in my hand
Makes it hard to say no
I squeeze the trigger
Another enemy goes cold
Stepping over bodies
Careless casualties
It's me and what I want
Can't nobody get between

The one thing I can never get back
The one I loved stole my heart away
I used to be a very generous man
Now the world has to pay
Track Name: Shadow in the Unknown
Where was I
When i woke up today
I looked into the mirror
And saw no face
When did I leave
Will I ever come back
To save myself
From this life gone black

If you're out there please come back home
You left behind your shadow in the unknown
You know without me you can't be whole
And I know without you I have no soul

Who will I be
When I wake up tomorrow
The return of a smile
Or another day swallowed by sorrow
Where did I go?
Am I too far away?
To even make it back in time
Before I've completely faded away

And I have no control
When you're not here to see me through
Bring back my soul
It used to be a part of me too
Bring back the shine from inside my eyes
Bring back my heart and my hopeful mind
Don't you love me anymore
You must just hate me to the core
Don't you need me for your contrast
Don't you need me when it's overcast
You need me to let your light shine
You'll need me you'll need me sometime

If you're out there please come back home
You left behind your shadow in the unknown
Track Name: Comeback Again
A ghost is pale
But so is a swan
Neither can right my wrongs
Break like reeds in a swamp
A celery stalk
When I do nothing but talk
I walk on a rickity bridge
In the thick of sickness
I move slow when I need quickness
I miss what is this dismissed again
The trail ends
Or maybe it bends
I don't really even know

The sky is blue
And so is the sea
But neither one can help me
I fall like a leaf from an elm
A sailor at the helm
Of a ship with holes
Sinking out of control

And I come back again
I Come back again

A sloth is slow
so is this song
And it can help me move on
Quiet like an empty house
The steps of a mouse
All I do is sulk and slouch
I walk across a splintered bridge
With no shoes on my feet
But every tiny sting will help me defeat
This complex that took me away
The trail will end but today's not the day

The grass is green
And so are the trees
But they cannot hear me
Scream like a baby at birth
A witch casting a curse
I have been through worse

Still I come back again

A flamingo is pink
And so is a heart
But only one can give me a kick start
I stand as tall as I can
I don't always understand
But that's all part of the plan isn't it?

Space is black
And so is the night
They both enable the light to
Shine like a second chance
A disco ball at a dance
Affording me chance after chance after chance

To come back again