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Aren't We So Lucky to Be Alive?

by elias and the error

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1.
Life gets in the way of feeling good about my life Preceding death It can only end in death You can only see the death Let's make it final, death All you ever think about is death All you ever think about is how it's gonna end Oh oh, Orlando You suffer in advance Death gets in the way of feeling life without the end Fixating death Live your life to prove it's there I can see my death but I don't care Take me now, I've seen my share I can see my death but I don't care
2.
Evil 03:52
Don't wanna walk so I'm calling a car Should probably walk because I'm not going far Message received, send and deceive I do not reply 'cause you're seeing me soon I'm in line for the ride You must be this tall to ride She gets Oliver Pleasure from making you sick I won't worry, I'm not gonna worry You'll do what you do 'cause you're evil You're not sorry, you were never sorry It turned out this way 'cause you're evil If this is a dream, I'm not gonna wake up But you were on hand to give me the shake up Pouring water on me about the men in your life If I gave you something, I want it all back now You're jerking and looping, you're acting all wack now Laying errors on me about the cuts on your arm You said I was late, that I was too poor You're calling my house, you're at the front door Spinning stories to me about how sorry you are And you're really fucking sorry
3.
Reflect - I'm gonna give it to you Protect - give it to you faster Process Progress Caution Danger Action Entrance Oh, I'm gonna give it to you Give it to you faster Keep it goin' till you say Get this fag out of here I don't need a smokescreen to give it to you Secret - I'm gonna give it to you Shameful - give it to you faster Public Private Kinky Dirty Tension Climax You lost the vote, your life, your wife That shame, that dirty feeling Something you should not have done You've got the tabloids reeling You did your best to kill the bills That made your sex OK I guess you just could not accept That you were born this way
4.
Alex 06:41
Alex, isn't it so sour? The politics of their world between us now And I wonder is there a place For us to escape Alex, you make me feel Like breaking glass is the only way to heal From the coldness that you show And you ought to know Alex, to be an insect under your feet Well, I can think of nothing so sweet And you know I hate you 'cause I can't have you Alex, will you toss your coin in my wishing well You're unaware that you're casting a spell And you know I love you 'cause I can't be you Alex, you're burning holes into my brain Why can't you see that we are the same? Oh Alex, there's no need to be ashamed Alex, you like to play coy You pretend as if I'm not a boy And I know you find the scene So petrifying Alex, you showed me your home You told me about what you do alone And I tried to leave a clue That I do it, too
5.
I see no shame, baby, in living this life I keep my wits, you should try it some time When I get it back in spades You better deal me some cards I don't have to stack the deck I'm the king of your heart, bitch Your turn to speak, tell me what you think Your turn to speak, what's that you're saying to me? I knew you before you were rich When you weren't a bitch Love it or leave it, like it matters to me I got my stars, that's all that I see When you come into my office Better know who's the boss Break it then you buy it Can you fathom the cost, you whore?
6.
If you care little for your friends Then you must accept this If you care little for your family Then you must accept this If you care little for your lover Then you must accept this If you care little for your life Then you must accept this Loss comes to those who don't care Those foolish enough to think life isn't worth their time But loss does not spit you out on the other side Loss sinks you in-between worlds For some, it takes loss to understand they had something to lose Aren't we so lucky to be alive?
7.
I am the outlaw prophet I erase the ego suggestion The answers that you think hold up the walls Come without asking questions You want to hold it in your hand Beyond your understanding You want to dig under the lines I call it undermining Free, set it free Volunteer the cost We're always at odds No longer abstract my backbone But the mania still feels right Ignore the halting hands We're gonna get you there tonight You put the prison in your mind Ignore the indication You want the master for yourself I call it masturbation You were stoned like a mountain Or just shouting on glue The music's so much better when I'm without you You laugh at what's forbidden But the music's so much better When I break up with you Running out of clinics afraid of the pills Don't let 'em know the familiar is ready to kill Circumstance pumps a load on to what you'll be The confusion's just a courtesy
8.
Riot 03:37
Hey human, why you talkin' to me? You think you saw what you thought that you see What I know is that I'm nothing like you humans at all Underneath your deprecating sign You've got a skull and I think if you try You know I'm only gonna see the situation my way Hey, I'm not afraid to be, nor am I ashamed to be I think you're ready for the riot Lucky for you, you'll never know what it's like Happy for you, you never put up a fight Not too worried 'bout grenades or guns Or the coffin where you're seeing your son Don't you wonder why he's in there in the first place at all? Doesn't matter if you happen to die 'Cause you got a magic ghost in the sky I never liked your imaginary friends anyway You think you know what you want But you just wanna take it from me You tried, there's no way out Motherfucker, are you ready to see?
9.
No, another night I'm plagued by the thought that I could have Done something differently To change the broken gears I need Life's a gas when you're young and rich Life's just fine when you're cute and thin I'll never be any of those things And the bottom hits now Aren't we so lucky to be alive? Aren't we so lucky to live this life? I don't really think I can make it through like you do Aren't we so lucky to be alive? Are we really more than killing time? I don't really think I can make it through like you do No, another time I'm scarred by the thought that I perceive What people think of me The self-conscious fear that I feed Tonight I just want to destroy myself He said it before Tonight I just want to explode myself Destruction has no impact When no one cares to watch
10.
Do you want me to call my attorney, girl? Floating high on stereo instrumental My chrysanthemums, essentially they're non-essential I can get it up, it doesn't need a magic station What's this fluid now? The barrel sounds Red is such a complimentary color Do you love the power? Does it get you off? Do you love the violence? Can you turn and cough? Does it get you hard? 'Cause it made me cry Can you make things right when I shut my eyes? Shut Do you like the one repetition culture, girl? You instructed me to brace for imminent destruction Choke my attempts at catharsis level-four discussion It took away the rights you said that you would never waiver What's this swelling now? Hey man, are you trying to flag that car? Look at him, he's asleep It doesn't make me angry anymore It just blisters my psyche I wonder what you're really doing right now I bet you're stealing a bike How could you keep this inside for so long? I thought you said on a dare That if we're anybody else but ourselves That you would never have never cared Do you like the opaque bubble of fear repression? It has been so long now But you're so strong in my mind When I asked your mother to describe you She said "Loving and kind." You're just a ghost, man, just a ghost man, man Some things just stick with you forever And now we'll always be together With you I connected, so grateful am I Then you connected with my eye It hurts when you hit me then ask me for everything It hurts when I see that you're asking for anything I should've turned and walked away The first time I met you
11.
My Sex 03:46
Fence climb window peek romance Cake throw table top romance Light beer khaki pants romance Body type lights off romance You don't like me, no You don't like me because you don't know my sex Bowtie cufflink facade Soft light Photoshop facade Pomade white teeth facade Cigarette motorcycle facade
12.
Used to want the end to come Now I don't wanna stop Gonna brave the weather 'Til I reach the lowest low There's pain I want to know You can tell time but you can't rewind Left of center is where I chose to walk Where I chose to cry while you were laughing At my choice of dress, the way I talk All my brittle skin you were attacking Don't tell me, tell me I'll make it 'Cause I'm already here Aren't we lucky to be alive? Aren't we lucky? Oh aren't we? By myself is how I chose to live How I choose to die, if you're asking I won't wait for anyone again I won't let them in I was made to feel like less Now I feel like I'm the best Peel the shell outside my heart I won't wait for life to start These days I know what I'm worth Take credit for my rebirth Pushed me down and made me strong Now I live to prove you wrong
13.
Now I'm Fine 03:19
I learned how to use my mouth And you don't like it one bit You keep on nailing up walls As if I'm giving a shit I couldn't speak my mind, or was I never allowed? It used to freak me out but now I'm fine Now I'm fine without you Telling me what I can choose Now I'm fine without you, oh yes, I'm fine I learned how to make 'em dance But you're not moving your ass You cry 'cause the times are changing Now you're stuck in the past I couldn't love myself 'cause I didn't know how It used to feel so down but now I'm fine
14.
It's getting late, so let's turn in Your touch can heal my mind 'cause it's hurting I'm feeling weak, but I won't quit I came here to finish what I started I'm not lucky I just waited my turn I'm not lucky I just had a lot to learn I'm not lucky to be alive Lucky that I got you on my side this time I'm not lucky to be alive Lucky that I got it figured out inside There's a me that is not me He's responsible for the evil, you see There's a place I want to go Put a finger to my lips and tell me you know I think that I can live now, I think I'm living now I think that I can live now, don't want to die somehow I think that I can live now, I have a future now I think that I can live now, I'm remedied somehow You looked in my eyes and saw through my disguise You looked at my faults and said "it's not your fault." You looked at my past and knew that it had passed You looked in my eyes and saw through my disguise There's the one I want to have He's smart and tall and a beautiful man I think that I can live now, I think I love it now I think that I can live now, I think you love me somehow
15.
Kanuu 04:01
Can you hear me? I can't make you listen But I can make you hear me I'm feeling hijacked again I'm a fleshy ball of fear Have I forgotten all of the good things you've done for me? And if I have, can you understand? I haven't asked you to stop living your life for me But if I did, can you understand? I'm running, arms flailing, towards happiness Even if that only means I'm outrunning the darkness And if it did, can you understand? There's one question that you ask me When I answer its always a lie One is pink, the other is blue If I can't understand, can you? One is round, the other square Are you going to be there? I remember DC, that was the best night of my life Can you understand? He reached out, his eyes watering, he held my hand I think when he looks at me he knows I'm as sad as him I drove towards oncoming traffic in the rain to "No Conclusion"
16.
Mijuana 03:41
You make me wanna slap myself for all the times I said I'd never love anyone again You make me wanna brush my teeth You make me wanna be a freak Help me get quality sleep You got me counting the weeks You make me wanna move out You make me wanna shout I'm over feeling my doubt I'm gonna go and find out You make me wanna hold hands Make me believe in romance You make me wanna dance But I always want to dance You make me wanna get rich And become less of a bitch You make me wanna get hard I mean like really hard You make me wanna get dressed You make me less depressed You make me wanna confess I'm so fucking obsessed You make me wanna be original, I mean like, do something nobody has ever done before You make me wanna only sing for you and I hope that when I do you'll lie and say its the best that you've ever heard You make me wanna see more I wanna take you on tour You make me scared that you're bored You make me feel like a whore But if you let me I'll be your whore And you'll never be bored So, if you want me say nothing more You make me wanna get fit You make me wanna commit I know the world don't permit They make me wanna get sick You make me wanna get nude You make me wanna get lewd You get me in the mood You make me want a tattoo You make me wanna get drunk Maybe then would we fuck? You make me feel like junk But only when you don't call You make me wanna go to Spain But if that isn't your thing We could go to Paris instead You said that you speak French You make me wanna cook You make me wanna read books You got me saving my energy I like it when you give me those looks You make me wanna be tall You make me wanna punch walls I'll meet you in the mall inside a bathroom stall You make me want to be myself You make me want to be someone else
17.
B Where U R 04:13
Had a dream that started like a nightmare When I woke I saw you sleeping right there Hand to chest, I feel the rapid thump thump Is this love? The hand that grips too tight will crush But I won't have my fingers let you through I'm not guilty, I just want to be where you are Be where you are, I just want to be where you are I feel sick and I don't know what I can do I'm afraid my love is gonna smother you Say you need a little time to be yourself I do, too I just want to be where you are I just hope you want me there, too

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released May 1, 2012

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