The Distillers "The Distillers"

The Distillers self-titled album was the first record I ever bought. Bought it when I was 17. Had no record player, but knew my dad had one in storage. I later sold this record cuz it was shot. The first time I played it, it sounded warped. It sucked. But I have it on CD now. And now this is for you. For all you young-uns out there, this is The Distillers circa 1999. Casper (Rose) played guitar and did back-up vocals. Mat Young played the drums. Kim"chi" Fuelleman played bass and sang. And Brody ("Armstrong" at the time) played guitar and sang lead vocals. This album came out on Hellcat Records in 2000. Here are the lyrics to each song (even the bonus track) and the song to go with it. Enjoy this.

"Oh Serena"
(oh serena, i know what they're saying about you. they all say it's a resistance. they all say that ya didn't listen. well, they all have scars on their eyes, it's true. night and day is like a haunted replay. i know it girl. i'll pray for you. just remember it's not stronger than you. oh serena, i know what they're saying about you. tasted death but i'll shed the night. night irrelevant the time. carnelby is a bit of you. time to feel it. time to fist it. time to lure it. oh, time to miss it. time to lure this stone cold weather. time alone and time away. i know what they say about you. shit. oh serena, i know the pain's inside of you. oh serena, i know what they're saying about you and it's not true.)

"Idoless"
(i don't know it, but i know it. you better find out what your place is. urban plight is in the city streets. it's infectious and it is complacent. idoless. over expression and rationed. assimilated temptation. integregation. molested. accosted. detested. i'll wreck this coming down like the apocalypse. idoless. syndication. i don't know it, but i know it. you better find out what your name is. arrested. infested. it's your collective. coming off like you wrote the ten commandments. idoless. syndication. i don't know it, but i know it. you better find out what your place is. urban plight is in the city streets. it's infectious and you are complacent. idoless. syndication. the idol is within you. watch it come on through. the idol is within you. watch it come on through.)

"The World Comes Tumblin'"
(start a riot. slash ya wrists red. you want an answer? do you speak delinquently? yeah. there's a message. antagonist. you want an answer? i bet you killed someone. yeah. come on, i beg you. my world comes tumbling down. i paid the price, heartache. i'm not sorry i fell in love with you in new york city. yeah. she ran away. her mamma never loved her. pill popping pity. she is sick in melbourne city. yeah. come on, i beg you. my world comes tumbling down. hey, oh baby. come on and speak to me. hey come on. yeah. you are bored. oh you're fucking bored. huh, you're fucking bored.)

"L.A. Girl"
(this is the story about a circle of women. l.a. women on an l.a. mission. this is the glory. gonna get their hooks in. gonna drag you way down. yeah you wanna go home soon? yeah god almighty, what the fuck happened to you? i'm not red, white and blue. outta mind. outta sight. every day and all night. i watch you pale ass on my street. watch you walk on through. then she went glassy. a sawn-off tragedy. delivered to the city of new beginning. power and glory in the name of the enemy. you sell your restless casualty for power and glory. yeah god almighty, what the fuck happened to you? i'm not red, white and blue. outta mind. outta sight. every day and all night. i watch you pale ass on my street. watch you walk on through. hey, yeah. oh baby. do i miss you? i don't miss you at all. and i said god almighty, what the fuck happened to you? i'm not red, white and blue. outta mind. outta sight. every day and all night. i watch you pale ass on my street. watch you walk on through this heat. watch you walk on through, girl. oh hey yeah. fuck you fuck you fuck you.)

"Distilla Truant"
(i don't know why ya come here. i don't know what you want from me. everybody says you use me. oh why did you take that? oh why did you make me? i'm the one who's suffering for you. woah, why? yeah, what do you think? bet you'd die for your country. sit here and bleed. yeah. i don't know why ya come here. i don't know what you want from me. everybody says you use me. oh why did you take that? oh why did you make me? i'm the one who's suffering for you. woah, why? yeah, what do you think? bet you'd die for your country. sit here and bleed. yeah. what you feel, oh i hate you. i don't know why ya come here. i don't know what you want from me. everybody says you use me. woah, why?)

"Ask The Angels"
[this is a cover. patti smith did this. fuck yeah.] (ask the angels who they're calling. ask the angles if they're calling to thee. ask the angels while they're falling who that person could possibly be. and i know you got the feeling. you know i feel it crawl across the floor. and i know it got you reeling. and honey honey the call is for war. and it's wild. everybody got the feeling. you know the feeling and it's stronger each day. everybody wants to be reeling. and baby baby i'll show you the way. and i know it's hard sometimes, you got a piece and hit across the sky. and i know it's hard sometimes. and world war is the battle cry. and it's wild. across the country. through the fields. you know i see it written across the sky. people rising from the highways. and war war is the battle cry. and it's wild. armageddon, it's gotten. no savior jailer can take it from me. world's rocking. it's just beginning. and rock n roll is what i'm born to be. and it's wild. ask the angles if they're starting to move. coming in droves in from l.a. ask the angels if they're starting to groove. lightning as armor and it's today. it's wild.)

"Oldscratch"
(here's a chance to express your liberty. no one but you can know what stepping down can mean. despotic leader kills the bravest traitor on the street. but keep the faith. they say they'll free us from our pain. they sell you a religious escapade. you join the church and they take your life away. shameless like money. eat yr money quick. but keep the faith. they say they'll free us from our pain. but your liberty's exchanged. i said your liberty's exchanged.)

"Girlfixer"
[kim, who went on to be in exene cervenka & the original sinners, sings most of this song.] (no more coquettish look on your face. not so much pretty but you're in your place. hide behind your man. don't care to think for you. keep your claws off me as i walk on through. don't you glare. i'm not the kind of girl who will just pull on your hair. i won't be through til you're blue. just us two. whatchya gonna do? damn man, come on and sell your seconds. no one can make ya make ya break ya. anyway i'll make ya. they'll crown me. never used to harm no one no matter what the reason. now you dug your grave and it's bitch-hunting season. smiling madly when i see you around. biding my time till i can get you on the ground. it's not my plan to steal your man. it's a pitiful sight that's hard to stand. i guess i don't get a clue. so just step yr ass aside and let me walk on fucking through. damn man, come on and sell your seconds. no one can make ya make ya break ya. anyway i'll make ya. they'll crown me.)

"Open Sky"
(open sky. open ether. open rise up inside. i see it. it's true. yeah it's true. all rise up in ether. all rise up inside. believe it. it's true. yeah it's true. open sky. open ether. open and rise up inside it. i see it. it's true. yeah it's true. all rise elitists. all rise up inside. i see it. it's true. yeah it's true. all this shit. i'll listen. all this shit. i'll listen. i'll listen. all this shit. all this shit. i'll abdicate it. i'll work it out across the nation. i'm breathing, baby. i'll listen. all this shit. i'll work it out. open sky. open ether. open rise up inside. i see it. it's true. yeah it's true. open sky. open ether. all rise up inside. i see it. it's true. all this shit. i'll listen. all this shit. i'll listen. all this shit. i'll work it out. all this shit in the nation. i'm breathing but i'll say shit. you really pity me cause i'll take you out. open sky. open ether. open rise. i believe it. i see it. it's true. yeah you're through. open sky. open ether. all rise up inside. i see it. it's true. yeah. take it away kimmi. all this shit.)

"Red Carpet And Rebellion"
(red carpet and rebellion. makes ya wonder at these established ones. they ain't out to get ya cause you're a mile away. i heard a siren. a city warning. they said a new dawn arrives in the morning. so i wait out tonight for the new sunrise. they laid me to rest with an aberration. i woke up the living dead colossally mistaken. i ran through the streets where i break down. there ain't no money. there ain't no time. yeah, i'm out of my mind. don't want to waste this away. ashamed when i am and shamed when i'm not. configuration of the american dream. the palace dialed on the streets were burning. the red horizon came crashing through the morning. there was no contentment, only blood shed. red blood and social discontent. bruised by puritan. oh puritan exempt. it's like a peasant uprising. there ain't no money. there ain't no time. yeah, i'm out of my mind. don't want to waste this away. ashamed when i am and shamed when i'm not. configuration of the american dream. st. petersburg, 1905. father garpan led the protest up inside. up inside. distillers breakdown. yeah, we are gone. there ain't no money. there ain't no time. yeah, i'm out of my mind. don't want to waste this away. i'm feeling ashamed when i am and shamed when i'm not. configuration of the american dream. red carpet and rebellion. makes ya wonder at these established ones. they ain't out to get ya cause you're a mile away.)

"Colossus U.S.A."
(aw shit. i know what you wanted. i know that you want it, want it. i know what you wanted. i know that you want it, want it. whatcha live for when you're no one? what ya do and where ya come from. you call. i feel a lack of grace. a certain disconnection. dissapated understanding. seems like second slitting. seems like second slitting in. third world company. what you wanted. i know that you want it, want it. i know what you wanted. i know that you want it, want it. don't walk away. shit. i met a man on the street. he said this is poverty. downtown on broadway street. i don't really know his name. said, "live in the world, not for gain." i know what you wanted. i know that you want it, want it. i know what you wanted. i know that you want it, want it.)

"Blackheart"
(one time you lied. your high, so high. my life. my time. you walk black lines. hey, clean your mess. hey, you're a mess. hey, clean your mess. hey, you're a mess. one time i lied. all the time. my life. my time. you walk black lines. i don't like need this. i don't like need this. fuck.)

"Gypsy Rose Lee"
(when i see you lay down under pink laquered skies. baby, i'll give you something that'll shut your eyes to this mess. when i love you baby. i mean it more than just the whole world. and when i take a picture that's instant, it gets lost tonight. oh baby. it gets burned. i said i remember it so. i saw your eyes go through the tunnel. and i remember australian sun. i was eight years old. you were marilyn monroe. oh ya got to take it. oh, you take it on. playing backyard blues. black tart stuck up in their jaw. i can nail. i'll nail this on. oh, she ate the whole world. break it down. oh, i've tasted. i tasted too. too many nights lost in space. i remember kneeling down. my knees caught in the ground. when i love you baby. i mean it more than just the whole world. and when i saw gypsy rose. gypsy rose, she rose to me. i remember a rolling stone. rolling on down through your bones. oh ya gotta save. you gotta save your soul. well she hates the whole world. and when i love you baby. i mean it more than just the whole world. and when i saw gypsy rose. gypsy rose, she rose to me baby. i love you baby. i mean it more than just the whole world. and when i know you're saying. i know you're saying. i know your wings.)

"The Blackest Years (+ secret track)"
(oh berlin, your heart has been drawn and quartered again. the east and the west were divided by a wall that stumbled their freedom. well the wall came down in 1989 but its ghost still refuses to leave. these hauntings are so reputative. there's a bit of you in me. let's go. oh berlin, your life's on fire. it burns deep within this heart of mine. you got astronomical, economical suffering for a century. and when the ocean swells that day i'll get on my ship and i'll sail away. all this shit. holy shit. all this shit. and when you're all alone don't forget me. and when i'm all alone i won't forget you. when you're all alone don't forget me cause i'm on the wrong side of the tracks. but i did not know until you turned your back. i'm living the blackest years of my life. but i did not know until you said goodbye. goodbye. oh berlin, your witness stands here on this city shamed kinda day. i'm going home. and when you're all alone don't forget me. and when i'm all alone i won't forget you. and when you're all alone don't forget me. cause i'm on the wrong side of the tracks. but i did not know until you turned your back. i'm living the blackest years of my life. but i did not know until you said goodbye. goodbye...........................
(we were young girls in a small world. i'm on yr doorstep, man, ringing yr bell again.  i'm ringing your bell again. we were young girls in a small fucked up world. i'm on yr doorstep, man, ringing yr bell again. i'm ringing your bell again. sorry gertie rouge. all that you thrill. i know that you're thrilled. oh gertie rouge, i'm sorry yeah. i'm sorry ya thrill. oh gertie rouge i miss you. we were young girls in a small world. i'm on yr doorstep, man, ringing yr bell again. i'm ringing your bell again. baby. young girls in a small world. i'm on yr doorstep, man, ringing yr bell again. i'm ringing your bell again. i'm ringing your bell.)