Give Up, Kid. It's Hopeless

by Nick Zaccaria

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1.
March 30th 04:53
March 30th, A day I can't forget, A faded tattoo on a hand, The burn marks from my cigarettes. Three years was a long ass time and I don't regret a second. Just the ones apart. Your inner demons worth a mention I have no better expression, than I'd eat them if I could from the start. Love turns to hatred, to jealousy, obsession. we'll reap the seed we've sewn. we built on roots and growing trees and now the foundations seized, I'll eat the sour grapes that we've grown. March 30th, A day I can't forget, A faded tattoo on a hand, The burn marks from my cigarettes. We swore our souls were stitched together, till death do us part. The stitch broke & tailor's out of thread. Fuck! He's out of needles too, I surely could've used a few. You're better off without me and I'm better off dead. Always helped the best I knew and visit when I could. In the Psych ward where it gets so god-damned cold. In the waiting room I stand, a boy aged into a man. I watched my world dissolve and I grew old. March 30th, A day I can't forget, A faded tattoo on a hand, The burn marks from my cigarettes. and they lie down my wrist, hey, hey, back it up and I, I saw you, looking so good, talk to you, wish that I could you're doing ok, have a nice life, I wish that you would now and they lie down my wrists and they lie down my wrists pick it up march 30th, the day that I see every year on the calendar, it still seems new to me wish I could forget, better if I don't I got nothing to show for it, talk to me, whoa I wish that you would I wish that you could I wish that you would but you won't, so fuck all that, I say March 30th, March 30th, March 30th, and fuck all those cigarettes.
2.
She said, I hate you when you're drunk. I said, then you'll hate me most of the time. You better stop faking the funk. All I wanna do is paint your face. come eat some spunk And unless I'm drinking i'm quiet and stoic. You could say im a monk Just a little more drunk, a little more violent. I'm saying things that she aint liking. Just a little more drunk, a little more violent. I'm saying things that she aint liking. She said, I hate you when you're drunk, and you're, you're such an ass. And I said, Fuck that nigga Kris, I'll step up, and beat his ass. A broken bottle, over the head just don't slow me down. Matter of fact I'll be drunk, until I'm 6 feet or less, under this fucking ground Just a little more drunk, a little more violent. I'm saying things that she aint liking. ...is not liking) on Vicodin, or maybe Dilaudid. I don't give a fuck. Whatever you call it.
3.
Mary had a little lamb and her house burned down from arson. It started raining while i write this song. and she's been waiting 3 years too long. Hurting, but we're dying all along. she swears I'm the one that she'll never disconnect from. never disconnect. She started walking the freeway alot wondering if I'm still in the garage. Rose gold shades, the times we had. Maybe fighting with you wasn't all that bad. Mary had a little lamb, and her house burned down from arson, Mary' had another man, Mary's house done burned apart. You feed my self doubt and i feed you addictions. I hoped you would find something better with him. I guess you didn't and proved me right. We're all just moths attracted to the light. I'd love to tell you that it ends well but it didn't because i failed. No punchline, so where the joke is? your memory is my livers cirrhosis. Mary had a little lamb, and her house burned down from arson, Mary' had another man, Mary's house done burned apart. Mary had a little lamb, and her house burned down from arson, Mary' had another man, Mary's house done burned apart. Fuck Mary. Fuck Mary!
4.
My breakfast was straight out the medicine cabinet a remedy for the aftermath of my habits sometimes it's the ones who try to help that hurt the most I feel like we're playing tug of war and I'm the rope and I'm stretched to the limit but you keep on pulling and I'm gunna lose my goddamn mind, I'm gunna lose my mind I want to hide away in the back of a cave at the top of a mountain where no one can hear me and no one can see me so I don't have to deal with them and they don't have to deal with me Cause relationships are overrated maybe I'm just tired and jaded but I'm sorry I just like myself more than I like you So call me anit-social call it masterbation Either way it's a solo operation I'm just far more comfortable alone It appears that apathy has gotten the best of me cause I'm so tired of you talking my ear off about all your problems I just can't fix I don't appreciate this unwanted company and your constant chatter reminds me why I'd rather you leave me be So call me anit-social call it masterbation Either way it's a solo operation I'm just far more comfortable alone CHORUS Cause people are ugly and people are hateful distructive and greedy we're proud and ungrateful the world would be so much better off without us So swallow a bullet or a handful of pills we're all compost in training and there's graves left to fill we distract ourselves to make us feel like we're not just mistakes we distract ourselves to make us feel like we're not just mistakes It seems that everybody's always got a bone to pick a promise to break, never again will I make that miskate Of trusting anyone trusting anyone trusting anyone This is my misanthropic confession human being are a waste of breath and don't think I excuse myself I'm an asshole just like you CHORUS My breakfast was straight out the medicine cabinet.
5.
On Mondays, I do the laundry at a twenty four hour place next to the Dollar Tree. I know that I could walk, but god I love to drive. I thought about calling and asking forgiveness, but hell, I'm afraid of the dogs that I live with. I guess you take it one thing at a time. I thought about Jesse on Tuesday morning; last I heard, he was still doped up in Portland. I could call and ask, but hell, I know he'd lie. Like my neighbor, he's got business. If you don't know about it, better keep your distance. Ain't no one on this street ever called a cop in their life. On Wednesday, ran into Connor, drinking like he was already a goner. He said he'd like to change if he could grow a spine. I said: "When you talk like that, you make me real nervous. No, don't be inviting me to your funeral service. Throw down your fucking chips, let's play for keeps this time." Like on Thursday when you called and woke me up. I heard you started smoking crack again and caught up: catching cases robbing houses, just to stay alive. So I hung up, and called Vanessa, and I told them that I left the rent on the dresser. It wasn't even half of three weeks late this time. On Fridays, I do the laundry at the twenty four hour place next to the Dollar Tree, past the neighbors reaching heaven with their trucks so high. I thought about calling and asking forgiveness, but lately I don't even know what that word is. I've got police on my six, because they think it's a crime.

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released October 13, 2017

Thanks to my amazing producer and best friend, Damian Voelkel.
Thanks to Days N Daze and Pat the Bunny for the classic tracks I covered and the inspiration.
Thanks to Benchmark Whiskey for the motivation and self-confidence.
Thanks to Mishka Shubaly for (unknowingly) naming the album and creating the cover.

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