A is for action
P is for paranoid, a is for anger
Out here in the void
C is for countdown
O is for over
LYPSE are for your lips smashed on mine when the world blows up

Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
Got to stay strong
Hang hang hang on
Hangin' on hangin' on
Til the old man bangs a gong

G is for greed
O is for order
V is for villains in the 3-piece suits defining the borders
E is for empire
R is for revenue
N is for not for me but was
MENT was meant for you and me

Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your soul now
That's a place to start
Hang hang hang on
Hangin' on hangin' on
Til the old man bangs the gong

We don't care if we're all right
All we wanna do is fight
Who cares if we're all right?
Who cares when we can just fight?

D is for disease
E is for entropy
A is for acceptance so drop your funeral weapons
T is for time [tick tock tick tock...] and you ain't got much left
H is for heaven or hell now let's hear it for
DEATH

Beggars, poets, hustlers
Wall Street, rich boy suckers
Why, friends, you know that no side's
better in the end
We're all gonna fry together

Hang hang hang on
Where should they go?
Save your souls now
That's a place to start
Hang hang hang on
Hangin' on hangin' on
Til the old man bangs

Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
That's a place to start
Hang hang hang on
Hangin' on hangin' on
Til the old man bangs a gong

[Edited on 23-7-2003 by seacaptain]

[Edited on 4-9-2003 by seacaptain]

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[Edited on 2-10-2003 by seacaptain]

You are so quick. I think the boots are clear enough that we should be able to pull the lyrics from them.

Added a bunch

These lyrics are very cool

This is what I get (in bold)

V is for villains
In the 3-piece suits
Defining the borders

R is for revenue
N is for not for me ??

D is for disease
E is for entropy
A is for acceptance
So drop and shoot no weapons
T is for time
And you ain't got much left
H is for forever in hell so let's hear it for DEATH

C is for countdown
O is for over
Lips--? are for your lips smashed on mine
**note - lips for the "lypse" in apocalypse
When the world blows up

and

R is for revenue
N is for not for me but was
Meant **the end of government, ment-**for you and me

and instead of "that's the best place to start" I always thought it was "got to stay strong"

then I have the same as Poobs:
D is for disease
E is for entropy
A is for acceptance
So drop your funeral weapons
T is for time - tick tock tick tock tick tock
And you ain't got much left
H is for heaven or hell
Now let's hear it for death

Beggars, poets, hustlers
Wall Street, rich wife, suckers
Why, friends, you know that no side's
better in the end
We're all gonna fry/fight together

* I love this song, the lyrics are awesome and frightening...plus Joey's drum fills after the line "when the old man bangs the gong" are ridiculous.


[Edited on 7-23-2003 by draconian]

Edited in changes

Also tried to make the letters read obvious, as best I could

Hey, I'm pretty sure these are the right lyrics. I had one or two ? spots but I think this is it.

A Is For Action

A is for action
P is for paranoid, a is for anger
Out here in the void
C is for countdown
O is for over
LYPSE are for your lips smashed on mine when the world blows up

Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
Got to stay strong
Hang hang hang on
Hangin' on hangin' on
Til the old man bangs the gong

G is for greed
O is for order
V is for villains in 3-piece suits defining the borders
E is for empire
R is for revenue
N is for not for me but
MENT was meant for you and me

Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
Got to stay strong
Hang hang hang on
Hangin' on hangin' on
Til the old man bangs the gong

We don't care if we're all right
All we wanna do is fight
Who cares if we're all right?
Who cares when we can just fight?

D is for disease
E is for entropy
A is for acceptance so drop your feutal weapons
T is for time [tick tock tick tock...] and you ain't got much left
H is for heaven or hell now let's hear it for
DEATH

Beggars, poets, hustlers
Wall Street, rich boy suckers
My friends, you know that no side's
better in the end
We're all gonna fry together

Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
Got to stay strong
Hang hang hang on
Hangin' on hangin' on
Til the old man bangs

Hang hang hang on
Where do they go?
Save your souls now
Got to stay strong
Hang hang hang on
Hangin' on hangin' on
Til the old man bangs the gong

Hmm, how about "funeral weapons"?

Or maybe "futile"?

Is "feutal" a word?

I'm 99% sure it's funeral weapons. I wish it were "feudal." This song would however turn into a Monty Python movie for me.

Oh I didn't notice you had funeral up there before. That's enough of a consensus for me!

let's brake the consensus....again..has to be:

Quote:

A is for acceptance so drop your futile weapons

What's a funeral weapon?

[Edited on 2-10-2003 by Phobiac]

I don't know, weapons that cause death?

It wouldn't be the first time Alex invented his own phrases...

Hi! I was wondering if anyone could tell me who the song writers are of 'A is for action', and when it was written. I'm doing a music project and I picked this one!:D Yay! Thanks in advance!

Alex Ebert wrote the lyrics. Song credited to the entire band. Written fall 2002, likely, as it had its first live performance 11/22/02 at The Derby in Los Angeles.

[Edited on 1-29-2004 by draconian]

:o Wow! Thanks a bunch! that was really fast!

i got an other question, is there any place you can go to see like what Alex meant about the song, like the message of the song? I like to know. It would really help!

Go to their next show in your area and ask him!! He's awfully friendly!! :D

really? sounds like a cool guy! :D

Read some of the interviews from him in the FAQ. I'm pretty sure he's said many times that he prefers people to interpret the lyrics in their own way. We used to be nutsos about getting EXACT words for all the songs, and he would always enjoy the different interpretations we had for the lyrics themselves.

Anyway, I personally see the song as being a rallying type cry for mobilization. If you want a paper topic, try that this is the Holden Caulfield of songs in that the words say go go go but on the other hand, it might all be futile because we're all going to fry in the end. That might be a little deep but, trust me, teachers love that kind of crap.

LoL Thanks! Thats great! lol thanks alot you guys! My teacher will just eat that up, thanks to you, i'm sure to get an A! lol

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Originally posted by draconian We used to be nutsos about getting EXACT words for all the songs, and he would always enjoy the different interpretations we had for the lyrics themselves.

Bad cats..

When we fuck we're bad cats!

Bad cats.

Quote:

We used to be nutsos about getting EXACT words for all the songs,

We used to?

Some of us still are... :D

I just noticed something, isn't Apocolypse spelt 'ApocAlypse'? :ticking:

That's another 500 words to your report!