Indie Rock Bottom

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INDIE ROCK BOTTOM
by JBB

Capo 4th fret.

--intro--
This is a song about what happens when your lifestyle just... caves in

--verse 1--
I've lived like this for years
Self imposed exile from the main
Craving filth and sin and stain
The fog of my disdain
Never seems to clear
And everything I love
Plays a cold assassin in the night
Et tu Brutae?
Leave my heart to die out in the rain

--chorus--
I've hit rock bottom
There's no where else to go
But up from here
Nothing left to lose but tears

I've hit rock bottom
If I fall again
It won't be very far
This time I'm shooting for the stars

--verse 2--
I don't know where I'll go
The road extends as far as I can see
Across the land and history
A shade of Hercules
As I reap so shall I sow
And everything I love
Is coming with me for the ride
I'll keep it all inside
Let the rain reflect my destiny

[INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE]

[CHORUS]

--outro--
Shining down
On everyone
The rain of light
Falls on and on

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Indie Rock Bottom - A suffering from bitrate track by Monorail Racetrack

thin on time and heavy on spin,
push up crime, baggie second skin
pretty little creature it'll get you in,
who cares where you are it's all who you're with
fine, a visit happy trap from a gig,
it might be some broken promises,
catch a fucking shot in the head,
might just, get up again

Once you listen don't see,
Think I see you again,
Listen to the right things,
And live in the right dream,
Don't you mind the acid,
Don't shoot might hit again,
Don't you mind me asking,
Don't you mind me this hell,

I, I, I know you know,
you're too cool for me
I, I, I know you know,
you're too cool for me
I, I, I know you know,
you're too cool for me
I know you know,
I know you know,

i quite like the thought of it,
sometimes I think I could have missed.
maybe the purpose of the experiment
was to see how right it might have felt,
tried another break in the fence,
mistake. mistook. never again.

Don't you mind the acid,
Don't shoot might hit again,
Don't you mind me asking,
Don't you mind me this hell,

I, I, I know you know,
you're too cool for me
I, I, I know you know,
you're too cool for me
I, I, I know you know,
you're too cool for me
I know you know,
I know you know,

Once I listen don't see,
Never see you again,
Listen to the right things,
Don't live in the wrong dream,
Don't you mind the acid,
Don't shoot might hit again,
Don't you mind me asking,
Don't you mind me this hell,

I know you know,
I know you know,
I know you know,
I know you know,

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by Sparks

You'd been on indie rock bottom since '92
and ever since you started sayin' it was wrong for you
and now your friends all said such a pity you were dead
wondering what could have been running through your head

I heard all of the fuss because you
had to catch a bus because it
hurts too bad to walk and you've no
energy today

I heard all of the mess you made but
I couldn't refuse to bathe in
all the warmth and tragedy of
greatness gone away

Give them a call sometime, if
you can find the words someday
help them think of better times when
things are at their worst that day
and you know I never knew you till you're
two days dead and gone
but I can see right through you
for all of the things you've done


they all said it was a waste my friend
but I don't think I've ever seen a more conclusive end
I've seen all your history, the relics of your misery
and everybody knows what made you human

there's a lot of things you could have done
but there's a lot of things it seems you could have done worse
and the man at the podium is brewing pandemonium
but there's nothing left for him to bless or curse

[Prechorus]

Give them a call sometime, if
you can find the words someday
help them think of better times when
things are at their worst that day
and you know I never knew you till you're
two days dead and gone
but I can see right through you
for the beautiful things you've done

[Prechorus slow]

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[Mouth Reliant - Indie Rock Bottom
Words & Music by Tim Hansen
Co-produced by Narbotic & Nationwide Clyde, Inc.
Many Casio effects sampled from Hayphone Telepharm's "The Knowledge of Technology" by Skot Wiedmann & Tim Hansen]

I'm a rocker. I rock out.
I'm a rocker. I rock out.
I'm a rocker. I rock out.
I'm a rocker. I rock out.
I'm a rocker. I rock out.
I'm a rocker. I rock out.
I'm a rocker. I rock out.
I'm a rocker. I rock out.

Some folks say that it's too lo-fi
Or they complain that I can't play guitar
I don't care, let the people get high
I'm gonna be an indie rock star

You can't make me a commodity
You can't buy my discs in the Sam Goody store
You won't see me on your MTV
You won't hear my songs on the radio

I'm the best-kept secret in rock-n-roll
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
Neutral Narcissus in Stereo-Control
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
The fewer people who know me the better
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.

When I write music, they are not songs.
When I write lyrics, they have no words.
I don't record 'coz it takes too long
To make
Pearls for the swine in ignorant herds.

Gimmie my guitar, I don't need no strings
I'll quietly scream my final tune
The music flows from the pores in my skin
Once-in-a-lifetime and vanishing soon.

I'm the best-kept secret in rock-n-roll
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
Neutral Narcissus in Stereo-Control
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
The fewer people who know me the better
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom

I want my ego large but dimly lit
Focus on the depth, not the breadth of it.

The gun in my pocket is happy to see me.
Rockin' the house like Steve Buscemi.

I'm so deep you could drown in my eyeball.
I'm so deep you could drown in my eyeball.

I'm so deep you could drown in my eyeball.
I'm so deep in the alcohol.

(Ken Nordine sample: "So you're an amateur. Everyone's an amateur. Nobody lives long enough to be anything but an amateur")

I'm the best-kept secret in rock-n-roll
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
Neutral Narcissus in Stereo-Control
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
The fewer people who know me the better
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
I'm gonna be an indie rock star.
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom
Smoke if you got 'em
Indie rock bottom

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Rock Bottom by PrayForMojo

This is a story about a man
This man was sad and pathetic
He let the dishes in his apartment pile up to obscene levels
He stayed in bed all day
He used his computer to find friends on the internet rather than meet people in real life
He did not know his neighbors
He frequently neglected his responsibilities

What the hell is wrong with me
I've hit rock bottom you see
And I can't breathe
What the hell is wrong with me
I've hit rock bottom you see
I'm drowning

One tuesday morning he woke up
Took his Prozac
Had his shower
Had his coffee
Opened his kitchen window
And remembered to breathe

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Indie Rock Bottom by Rewinder

I came upon a hip underground record store…
I felt so small and ignorant looking at the fliers by the door…
I approached the ringo looking dude and told him what I was searching for…
there was a pause, he rolled his eyes he said this and a little bit more…

I may rock… but I don’t read rolling stone
any band on any majors I leave well enough alone
I bet you’ve never even heard of any of this stuff…
being so out of it must be kinda rough…
It must be lonely at the bottom… the indie rock bottom.

I just like what I like is that so wrong?…
I like to hear a nice tune, I like to hear a good song…
I guess I have poor taste and I don’t know whats in
I guess my record collection is tainted by sin.

I may rock… but I’m more like a rolling stone
theres lots of stuff coming through my headphones.
I like some indie rock, but I’m no indie rock buff…
When you cant define your favorite music its kind of tough…
Its sort of lonely down here at the bottom… the indie rock bottom.

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The Suzies- Indie Rock Bottom

Lock the Griswold
I was never told
Not to hide his key
indie rock hides in my sock
take off the boots and set it free

Get to the bottom of this
Find the Indie rock star in this (repeat)
Get to the bottom of this

When Lufendorff steps down
I'm going to take his crown
Lock the Griswold I was never told
Not to lock them in the tree
Locked up Suzy No.3
'Please don't take my keyboard away from me!'

Get to the bottom of this
Find the Indie rocker in this (repeat)
Get to the bottom

We've got the darkest sound
We are browner than the brown
We got the most deep down sound
We're down underground
Absolute indie rock bottom.
'That's a fact, jack!'
Jack
Jack
Jack
Jonothan

Suzy number 1 is having fun
Suzy number 2 is feeling blue
Suzy number 3 is running free
Suzy number 4 stalks the wild boar
Suzy number 5 is barely alive
Suzy number 6 is a very hot chick
Suzy number 7 is friends with Kevin
Suzy number 8 is Kevin.

1,2, 1 2 3 4

Rock indie rock bottom
Rock indie rock bottom
Rock indie rock bottom
Rock indie rock bottom

Get to the bottom of this
Find the indie rocker in this (repeat)

Lock the Griswolds
I was never told (x2)

Indie rock hides in my socks
Take off my boots set it free

(I got bored.)