False Positive
- nyjm
- Niemöller
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False Positive
noah mclaughlin
this cannot be – are you certain?
must be a man behind the curtain
go back and see whatever you see
this cannot be – are you certain?
they have run every test they can think of
my hope is fading away
i can't believe – are you sure?
i will not fall for this lure
i could not survive with this monster at my door
i can't believe – are you sure?
i have made every phone call I can
i have a second, third opinion
oncology to the end
chemotherapy is my friend
can you read this palimpsest of flesh?
how would you gloss my death?
i have said my prayers, sought to make amends
now I can wait for the end
i have made every phone call i can
i have said my goodbyes
now you say it was a lie?
this cannot be – are you certain?
must be a man behind the curtain
go back and see whatever you see
this cannot be – are you certain?
they have run every test they can think of
my hope is fading away
i can't believe – are you sure?
i will not fall for this lure
i could not survive with this monster at my door
i can't believe – are you sure?
i have made every phone call I can
i have a second, third opinion
oncology to the end
chemotherapy is my friend
can you read this palimpsest of flesh?
how would you gloss my death?
i have said my prayers, sought to make amends
now I can wait for the end
i have made every phone call i can
i have said my goodbyes
now you say it was a lie?
"You sound like the ghost of David Bowie." - SchlimminyCricket | it was a pleasure to burn | my website | Juliet's Happy Dagger
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The Weakest Suit
- Goldman
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Re: False Positive
Song Fight Song 082
False Positive
Twenty years ago in the land of the dragons
A group of young people stood up and circled their wagons
Their swords and their shields were the cries of democracy
But they woke the beast and by God, there was a reckoning
They were blown away
On this very day, twenty years ago
Some people did dare on that square that now the whole world knows
From one picture that came to symbolize the entire scene
That one brave man facing down three units of mobile artillery
He was blown away
Nothing changes
The world’s still the same
It's still the same
© 2009 Weakest Suit Songs
False Positive
Twenty years ago in the land of the dragons
A group of young people stood up and circled their wagons
Their swords and their shields were the cries of democracy
But they woke the beast and by God, there was a reckoning
They were blown away
On this very day, twenty years ago
Some people did dare on that square that now the whole world knows
From one picture that came to symbolize the entire scene
That one brave man facing down three units of mobile artillery
He was blown away
Nothing changes
The world’s still the same
It's still the same
© 2009 Weakest Suit Songs
- Geoff WreckdoM
- Goldman
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Re: False Positive
False Positive
by WreckdoM
The radiowaves said to dig in my yard
I found a cache of diamonds and gold
And now I ride a holy beast through town
My head lights up when the sun goes down
Some people tend to blame the drugs, blame the drugs
They want me to pee in a cup, pee in a cup
Some people wanna blame the drugs, blame the drugs
They wanna take away my drugs, keep your hands off my motherfucking drugs
They wish that they could feel my buzz
To taste and waste, and become the grime
If they only knew what I knew at the time
They never would have let me run these streets, Ha ha!
Some people tend to blame the drugs, blame the drugs
Some people wanna pee in a cup, pee in a cup
Some people wanna blame my drugs, blame the drugs
They wanna take away my drugs, keep your hands off my motherfucking drugs
They wanna lock me up in Alcatraz
The government wants to claim my head
They'll hang me up, leave me for dead
But I'll walk the line, I'll bear your cross
Some people tend to blame the drugs, blame the drugs
Some people wanna pee in a cup, pee in a cup
Some people wanna blame my drugs, blame the drugs
They wanna take away my drugs, keep your hands off my motherfucking drugs
Scar my flesh, I'll never talk
Take my body, steal my soul
Keep your secrets, know what's true
Live in fear of the day that I come for you
I'm coming for you, you
I'm coming for you, Ha ha!
by WreckdoM
The radiowaves said to dig in my yard
I found a cache of diamonds and gold
And now I ride a holy beast through town
My head lights up when the sun goes down
Some people tend to blame the drugs, blame the drugs
They want me to pee in a cup, pee in a cup
Some people wanna blame the drugs, blame the drugs
They wanna take away my drugs, keep your hands off my motherfucking drugs
They wish that they could feel my buzz
To taste and waste, and become the grime
If they only knew what I knew at the time
They never would have let me run these streets, Ha ha!
Some people tend to blame the drugs, blame the drugs
Some people wanna pee in a cup, pee in a cup
Some people wanna blame my drugs, blame the drugs
They wanna take away my drugs, keep your hands off my motherfucking drugs
They wanna lock me up in Alcatraz
The government wants to claim my head
They'll hang me up, leave me for dead
But I'll walk the line, I'll bear your cross
Some people tend to blame the drugs, blame the drugs
Some people wanna pee in a cup, pee in a cup
Some people wanna blame my drugs, blame the drugs
They wanna take away my drugs, keep your hands off my motherfucking drugs
Scar my flesh, I'll never talk
Take my body, steal my soul
Keep your secrets, know what's true
Live in fear of the day that I come for you
I'm coming for you, you
I'm coming for you, Ha ha!
"perhaps the most offensive and disturbing image I've ever heard in a song" - Hans Gruber
- rone rivendale
- Odie
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Re: False Positive
The triumphant return of Rone Rivendale! Also the return of Techno.
You didn't give all you could give
Our love's not real it's a false positive
Livin' in sin ain't no way to live
Our love's not real it's a false positive
You didn't give all you could give
Our love's not real it's a false positive
Livin' in sin ain't no way to live
Our love's not real it's a false positive
We can't keep going one sided
It won't work if it's broken
I want a real love and not
A beautiful but meaningless token
(You didn't give all you could give
Our love's not real it's a false positive
Livin' in sin ain't no way to live
Our love's not real it's a false positive) x3
You didn't give all you could give
Our love's not real it's a false positive
Livin' in sin ain't no way to live
Our love's not real it's a false positive
You didn't give all you could give
Our love's not real it's a false positive
Livin' in sin ain't no way to live
Our love's not real it's a false positive
We can't keep going one sided
It won't work if it's broken
I want a real love and not
A beautiful but meaningless token
(You didn't give all you could give
Our love's not real it's a false positive
Livin' in sin ain't no way to live
Our love's not real it's a false positive) x3
From spoken word to actual singing, I can screw up any style with style. 
Re: False Positive
False Positive
(c) 2009 Pathetic Wannabees
I wanna know
why cheese costs five bucks a pound
I wanna know
why Silent Majorities make so much sound
I wanna know
why it's all take and no give
I wanna know
why the false is so positive
[chorus]
It's a sham in a tube
It's pee on a stick
Is it a blink?
Or a wink?
Or just a a mirror trick?
I wanna know
whether it's the left or the right
I wanna know
why the bottom is out of sight
I wanna know
why ripples stay on the surface
I wanna know
If it's accident or on purpose
[chorus]
It's a sham in a tube
It's pee on a stick
Is it a blink?
Or a wink?
Or just a a mirror trick?
I wanna know
is it high or is it low
I wanna know
is it dormant or will it blow
I wanna know
should I stroll on outside
I wanna know
should I run and save my hide
Tell me! (I wanna know)
Tell me! (I wanna know)
Tell me! (I wanna know)
Tell me! (I wanna know)
(c) 2009 Pathetic Wannabees
I wanna know
why cheese costs five bucks a pound
I wanna know
why Silent Majorities make so much sound
I wanna know
why it's all take and no give
I wanna know
why the false is so positive
[chorus]
It's a sham in a tube
It's pee on a stick
Is it a blink?
Or a wink?
Or just a a mirror trick?
I wanna know
whether it's the left or the right
I wanna know
why the bottom is out of sight
I wanna know
why ripples stay on the surface
I wanna know
If it's accident or on purpose
[chorus]
It's a sham in a tube
It's pee on a stick
Is it a blink?
Or a wink?
Or just a a mirror trick?
I wanna know
is it high or is it low
I wanna know
is it dormant or will it blow
I wanna know
should I stroll on outside
I wanna know
should I run and save my hide
Tell me! (I wanna know)
Tell me! (I wanna know)
Tell me! (I wanna know)
Tell me! (I wanna know)
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Steve Durand
- Orwell
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- Location: Anaheim, CA
Re: False Positive
False Posititve
By Steve Durand
I met her at the local coffee house
We talked 'till late in the night
She coyly slipped me her e-mail address
And said "don't forget to write"
But when I checked back in the morning
I saw my message had bounced
I'm not spam
Why do you think that I am
I'm not spam
There's nothing more I can say
It makes me feel so small
To be treated this way
I'm a man
I am not spam
So I went back down to the coffee house
In hopes that she would come back
I new exactly what to say to her
I'd launch a scathing attack
So when she walked in through the doorway
I told her right to her face
I'm not spam
Why would you think that I am
I'm not spam
There's nothing more I can say
It makes me feel so small
To be treated this way
I'm a man
I am not spam
She said "I'm oh, so sorry
That you had that cross to bear
I just forgot to change the settings
On my security software"
So I'm not spam
She never thought that I am
I'm not spam
I'm so happy to say
It made me feel so small
To be treated that way
But I'm a man
I am not spam
I'm not spam
Why do you think that I am
By Steve Durand
I met her at the local coffee house
We talked 'till late in the night
She coyly slipped me her e-mail address
And said "don't forget to write"
But when I checked back in the morning
I saw my message had bounced
I'm not spam
Why do you think that I am
I'm not spam
There's nothing more I can say
It makes me feel so small
To be treated this way
I'm a man
I am not spam
So I went back down to the coffee house
In hopes that she would come back
I new exactly what to say to her
I'd launch a scathing attack
So when she walked in through the doorway
I told her right to her face
I'm not spam
Why would you think that I am
I'm not spam
There's nothing more I can say
It makes me feel so small
To be treated this way
I'm a man
I am not spam
She said "I'm oh, so sorry
That you had that cross to bear
I just forgot to change the settings
On my security software"
So I'm not spam
She never thought that I am
I'm not spam
I'm so happy to say
It made me feel so small
To be treated that way
But I'm a man
I am not spam
I'm not spam
Why do you think that I am
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" -Unknown
"Seems to me this is the point of Songfight" - Max The Cat
"Seems to me this is the point of Songfight" - Max The Cat
- Paco Del Stinko
- Roosevelt
- Posts: 3550
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- Location: Massachusetts. God save the Commonwealth!
Re: False Positive
False Positive - Paco del Stinko
You think it's easy, when they lie to you
They don't fool themselves, though they think that they do
You may get queasy, when the story repeats again
The same one that they always tell, they put the knife in the back of their own friends
False positive - Not what you think it is
True negative - Not what they said it is
Can you trust a vampire, if you still have your soul
Get close to the campfire, cause they're gonna get you when you get old
False positive - Not what you think it is
True negative - Not what they said it is
You tell me that you are the light (yes I see you)
Yet still you're as dark as the night (but I see through)
See the smile and feel the hope, a victim of the charm
All the while they reel in the dope, doing themselves all of the harm
False positive - Not what you think it is
True negative - Not what they said it is
You think it's easy, when they lie to you
They don't fool themselves, though they think that they do
You may get queasy, when the story repeats again
The same one that they always tell, they put the knife in the back of their own friends
False positive - Not what you think it is
True negative - Not what they said it is
Can you trust a vampire, if you still have your soul
Get close to the campfire, cause they're gonna get you when you get old
False positive - Not what you think it is
True negative - Not what they said it is
You tell me that you are the light (yes I see you)
Yet still you're as dark as the night (but I see through)
See the smile and feel the hope, a victim of the charm
All the while they reel in the dope, doing themselves all of the harm
False positive - Not what you think it is
True negative - Not what they said it is
Bringin' the stink since 2006.
Re: False Positive
False Positive by Stolen Holiday
(My teenage niece is dying to know the lyrics, otherwise I might be too embarrassed to post them.)
Your side of the bed is still vacant since you left
I'm not ready yet to fill the position
The things that you said are still ringing in my head
I'm sure that you'd say they're not worth a mention
All I have left now is envy and regret
The shadows of all of my failed intentions
You look at me now as a false positive
A mistake that you made and erased with a vengeance
But I just can't help but wonder
If things could have better, and I...
Well I really should know better
But I want you to come back again to me
But that will never be
Your side of the bed is still vacant since you left
I'm not ready yet to fill the position
You found a new home to lay and rest your head
But you can't be replaced, there's no competition
(My teenage niece is dying to know the lyrics, otherwise I might be too embarrassed to post them.)
Your side of the bed is still vacant since you left
I'm not ready yet to fill the position
The things that you said are still ringing in my head
I'm sure that you'd say they're not worth a mention
All I have left now is envy and regret
The shadows of all of my failed intentions
You look at me now as a false positive
A mistake that you made and erased with a vengeance
But I just can't help but wonder
If things could have better, and I...
Well I really should know better
But I want you to come back again to me
But that will never be
Your side of the bed is still vacant since you left
I'm not ready yet to fill the position
You found a new home to lay and rest your head
But you can't be replaced, there's no competition
- JonPorobil
- Ibárruri
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Re: False Positive
Double-post.
False Positive
lyrics by Jon Eric, performed by Ross Durand
So go ahead and build that wall
Build it twelve yards thick* and twenty stories tall
It's not as though you've got a lot to hide at all
He's a non (he's a non, he's a non, he's a non**) starter [x2]
[chorus]
So tell him how it's gonna end
With him in tears and with a broken heart again
He never heard a word you said
He thought he had the go-ahead
Let's change the ending to this book
Bleach the pages clean and take another look
Let's make it worth the chance that no one ever took
He's a non (he's a non, he's a non, he's a non**) starter [x2]
(chorus x2)
He's a non (he's a non, he's a non, he's a non**) starter [x3]
*Ross sings "wide" instead of "thick."
**Ross omits one of the parenthetical repetitions in his version.
False Positive
lyrics by Ross Durand, performed by Jon Eric
All alone in a crowd
Pushing me around
Go with the flow, keep my head down
Thought I saw you there, turned around...
But I was wrong
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na naaaaaaaaa*
Clear blue, in the sky
Deep blue, deep inside
Thought I saw you, from the corner of my eye
Another chance to say goodbye...
But I was wrong
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na naaaaaaaaa*
[bridge]
I see you everywhere I go
But you're never there
Where you've gone I'll never know
But I still see you everywhere
Darkness falls - once again
I feel the** empty then
You come around in my head
I thought I saw you once again...***
But I was wrong
[bridge]****
*These sections were not present in Ross' version.
**Jon omits the word "the" from this line.
***Jon repeats this line twice.
****Jon omits this repetition of the bridge.
False Positive
lyrics by Jon Eric, performed by Ross Durand
So go ahead and build that wall
Build it twelve yards thick* and twenty stories tall
It's not as though you've got a lot to hide at all
He's a non (he's a non, he's a non, he's a non**) starter [x2]
[chorus]
So tell him how it's gonna end
With him in tears and with a broken heart again
He never heard a word you said
He thought he had the go-ahead
Let's change the ending to this book
Bleach the pages clean and take another look
Let's make it worth the chance that no one ever took
He's a non (he's a non, he's a non, he's a non**) starter [x2]
(chorus x2)
He's a non (he's a non, he's a non, he's a non**) starter [x3]
*Ross sings "wide" instead of "thick."
**Ross omits one of the parenthetical repetitions in his version.
False Positive
lyrics by Ross Durand, performed by Jon Eric
All alone in a crowd
Pushing me around
Go with the flow, keep my head down
Thought I saw you there, turned around...
But I was wrong
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na naaaaaaaaa*
Clear blue, in the sky
Deep blue, deep inside
Thought I saw you, from the corner of my eye
Another chance to say goodbye...
But I was wrong
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na naaaaaaaaa*
[bridge]
I see you everywhere I go
But you're never there
Where you've gone I'll never know
But I still see you everywhere
Darkness falls - once again
I feel the** empty then
You come around in my head
I thought I saw you once again...***
But I was wrong
[bridge]****
*These sections were not present in Ross' version.
**Jon omits the word "the" from this line.
***Jon repeats this line twice.
****Jon omits this repetition of the bridge.
"Warren Zevon would be proud." -Reve Mosquito
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- ElaineDiMasi
- de Gaulle
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Re: False Positive
False Positive - Elaine DiMasi
Wishful Thinking is a little tired of driving
Wishful Thinking takes a break in the passenger seat
but she never, never goes to sleep
Wishful Thinking's got a hand on the radio tuner
she doesn't like what she hears, so she shifts it around
she never hears a "no"
because she won't hear silence
she never turns the radio down
while I'm driving I explain that those are false positives
those are false positives, the tests aren't right
I try to make it plain that those are false positives
I expect another answer when we're home tonight
it'll be a ways yes to another exit
there's just no hurry to agree
there's a good book in my purse
the weather could be worse
and if I just keep looking out the window -
when I was driving I explained that those were false positives
those were false positives the tests weren't right
I tried to make it plain that those were false positives
I better get another answer when we're home tonight
I didn't know what it was until he said it that way
no Wishful Thinking can erase those words
Wishful Thinking is a little tired of driving
Wishful Thinking takes a break in the passenger seat
but she never, never goes to sleep
Wishful Thinking's got a hand on the radio tuner
she doesn't like what she hears, so she shifts it around
she never hears a "no"
because she won't hear silence
she never turns the radio down
while I'm driving I explain that those are false positives
those are false positives, the tests aren't right
I try to make it plain that those are false positives
I expect another answer when we're home tonight
it'll be a ways yes to another exit
there's just no hurry to agree
there's a good book in my purse
the weather could be worse
and if I just keep looking out the window -
when I was driving I explained that those were false positives
those were false positives the tests weren't right
I tried to make it plain that those were false positives
I better get another answer when we're home tonight
I didn't know what it was until he said it that way
no Wishful Thinking can erase those words