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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?

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
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!

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

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)

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

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

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

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 - 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