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Cobra Antic

by Crab Action

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1.
Born on a mountain top, not Tennessee He’s so damn drunk he can barely see Stilling moonshine is in his milieu Don’t call him a mullet he’ll fucking kill you Standing tall about six-foot-three A model of southern hostility The townsfolk all stop and stare But fuck the world, he don’t care Can you hear the sound? His truck’s six feet off the ground He don’t care about tomorrow He’s the Sumbitch Horror Family tradition, he knows it well He’ll make the world a living hell Pouring through moldy, ancient tomes The thing in the attic leaves only bones Can you hear the sound? His truck’s six feet off the ground He don’t care about tomorrow He’s the Sumbitch Horror He comes down from the hills Can you hear the whippoorwills? There’ll be no tomorrow He’s the Sumbitch Horror In a sleepy little town Decadence abounds From the ancient mound Here comes the Sumbitch Horror
2.
I cannot stand the way I find myself A victim of your avarice when I was just a whelp That gnawing in my chest, a void so tight and black Darker than any night but I can take it back And that’s how I use gasoline And that’s how I use gasoline Self-immolation, I need to become clean And that’s how I use gasoline You brought me to this Your groping, greedy gaze Cuts me like a piece of meat My rage is now a blaze And that’s how I use gasoline And that’s how I use gasoline Burned at the stake, you need to become clean And that’s how I use gasoline Fan the flames They ease the pain You took my heart and you burnt it to a crisp But I know just how to get through this I don’t need your sympathy I’ve just gotta burn to be free And that’s how I use gasoline And that’s how I use gasoline Self-immolation, I need to become clean And that’s how I use gasoline
3.
I walked ten thousand miles through sand and mud and dirt My feet are cracked and bleeding and oh my God they hurt I stumbled towards salvation and I fell down to my knees The Pearly Gates were closed, you locked and barred them and you threw away the keys I know the world is dangerous And I don’t have all the answers And I don’t know what’s more scary Open doors or open carry So who’s to stay and who’s to leave becomes a matter of belief But no one promised you’d be safe It’s just a matter of faith Build a wall. Build a fence Cower behind your bigotry and call it self defense No I’m not naïve in what I believe Some show strength by standing up, others show it on their knees “Give me your tired. Give me your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shores. Send them, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me: I hold my lamp up high, beside the golden door!” Build a wall. Build a fence Cower behind your bigotry and call it self defense No I’m not naïve in what I believe Some show strength by standing up, others show it on their knees You can’t keep us all out
4.
You’ve made a happy home A loving partner and a baby boy to call your own I am the Prince of the Faeries The watcher in the woods Older than time I cannot be understood Only while you dream Can you sense what is so wrong I am beautiful and terrible as the dawn We creep Through your house while you sleep On summer nights when you’ve left your windows open And your little baby smiles so serenely As we carry him away One of us now. One of us Grow wings like a butterfly, and fangs like a bee Fly free through space, spreading the seed Eat from the mushroom, and fall flat on your face Transconfiguration as you leave the human race One of us now. You’re one of us
5.
I Am a Rat 02:42
I am a rat I lurk in the streets I am a rat I crawl gutters and alleys Don’t know a thing about me You think I’m gross and obscene Asphalt and urethane They ate away my brain Because I am a rat I won’t live in your cage I am a rat Fail, fall and try again I hope it never ends I slam, I break and I bleed I gnaw through steel and bone Your city is my home I’m here whether or not you want me Disaster, slash and grind I’ll take yours and make it mine I’m here whether or not you want me I am a rat I just want to rage Because I am a rat Fail, fall and try again I hope it never ends I don’t need sleep I need speed I gnaw through steel and bone Your city is my home I’m here whether or not you want me Disaster, slash and grind Take yours and make it mine I’m here whether or not you want me Loose trucks save lives
6.
Crab Fu 03:19
We came here From outer space To decimate The human race You said our home Is not a planet Apology I demand it You’re on thin ice You’re on thin ice You’re on thin ice We’re gonna fight And I just thought I’d let you know Before you and I come to blows Welcome to your doom I know Crab Fu A technique Of my design With just one pinch I’ll snap your spine Illegal by Galactic law I will make you Face the claw And I just thought I’d let you know You and I are gonna go Welcome to your doom I know Crab Fu You’re on thin ice You broke the ice We’re gonna fight You’re gonna die And I just thought I’d let you know Now that it’s too late for you to know Welcome to your doom I know Crab Fu
7.
I hate the automated checkout ‘Cause it puts people out of work Corporate greed disguised as convenience The robot war has begun Crab Action vs. Skynet The system is down
8.
Crawl 02:24
I am a hollow shell The crab has died Can’t they see that There’s nothing left inside? Crawl like an insect, crawl through the slime Under the mud in the salt and the brine Crawl like a crab, pincers for hands Down at the bottom in the weeds and the sand Crawl like an insect, crawl through the slime You can’t stand for something if you don’t have a spine Crawl like a crab, pincers for hands Always moving sideways ‘cause you don’t understand The crabs are in my gut I can feel them night and day The crabs they have fierce claws Pinching, always pinching Crawl like an insect, crawl through the slime Under the mud in the salt and the brine Crawl like a crab, pincers for hands Down at the bottom in the weeds and the sand Crawl like an insect, crawl through the slime You can’t stand for something if you don’t have a spine Crawl like a crab, pincers for hands Always moving sideways ‘cause you don’t understand
9.
I chased her naked through the snow Her father caught me now we are betrothed But I ran away just to be warm And her father’s vengeance is rolling like a storm Ice is falling from the stars I cannot move my fucking car How long it’s been, no one can tell Trapped inside an icy hell Frozen desolation falls Because I just ignore her calls Spring may never come again Unless she finds another man Cold Cold I’m so cold I’m betrothed to the Frost Giant’s daughter
10.
We crashed the dance floor What the hell did you expect? We’re here to party, not gonna lie When we come to your house Everybody’s gonna get wrecked If you’re not here to party you’re gonna die We stole the mic And we broke the lamp We’re here to party you’re here to die You said you were hardcore Kid you’re just camp We’re here to party you’re here to die We’re here More beer We don’t mean any harm Hit the trail with us or buy the farm Upside-down, let the devil inside Let’s ride We have sworn To always cross the mountains We’re here to party you’re here to die You’ve been warned Knights of the Golden Horseshoe We’re here to party you’re here to die We’re here More beer Party
11.
I sit alone and stare into space What’s happened to me? Hopeless bitterness, disgrace Is all that I can see This is all wrong where did this come from? My chest is tight and my mind is racing Was it the dark words I read from Or the call of some outer being? Don’t call up more than you can put down I can feel myself Starting to hate myself Right now The greatest measure of mercy Is that mankind cannot see We live on placid isles in ignorance Engulfed in black seas of infinity Don’t call up more than you can put down Space Time And misery Have no end We hold on tight to what we know And find bleak peace in letting go Cast adrift on the black seas Sinking, drowning, floating home

credits

released March 17, 2020

Gnat King Cruel – Vocals
The Unnamable Horror (aka “Lloyd”) – Drums
Broccoli Killbush – Guitar
Booze Worm – Guitar
Gygax Icehammer – Bass

the bass player – Bass on tracks #2, 8, 10
Thrasho Molestachio – Guitar on tracks #2, 8, 10

Everybody sang backing vocals.

All songs by Crab Action except #9 by Crab Action and Bladen Day and lyrics in #3 from “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus

Recorded and mixed by Scary Adams. Tracks #2, 8, 10 recorded at Old Dominion Studios Monticello Basement Annex, Harrisonburg, VA on July 26, 2014. Tracks #3, 4, 7, 9 recorded at Hotel Appalachia, Harrisonburg, VA on August 5, 2017. Tracks #1, 5, 6, 11 recorded at Hidden Audio and a vacuum cleaner repair store, Savannah, GA on August 2-4, 2019. Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

Front cover by Chris Porter. Back cover by Andrew Conner. Layout and design by Jeff Crag. Pressed at Blue Sprocket Pressing.

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