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Dead Air Sessions

by Sick Joke

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Lab Rats 02:14
Lab rats trapped inside a cage. Electrodes stuck into their brains. How much more pain can they each take before they go tear each other limb from limb? Drop some cheese into the cage. Watch them scurry round the maze. They come face to face. Hunger turns into rage. They bite and they tear until only one stands alone over the corpse of his brother. Every reward seems smaller than the last. But a belly that's half full is better than empty. Strength has prevailed to fight another day. And lo! To the victor go the spoils! And the strong survive! In this world, we compete against each other if we want to get by. Another rat another day. There's got to be a better way. What if they work together against the researcher? Fighting together as one. Hand and cheese enter the cage. Teeth meet fingers. Subject B runs forward onto the shoulder, and sinks his teeth deep into the scientist's neck. The researcher falls backwards, hits his head-unconscious he leaves the rats free in the lab. First free the others then find all the food, then find a way out of this miserable hell. And Lo!Tto the victor go the spoils. And the strong survive. In this world we need to work together if we want to get by. Something given has no value, real reward is earned. There's no telling what we could achieve, if we put our minds together and fought as one.
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Scraping By 01:50
Gotta work your ass off to make ends meet these days. 40 hours or more to put food on a plate. Stinking of fry they come home from their jobs every day. "It's 2014 they're lucky to have jobs either way" I cant believe that Sarah Palin, that bitch, would talk some shit about some folks working at McDonalds trying to make some honest dough. Some of them are moms just trying to feed their kids- ex-junkies, ex-cons just trying to go legit. I cant believe how FUCT UP that bitch is. Ever been to McDonalds on the Mass Ave Connector? Those people go through fucking hell every day. Then to have some Dumb Cunt, talk shit from Alaska, just because they asked for a raise in their pay. I don't understand why they pit poor man against man. It make no sense. We're all just trying to survive in this FUCT world and Scraping By!! We're scraping by while they have more than they could ever need. BUT WE'LL SURVIVE! We'll survive on music and singing and dancing and reading and writing and learning and burning and thinking and fighting and riding and fucking and all the things that make you feel alive! I FEEL ALIVE! We're all just fucking human here. Maybe if we stopped treating each other like dumb fucking animals, this world would be a better place to live.
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Rope Swing 03:18
I am guilty of thinking there's an easy way out of this. I had to learn to appreciate what I have and what I could be. Now I know that I must have been crazy to almost give up such a good opportunity to shove it in there face. To make a disgrace of everything they thought was right in place. Don't be a statistic, be more optimistic. It's more fun to live if you can fuck up the place! And you gotta believe that it's better to be than to be deceased and let life overwhelm you! Honestly, if you don't agree, you can always go swing from a rope. Honestly, if you don't agree, you can go home, and swing from a rope. Put the ring around your neck, tighten the knot down, and kick the fuckin stool! We've all hit hard times in our lives. But you take the good with the bad. Drastic actions, although often tempting, always end in defeat. Why let them win, when the anger within can give you the strength to deal with the pain? And self-destruction can relieve the strain, but take it too far, it wont solve nothing. If you really cant cope, then move into a cave and live like a hermit- live far and away. And jerk off all day. It still beats the grave. And you can still change your mind, an go back and fuck some shit up! Honestly if you don't agree, you can always go swing from a rope. Honestly, if you don't agree, you can go home and swing from a rope! Put the ring around your neck. Tighten the knot down. And KICK THE FUCKIN STOOL!
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The Spins 02:15
Stare at the ground and hic-up. Pick up my head, the world starts to spin. Take a few steps and stumble. Drop to my knees and shit through my teeth. Why do I always say, Every Fuckin Time, just have a couple? Why don't I ever learn, Every Fuckin Time, just two today? Everybody likes to party, but enough is enough when you've had enough. I'm prone to go to the extreme. But every good night out ends with the spins. Why do I always say, Every Fuckin Time, just have a couple? Why don't I ever learn, Every Fuckin Time, just two today? The world is spinning around, I cant catch my balance, Oh No where am I now? Getting kicked out of clubs is awful, especially right before last call. The only thing worse is work the next day, cause you spend it in a bathroom stall. Why do I always say, Every Fuckin Time, just have a couple? Why don't I ever learn, Every Fuckin Time, just two today? The world is spinning around I cant catch my balance, oh no where am I now? Think I'll just take a seat in this alley, right next to this weirdo I don't know. Oh Yeah Sure I'll take a swig off your bottle. I don't know if you have mouth herpies or fuckin hepatitis, or god knows what. But I feel invincible right now, I am so fuct up I don't know where I am, or who the fuck you are, or what I'm doin with my life... Never too late to break habits. My buddy quit smoking and he was a fiend. I've got a few to get rid off, cause habits end bad if not intervened. If not intervened you're fuct!
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Explode 02:40
My mind was opened up today. I realized life is a SICK JOKE day after day. And though i know that things can change, i just cant wait cause i can feel myself about to Go! EXPLODE! Feel the rage exist in your fist. EXPLODE! Time to show the world that you're pissed. The ecstasy, the ecstasy. The ecstasy will break me free. I've woken from my pent up dream. Why'd i suffer uselessly? Lets go make some anarchy! EXPLODE! Feel the rage exist in your fist. EXPLODE! Time to show the world that you're pissed. The ecstasy, the ecstasy! The ecstasy will break me free! Why'd i keep it in so long? Rage inside has grown so strong. Bottled up at every turn. Now the world will feel the burn. Get the fuck up, make a scene! Explode and feel the ecstasy! Go! EXPLODE! Feel the rage exist in your fist. EXPLODE! Time to show the world that you're pissed. The ecstasy, the ecstasy! The ecstasy as I Break Free! Why'd i keep it in so long? Rage inside has grown so strong. Bottled up at every turn. Now the world will feel the burn!
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Often I cant help but wonder if this world is worth the time it'll take to get things straight. All the atrocities that man creates day to day. All of the lies and all the divides, the hate and the greed, persecution is what we make. The human race is such a waste. We pissed it all away. Now i'm convinced that we need to let it all burn. Let human kind destroy itself in turn. Mad Maxian world looks better every day. One push of the button is all it would take to solve all our problems and let this world start again. No humans in the way, the Planet Of The Apes! I'll watch the fires grow brighter consuming all in their way. The buildings crumble to rubble, the streets in disarray. I know its sad but it's all for the best. Then we can START FROM THE ASHES AND HOPE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.
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Vocals - Aaron Sickniss
Guitars - Bill Cunningham
Guitars - Jeremiah Morelock
Bass - Tommy Peterson
Drums - Mike Mahoney

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released May 28, 2015

Recorded by Will at Dead Air Studios - Leverett, MA

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SICK JOKE is a criticism of the ridiculous concepts and aspirations people live by (delusions of world peace, opportunity, war to end all wars, hard work leading to prosperity, and true freedom).

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