Somebody Else To Blame

[VERSE 1 — deep rhythmic baritone over frantic bass/guitar pattern] It was you for a while. Then somebody before. Then the bastard who taught me what a locked room was for. I've got names for the damage. I've got dates for the pain. Every time I find the mirror— **I find somebody else to blame.** [RIFF EXPLODES — rapid polymetric guitars, bass running independently] [CHORUS — huge clean vocal] **Give me somebody else to blame. Give me a face, give me a name. Give me a reason I'm this way that doesn't end with me today.** I can carry all this anger. I can feed this fucking flame. Just give me— **somebody else to blame.** [TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTAL — drums and guitars trade shifting rhythmic patterns] [VERSE 2 — clean vocal deteriorating into screams] I blamed blood. I blamed luck. I blamed God when that wasn't enough. Blamed the ones who disappeared. Blamed the ones who fucking stayed. Funny how the target changes— **but the bullet flies the same.** [STOP] So who's left? [BREAKDOWN — fast at first, progressively slowing] YOU? HIM? HER? THEM? HOW MANY FUCKING NAMES DO I NEED FOR THIS TO END? [Tempo collapses] POINT. THE. FINGER. [Massive hit] **ANYWHERE BUT HERE.** [FINAL CHORUS — clean vocal against violent instrumentation] **Give me somebody else to blame. Give me a face, give me a name. Give me a reason I'm this way that doesn't end with me today.** But every road I send it down keeps bringing me back the same. I'm running out— of somebody else— **to blame.** [COMPLETE STOP]