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Miracle Drugs

by Big In Japan

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1.
Blank again, I go at this alone I could hate myself forever But I'd rather brave the great unknown All good sense aside I bought stock in your failed goodbyes And now I'm fucking broke Performed a simple test of pros and cons After putting pen to paper I have to wonder why I took so long No one's choosing sides I've written off all my allies And they can fucking go You're not haunting me I'm the ghost Shaking chains and bellowing While banging on your walls Inexplicably Freezing cold In your room, I'm hot and getting hotter Melting polar ice caps like the sun...
2.
Half-hearted smiles, you talked for miles I didn't hear a word you said I once wore rose-colored glasses But now I'm only seeing red It's so hard now waking up the dead When we're in bed When we've nowhere to go But I gotta know If I buy the drinks will you pay the rent? We'll run this race 'til it's typical If you had some drive and I had success I'd be a lot less cynical You beat my brow and I can take a punch But given repeated jabs and time It stands to reason that I might become Just a little hand-shy I could love you if I didn't hate you so much That's my counter-punch We've eight more rounds to go And I gotta know...
3.
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone I heard that line in a bad song Ah, fuck it, I'll use it anyway Though not in the standard Sense of the set of prescribed words I mean it to be taken in both ways Damn your eyes Cuz I know it's absolutely true Damn your eyes Damn your eyes I fucking damn you Oh, party girl You won't know what hit you Oh, party girl When you finally come to Oh, party girl I'll be gone Oh so gone Before I'm free Of you Damn you You held me down, I towed the line You demanded more, I turned to crime Next thing you know You're a saint and I'm a knave The party girl and her slave Damn your eyes Cuz you know it's absolutely true Damn your eyes Damn your eyes I fucking damn you Oh, party girl It'll take years of therapy Oh, party girl To mend all these injuries Oh, party girl You've done a number on me So, damn your eyes I fucking damn you Damn you
4.
A fresh bandage and a crutch One for the head, one for the heart Why can't the two just work it out Never accomplished all that much Were it not for sheer luck you'd not have A thing to brag about You wanted more than the prognosticators Had prophesized, oh-way-oh Would be your prize for an unremarkable life You wanted more, oh-way-oh You smoke, you drink, and then you drug But you're not tortured, you're just bored Embittered by your own lethargy Be sure to give your couch a hug Sit on your hands and your best friend No need to make an apology You get a rock! A lump of coal! No dessert! Off to bed without supper! You get a D! An incomplete! A reprimand! Go straight to the office! You get what you pay for Nothing less, nothing more...
5.
I don't need to be saved And I wouldn't want an early grave What I desire is a place that I can fit into Where you need me like I need you It's all these walls that separate Our chosen paths, I'll knock them down Like a dozer in a shanty town Like a king with a plastic crown With some handgun bravado But no handgun there to show I act with the purpose of a man with nothing to lose And the will to gain everything, all he is to do is to choose I choose I choose I choose you I can't hear a sound I can't find a doorway I can't feel the ground There's no one around But you and me Baby, I am unafraid At the dawn of many long days Stretching out as far as the eye can see Where the years feel like centuries It's not my choice to lay and wait I lost all control on the day When I fell in love with you Oh, what would you have me do? Should I lay my weapons down? Or stand and hold my ground? Though my heart may be aching from splitting, then breaking in two I'm proudly conceding my heart will be bleeding for you My heart My heart Is bleeding for you...
6.
You broke my heart You broke my heart You broke my heart With your seven hurried little letters You crushed my ego You crushed my ego You crushed my ego And I don't see it ever getting better Go screaming toward the exits, yeah, I guess it's for the better 'Cuz I wouldn't want a fan who only likes the pretty weather And skewed is your perspective from the top down to the bottom If you want to start a battle, better smoke 'em if you got 'em You sullied my name You sullied my name You sullied my name Oh the humanity and horror You've got my number You've got my number You've got my number Color me defamed and dishonored Go air your petty grievance from the safety of your hovel You stir it with a spoon and then I chuck it with a shovel And you're preaching to the choir, like as if they were the masses But I'm passing out the truth while I'm handing them their asses A clumsy jab, then you run away Ran up a tab that you couldn't pay That yellow stripe runs to the bone Is that a chin or a dinner roll? I look again but I still don't know You've got no head, you've got a hole You know no sin, you're infallible You're not a man, you're just a troll 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 oh no! You broke my heart You broke my heart You broke my heart And I don't see it ever getting better
7.
Did you take your walk of shame today? One of your few daily rituals To make a purchase at the basement pharmacy DIY pharmaceuticals 'Cuz you're sick and so depraved You're not gone, but you can't be saved It's your lot in life, so do this... So, take it to the ground The party's never ending now Take it to the ground When you perform your self-surgery Splayed out on a filthy bathroom floor Hacking away with a common kitchen knife Your pipes, they will rust forevermore Call on a pack of marauding murderers And invite them into your home Crank the tunes, the party will continue when you're gone So do this...
8.
Oh, Sookie-o 02:11
She found herself a distraction To keep me off her mind What a silly notion Is he the best she could find? I run around all directions Searching for something to do He ain't that pretty Just slightly witty Oh, what a pity That she thought for a moment she could find someone better than me She's hitching a ride to Tokyo She's hitching a ride, oh, Sookie-o
9.
I admit I made some pretty big mistakes And hurt you more than I can say Or begin to contemplate But the events of these, the past three years The cacophony of whispering peers Has left me with two deaf and burning ears I know your face, I know your name Inside you're not the same So I must inquire... Who the fuck are you? And where'd she go off to? What happened to that girl I used to know? Did you take her life? When you hastily became a wife To the first boring chump Pretending to know who she was And these days I find the memories Relentlessly they're haunting me In dreams I live an unfamiliar life It's like a tangent universe I'm in A chance to start over again A harsh glimpse at what might have been Had I not had such shit for brains I know your face and name Still, it's no excuse... I thought you were stronger than that I thought you a good head on your shoulders But you gave in so easily For the approval of mother and father You've become what You've become what You've become what you never wanted to be You've become what you never thought you would be You've become what you always said that you would never be You've become ordinary So! Who the fuck are you? And where'd she go off to? What happened to that girl I used to know? Did you take her life? When you hastily became a wife To the first boring chump Pretending to know who she was Ordinary girl

about

This album was recorded back in 2015-2016, I think? Been sitting on it forever. Thought why not? Perhaps someone out there might like it? It was recorded at The Static Room in Oakland, California by Denny Mueller over several weekends. You may notice that the singer's voice sounds different... Well, that's because it's a different singer! My voice has gone to shit over the years, so my buddy Ben Weston was kind enough to fly himself over from the UK to take care of the vocal duties. Thanks, Ben! Also, our friend Johnny Miller from Friends Of Cesar Romero and The Reddmen played those killer guitar solos on "I'm The Ghost." Thanks, Johnny!

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released January 22, 2021

Zac Damon - Guitar & Vocals
Ben Weston - Vocals
Zach Brandner - Bass & Vocals
Pierre Marche - Drums

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Big In Japan Reno, Nevada

We came, we saw, we released our first album in 2001... And then we found out there was another Big In Japan from the UK in the late 70s. They're good, too! Oops! The internet wasn't that ubiquitous back in 2001, and even though we love punk-post-punk-new-wave-etc. from their region and time period, we missed them somehow. Any bands started beyond 2010 really have no excuse for aping a name. ... more

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