Johnny Dissent - Basement Anthem Lyrics

When I was young, and I was dumb
Everyone told me I'd have to get a job
I'm still doing my very best to prove those people wrong
But its not always that easy
But the fire in my heart won't keep me warm at night
When its -13 below
So I take the check and close my eyes
And think back to the better times

Pick slides and power chords
Shitty bands and two minute songs
The closest friends and the cheapest beer
These are our best years
Pick slides and power chords,
Shitty bands and two minute songs
The closest friends and the cheapest beer
These are our best years

They make pills for people who are this angry
And maybe I'd try them pop a few just like candy
But that would require insurance, and a doctor
So until the day that those are free
There is only one cure for me
A dirty basement, full of pissed off kids
Who won't judge me for being what I am
Because what I am is angry, and hungry
And lonely and nervous, but not tonight, tonight I feel great

Pick slides and power chords
Shitty bands and two minute songs
The closest friends and the cheapest beer
These are our best years
Pick slides and power chords
Shitty bands and two minute songs
The closest friends and the cheapest beer
These are our best years

Every band that I love quit the scene years ago
But the songs just aren't important
We just need some place to go
Where the people won't hate us for being unhappy
Turn up the volume and make sure the world knows
Break all the windows, and get the cops called again
Those are just the symptoms of our generations cancer
These songs are the radiation that we'll pay for later
But for tonight this is the place that can make me feel better

Pick slides and power chords
Shitty bands and two minute songs
The closest friends and the cheapest beer
These are our best years

Pick slides and power chords
Shitty bands and two minute songs
The closest friends and the cheapest beer
These are our best years