Absence of Light EP

by Bethpage Black

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2nd EP from Bethpage Black

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released 16 August 2011
Written and produced by Bethpage Black

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tags: rock dance long beach los angeles pop pop rock rock Long Beach

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You might think of Long Beach, CA, from whence 4-piece rock band Bethpage Black came, as a haven for hip-hop, reggae-funk ... more jam bands or quirky, jangly indie-folk-rock-electro-whatever-pop. But Bethpage Black are pretty much the opposite of that.

“We call it ‘Sickle Pop,’” explains drummer/songwriter Steve Coy. “It’s aggressive pop-rock with a slightly rusty metal edge.” less

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Track Name: Lipstick Colony
So what's the matter
sons and daughters
when you're looking in the mirror
well don't you like what you see?
A little thinner makes you happy
like it makes you want to learn a disease
So curse your family
run around screaming' "they'll never understand me"
but we'll show 'em, you'll see
cut yourself into a corner
paint the town or paint the walls red
fire off a warning shot
the ammunition is free


Well you'll soon be calling me
from your lipstick colony
crawling on your hands and knees
out of your lipstick colony

so let em whisper
soft and sweetly in your ear with tongues of silver
but you can't live on sugar every day
You catch more flies, honey
spin a web and can't get out of your own way
You had to have it
The put the habits on a tarnished silver platter
So you reached our there and grabbed it
Now with every labored breath
you wish the death of those who signed your soul away

Well you'll soon be callin' me
from your lipstick colony
crawlin' on your hands and knees
out of your lipstick colony
yeah you'll soon be offerin' me
a saccharine apology
beggin' to be set free
from your lipstick colony

So what's the matter
sons and daughters when you're looking in the mirror
Don't you like what you see?
I mean ok I guess I'm flattered
but when all is said and done
I guarantee you wouldn't like to be me
Track Name: Make Sure It Hurts
it's in your eyes that you wanted to destroy something beautiful
look how easily you walk away
shake my world to its foundation
you shake your fistful of dirty money
when you can't buy the words to say
gone mute with every complication

so kick me
come on and kick me down
kick me
if it picks you up a little bit
kick me when I'm down and make sure it hurts
cmon and kick me cause I can take the pain
kick me for just a little bit, a little bit
kick me when I'm down and make sure it hurts

when the going gets tough the weak get going
so where exactly are you going to?
safe like the others, all retreating
the experts say the worst is over
but I'm hoping for a little more
won't do a thing to stop the bleeding

it took a while to realize
that I would never be the savior
of yours or mine or any other world
but if you could ever know the pain of
all your broken promises, well
I know that you would never want me any other way
Track Name: I've Got Friends
I've got friends in all the wrong places
every clique's full of more empty faces
but I know that if you ever knew the real me
well, you'd swear I never existed at all

Well it's too much, too late
we'll never get sober
so let's go and get plastered all over
the walls, the world is ours 'till it ends
As 10,000 voices scream
"Sure, but at least you got friends"

So tell me, my friends, if I go tomorrow
(I've got friends in all the wrong places)
Would you make a new life to beg steal or borrow
(I want to vanish without any traces)
See the parade of others dressed just like me
Telling you I never existed at all

Well it's too much, too late
we'll never get sober
so let's go and get plastered all over
the walls, the world, it's ours 'till it ends
As 10,000 voices scream louder and louder
It's too much too late
We'll never get sober
so let's go and get plastered all over
the walls, the world, it's ours 'till it ends
As 10,000 voices scream
sure but at least you got friends

got just what we wanted
made you what we wanted
well I just can't take this
I thought I could take this
apart in my head getting louder and louder
and louder and louder again