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The Scapegoat's Agony

by Coma Beach

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1.
You didn't want to leave The past alone That's why he had to come Like a threat carved in stone You doubted his existence Though he was alive That's why he'll take revenge With a sharp little knife Be his victim Should he call He's the writing on your wall The whisper in a room of glass Just like a dream That will never pass You really want to die In a slimy world of honey Not willing to change Anything with all your money? But the pain will be The internal quality And your bones the ashes Of your fatal vanity Be his victim Should he call He's the writing on your wall The whisper in a room of glass Just like a dream That will never pass Be his victim Should he call He's the writing on your wall The whisper in a room of glass Just like a dream That will never pass
2.
I've often hit the nail on the head And yet I was merely strangled I've often called the voice of my life And yet it was merely the past If I should see the future beaming with joy I will forgive myself Tell me the meaning of my life Tell me the meaning of forgiveness Tell me the meaning of my death And why I'm a murderer I've often dared, but defeat caught my eye So many years I believed in myself All these years without any success All these years without, like a dilettante Tell me the meaning of my life Tell me the meaning of forgiveness Tell me the meaning of my death And why I'm a murderer A whole life full of mistakes A whole life in order to resist My tears are filling up an ocean A character in a play Always the same things in my hand Tell me the meaning of my life (Of my fucking life) Tell me the meaning of forgiveness Tell me the meaning of my death And why I'm a murderer Tell me the meaning of my life Tell me the meaning of forgiveness Tell me the meaning of my death And why I'm a murderer Tell me the meaning of my life Tell me the meaning of forgiveness Tell me the meaning of my death And why I'm a murderer
3.
Never as sheltered As the time before birth All innocent souls Are buried on earth A guardian angel Escorted me for some time Then he escaped Despaired of his hard line And I'm going insane I'm going insane All the time All the time I'm going insane An overcrowded elevator Which is standing still A vampire's kiss That gave me a thrill Malicious faces on my flight On an X-ray I'm asked stupid questions Every day And I'm going insane I'm going insane All the time All the time I'm going insane Me on my own planet Exhausted from laughing Always surrounded By an invisible sun Staring out for black holes Devouring last fun My life in range Of a loaded gun And I'm going insane I'm going insane All the time All the time I'm going insane I'm going insane I'm going insane I'm going insane I'm going insane
4.
A knot in the brain A face full of pain A mind gone insane All shouting's in vain It gets even worse When white coat returns "A hopeless case, nurse!" And everything burns Somewhere in the bedroom Something's crawling closer Somehow irrepressible Trying to overdose ya Living in a madman's dream Your consciousness a rapid stream Hush! And leave his weary head When he awakes, you might be dead What else does he need Than eyes full of greed While working to feed A really bad seed? A try to defy Is only a try "Perhaps he will die" Too weak for a sigh Somewhere in the bedroom Something's crawling closer Somehow irrepressible Trying to overdose ya Living in a madman's dream Your consciousness a rapid stream Hush! And leave his weary head When he awakes, you might be dead A cry in the night A flash of bright light A pitiful sight Alone in a plight A mental disease An object to tease "Redeem me, God, please!" Falls down on his knees Somewhere in the bedroom Something's crawling closer Somehow irrepressible Trying to overdose ya Living in a madman's dream Your consciousness a rapid stream Hush! And leave his weary head When he awakes, you might be dead Living in a madman's dream Your consciousness a rapid stream Hush! And leave his weary head When he awakes, you might be dead
5.
Bliss 03:20
Clad in a veil of self-deception Sleepers rise to start their fall Into a world of ill conception Down from little to nothing at all Kill your thoughts to free your mind Life is easier when you're blind Paint your world in blissful pink You'll be happy when you don't have to think Squaring the vicious circle of being Passengers chained to the backs of their seats Staring and watching, without ever seeing Forcing their way through dead-end streets Kill your thoughts to free your mind Life is easier when you're blind Paint your world in blissful pink You'll be happy when you don't have to think You're welcome to face the faceless disaster A paranoid mass in search for a master The spiral keeps turning faster and faster Out of control, out of control Bliss still rules amongst the blind Bare of light, they try to find Out of sight and out of mind Into the hole, into the hole Kill your thoughts to free your mind Life is easier when you're blind Paint your world in blissful pink You'll be happy when you don't have to think Kill your thoughts to free your mind Life is easier when you're blind Paint your world in blissful pink You'll be happy when you don't have to think
6.
Passion 04:49
The passion I once had is now the ashes in my vault I'm looking out of the window Which consists of fragments I'm going out of the door Where the axe of death passes me its hand I repress my daily routine But I tolerate it still Where is my passion I once had? I ask you 'Cause you support the guilt Where is my passion I once had? I'm too sensitive for this world The enthusiasm that I felt when I was young Is now hatred I repress it But the frustration is too strong Where is my passion I once had? I ask you 'Cause you support the guilt Where is my passion I once had? Why don't you redeem me from this torment? Give me a new life where I'll find my old passion If you don't help me, I'll manage to help myself But then I'll be victorious Where is my passion I once had? I ask you 'Cause you support the guilt Where is my passion I once had? Where is my passion? Where is my passion? Where is my passion?
7.
Jesus' Tears 03:24
They nailed me to the cross Next to Jesus Christ A man climbed up to me And stared into my glaring eyes "You'll end up on this cross And I will have much fun!" I spat him in his fucking face And stared up to the sun My mad life was punished But my spirit will take revenge My mad life was punished But my spirit will take revenge My eyes began to burn Drying in the heat When suddenly an angel came And stroked my body From head to feet She pulled the nails Out of the cross And caught me as I fell She held my bruised and bloody hands But it was too late My mad life was punished But my spirit will take revenge My mad life was punished But my spirit will take revenge They carried me to my vault Followed by an angel weeping They laid me down in a hole Where I would be forever sleeping The last thing that I thought I saw Were pale blue eyes filled with pain The branch that stuck deep in her heart Drowned the world in a crimson stain My mad life was punished But my spirit will take revenge My mad life was punished But my spirit will take revenge My mad life was punished But my spirit will take revenge
8.
I love it to go through walls I'm able to sleep in fire While roaming about on water 'Cause I am the new Messiah Enlightenment for you, my dear friend Eternal peace, in heaven, on earth But you must believe in God and in me And property kills your glorious rebirth Here he comes with tongues of fire Praise the Lord - a new Messiah There he goes to ease your pain To break your will, to numb your brain When evil occurs, I'm there to redeem No matter how bad or vile it may seem Of course, this treatment is not for free But aren't we one big family? Here he comes with tongues of fire Praise the Lord - a new Messiah There he goes to ease your pain To break your will, to numb your brain Your souls could be saved if only you trust Abstain from those moments of sexual lust Abandon these places resembling bee-hives Forsake all your vices, your money, your lives Your lives Your lives Your lives Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not lie Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not die Thou shalt not swear Thou shalt not beat Thou shalt not drink Thou shalt not eat Here he comes with tongues of fire Praise the Lord - a new Messiah There he goes to ease your pain To break your will, to numb your brain Here he comes with tongues of fire Praise the Lord - a new Messiah There he goes to ease your pain To break your will, to numb your brain
9.
Boil my flesh in your pot of hate Eat my tongue 'til my memories fade Stick needles through my eyes Show me the truth, not fucking lies Give me real torture Torture is pain Give me a real life Life is pain Give me real torture Torture is pain Give me a real life Life is pain Split my face in your mirror of lies Shoot down my clouds from blissful skies Break my bones with your hammer of pity Drag my corpse out of the city Give me real torture Torture is pain Give me a real life Life is pain Give me real torture Torture is pain Give me a real life Life is pain Show me heaven and show me hell Show me a world that I can't sell Give me an experience I'll never forget Eternal life, internally dead Give me real torture Torture is pain Give me a real life Life is pain Give me real torture Torture is pain Give me a real life Life is pain Give me real torture Torture is pain Give me a real life Life is pain
10.
Absurd 05:16
You adore what you see And what you know You're so narrow-minded In your everyday show You believe there's a life A life after death And you cling to this 'Til you draw your last breath I don't care about what you think Since your life is so absurd In this brave new fucking world And your loathsome lessons stink You're the only creatures That bury the dead You write lots of books For this world gone mad You believe that your friends Are with you all day And their memory of you Will never pass away I don't care about what you think Since your life is so absurd In this brave new fucking world And your loathsome lessons stink Each day you wake up To fight with yourselves Being mad in your craze For more power and wealth Until one dark night You're frightened to death 'Cause your mean little mind Has drawn its last breath I don't care about what you think Since your life is so absurd In this brave new fucking world And your loathsome lessons stink I don't care about what you think Since your life is so absurd In this brave new fucking world And your loathsome lessons stink
11.
Another Song 03:02
Another day has come to its end Another wish to heaven sent Another star locked up in a jar Another sun shot down with a gun Another hand that hasn't been lent Congratulations - This life's a hit, this life's a shit Sweet elevation - Enjoy the show, stop feeling low Infatuation - Forget your pain and get insane Ejaculation - Just reach the top and never stop Another face that makes me feel sick Another word that cuts to the quick Another beach just out of reach Another stroke that makes me choke Another fool deceived by a trick Congratulations - This life's a hit, this life's a shit Sweet elevation - Enjoy the show, stop feeling low Infatuation - Forget your pain and get insane Ejaculation - Just reach the top and never stop Another tear concealed by a fist Another child that slashes its wrist Another room filled up with gloom Another bed turns burning red Another dream that ceased to exist Congratulations - This life's a hit, this life's a shit Sweet elevation - Enjoy the show, stop feeling low Infatuation - Forget your pain and get insane Ejaculation - Just reach the top and never stop Congratulations - This life's a hit, this life's a shit Sweet elevation - Enjoy the show, stop feeling low Infatuation - Forget your pain and get insane Ejaculation - Just reach the top and never ever stop
12.
Fed up with all these people Who love to tell me things That I don't really want to hear Or ever understand This world is so amazing That I could fall asleep With all those babbling, drooling faces It makes me feel so bored Speak to me And I won't listen Wake me up And I won't move So why don't you just shut The hole in your face And disappear Without a trace? But boredom is a good friend Reliable as rain Which starts to fall when you leave the house And stops when you're back again And every silver lining Turns out to be a fake A bitter-tasting, uneatable Abominable cake Speak to me And I won't listen Slash me up And I won't bleed So why don't you just take Your dumb-numb face And disappear Without a trace? So if I ever told you "You're more than just a friend!" Forget about it, I lied to you As you reached out for my hand And all you fucking would-be saints Who live to work, to earn and die Go on and live your little lives And don't forget to forget this lie Speak to me And I won't listen Beat me up I won't even sigh So why don't you just wipe That grin from your face And disappear Without a trace? Speak to me And I won't listen Wake me up And I won't move So why don't you just shut The hole in your face And disappear Without a trace? Speak to me And I won't listen Slash me up And I won't bleed So why don't you just take Your dumb-numb face And disappear Without a trace? Speak to me And I won't listen Beat me up I won't even sigh So why don't you just wipe That grin from your face And disappear Without a trace?
13.
Prepare for a journey To a different time You will look Into the eyes of the dead And after your soul Has left you behind You'll pay the price For all of your debts You're going through What you have done The sinister might Of hell has come You're going through What you have done The sinister might Of hell has come We never understood you But this is over now You'll walk over stones Consisting of blood You are hopeless cases Without hope It's time for you To leave us now You're going through What you have done The sinister might Of hell has come You're going through What you have done The sinister might Of hell has come In his dark realm The Devil will torture your mind Now he's your new master And you'll learn how to fear He'll make you feel Incredible pain Like a knife through your eyes Straight into your brain You're going through What you have done The sinister might Of hell has come You're going through What you have done The sinister might Of hell has come You're going through What you have done The sinister might Of hell has come You're going through What you have done The sinister might Of hell has come

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The album title is an allusion to the play "Waiting for Godot" by Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett and points towards the – for the most part – painful and excruciating emotional odyssey of the unnamed antihero.

Coma Beach's musical influences range from Sex Pistols, Ramones, Hüsker Dü, Joy Division, The Cure, The Jesus and Mary Chain to Guns N' Roses, Therapy? and Bad Religion, with their songs frequently straddling the line between punk rock and alternative rock.

The band's English lyrics draw on numerous themes and motifs from various authors, such as the existentialist view of the world's utter meaninglessness, as portrayed in Samuel Beckett's plays and novels; the satirical-sarcastic approach to the absurdities of human existence, as employed in Douglas Adams's narratives; the often tragic and – not infrequently – self-inflicted conflicts that countless characters have to suffer through in William Shakespeare's plays; or Arthur Schopenhauer's system of a radical metaphysical pessimism.

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released November 11, 1995

All songs written by Captain A. Fear, U. Terror & B. Kafka

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Coma Beach Würzburg, Germany

Shock, chaos, pain, rage and isolation: These are the thematic cornerstones of COMA BEACH’s music. The very title of their debut album, "The Scapegoat's Agony", an ominous-sounding allusion to Samuel Beckett's literary works, already bears the haunting promise of a highly unusual experience. Lurking behind it all, there is a clear-eyed artistic vision rather than a generic punk rock album… ... more

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