Loaded Gun

from Pet Noises by The Runouts

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lyrics

I don't wanna feel feelings, I wish my head would stop reeling
I gotta get out from under your thumb
So I can head to the tracks, lay down and relax
and wait for the train to come
MUD written on my face, always nervous, out of place
outside looking in, it suits me fine
I've heard it before, the "kids" are a bore
only a gun could ever blow my mind

take my hands from my pockets, and curl them into fists
but they crack, and they bleed each time
come swinging at my head, but I never can duck in time

the ditch of my arms and the small of my back
get so tense, sometimes I lose my head
so I curl in a ball and flex them all
until I stop seeing red
a steady diet of rage, it's what I breathe, in what I bathe
free base it straight into the vein
wash it all down, a furrowed brow and a frown
insecurity and white hot shame

if I could go back and find myself when I swore to grow to be a good man
I'd put a loaded gun in the naive little toehead's hand

if I could stop brooding, and learn to stop stewing
and enjoy the time I get with you
I'd claw my way to the top, have a seat and stop
for a minute and enjoy the view

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from Pet Noises, released September 8, 2016
All music written by The Runouts
Drums: Andrew MacTaggart
Rhythm Guitar: Nolan Hill
Bass Guitar: Tim Thomson
Lead Guitar: Andrew Dedousis
Lead Vocals: Nolan Hill
Backup Vocals: Nolan Hill, Andrew Dedousis, Tim Thomson
All lyrics written by Nolan Hill

Recorded and mixed by Richard Marr at Galaxy Park Studios in Watertown, MA
Produced by The Runouts and Richard Marr
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice
Album cover art by John Albert Bonnel
Album photography by Frank Ashe

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Outlaw country. But from the city, not the country. The city of Boston. And not country, but punk rock. So, a punk rock band from Boston.

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