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Best of He Who Cannot Be Named (2006​-​2016)

by He Who Cannot Be Named

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1.
Took those pills Hoped that they would kill Crashed my car On the day the earth stood still Now I'm dead inside Come back to me, my suicide Left my song unsung Punched a hole inside my lung Jumped off a bridge On the day my heart got stung Now I'm sore inside Come back to me, my suicide Happy Suicide Happy Suicide Shot my gun Hoped my life was done Set myself on fire There in front of everyone Now I burn on the inside Come back to me, my suicide Happy Suicide Happy Suicide Slit my wrists
2.
Machine Boy 02:14
The tubes attached to his body Give him unlimited power Don't even think to attack him He lust gets stronger by the hour Machine boy, Machine boy, Machine boy and the Machine boy saves the world They say his new chair's amazing With it he flies through the air And when the asteroids are falling Nobody's worried, they don't care because Machine boy, Machine boy, Machine boy and the Machine boy saves the world He wears those coke bottle glasses They say he sees into the past And if you want to know your future All you have to do is ask the Machine boy, Machine boy, Machine boy and the Machine boy saves the world When the plague is upon you And evil gnomes burn Your soul You wonder who will come to save you You've fallen deep into a hole, Machine boy, Machine boy, Machine boy and the Machine boy saves the world
3.
Medication 03:23
medication all day everythings ok
4.
Superhero 02:21
My little mutant you are so distant you see the world through x ray vision and you think your on a mission to fight crime but I know your mine I had a strange dream you shot your laser beam you saved the world from my arch villain but after all the killin’ your still mine til the end of time Oh baby please don’t go your my superhero don’t leave me down below your my superhero Oh baby please don’t go don’t go. Out on your spaceship you flew your final trip you last your way out past the milky way and when you radioed to tell me please don’t cry cause we’ll never die
5.
I know you think that someday I'll let you go I think I know that one day my love you'll know But all your bleeding lips can do is leave me cold I want more, gimme more, so much more Duct tape love Greatest invention of mankind Duct tape love It's the only way to make you mine I know you think that someday you will be saved I think I know that one day my heart will break But since I tied you up, you're all I'm living for I want more, there's gotta be more, so much more Duct tape love Greatest invention of mankind Duct tape love It's the only way to make you mine I know you think that someday I'll care for you I think I know that one day we will be through But I'm not done with this until I bury you I want more, gimme more, so much more Duct tape love Greatest invention of mankind Duct tape love It's the only way to make you mine Bury you Bury me
6.
Sinister Sal 03:42
I put on my mask Please don't ask Take a ride in my hearse You won't be the first Baby, gimme your Purse Baby, gimme your Purse I'm sick, sick, sick I put on my hood It feels so gocd It's Columbine up in here Well maybe next year I'll kill everyone here I'll klll sverycne here I'm sick, sick, sick Until the end of the day I never feel okay Gotta go to Safeway To get a knife to kill Ray It's gonna happen someday it might happen today I'm sick, sick, sick
7.
Die Die Die 01:58
Went to school you told em I don’t know your generation got lost long ago Fuck your teacher Fuck your grades tomorrow sucks so live for today Wanna Kill gets you high They’re looking at you with that (pale)(evil)(fuckin) vulture eye Wanna kill Your gonna fry Die Die Die Watched TV it told you what to buy all day long lie after lie smelled blood went directly to yer brain you laughed you laughed when they took you away Got a job cut your hair tried to hide tried to care no more murder no more fun buried that ax sold your gun...but you still
8.
Do you know what dogs like? They like to go out They bark and they shout ALLRIGHT! Do you know what guys want? They wanna watch sports and girls who wear shorts OR NOT! Do you know what guys want? Do you know what you are? Do you know what got you this far? Do you know what cats like? They like to kill mice and with sugar and spice they’re still not nice. Do you know what girls want? They want all the young dudes just the ones that are hot WHY NOT? Do you know what girls want? Do you know what mice like? They like to eat cheese and to do as they please ALL NIGHT! Do you know what kids want? They want the new games they wanna drink pop ‘til they POP! Do you know what kids want? Do you, do you know, do you know, do you know what you want?
9.
man you better watch just what you say to me cause when I'm sittin in the pub I'm drinkin' dangerously mixin' up my poisons chosen aimlessly oh aimlessly shamelessly knock you off your feet I’ll smash ya through the middle of next week Gettin pissed I'm gettin pissed so tell the undertaker man to put you on his list Gettin pissed I'm gettin pissed I'm a nuclear reaction Yeah I'll put your ass in traction with the hammer that’s me fist I’M GETTIN PISSED! when I'm throwin darts and on a loser's streak its hard for me to go and turn the other cheek feel my blood a boilin' til its reached its peak oh reached its peak start to tweak tear ya limb from limb so you better notify your next of kin when you see me comin you'd be wise to step aside otherwise you're contemplatin' certain suicide if you don't believe me you can ask the widow'd wives of the wimpy pimply punters who bargained with their lives I'm a nuclear reaction Yeah I'll put your ass in traction if our social interaction isn't to my satisfaction then a fist to cuff impaction leads to multi-tooth extraction from the hammer that’s me fist I’M GETTIN PISSED!
10.
I Eat Babies 01:44
I eat babies they taste so sweet. I eat babies its the freshest meat. I chew babies with roasted corn. Yeah I eat babies as soon as they’re born. You might be offended by my little song. Yeah Its not too nice maybe a bit too strong. It ain’t right its most likely wrong but my stomach is a rumblin. it can’t wait too long. I eat babies with a little spice. I eat babies sliced and diced. I like my babies with black eyed peas Yeah I eat babies they’re sweet as candy. You might be thinking that I’m bad bad bad but I know I’m all right ‘cause I’m a college grad. I met a girl I think she’s rad and if I’m really lucky I’ll soon be a dad. I eat babies they taste so sweet. I eat babies its the freshest meat. I like them with macaroni and cheese yeah I eat babies they’re sweet as candy (I eat babies) sweet as candy (I like to eat babies) sweet as candy (I eat babies) sweet as candy (I like to eat babies)
11.
We did not do it! We did not do it! Oh Yeah we are dumb and fat but we did not do that! We did not do it! We did not do it! We are ready for enemy attack but we did not do that! We live in Disneyland. We buy the leading brands. When we wanna be fit and clean we drink more gasoline. We’re kids in a candy store. We did not even start that war. When you in a video game You cannot be named. We did not do that We did not do that No No No We did not, did not do that did not do that did not do that
12.
Zombieland 02:46
My mutant hero got lost in the stars left me surrounded by aliens from Mars with science fiction faces and salesman smiles. I been lost drivin’ down highway 1 for awhile. Step by step, crawl by crawl, dead men walk, young men fall. Dreams are sold, souls bottled and scanned. Scream by scream, crime by crime, I swear this movies gotta end sometime. Crossin’ my heart with a cold dead hand, hopin’ to die in Zombieland. Cellular families and internet friends, speaking in tongues but nothing is said. Moving in circles of loyalty and scorn, undead since the day they were born. With Jack O Pop Piper they dance on the moon, countin’ up gold like Mr. Scrooge. When crackin’ skulls and breakin’ knees there’s no time to pray. so c’mon get unhappy on judgement day.
13.
Better than you we’re better than you Don’t matter what you say or do We’re just better than you Smarter than you we’re smarter than you You can read books and go bask to school but we’re still smarter than you Richer than you we’re richer than you you can work all day and all night too but we’ll always be richer than you Hey you gotta pay We look better than you we look better than you you can buy new clothes get a new hairdo but we just look better than you Righter than you we’re righter than you you can pray to your God ‘til your face turns blue but we’re still righter than you Better than you we’re better than you Don’t matter what you say or do We’re just better we’ll always be better Yeah we’re better than you.
14.
Lovedoll 02:49
Silent eyes open wide She’s all that I need to keep me company So sIlky inside just like Pygmalion’s bride cut from the love tree she was made just for me She’s my love doll wet dream come true now She’s my one true love Legs and thighs open wide We don’t need to go out She never screams she don’t shout Our love can never die like Pinocchio could not lie inside and out there can be no doubt ‘bout our love From front side or back with hair blonde red or black Her interchangeable face brightens up this place now there ain’t no turnin’ back yeah I’m a paraphiliac some say what we do is unchaste but our love is above time and space
15.
Born in a big rig truck, destined to die in a cheap motel I drink down bad luck, wake up in county cell. Picked up this virus on the side of the road, gave it my love, a comfortable home. When starts melt into sky sleepin’ snakes still lie, poisonin’ my dreams. I’m in love with my disease, my beautiful disease. My mother of infectrion raised a still born baby. We starred in distempered dramas, kept corrupt company. Now deadly infestation is my only trusted friend, kisses me good morning, holds my hand until the end When day falls through to night sleep walkin’ spiders bite, poisonin’ my dreams. I’m in love with my disease, my beautiful disease.
16.
Don’t Tie Me Down don’t want no thoughts Don’t Tie Me Down don’t need good words just wanna watch it all burn Don’t Tie Me Down don’t want no lies Don’t Tie Me Down don’t need the truth yeah fuck your red, white, and blue Born to take, born to use Born to cheat, born to lose Born to laugh, born to lie Born to kill born to die don’t want no money don’t need good luck just wanna drink, fight, and fuck don’t want no job don’t need a God yeah fuck your sex, drugs, and rock don’t want no friends don’t need a phone just fuckin’ leave me alone don’t want no kids don’t need a wife yeah fuck your nice happy life
17.
Pica 01:14
Rock paper fur and foam throw out the meat eat the bone broken teeth on blood stained grass there’s sacred soil beneath that trash Not enough Plaster paint balls of hair parasite spread through the air broken minds in a TV dream fools gold inside that shiney screen Not enough, not enough, not enough not enough shit Ice urine sand and clay my medication makes me sick all day broken lungs climate denials sellin’ sin with crooked smiles Not enough, not enough, not enough
18.
Toxine your my little bad dream so crazy Toxine so helpless so obscene so lazy like an old magazine like a broken down machine all you want all you want is love Toxine you pray to Jesus every day so holy Toxine you only want your man to stay never go away all you want all you want is love Toxine They hurt you they desert you the world is so unfair They hate you and they rape you you look up at me with a cold blank stare Toxine you eat your troubles every day so hungry Toxine the sadness never goes away its here to stay all you need all you need is love Toxine
19.
I Hate Christmas, I Hate Christmas I Hate Christmas, I Hate Christmas Ho Ho Ho! I’m sick of fat old men and the sight and smell of holly Not those fuckin’ kids again I’m so tired of bein’ jolly Don’t wanna hear you sing, your sentiments are sappy Don’t give me anything I don’t want it Don’t tell me to be happy. It’s just another year there still ain’t no peace on earth Don’t need your good cheer I don’t wanna go to church Decorated with these lights this street is still scary Jesus fuckin’ Christ I don’t want it Don’t tell me to be merry
20.
I put on my mask Please don't ask Take a ride in my hearse You won't be the first Baby, gimme your Purse Baby, gimme your Purse I'm sick, sick, sick I put on my hood It feels so gocd It's Columbine up in here Well maybe next year I'll kill everyone here I'll klll sverycne here I'm sick, sick, sick Until the end of the day I never feel okay Gotta go to Safeway To get a knife to kill Ray It's gonna happen someday it might happen today I'm sick, sick, sick
21.
I hate those fuckin' kids They're makin' too much noise I'm always steppin' on their toys Cause I hate I hate those little girls and boys I hate those cats and dogs They're always poopin' on my lawn I hear them fighting all night long But they helped me They helped me write this stupid song With all that hate The heads of state Could be more great With just the right hate I hate those little shits They make a fuckin' mess Yeah, I'm feelin' pretty stressed And I must confess, I must confess I hate those fuckin' kids I hate those fuckin' kids I hate those fuckin' kids I hate those fuckin' kids
22.
Took those pills Hoped that they would kill Crashed my car On the day the earth stood still Now I'm dead inside Come back to me, my suicide Left my song unsung Punched a hole inside my lung Jumped off a bridge On the day my heart got stung Now I'm sore inside Come back to me, my suicide Happy Suicide Happy Suicide Shot my gun Hoped my life was done Set myself on fire There in front of everyone Now I burn on the inside Come back to me, my suicide Happy Suicide Happy Suicide Slit my wrists You made me do this Hung myself On our tree of happiness Hope you're dead inside Come back to me, my suicide Happy Suicide Happy Suicide
23.
Pain pain, bloody red stain, its there when I lose and there when I gain. We once walked in acid rain, jumped through rings of flame, for love that is true is black eyed and blue. Years years oceans of tears washed out the glue that held back my fears you once said my der then left me right here for love that is true is black eyed and blue. Within deep blue eyes I heard a cry, tell me why. and I know it would be a lie if we said goodbye. Strange age, winds of unchange, fireworks long cooled gave birth to this plague, we each dance in a cage naked on stage for love that is true is black eyed and blue.
24.
Stuck here in this little dark room They put me here Said I was motorboating Yeah... Just tryin' to get some Teacher made me stay after school Said that motorboating broke the school rules Just trying' to get some Climb the mountains in front of me She's screamin' She, yeah, yeah, yeah Broke my body up against the wall Tore my asshole up inside the bathroom stall Just tryin' to get some Stuck here in this deep dark well Took a ride on a motorboat to hell Just tryin' to get some
25.
I know you think that someday I'll let you go I think I know that one day my love you'll know But all your bleeding lips can do is leave me cold I want more, gimme more, so much more Duct tape love Greatest invention of mankind Duct tape love It's the only way to make you mine I know you think that someday you will be saved I think I know that one day my heart will break But since I tied you up, you're all I'm living for I want more, there's gotta be more, so much more Duct tape love Greatest invention of mankind Duct tape love It's the only way to make you mine I know you think that someday I'll care for you I think I know that one day we will be through But I'm not done with this until I bury you I want more, gimme more, so much more Duct tape love Greatest invention of mankind Duct tape love It's the only way to make you mine Bury you Bury me

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released February 3, 2019

words and music by He Who Cannot Be Named except words and music by Saltpeter on "Getting Pissed"

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HeWhoCannotBeNamed San Francisco, California

He Who Cannot Be Named has been playing punk rock for almost 30 years, most of that time with the legendary Dwarves. An original member of this San Francisco based combo, he wrote or cowrote many of your favorite tunes from the early Sub Pop albums.

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Sunday School Massacre 2010

Humaniterrorist 2012.

My Degeneration 2016

The Good, The Bad, and The Brutal 2018

Cruel Toys A-Z 2020
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