Only A Ride

[Image: 'Goliath' Front Cover]

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Lyrics

Are we not on a holiday?
Aren't we entitled to thrills?
Didn't we pay to be entertained?
I signed a waiver that kills

Standing on the deck of the unknown
Waiting on the drop of the bar
I got a pass and a permanent scar
I got the front seat covered

Only a ride
Only a ride
It's only a ride
Keep your feet in
Only a ride
It's only a ride
If it's only a ride
Why am I bleedin'?

I got me so much amusement
I can't stomach no more
My knees scrapin' the ceiling
My knuckles draggin' the floor

How's a body pay you to stop this?
Every other turn is a blur
Every other word is a curse
But I like being first

Only a ride
Only a ride
It's only a ride
It's what you're needin'
Only a ride
Only a ride
If it's only a ride
Why am I bleedin'?

Only a ride
Only a ride
It's only a ride
Get your seat low
Only a ride
It's only a ride
If it's only a ride
Where did my head go?

Thought I saw the devil you know
Waiting for something to fall
I got nothin' and no one to call
But I'm stuck in first, y'all

Only a ride
Only a ride
It's only a ride
Set your sights low
Only a ride
It's only a ride
If it's only a ride
Where did my head go?

Only a ride
Only a ride
It's only a ride
It's what you're needin'
Only a ride
Only a ride
It's only a ride
Why am I bleedin'?

Why am I bleedin'?

Why am I bleedin'?

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About The Song

From Goliath: A Song By Song Description, NewReleaseTuesday.com, November 17th, 2014:

This was the first song we wrote together as a band. Our guiding light was the old saying--slightly amended--"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blues." Which, come to think of it, describes most of my favorite rock tracks. Regarding the lyrics: It's the American way to assume our citizenship somehow entitles us to invincibility, as if bad things aren't supposed to happen to our kind. So we're shocked when they do. Remember James Brolin in Westworld? It's an amusement park full of gun-slinging robots shooting blanks, and he suddenly grabs his chest and says to his partner, 'I'm shot!'