Jawbreaker - Ashtray Monument

From 24 Hours Revenge Therapy

Released: 1993
Label: Tupelo/Communion Records
Producer: Steve Albini

Vocals, Guitar: Blake Schwarzenbach
Bass: Chris Bauermeister
Drums: Adam Pfahler


Free, alone.
The predawn white light's coming on.
Bottle on the night stand.
I count disasters on my free hand now.
Run for cover there's a big one coming.
You'll be lucky if you're at ground zero.
You'll be lucky if it's got your number.
No one said that this life was easy.
Did that no one ever live a life this hard?
It gets hard.
The bills are scattered in the yard.
Ashtray monument.
A life spent waiting in cement.
After all, it's not that bad.
I still have pictures.
I look back at all the things that we once did.
You said, "I love you."
I guess you did.
Remember our life.
I did the dishes while you read out loud.
Best friends, strangers now.
Were our kids all we could call common ground.

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[Jackfister69]

@nerfthegop I had a dream once that everyone shut the fuck up and stopped criticizing fashion trends. I miss that time.

[MTVVH1sucks]

this is how i feel right now.

[yubbone]

I always liked how blake's lyrics could be about depressing things but not sound pretentious and whiny. If i had a nickel for every line of self pitying garbage i've ever heard from other bands, i'd have way too much money..

[Jackfister69]

@SamsonOff7 My apologies, english isn't my second language so I have trouble sometimes

[SamsonOff7]

@Jackfister69 you miss that dream you mean, or that was your favorite dream.

[vapido]

ashtray is just a petting zoo

[Stalfos212]

@mranarchy03

From the Internet, I don't know where else one can get a Jawbreaker shirt D:

[mranarchy03]

@Stalfos212 where'd you get your shirt?

[thetruerock]

Best time I seen Jawbreaker was about 93 or 94 in Lakeside, Ca. in a park in the late morning or early afternoon. It was amazing!

[reynoldswrap23]

This song reminds me of "Why Bother" by Weezer, just less poppy. When I first heard this I thought that maybe someone covered this song but when I realized what other song I was thinking about I realized the lyrics are completely different.