They also became known for Satanic imagery and numerous references to the vagrant lifestyle, such as crack-smoking, shoplifting, and squatting. They also, like many other bands in the punk scene, have violent anti-police sentiments in their songs. The band prides itself on its Atheist stance, often making sardonic references to Satan, for the sole purpose of being offensive.
Choking Victim broke up after the first day of recording for their one and only album, but the recordings from that one day were enough to make a solid album. After they broke up, Stza and Ezra Crack formed the band Leftöver Crack, and Skwert and Ezra formed INDK. Sascha has spent the last several years organically farming in upstate NY.
Suicide
Choking Victim Lyrics
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i hate my life, i'm such a mess i want to die i'm so depressed and every time i look at you
i know exactly what to do
i didn't want to be born
the pleasure all has died so now i'm gonna snuff it with a suicide suicide an ok it's a better way sit in a hot bathtub
(raise a razor) blade and slit yer wrists
watch your life fade to black you have this power to kill yerself called suicide and no-one can take that back there is no better death than suicide, suicide there is no better way.
The lyrics to Choking Victim's song "Suicide" are about the struggles of living in a police state, feeling alone and depressed, and the desire to end one's life through suicide. The song starts off with the singer reflecting on drinking dragon (an illegal drug) in Tompkins Square Park, when a police officer approaches him and demands to see his identification. The singer expresses his frustration with living in a society where police have such an omnipresent role in people's lives, and how this contributes to feelings of hopelessness and despair.
As the song continues, the singer's thoughts turn to suicide. He feels like his life is a mess and that he has nothing to live for. He contemplates ending his life by slitting his wrists in a bathtub, and reflects on the power he has to take his own life, which he sees as the only way out of his suffering. The song ends with the repeated refrain that there is no better death than suicide.
Line by Line Meaning
Sippin on the dragon just the other day tompkins square park up by avenue A halfway down the forty and a pig come up to me he said 'listen here boy (ya) gotta show me yer i.d.'
I was smoking weed in the park when a cop asked for my ID.
well living in a police state i tell ya man it ain't that great i know it doesn't even matter what i say but dontcha know there's gotta be a better way
I'm tired of living in a society controlled by law enforcement and feeling helpless, there has to be a better way.
i'm all alone, i'm feeling bad, i'm by my self all i ever had
I'm alone, unhappy and don't have anyone else to turn to.
i hate my life, i'm such a mess i want to die i'm so depressed
I hate my life, I feel hopeless and depressed that I just want to die.
and every time i look at you i know exactly what to do
Seeing you makes me think about taking my own life.
i didn't want to be born the pleasure all has died so now i'm gonna snuff it with a suicide suicide an ok it's a better way
I didn't ask to be alive, I feel nothing and now I'm going to end it all by committing suicide since it's a more reasonable option for me.
sit in a hot bathtub (raise a razor) blade and slit yer wrists watch your life fade to black you have this power to kill yerself called suicide and no-one can take that back
I'm going to die by cutting my veins open with a razor blade in a hot bath and entering into death forever. Suicide is the only thing I can truly command in my life where no one can reverse the course of my action.
there is no better death than suicide, suicide there is no better way.
Suicide is the best way to end one's life and there is no other option to make things better.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: FRANCOIS S. CHERPITEL, SEAN P. MCARDLE
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