In The Tank

[MC Eric B]

In The Tank - By MC Eric B
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All alone
'till I found you
my tour of duty
almost through

in desert winds
and stormy skies
I found the beauty
lost in your eyes

and I held your hand
it was there we made our stand
sounds of war both near and far
on the streets of Kandahar
on those streets of Kandahar

Chorus
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In the back of my tank
we fell in love
exploding rockets
the heavens above

That night time stood still
oh, babe, it was not a drill
didn't even know
your name or rank
ya, in the back of my tank
oh, in the back of my tank

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We made it home
both safe and sound
much was lost
but much was found

and I still hold your hand
without words you understand

I came, I conquered
to Uncle Sam I do thank
life changed forever
that night in the tank
one night in the tank
oh, that night in the tank

Chorus
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In the back of my tank
we fell in love
exploding rockets
the heavens above

That night time stood still
oh, babe, it was not a drill
didn't even know your name or rank
ya, in the back of my tank
oh, in the back of my tank
ya, in the back of my tank
ya, in the back of my tank

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[Märk]

In the Tank by Sven Mullet

You say you don't wanna know
You say you have got to go
You know you don't wanna say
You came then you ran away
I say I don't wanna know
I say you don't have to go
I say take it to the bank
Now your life is in the tank

And is it any wonder
What you're going through and
Is it any wonder
That you never said the right things
Never did the right things
Never was the right thing

Feel the rising of the tide
Feel it drowning you inside
All your lifeboats sank
Now your life is in the tank

I say I don't wanna know
I say you don't have to go
I say take it to the bank
Now your life is in the tank

And is it any wonder
What you're going through and
Is it any wonder
That you never said the right things
Never did the right things
Never was the right thing

[jeff robertson]

Little fishy I've been thinking
as you swim with eyes unblinking
I could really use your point of view.
Little fishy I've been swimmin'
stormy seas with stormy women
I wish I lived in a tank like you.

Safe and sound inside your glassy home.
Little friend I wish I wish it was my own.

Little fishy I've been cheated
misbegotten and defeated
lured and caught by one too many girls
wish I had a place of shelter
from the tides and from the weather
need to find a refuge from the world

There's no danger in your field of view.
Little friend I wish I was like you.

Little fishy I've been thinking
this could drive a man to drinking
wish I had a tank to call my own
I would fill my tank with bourbon
that way when I feel the hurtin'
I could swim until the feeling's gone

Spend my days just drinking of that dew.
Little friend I wish I was like you.
In the tank.
In the tank.

[jast]

Inspired by another song and a series of novels:
In The Tank (Of Happiness) by Jan Krüger

Life is too damn complicated
And free choice is overrated
Luckily there is a way to leave it all behind
Everybody will be free in a prison for their mind

Chorus:
In the tank of happiness
Made out of plexiglass
We've got no privacy
But we get fed intravenously
Live in virtual reality
Everybody bless
The tank of happiness

A couple of cubic meters filled with thick nutritive slime
Hook up the respirator and the neural lace, it's time
Time to leave the real world for a neverending dream
All responsibilities replaced by video stream

(Chorus)

I used to be pathetic, no achievements and no friends
Now we are on even footing, 'til our species ends
No one gets to brag, we've gotten rid of that communication thing
And in my little world I am the only king

(Chorus)

Sure, I'm still terribly alone, I must confess
But I can cope 'cause I know you're alone no less
And no one will ask anything of me
It can't get better, can't you see?

Chorus:
In the tank of happiness
Made out of plexiglass
We've got no privacy
But we get fed intravenously
Live in virtual reality
Everybody bless
The tank of happiness
You'll never have to see the real me
Everybody bless
The tank of happiness

[thehipcola]

inspired by the shit we sometimes have to finally account for, and dramatized a little more for the character's sake.

In The Tank - thehipcola


Last Sunday I was just walking around in a daze
'cuz I could not find the paper, couldn't find the proper page
where I had written all the things down that I wanted to say to you
Down so when the moment came I woudn't fuck them up for you

I'm in PAIN!

Think you can imagine Hell?
A failure my mistake hath wrought
a blunder 10,000 times more powerful than any war fought

I know you find it unappealing, to sit me down my face is blank
I guess by way of explanation, babe - I'm giving up, I'm in the tank


The realization of the cost, the toll, exacted at the time of transgression
it's overwhelming my sense of justification,
that my hand holds the sword held over our heads and hearts
it's just another sick piece of my guilty puzzle, coming apart

I'm in PAIN!


Sometimes we find ourselves
answering the inner call of self analyis
but we disregard the disclaimer warning us about this
BLAST FURNACE - fuelled by a seething hate
penance for all fuck-ups, mis-steps, poor judgement,
bad choices we have made

and though we splash around and dance in panic-stricken circles
trying to find Away, noting all the others sank
it seems sometimes salvation and the healing steps, the zen-like salve,
the triple-bypass are all found in the fucking tank.

[reve]

In the Tank:
A black metal anthem inspired by the film Finding Nemo.

out of the milt / into the sea / into the egg / wait in the egg
soon you will rise / in with the tide, little fishies

play in the coral / frolic about / fun little clowns /
look at you laughingly darting around
what is that sound? outboard motors?

into the net / binding your fins / cutting your flesh
all of your friends, they are dying in pain
lifted again; you are drowning

air burning gills / sun burning scales / this is the hell
back in some water now -- water with walls, prison for you
IN THE TANK FOREVER SUFFfffER
...FERING!

glass bowl cell that holds you
time will tell -- will they eat you?
cruel captors who mock you
tap-tap-tap how are you fishy????

feed you flakes ... of fish!!
knock your bowl .. with fists
will you live through this?
tap tap tap "how are you fishy??"
salt tap water kills you slowly

clogging up your gills
clean your cell with pills
algae makes you ill
no oxygen -- suffocation

on your scales: disease
pray for death's release
panic -- must get free
strike the glass wall again
as the darkness decends you finally
lose your life, and
IN THE TANK YOU DIEE!!!!!

[nyjm]

in the tank
ford's theater disaster

made up your mind?
apathy is so passé
talking heads on the television
dialing up the passion play
what if we abstained
cos the fighter's in the tank
roll up our sleeves
pull our nation back from the brink

bitch is the new black
politician rock stars
the fight is on out back
you know they'd take it too far

where you wanna go?
got no gas to burn
it's a shortage of intelligence
unwillingness too learn
middle-school magnets
polarized and blind
a red/blue quiz
i got myself an axe to grind

bitch is the new black
politician rock stars
the fight is on out back
you know they'd take it too far

get in the ring
take a look in the mirror
use your fist, use your fear
cut yourself in terror
i was shadow boxing
he was shadow dodging
tearin' up the flesh
i gave myself my best right hook

bitch is the new black
politician rock stars
the fight is on out back
you know they'd take it too far

[Aardwolves]

IN THE TANK (not submitting)

From my little corner I watch the world from behind these panes of glass
Some people think I am stuck in my ways but they can kiss my ass

I can go for a swim in my swimming pool, I can dig in my sand pit
You might think I'm selfish, but I don't give a shit

The life of a hermit ain't so bad
And not just another passing fad
I can do what I want
And answer to no-one
Yeah, living in the tank is pretty rad

Some people think I am kind of shy, tell me I should come out of my shell
Well, I don't care, it wouldn't even compare
They can all go to hell

The life of a hermit ain't so bad
And not just another passing fad
I can do what I want
And answer to no-one
Yeah, living in the tank is pretty rad

I love who I am and what I do, living the dream is for suckers
People can say what they want to say - they're superficial motherfuckers

The life of a hermit ain't so bad
And not just another passing fad
I can do what I want
And answer to no-one
Yeah, living in the tank is pretty rad

[Reist]

IN THE TANK (not submitting)

Why not?

In the Tank: By Andrew Reist

Take all that you want
From this life I've shown you
Take all that you need
And you'll never get old

You can be all that you want
If you want to be like me
I can take all that you need
And you'll never be cold.

Come back another day.

We're not meant to live this way
Living in the faith
Give more than you take
We're not meant to live this way
Looking at the bank
Living in the tank

You've been here for too long
And we're all growing restless
We can make it on our own
And I think we'd be fine

We've been asleep for too long
But we're not defenseless
You gotta know your cover's blown
And it's about time

Come back another day.

We're not meant to live this way
Living in the faith
Give more than you take
We're not meant to live this way
Looking at the bank
Living in the tank

We are
Tired
We are
On fire

We are
Tired
We are
On fire

Come back another day.

We're not meant to live this way
Living in the faith
Give more than you take
We're not meant to live this way
Looking at the bank
Living in the tank

[Ross]

In the Tank
by Ross Durand

Everything that I had left of you
Is in the tank - it’s in the tank
I saved it all though you left me flat and blue
It’s in the tank - it’s in the tank
I hocked my wedding band I didn’t need it no more
And the king sized bed is gone - I just sleep on the floor
But when the gas tank’s empty, you’ve got to put in more
And it costs more and more to put it in the tank.

Well I had a fund to get the kids through school
It’s in the tank - yeah it’s in the tank
And my retirement fund is gone and that ain’t cool
It’s in the tank - yeah it’s in the tank
I put the big screen out on Craig’s list - And ebay got the boat
and the way the price of gas has gone has really got my goat
and with the dollar doing what it does I can barely stay afloat
but to get from here to there I gotta fill the tank

Now I’m walking down the road cause my last dime
is in the tank - it’s in the tank
I should have seen this comin’ all the time
It’s in the tanks it’s in the tank
Someone shoulda warned me - but I don’t know who
And everything is gone now I don’t know what to do
And thing that I miss most of all - is you
And everything else went in the tank
Yeah the thing that I miss most of all - is you
Everything else went in the tank