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Hater Of Life!
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One foot in the grave and the other in hell
Life now looks bleaker than I'm able to tell
It's a one-way ticket and the end is known
Reduced to ashes or marked by a tombstone
Too depraved to acknowledge what drives mankind
All humanity long left behind
Too deep in hell to live with reason and a plan
It's already clear where life will take this man
Chorus:
Hater of life
Reach for the knife
Cut off all ties
And head for your demise
Halfway to death, and there's no end in sight
Of avoiding the lies and avoiding the light
Dark are the nights and darker the days
That come upon a failing human race
Chorus
'The chords for this song already were written in April and August of 2006 (just like the lyrics, and quite interestingly around the time that the title for the 2007 Misanthropicus Fanaticus!-cd was conceived), but I wasn't too satisfied with the tune. In August 2008 I changed the music to the gloomy mid-tempo song it became. The lyrics deal with life, mankind and heading for demise. Opening song of the In Concert And Intoxicated!-cd, but never played live.'
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Life owes me nothing
Nothing but a vacant grave
To leave my remains when my white trash
Is done with itself
And done with the rest
Done with doing nothing and getting nowhere fast
I owe you none
Or maybe just one bullet
Fired by the one I call my gun
Gun like in gunned down
Or like in dead and gon'
And with no afterlife to carry on
Life owes me nothing
Nothing but a vacant grave
To leave my remains when my white trash
Is done with itself
And done with the rest
Done with doing nothing and getting nowhere fast
What doesn't kill me
Only makes me weaker
Weakened by the thing known as life
Life like in lifeless
Or like in livelihood
So in the end I'm leaving life for good
'This one is about life and its inevitable ending. Much like Nothing To Lose And Nothing To Win! it is composed as a couple of quite catchy mid tempo verses that sound as they could have been refrains, although like most of the other studio recordings on In Concert And Intoxicated! (Hater Of Life! being the exception) the song actually has no refrain at all. It has been done live once -- on August 13, 2009, singing along with an instrumental backing cd.'
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There's a cold wind a-blowin'
Blowin' in my life
And at times it makes me realize
That I have always felt this cold
Whatever's going on
I wanna stay inside and see no bloody one
I don't need no prison
My home is like a jail
And when I leave its comfort
I still have to pay my bail
Right onto society
It feels like doing time
And don't know for how long and
I don't know for what crime
Death is getting nearer
With ev'ry step I take
So I sit here just waiting
And drinking beer all day
'Cause nothing's gonna save me
From how I live my life
I will take some more dope to
Get into a high
I don't relate to much of
What's on people's minds
I don't know what they want from me
Or what they want from life
So mostly I keep to myself
And I don't need much love
'Cause there's a lot of people
That only piss me off
This slow country tune (without a refrain) was much inspired by GG Allin's Carnival Of Excess album songs. The title can be explained as the feeling of being damned or condemned to live in a world with so many idiots, and that the crime that has led to this sentence is unknown. Never performed live, but with a fine pedal steel guitar on the studio recording.''
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I'm On A Damnation Trip!
03:40
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If you're out for successful livin' and prestige
Don't visit my part of town
'Cause when you hook up with me
The only way is down
I don't have no plans, don't have no goals
I just wanna stay where I am
I do not relate to spiritual growth
Or the other lies of man
I'm on a damnation trip
My life's like a sinking ship
And once I've reached rock bottom
I will be dead and rotten
I live by the day, I live by the night
Whatever the moment provides
I have no prospect and nothing in sight
And can't tell my wrongs from my rights
So if you're out for successful livin' and prestige
Don't visit my part of town
'Cause when you hook up with me
The only way is down
'Mid tempo song that has no real refrain. It's about living the life and going down doing so. The studio tracks of the In Concert And Intoxicated! cd deal more or less exclusively with living next to society, while the live recordings on this cd are some of the old hits that are still on the set list today. I'm On A Damnation Trip! may have been done live once, at an instrumental backing gig on August 11, 2010.'
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Nothing to lose and nothing to win
I see no reason to even begin
To join this thing people call life
It would be based upon lies
Nothing to lose and nothing to win
I'm here to fuck up my life and being
There's too much idiots who's actions are lame
And ev'ry religion's a shame
Nothing to lose and nothing to win
How did I end up in this world I am in?
There is no future, there is no hope
Just the joys of alcohol and dope
'Lyric-wise this mid to up tempo song deals with the same subject as I Don't Know For What Crime!, again with no refrain. However, the title is repeated as the first line of every verse, so the song can basically be considered as consisting of just three refrains. And quite catchy ones too, but it's only been performed in concert once -- on August 8, 2009, on the day the In Concert And Intoxicated!-cd got released, singing along with an instrumental backing cd.'
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You never caused me any sorrow
You never caused me any pain
But right now that all doesn't matter
'Cause I am, well I'm not quite sane
Chorus:
Baby, soon I'll take your life
With a gun or with a knife
But please don't think it's for a reason, or two
I just have got no better things to do
You never caused me any sorrow
You never caused me any pain
But right now that all doesn't matter
'Cause I am what others call insane
Chorus
'One of my favourite tunes and the second one I came up with. The song is written in the night of 2 to 3 June 1998. It’s very Elvis alike and as for the lyrics I’d get a bit inspiration from Prince. The song is actually a love song sung by a not quite sane killer, implying the lyrics are about the vague line between love and hate rather than a troubled relationship being the reason for the murder. Except for about 15 gigs the song has been played at every Ramirez show from April 1999 until February 2019, with less frequent live performances since.'
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Chorus:
You know I got Satan in my blood
It's for a good cause to be hated by men and god
That's why I've got the blackest of all blood
My 'soul' once will be ablaze
When I descend into the sea of flames
Until that beautiful burning day
You'll get to know my misanthropic ways
Chorus
I despise the god that created life
It's a mockery combined with lies
The only thing that really thrives
Is the feeling of contempt growing inside
Chorus
'This is another Ramirez cut in praise of the devil, which all have to be viewed upon as ‘entertaining Satanism’. Although the music sounds quite cheerful, the words despise god, life and mankind. I’m not like that all the time, but a certain side of me is. Especially when I’m sober this side sees chance to come crawling out of my mind. So one can say that I got Satan in my blood when there’s no alcohol in it. Toward the end of the song on the 1999 tape the words are replaced by a catchy humming part for all to hum along. The cd version is almost one minute shorter, because on the Satanic!-tape it goes on and on and on. Up from December 31, 1999, Satan! has been on most of the set lists, but it tends to get played less since September 2016.'
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I drug you with tequilas so you won't realize
That I poisoned your tortillas and you're about to die
Death needs no invitation, he comes 'round without warning
And when he knocks on your door, I'll gladly let him in
Chorus:
No siesta won't save you
In fact, it's the last nap you will do
You're dying by the food
Exclusively cooked for you
No siesta won't save you
In fact, it's the last nap you will do
You're dying at my feet
Full of poisoned meat
“Riva riva andale” is what you were used to say
But since you don't say nothing, this ain't your Lucky Day
You're coming to an end, just like this ditty does
So for the sake of sing alongs, the refrain is coming up
Chorus
'This is Ramirez goes Mexico and it’s always well received at my gigs, though the brilliant trumpets that introduce the song and return later on are absent in live situations. While writing the song I had some trouble writing the lyrics but it’s all right as it is, and in the final verse I even included a reference to the 1986 western comedy ¡Three Amigos! (in which Steve Martin played Lucky Day). No Siesta! is about poisoning a Mexican with tortillas. His favourite meal. And speaking of it I also am a great Mexican Food addict. When I recorded this song for Reload Your Gun! I slightly changed the arrangement. For some reason I’m not able to sing the original 1998 vocal melody of the refrain as it was recorded for the second Danny Ramirez tape any longer, so I had to use a different guitar chord. Frankly there hasn’t really changed much, just half a note. No Siesta! was first heard live at Danny's first gig (April 2, 1999), and -- except for December 24, 1999 -- was done at every show until December 22, 2022, but gets played less often nowadays'
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And inally you've found a plaace to rent
You think it's an apartment you paid for in advance
But there's one thing you still do not know
It's right into the basement you will go
Chorus:
For I am inspired by the devil
He tells me what to do every night
Some may call it deominc possession
But to me this possession is alright
At day time you can't tell at my eyes
That at midnight I will be satanized
And when outside it is getting dark
In the basement bloodshed will be your part
Chorus
'The inspiration for this title came from the Finnish nuclear metal band Impaled Nazarene. They used this supposed movie sample on their 1996 Latex Cult-cd. I released only one studio recording of Inspired!, and used a live version from March 12, 2009, for the In Concert!-cd. Of the non first album songs of the Load Your Gun!-tape, this one appeared on many acoustic set lists since it was done at Danny’s first concert (April 2, 1999), and is still played live now and then. The lyrics are about someone renting an apartment somewhere in some city, but instead ending up in the cellar of the evil landlord. Every town has its Satanic killer! Believe me...'
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Chorus:
I hope you die in a freak accident
I hope you die in a freak accident
Your life ain't worth shit
I've had enough of it
I hope you die in a freak accident
Your wheels have been running for much too long
Down the roads of life
But when you drive the country roads
It ain't hard to survive
Well, there will come a day or night
Your death car will arrive
And the highway you're on then
You won't leave alive
Chorus
You drive like crazy, you're lost in stress
You're running out of time
You're always late, yeah way too late
To see the traffic lights
Why would you stop if good for your car
And better for your life
Just drive on through, underneath a truck
You will be just fine
Chorus
'This one is somewhat different from the other lyrics, because it’s about getting irritated by motorists driving through a red light while driving in your car or on your bike or moped on a crossing lane through the green one. All rules are made to be broken, except for the rules in traffic. After I Hope You Die! had become the biggest hit on the first Ramirez tape, I decided to record it again for Reload Your Gun! because the song is one of the favourite sing alongs at Ramirez gigs, and has been the final song on the regular set list since Danny first started performing live on April 2, 1999. However, in a surprising turn of events after May 14, 2022, Freak Accident was temporarily removed from the set list, only to be played again live more regularly up from September 2023. The In Concert!-cd has a live version recorded on August 28, 2004.'
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Danny Ramirez Leiden, Netherlands
Danny Ramirez is a singer-songwriter from the Netherlands and the guitar player for stonerdoom band Toner Low! Besides playing morbid folk he has some one-man bands as well, but most of his releases are Ramirez EPs! Danny did solo gigs in the Netherlands, Finland, France and Germany, and played with a.o. Amigo The Devil, Bob Wayne, Joe Buck Yourself (Hank III) and The Goddamn Gallows! ... more
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