====== Tattoos Fade ======

===== Song Info =====

==== Length ====
5:12

==== Year Released ====
1994

==== Versions/Releases ====
  * [[releases:impatience_a_collection_of_works_in_progress|Impatience - A Collection of Works in Progress]]
  * [[releases:tattoos_fade_7in|Tattoos Fade 7in]]
  * [[releases:tattoos_fade_split_w_the_dawnbreed_monochrome_collective|Tattoos Fade Split w/ The Dawnbreed & Monochrome Collective]]
  * [[releases:east_coast_super_sound_punk_of_today|East Coast Super Sound Punk Of Today!]]
  * [[releases:hallowmas_live_at_north_six|Hallowmas Live At North Six]]
  * Go-Kart vs. The Corporate Giant 4

===== Lyrics =====

There are rumors going around\\ 
You can feel history coming about\\ 
You're never sure just where it's going to stay\\ 
You suffer through lingering doubt\\ 
You wish someone would spell it out\\ 
But things don't work that way\\ 
There's so much going on, faces in the crowd\\ 
Belong to a team on which you'd love to play\\ 
You're hoping for some permanence\\ 
But there really is no place for this\\ 
Your tattoos, they're gonna fade!\\ 
They're gonna fade!\\ 
They're gonna fade!\\ 
They're gonna fade!\\ 

Our youth like wax drips down\\ 
In puddles around our legs\\ 
It hardens and catches us to the quick\\ 
You're putting a lot of importance in\\ 
Something you're really just playing a part in\\ 
You should take what action you can get\\ 
What you're sure you're carving in stone\\ 
On your flesh\\ 
You'd do better living more and commemorating less\\ 
There's much I don't want to remember\\ 
There's not a thing I'd wish last forever\\ 
You're tattoos are gonna fade!\\ 
They're gonna fade!\\ 
They're gonna fade!\\ 
They're gonna fade!\\ 

It's not as important to persevere as to doubt\\ 
When you're so angry, nothing matters\\ 
You be brave 'cause everything counts, and\\ 
I'd never be so unsubtle\\ 
As to write this on my sleeve\\ 
Unless I was sure I could change it\\ 
When I was ready to leave\\ 
There's much I don't want to remember\\ 
There's not a thing I would wish last forever\\ 
Or let me put this another way:\\ 
I know you're hoping for some permanence\\ 
But there really is no truth to this\\ 
Your tattoos, they're gonna fade\\ 

===== References =====
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===== Additional Info =====
  * This is the traditional opening song for live shows. If you've ever seen the band play (and it wasn't a themed set like the Addicted To Bad Ideas shows), you have heard this song. 
  * During live perfomances the third verse is usually replaced with a quoted segment of another song. While the quote is not usually from another of World/Inferno's songs, a recurring one is the first verse of "Millicent Didn't Want To Wait For It To Get Better."