# Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio are a band from Chicago consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/vocals, Dan Andriano on bass/vocals, and Derek Grant on drums/back-up vocals. Their music is characterized by dark lyrics, catchy choruses, fast tempos and recurring subjects of love, alcoholism, depression, fire, drugs, blasphemy, and death.

## Quotes
### Albums
#### Goddamnit (1998)

* Even Christ himself would cringe at the sight of your scars.
* While you're counting sheep, I'll count my lucky stars.
* You were the last good thing I ever saw.
** Cringe.
* Why did you become a cop? Shut the fuck up.
* After my court date, I'll forget about you. I'll tell my cellmates, I'll forget about you. After the jailbreak, I'll forget about you.
** Cop.
* Choking on a thought of leaving, drinking to keep from sobbing.
* There's no telling what I'd do if I don't return to you.
** San Francisco.
* Crack my head open on your kitchen floor, to prove to you that I have brains.
* Your voice like the sound of sirens to a house on fire. You're saving me.
** Nose Over Tail.
* Put down like a teenagers first drink.
* Put down like a prostitute in court.
** As You Were.
* I'm so tired of picking myself up off the ground.
* So happy Valentine's Day, I hope the sun's out in New York. I hope he bought you roses.
** Enjoy Your Day.
* I wanna wake up naked next to you, kissing the curve in your clavicle.
** Clavicle.
* And when I fall down I'll fall apart. Trade in my bike for a shopping cart.
* Between the moon and you, lunacy is setting in.
* Lately I've been feeling dead inside, like my guts have dried up and died. But every night I water them back to life.
** My Little Needle.
* I can't believe my heart's still pounding, I can't believe how close I came.
** Southern Rock.
* I know I will always stop and see you and we'll run into each other's fucked up lives.
** Message From Kathlene.
* Look at all those stars, look at how goddamn ugly the stars are.
** Trouble Breathing.
* Without wearing a stitch of clothing, we were both deeply in disguise.
** Sorry About That.

#### Maybe I'll Catch Fire (2000)

* I'm now huffing gas and sniffing paint to take away this buzz that I call you.
** Keep 'Em Coming.
* Lower than piss. Have you ever felt like this? Judging by your eyes like crystal balls, Madam Me is predicting that your answer will be yes.
** Madam Me.
* We've talked so much I think we filled this ashtray twice.
** You've Got So Far to Go.
* My my, what a mess we've made of our pretty little heads these days.
* You have to be the cutest gravedigger I've ever seen.
* Fuck you Aurora, you took my only friend. You won't catch me behind the wheel of a Chrysler ever again.
** Fuck You Aurora.
* I see you've brought your bedroom eyes. Not assuming you want to keep 'em. I'm assuming you reckon you won't.
* Nothing to see here but the rain; there's nothing to hold you but the flames.
** Sleepyhead.
* All that evil shit's not hard to find. I guess I only claim to be nice.
* Sorry I don't even know your name. I guess for me it's easy this way.
** Maybe I'll Catch Fire.
* But then she went away and she's not coming back, and I'm pretty sure that boy is staying in tonight.
** She Took Him to the Lake.
* Shaking like a dog shitting razorblades; waking up next to nothing.
* I've got a big fat fucking bone to pick with you my darling, in case you haven't heard I'm sick and tired of trying.
** Radio.

#### Alkaline Trio (2000)

* Take your wings outside, you can't fly in here.
* At least we're still friends. At least we're still alive.
** Goodbye Forever.
* One thing that I've never said, I'm truly happy in my heart and in my head.
** Bleeder.
* These cuts run deep, these scars are permanent and always on display. This makes things difficult for me.
* Maybe I'll stay down next time I get hit by a train.
** I Lied My Face Off.
* I need a beer to wash it all away without a trace. And then I'll drink 23 more to wipe this stupid smile off my fucking face.
** My Friend Peter.
* Sorry I'm late, I was out spoiling my liver.
** Cooking Wine.
* And we laid in my bed like a train wreck, and we both got laid like concrete.
** Sundials.
* I've got it now, a thorn in my side the size of a Cadillac. Drive it through, cause backing up now would be next to impossible.
** 97.

#### From Here to Infirmary (2001)

* At the right place at the right time, I'll be dead wrong and you'll be just fine.
** Private Eye.
* It's better now to be alive, sleeping is my 9 to 5, I'm having nightmares all the time of running out of words that rhyme.
* I guess I should be one to talk; there's nights that I can't even walk, there's days I couldn't give a fuck, and in between is where I'm stuck.
** Mr. Chainsaw.
* I have no desire to see through my own eyes anymore.
** Take Lots with Alcohol.
* Why is it that you had to say goodbye in your special way? You slashed the tires on my car.
** Stupid Kid.
* He likes to pretend that he's all sewn up; it makes for a much stronger case, but there's blood underneath that skin, and that scar's not so easy to erase.
* It's a valid reason for every drink, and a new tattoo is a new reason to think.
* That self-pity shit is just too hard to resist.
** Another Innocent Girl.
* If assholes could fly, this place would be busier than O'Hare.
** You're Dead.
* A little something like this is way too big to miss.
* I'll drink this beer and write in fear of a song everybody hates.
** Armageddon.
* Did I remember to sleep in? Take lots of pills? Commit irreversible sins?
** I'm Dying Tomorrow.
* If it was up to me, I'd never have to miss you.
* You have every right to be this appalled with me, join the club. I signed up a long time ago, and I know how you feel.
** Bloodied Up.
* Never had a drink that I didn't like. Got a taste of you, threw up all night.
** Crawl.

#### Good Mourning (2003)

* I don't blame you for walking away; I'd do the same if I saw me. I swear it's not contagious.
** This Could Be Love.
* Dream a good one tonight, I'll listen to the bad ones when they come.
** One Hundred Stories.
* You had nine lives and one by one you chewed them up.
** Continental.
* What's upside down? What's coated in silver? This crucifix is my four leaf clover.
* I remain free from all the comforts of home, and where that is, I'm pleased as piss to say I'll never really know.
** All on Black.
* You went out with a bang when you took with you all my dreams underground.
** Emma.
* Believe in what I am, because it's all I have today, and tomorrow who knows where we'll be.
** Every Thug Needs a Lady.
* You know all my favorite singers have stolen all of my best lines.
** Blue Carolina.
* Were you planning on staying forever? You don't fit in this hole, or don't you remember?
* Same place, same hello, same goodbye. Helps you pick through beat up insides.
** If We Never Go Inside.
* And all that followed fell like mercury to hell.
* So what do you say, your coffin or mine?
** Blue in the Face.

#### Crimson (2005)

* You had time to waste, and I'm not sorry. Such a basket case, hide the cutlery.
** Time to Waste.
* Drive yourself insane tonight, it's not that far away, and I just filled up your tank earlier today.
** Mercy Me.
* Had a nice grip on my life till you twisted my arm.
* To a hopeless cause I sold my soul, a romantic plastic piece of shit you can mold, until I break into chokeable pieces.
** I Was a Prayer.
* Like the pills in your hand, I'll never let you down.
* Give us back our sins, deadly one through seven.
** Back to Hell.

#### Remains (2007)

* Bless me, dark father, I have sinned. I've done it before and I'll do it again.
* But I'm better now, having a good a time; being selfish and drunken, and vulgar and lazy.
** Hell Yes.
* If they offered a test about being a good friend, I'd put money down that you'd surely flunk.
** Jaked on Green Beers.
* You've got a funny way of showing off your bathroom surgery.
* The stars at night are big and bright, deep in your eyes, Miss Vincent.
* You told me once I made you smile, we both know damn well I didn't.
** Queen of Pain.
* My shoulders and ears are all yours, my dear, I hope it comes as no surprise.
* You've been known to say that you're a-okay when you were feeling dead inside.
* I just want you to know I got no place to go until the day you die.
** While You're Waiting.
* I'd kill for you and eat the flesh, give you the heart and burn the rest.
** Fine Without You.
* Just be true to yourself, if it lands you in hell, well at least now you know.
* With one million things holding you down, why you're one of those things I don't know.
** If You Had a Bad Time.
* I know you never lie, but it's no fun to tell the truth. I guess I never loved, but I will see what I can do.
** Buried.

#### Agony & Irony (2008)

* I've grown to love your disappearing acts, do one more pretty please.
** Calling All Skeletons.
* We are one with the larvae and dirt, we don't discriminate at all for what it's worth.
** Live Young, Die Fast.
* Do you find you like to fall in love with people that you're never gonna meet? It's easier than breaking up and crying in the street.
** Love Love, Kiss Kiss.
* And I might try to apologize, on a good day, on my best day if you stick around.
** Ruin It.
* If you'd cry me a river, you can baptize me in.
* You were the first real choice I would make, but we all make mistakes.
** Burned Is the House.
* I bit my tongue and I let it bleed. I've never been big on originality.
** Live Young, Die Fast (Acoustic).

#### This Addiction (2010)

* Those others were like methadone, I took to get me through the day.
** This Addiction.
* A final exhale when I'm done, and you can keep my last breath floating in your lungs.
** Dine, Dine My Darling.
* Well the fact of the matter is both our hearts shatter way too goddamn easily.
* When you asked me if I'd stay forever, guess you meant just for the week.
** Dead on the Floor.
* I'm like a junkie for your smart mouth.
* See, I'm so far off the map, the sun is shining, while it's raining and I'm draped in silver lining.
** Off the Map.
* I'm leaving heaven behind for good, this time the angels can keep it.
** Draculina.
* As I turned into ash before my sweet demise, the end of me was so beautiful.
** Eating Me Alive.
* If I'm the captain of this boat then all my shipmates are fools, and all the stars in the world couldn't help me steer my way out of this kiddie pool.
* It's ironic that I drink to make my insides stop hurting.
** Fine.

#### My Shame Is True (2013)

* Like all good dreams you wind up dead.
** I'm Only Here to Disappoint.
* And I don't care if we fuck or we talk or we cry, I just miss you. I wanna kiss you to death tonight.
** Kiss You to Death.
* I know you're gonna take what's left, but you'll never see me run.
* Can you see what's in these hands? It's everything I need to see, to breathe, to feel.
** Only Love.
* How is it so dark, your past? How did we grow up so fast?
** Young Lovers.
* You keep staring to your future, through these marvel lights they show everything you're never ever gonna have. That's a giant pill, but swallow if you can.
** Balanced on a Shelf.
* It's hell and it gets worse, you know. How many more days am I gonna wake up when there's no place I wanna go?
* If that sunshine's really gonna kill us all, why is every day so cold? Why is everything so fucking cold?
** Broken Wing.
* Developed a knack for this dull conversation. I'd sharpen my wit, but what's my motivation?
** Sun Burns.