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 The Smokey Basement recordings were done in the summer and fall of 2002. What was supposed to be a demo of material to shop to labels ended up being an end to a chapter in the on going saga of Chaos Theory. Bill and Adam left the band to pursue other interests while original singer Dan Altobelli and bassist Nick Schulte joined and continues on.
This is a collection of older material not the new Chaos Theory CD.
New material from the band will hopefully be available this fall.

"Return to the Smokey Basement"

FADE AWAY
Music- Albanesius, Schleper
Words- Schleper

 Don’t Talk, Don’t Run
And Don’t Speak, to anyone

I’ve tried to be, much more
Than you gave to me
If I’m not, myself

Feel I, must go somewhere else

Nothing to say, so I fade away
Can’t see, see what you’ve made me
Can’t hear, hear what I’m saying
Too late  nothing to say, so I fade away

I wish, you’d see
That your words, create misery
If I’ve lost, again
Then why are you suffering?

SHAME
Music- Altobelli, Albanesius, Schleper
Words- Schleper, Altobelli


I have found myself here
Standing in the sun
I’ve lost all of the chances
In games I have not won
Full color dreams
now seen in black n white
what once was strong
has now been left behind

I’ve wasted time
I’ve taken the blame
I’ve lived with heartache
I’ve lived with shame

Times that I remember
It all slips though my hands
Pondering my true destiny
I resume this game again

You will never find me
Begging on my knees
Or ever asking anyone
To please forgive me
 

ON THE EDGE
Music- Albanesius, Schleper
Words- Schleper, Hendriksen

sometimes I wonder what’s real
exactly how you want me to feel
pain that’s inside of me
wondering what you want me to be

Sometimes I disappoint myself
can’t even bear to look at myself
Pain that you brought to me
I’ll never be what you want me to be

As I look trough all the pieces
Of my broken life
Searching for an answer
Walking on the edge
I’m walking on the Edge

GIVE UP
Music- Albanesius, Schleper
Words- Schleper


I’m taking you, breaking you down

Why not let me live my life
fought through the pain
 I’ve won the fight
My life’s a mess like blood in piss
so drink it up you're one of us

 It’s always what I say, and what I do
 I live a life outside of you
It’s all of us, in darkness
who can ya’ trust
Just look and you will know that
 I am here to say
there’s got to be a better way
I live my life the way I want to

It’s hard enough today
 without living my life your way
and it’s hard for me to do
without living my life through you

Frustration is cutting a hole in my mind
 I hear all the voices they talk all the time
It’s time to escape all this anger and hate so just step on up, you’re one of us 

A rock on the outside
but inside I’m fucked
this world all around me
 is fucking too much
No one can see all the shame that I hide
I’m broken, I’m hollow
 I’m losing my mind
pray to some god to take this all away
I know in my heart
 I’ll be back here someday

DEEP INSIDE MY MIND
Music- Albanesius, Schleper
Words- Schleper


The time has come, for you to see
 the way that life's abusing me
I've taken what I'm given
 but I'm not the same
I found out in the end that it’s
all a lie

That's why the time has come
 for you to see
 the way that life's abusing me
I've taken what I'm given
 but I'm not the same
cause now I know that it's all a lie

Apathy all I see, deep inside my mind
Look again, in the end, it's so hard to find
The certainty of what won't be
deep inside my mind
Look again, in the end
it's so hard to find

The years have passed
 I'm not the same
 
the thought of you
see's me passing the blame
The damage is done
 you said it was fun
and now I know it's all a lie

Not your friend, This is the end
Pushed me hard but I will not bend

Here I am with hate on my mind, Controlled thoughts, I’m wondering why
Questions about, who do I trust
Married to lies in a temple of dust
Here I am with my back against the wall
 unbridled rage forces me to stand tall
Embraced scars of all humanity
remember forever my own morality
Conformed emotions
at the foot of your cross
 with arms held out
your death is no loss
Profane cycle in the rules you have made
Crucify me for the sins you forbade
 

REMIND
Music- Albanesius, Schleper
Words- Schleper

I know you lie to me
never listen to a word I say
The sight of your face
sickens me in it’s absurdity
 now there’s no time left here at all
 for you and me
So you can state your case
but then you’ll fall into obscurity

Tell me how something’s not right
Tell me you can’t live if I die 
 A lie reminds
 all this reminds me about you
Tell me not to give up and fight
Now you say you wish I’d die 
Tell me, how something's not right
Tell me, you can’t live if I die
A lie reminds
all of this reminds me about you
Tell me not to give up and fight
Now you say you wish I’d die
 A lie reminds

 Well it’s the games you play
and all the times that you’ve forgotten me
The sound of your voice
edges me closer to insanity
I may have wasted my time
 ever believing you
See through the smiles you faked
this time I’m through with you

As I sit in this empty room alone
Staring blindly into shadows I call my own
I never thought that it’d go this way for me
Memories of a place I’d sell my soul to be
As I think of all the things
 you’ve done to me
The broken shattered pieces
 of my own reality
Escape the prison inside my mind
Escape the memories that remind

NOT FOR ME
Music - Albanesius, Schleper
Words - Ritchie, Schleper

Another day in this brutal world
so much pain I see it's everywhere I
look deep into my eyes
tell me what you see
do you really think you're free

Can you see that this life's not for me
Death is everywhere
it's more than I can bear
Why can't you see
that this life's not for me
 
Sometimes when I wake up
I just sit and stare
At a world so full of hate
Consumes all our lives
Where do I belong
It can't be here it feels all wrong

Can you see that this life's not for me
Screams are all I hear
It's hard to persevere
that this life's not for me

This just can't be
The only way to live
got to find a way we're out of time
it's quickly running out
So open up your eyes
to the truth behind the lies
 

 

TAKING IT ALL FROM YOU
Music- Albanesius, Schleper
Words- Schleper

I still hear every single word that’s said
Forgotten faces of the people
 who have mislead
This empty feeling from in my soul
I’m reaching down
now I’ve got to take control

can’t you see that you fucked up?
can't you see I’m never gonna give it up?
can’t you see this time’s gonna get rough

Complain about the crazy things I do
Your mouth is running cause you know
 I’m comin after you
You started something
and now it’s time to learn
Call for your friends
but they show no concern

You got it
 I want it
 I’m taking it all from you 

You hate this place I’ve put you in
Go hide inside cause you’ll never win
You feel alone so you regress
Cry to yourself and forget the rest

Now I believe
 in all the things I say and do
Striving to become
 something more than this
I'm taking it all from you

EVERYTHING
Music/Words- Albanesius, Schleper


Can I go on?
Feeling this way
I’m confused, I’m afraid

Can I go on?
Feeling this way
 Confused, afraid
But I will decide
Never hear me
Understand why
You didn’t want to try

You’ll never be everything to me
 you’ll see why
You’ll never be everything to me
you’ll see why

 There were days when
Forget the truth
Behind the lies
I’ve taken the chance
 to tell you just how
 I feel inside

Did you think you were special?
Who let you think you were special?

Can I go on?
Feeling this way
I’m confused, I’m afraid
Empty inside
Close my eyes
Sometimes wonder why