Hip To Be Scared
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Hip To Be Scared Lyrics
In the wealthiest sections, a killer complexion is often a great alibi
Valentino couture mixed with violence and gore
"Well, I guess I'm a pretty sick guy"
With my beauty routines and a fridge full of spleens
Some might say it's extreme, but it's time to say goodbye
[Chorus: Spencer Charnas]
So to hell with good intentions
So to hell is where I'll go
But the Devil makes exceptions
For All-American psychos
[Interlude: Woman & Spencer Charnas]
"Patrick, where are you going?'
"I'm just leaving"
"But why?"
"I have to rеturn some videotapes"
[Verse 2: Spencer Charnas]
You'll find no еscape once you're captured on tape
I'm aware it's a bit avant-garde
("Not the fucking face, you piece of bitch trash")
Casually cleaving without ever grieving
But wait, let me give you my card
"That's bone"
There is no real me, just this dark entity
That cannot be redeemed so it's time to say goodbye
So to hell with good intentions
So to hell is where I'll go
But the Devil makes exceptions
For All-American psychos
Hold my calls, I'll kill them all
So to hell with good intentions
For All-American psychos
[Skit: Spencer Charnas & Jacoby Shaddix]
"Do you like Ice Nine Kills?"
"Not really"
"Their early work was a little bit too 'scene' for me
But when The Silver Scream came out I think they really came into their own
Commercially and artistically
The whole album has a refined melodic sensibility that really makes it a cut above the rest"
"Hey Paul"
[Verse 3: Spencer Charnas]
"You've reached the law offices of Mitchell, Summerberg and Donald
Please leave a message"
Eric, hello, as my lawyer, you know
I'm psychotic, but I've crossed the line
I killed Drew, Chris and Mike, stabbed José with a knife
But I don't think I'm gonna get away with it this time
To hell with good intentions
To hell is where I'll go
But the Devil makes exceptions
For All-American psychos
Hold my calls, I'll kill them all
So to hell with good intentions
For All-American, American psychos
[Outro: Spencer Charnas]
This confession has meant nothing
About
“Hip To Be Scared” is the lead single from Ice Nine Kills‘ sixth full-length studio album, The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood. This song & its music video are directly based off of the 2000 horror comedy film American Psycho starring Christian Bale as serial killer Patrick Bateman.
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Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas shared with Loudwire:
We can’t wait to share this next chapter with you, and to welcome you to the sinister state of mind that will soon be known the world over as, Horrorwood. The first stop on the tour is 1980s New York City’s ‘greed is good’ scene, where a certain hot shot investment banker has a rather violent dirty secret.
- 7.Rainy Day
- 8.Hip To Be Scared
- 10.The Box
- 11.F.L.Y.
- 12.Wurst Vacation
- 13.Ex-Mørtis
- 15.Meat & Greet
