Now, for those interested, here is the story behind "Enemy." It all started with these chicks:
LESLIE AND CORTNEY DRINKING BEER
LESLIE AND CORTNEY DANCING...OR SOMETHING
They set the tone. Anyway, this all happened in Korea in 2000. My roommate and I had become really good friends, then he found out his wife was cheating on him on Christmas morning when he called at 6am and no one answered. He interrogated his wife later and found out. He was devestated and instantly pussified (understandably). He cried all the time, moped around, drank and broke things...always whilst crying. I even walked in on him one day with the butt of an M-16 on the ground and his head resting on the barrel. Now, these guns were for exercise purposes only, shot blanks like metalNESS, and had a blasting cap on the tip, but had he pulled that trigger the kickback would have shattered his skull easily, and quite possibly killed him. Anyway, I was able to get the gun from him, so it was all good.
Then he recovers a bit, but starts looking for the replacement girl and starts falling in love with every chick on base. It was ridiculous. Any time I hooked up with a chick (Korea was my manwhore year, well, 6 months of it anyway), or a chick flirted with me, he cried and got jealous.
"Oh, I'm so ugly! You're so much better looking than me and my crooked chin, waaaah!" Shit like that. Supervisors started taking notice and were actually contemplating discharging him from the Air Force for mental heath issues. Then one night he got into a fight after he flipped out when he walked in on me...with...uh...(see above)...because he loved them. Well, I lied for him after that fight so he wouldn't get kicked out of the Air Force, he had a daughter, I felt bad. So what does he do? He breaks down and tattles on me! Not only that, he told on me like 5 hours before I was to meet my commander about the whole thing. He never warned me and allowed me to go in there and lie! They even read me my rights, I thought they were bluffing, so I still lied. :evil: I eventually had to come clean, and I got an Article 15 for lying to my commander. An Article 15 is one step away from a Court Martial. I forgave him.
So anyway, we were in a cover band called
RUN DMZ there, so after we left and we continued to make music together via the net. That's how
MOPP 4 came about. He came to England from Italy to record some tunes on weekend, he got frustrated with me because I kept telling him he was messing up certain vocal lines (which he was), so when we eventually sent out an MP3 of a song we'd recorded to all our friends I said in the e-mail that "some of the vocals are a bit messed up, but it's a demo so it's all good." Well, his pussified, sensitive ass flipped out because he assumed I was talking about
his vocals (I wasn't), he hit REPLY ALL and sent back this e-mail cussing me out, calling me self-righteous and all kinds off nonsense. I was pissed, especially after all I'd done for him. It hurt because I genuinely loved this dude like a brother. He was my...uh...homey. And he said some mean shit about me, but he said it to like 50 people! :(
I waited a day or two and figured I'd calm down, but I was still pissed, so I wrote and recorded this quick little ditty called "Enemy," put it on MP3, opened that e-mail, hit REPLY ALL and said, "Here's what I have to say about that, asshole!"
Sadly, after a while we started speaking again, but it was never the same, too much damage was done. We're not enemies anymore, I'd say, but not nearly as close. It's very sad what people will do sometimes, especially to people who've done so much for them.
I think you can understand the lyrics to all the songs, but here are the lyrics to "Enemy" (because they're a good read):
ENEMY
Who’s gonna there next time,
When you put that gun to your head,
When you’re standing up on that ledge?
Who’s gonna listen to you cry,
When you realize your mistakes,
When you see that you’re a fake?
What then?
“Sometimes in life, you’ve got to burn bridges, and other times they’re burned for you.
One thing they will never understand and never comprehend: The harder you hit, the
higher I rise. The harder you hit! The higher I rise! So here’s to friendship, here’s to
betrayal! Unity? Fuck unity! Here’s the truth!”
I was there for you when your wife was cheating and ruined your whole world
I was there for you when some other guy was being a dad to your girl
I was there for you when you liked someone and they always turned you down
I was there for you when you’d cry like a baby ‘cause no one wanted you around
Maybe I should have left you when you put that gun to your head
Maybe life would be much better if you were lying there dead
You tell me now that I’m to blame because I know about life
Maybe I should have been a friend just like your slutty wife
Like when she was fucking with that other guy in the bed that you made
Right in the living room where you and your daughter once played
But now I see
You were never
Never a true friend to me
And you never
Never had respect for me
You were never
Never a true friend to me
Boy, you lost when you made me the enemy
I saw your darkest hour, tried to ease your pain
I stood by my friend when he went insane
I even lied for you to protect your career
To support your family, to ease your fear
But you broke down crying and you ratted me out
And I learned first hand what you’re all about
But I gave you a chance because I felt your pain
I’ve known that weakness when you’ve been betrayed
I know what it’s like to have low self-esteem
I know what it’s like to have it steal your dreams
But you didn’t care, and you failed to see
You were describing yourself when you were blaming me
For all these things that I didn’t do
While you believe your lies and run from the truth
That I was the one to extend my hand
I was the crutch when you could not stand
Like when you felt your daughter hated you and you wanted to die
I sat there screaming to get through to you, you’re believing a lie
But now I see
You were never
Never a true friend to me
And you never
Never had respect for me
You were never
Never a true friend to me
Boy, you lost when you made me the enemy
You were never
Never a true friend to me
You betrayed yourself when you made me the enemy
