Scream Lyrics

Supposed to act my age
Supposed to act mature
I've got better things to do
Than listen to you
I listen and listen and listen
And listen and listen
I get fed up

I'm supposed to keep it together
Supposed to keep my cool
Yeah, I keep my cool
I'll show you how I keep my cool
I blow my cool, I blow my cool
I blow my cool all over the place
All over the place

I might be a big baby
But I'll scream in your ear
'Til I find out, until I find out
Just what it is I am doing here
Until then, until then
Until then, until then

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The final track on Black Flag’s 1984 album My War. The song dates back to at least 1982, when it was known to the members of Black Flag as “the trudge riff”, which did not have any lyrics at the time. At the time, the band only performed it to kill time when Greg Ginn had to tend to his equipment onstage. One night, unsure of what to sing about, Henry Rollins looked to bassist Chuck Dukowski for a suggestion, and Dukowski suggested, “Just scream!” So Rollins did. Ginn later wrote a proper set of lyrics to the song and used this incident as inspiration for the song’s title and lyrical tone.

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Credits
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Bass Guitar
Guitar
Release Date
March 1984
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