It’s Friday again and time for another song off my iPod.

The Vincent Black Shadow (VBS) is an alternative rock band from Vancouver, Canada. The group is made up of Cassandra Ford on vocals, Rob Kirkham on guitar, Anthony Kirkham on drums, Chris Kirkham on bass, and Mary Ancheta on keyboards. The group is named after the famed motorcycle that was featured in the Hunter S. Thompson novel, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The group has done extensive touring including playing in the Warped Tour but have had little commercial success.

The song Metro was the first single from the only album released by VBS. The song did not make any charts but did well on FUSE TV’s #1 Guilty Pleasures countdown.

Metro
Sick. I’m walking
Tick? I’m talking.
Down the street and I’m sick
Of the talk of the ‘trick’ that’s every time we meet
But.
Oh, I don’t know why
Blinking, thinking something’s moving across my skin
And I scratch the spot, I watch the dot, that’s on the lens but
Oh, I don’t know why

Something’s closing in and I can’t do a thing
No, I can’t do a thing but wonder.

You said I’m crazy, I know.
You said I’m crazy, I know
All I can say is that the drugs don’t work no more.

My face is shaking,
Knees are breaking,
“Swallow this” and for once I’m mistaken
The rules I’ve been breaking, make you sick but
Oh, I don’t know why
My mind is in an oily state of screaming sin
And the moment I want to relax is when the shit kicks in, but
Oh, I don’t know why

Now he’s back again
And now he’s brought a friend.
And his friend’s brought a whole dark army…

You said I’m crazy, I know.
You said I’m crazy, I know
All I can say is that the drugs don’t work no..

Sick. I’m walking
Tick? I’m talking.
Down the street and I’m sick
Of the talk of the ‘trick’ that’s every time we meet

You said I’m crazy, I know
You said I’m crazy, I know
All I can say is that the drugs don’t work no more.

You said I’m crazy, I know
You said I’m crazy, I know
All I can say is that the drugs don’t work no more…

written by Cassandra Ford and Rob Kirkham