Conclave of Champions

January 10, 2021 jesse

Music

Release Date: 05/05/2014

JJAHBG’s seventh album Conclave of Champions continues their musical virtuosity, effortlessly moving from the crash of punk guitars to soft acoustic numbers to pure electronic dance and back again. While JJAHBG’s most original album may still be 2008’s sprawling, chaotic masterpiece We are Legend, Conclave of Champions is the most polished. Although assembled from the many pieces that are JJAHBG’s musical inspirations, every piece of Conclave of Champions fits and flows easily despite the continued genre hopping throughout the album.

Tracklist

The Ace of Hearts
Bleedin’ Love
Pyromania
Missin’ You
The Drunkvitation
The Freezin’ Zone
Them Ghetto Blues
Paramour
Slate Fuel
Garden Gnome

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Lyrics

The ace of hearts

My name is Ace

The Ace of Hearts

And I’ve got bitches like

Like Target’s got carts

All the men hate me

It’s because they know

All the ladies flock wherever I go

Wherever I go

Where I go

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

My name is Ace

Bitch, say my name

You'll come around, baby

You're all the same

My name is Ace

The Ace of Hearts

And I’ve got bitches like

Like Target’s got carts

I just take off the shirt

Expose my chest to the sun

No female can resist

They come at a run

If I were the moon, girls would be my tides

Its gravity, baby

The attraction that physics provides

That physics provides

The attraction physics provides

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

My name is Ace

Bitch, say my name

You'll come around, baby

You're all the same

My name is Ace

The Ace of Hearts

And I’ve got bitches like

Like Target’s got carts

Yeah

The Kama Sutra got nothing on me

I mastered that book as a young lad of three

I'm known as a priest from Long Beach to Long Isle

I’m familiar with the missionary style

The missionary style

Bring it back now

Your mothers and sisters, your daughters and wives

I’ve had them all, baby

I’ve enriched all their lives

You call me a player

Such words make me frown

Because when I get you in bed, honey

I don’t play around

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

My name is Ace

Bitch, say my name

You'll come around, baby

You're all the same

My name is Ace

The Ace of Hearts

And I’ve got bitches like

Like Target’s got carts

My name is Ace

Bitch, say my name

You'll come around, baby

You're all the same

My name is Ace

The Ace of Hearts

And I’ve got bitches like

Like Target’s got carts

Carts

bleedin' love

You walked in and my heart strolled out

Please give me that back

I need it to live

Now here I am laying on the floor

Ah damn, those beautiful eyes

And there I go again

Bleeding love, bleeding love

You busted my stitches

Yeah

Bleeding love, bleeding love

You busted my stitches

Yeah

Honey, where do you think you're going with my pride

You won't be getting too far

I know where you like to hide

You'll be fooling yourself if you think I'll forget

Those eyes are full of treacherous lies

Bleeding love, bleeding love

You busted my stitches

Yeah

Bleeding love, bleeding love

You busted my stitches

Yeah

I’m such a fool

I'm such a fool when it comes to you

I'm such a fool for all that you put me through

I'm such a fool that I don't care what they say

I'm such a fool now that I know know know

Now that I know know know

Now that I know know know know know

Baby, you got me wrapped around your finger

And you know all the right buttons to push

Falling for you has proven to be a blunder

Now you're going to feel my thunder

Bleeding love, bleeding love

You busted my stitches

Yeah

Bleeding love, bleeding love

You busted my stitches

Yeah

I’m such a fool

I'm such a fool when it comes to you

I'm such a fool for all that you put me through

I'm such a fool that I don't care what they say

I'm such a fool now that I know know know

I'm such a fool when it comes to you

I'm such a fool for all that you put me through

I'm such a fool that I don't care what they say

I'm such a fool now that I know know know

I'm such a fool when it comes to you

I'm such a fool for all that you put me through

I'm such a fool that I don't care what they say

I'm such a fool now that I know know know

pyromania

A conflict within

A voice screams inside of me

I feel so cold as I long for your warm embrace, yeah

The loneliness has taken its hold on my heart

I feel its chill straight down inside my bones

You taste like gasoline

You fill my lungs

I drift away in a languid dream

You taste like gasoline

You fill my lungs

I drift away in a languid dream

Dream

I can't stop myself from rekindling this flame

It starts so small but devours it all, yeah

If only they could see what it is you mean to me

I'll make it known

I'll share you with the world

You taste like gasoline

You fill my lungs

I drift away in a languid dream

You taste like gasoline

You fill my lungs

I drift away in a languid dream

missin' you

I know, tonight, the reason for your fright

We're on the road on a dark and lonely night

Oh, its a beautiful moonlit sky

It just illuminates the terror in your eyes

Your eyes

So nice

So pretty like your smile

I havn't seen in quite a while

Your smile

Times are tough

The world is cruel

And we must do what we must

When the sun comes a rising over the horizon

I'll be missing you

And when the stars unglue and the sky turns blue

Well, I'll be missing

And when the twinkle in your eyes no longer sheds their light, yeah

I'll be missing

And when your final gaze is stolen by the haze, yeah

Well, I'll be missing you

Missing you

Missing

I’m missing you

The mist rolls in and leads you out

And I begin to have my doubts

A tear in my eye, I say my goodbye

Get in my car, and I drive

For a while

Your smile

The memories we shared

The places that we dared

Your eyes

So nice

They make me think the world isn’t fair

When the sun comes a rising over the horizon

I'll be missing you

And when the stars unglue and the sky turns blue

Well, I'll be missing

And when the twinkle in your eyes no longer sheds their light, yeah

I'll be missing

And when your final gaze is stolen by the haze, yeah

Well, I'll be missing you

I turn around

I know I'm too late

I just idle my car and I curse my fate

Your eyes

So nice

So pretty like your smile

I havn't seen in quite a while

Your smile

Times are tough

The world is cruel

And we must do what we must

When the sun comes a rising over the horizon

I'll be missing you

And when the stars unglue and the sky turns blue

Well, I'll be missing

And when the twinkle in your eyes no longer sheds their light, yeah

I'll be missing

And when your final gaze is stolen by the haze, yeah

Well, I'll be missing you

The Drunkvitation

Hey there chiquita

Hands off my tequila

So here’s a thought

Go get your own

There’s a liquor store baby, not too far

So get your own and leave my precious bottle alone alone alone

The door shakes

The calm abates

The chill invades

Surprise on my face

Uninvited guest invades my nest

She won't shut up

God, what a pest

The drunk texting ruined Thanksgiving

Now, give me that phone, you're booted

Hey there chiquita

Hands off my tequila

So here’s a thought

Go get your own

There’s a liquor store baby, not too far

So get your own and leave my precious bottle alone alone alone

The door shakes

The calm abates

The chill invades

Surprise on my face

Hey there chiquita

Hands off my tequila

So here’s a thought

Go get your own

There’s a liquor store baby, not too far

So get your own and leave my precious bottle

Hey there chiquita

Hands off my tequila

So here’s a thought

Go get your own

There’s a liquor store baby, not too far

So get your own and leave my precious bottle

The Freezin' zone

Been waiting here a while now

I can't sit waiting for you to call

I got places to go

I got places to see

And I can tell you're just not that into me

Just yesterday, I said, “Hello”

You looked away with no desire to know

Baby, you said you'd stay

But now I'm watching as you drive away

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've left me in the freezing zone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've made me a stepping stone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've left me with this wishing bone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've left me in the freezing zone

Freezing zone

You had me by your trickery

With your words, pleasing to the ear

I believed that you were real nice

And as it turns out baby, you're cold as ice

Cold as ice

You’re cold as ice (Brrrr baby)

You’re cold as ice (It’s chilly out here)

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've left me in the freezing zone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've made me a stepping stone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've left me with this wishing bone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've left me in the freezing zone

Freezing zone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've left me in the freezing zone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've made me a stepping stone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've left me with this wishing bone

You take the road, I'm on my own

And you've left me in the freezing zone

Freezing zone

Them ghetto blues

You move from where you’re from to the digs on second floor

Your landlord wants too much and you don't want to pay more

So you move to new apartment where the rent is really cheap

Parking filled with heaps

They're playing soccer in the streets

It’s the ghetto

You notice your new home, it seems a little small

The doors don't fit alright, seeing roaches in the hall

Breakers blowing left and right

No microwave in sight

Stove ain't got a light and you shiver in the night

It’s the ghetto

But hey, what are you going to do, you signed yesterday

Might as well save all that rent you had to pay

It’s the ghetto

So mosey on downstairs and join in on the game

Because hiding in your apartment is really pretty lame

To all those unemployed who haven't got a thing

That big old TV in your room means you’re living like a king in

It’s the ghetto

Paramour

You speak so softly to me

Such pretty lies

But you cannot hide the truth that lives behind your eyes

And you sang so softly to me that it’ll be

It’ll be OK

But in another moment I knew you were on your way

(All I) All I wanted shown is really how you feel

(All I) All I want to know is

Was it something real?

(All I) All I wanted shown is really how you feel

(All I) All I want to know is

Was it something real?

And I cannot help but wonder what it might have been

A place inside your heart I thought I’d never win

And I cannot help but wonder (And I cannot help but wonder)

What it might have been (What it might have been)

A place inside your heart (A place inside your heart)

I thought I’d never win (I thought I’d never win)

(All I) All I wanted shown is really how you feel

(All I) All I want to know is

Was it something real?

(All I) All I wanted shown is really how you feel

(All I) All I want to know is

Was it something real?

Slate fuel

I started the night with a shot of gray goose

With a shot

Now hit me once more cause Slate on the loose

On the loose

I signaled to the bartender give me one more

One more

Give me, give me, give me, give me one more

I want to keep drinking untill my feet tap the floor

Tap the floor

Now where's that drink

Because I don't feel a thing

Not a thing, no

So put away that wheelchair

I won't need it today

Not today

So where’s that drink

Because I don’t feel a thing

Not a thing, no

So put away that wheelchair

I won’t need it today

I must have drank too much because the world is spinning

Spinning

It’s spinning

The influence of drinking on my brain is winning

Winning

Something inside tells me to drink a little more

One more

Give me, give me, give me, give me one more

I turn from the bar, start skipping up a storm

Up a storm

Now where's that drink

Because I don't feel a thing

Not a thing, no

So put away that wheelchair

I won't need it today

Not today

So where’s that drink

Because I don’t feel a thing

Not a thing, no

So put away that wheelchair

I won’t need it today

I put up with quite enough bullshit

I don't need none from you

So won't you fill my glass today

With some of that sweet, sweet, Slate Fuel

Now where's that drink

Because I don't feel a thing

Not a thing, no

So put away that wheelchair

I won't need it today

Not today

So where’s that drink

Because I don’t feel a thing

Not a thing, no

So put away that wheelchair

I won’t need it today

Now where's that drink

Because I don't feel a thing

Not a thing, no

So put away that wheelchair

I won't need it today

Not today

So where’s that drink

Because I don’t feel a thing

Not a thing, no

So put away that wheelchair

I won’t need it today

Garden gnome

In the fray sits

Complacent and alone

Eyes unblinking

He is the garden gnome

Everyday you wake up, stretch, and look outside

Next to your window door the gnome just stares inside

Walk on your way out

Likely going to work

You look down and smile

You’ve got a garden perk

In the fray sits

Complacent and alone

Eyes unblinking

He is the garden gnome

You see that he has turned

And not by your hand

No way a turn table beneath that plastic man

You sit and sun tan out front in the nude

You think no one is there

I've got a surprise for you

You don't know that I watch from the comfort of my home

You don't know that I've got a camera in that gnome

In the fray sits

Complacent and alone

Eyes unblinking

He is the garden gnome

In the fray sits

Complacent and alone

Eyes unblinking

He is the garden gnome

In the fray sits

Complacent and alone

Eyes unblinking

He is the garden gnome

Music by JJAHBG

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