Lifetaker is the second studio recording by JC Autobody, released in 2010 by Young Tobacco Records. It was produced by Jonathon Newby (as JC Autobody) in Yorktown and Upland, IN, and continues the abrasive sound established by TRASH with the addition of more defined rhythm tracks and vocal arrangements throughout. The recording features three original songs and one cover.
Lyrically, Lifetaker builds on the characters and ambience from its predecessor using short story literary devices. The songs describe scenes involving ghosts, truck-driving mystics and turbulent romances in a narrative universe described as a "rust belt mythos." Lyrical themes include mystery, danger and toxic relationships.
Songs from Lifetaker have been played live in Chicago, Indianapolis and Muncie, IN. The title track has been used in a number of advertising campaigns, television shows and film trailers.
"Lifetaker," "Eagle Ray" and "Silver Teeth" written by JC Autobody.
"In My Time of Dyin" written by unknown.
All songs produced by JC Autobody.
Recorded at 3009 S. Sugar Maple St.
Mastered by Bryan Nelson.
Cover art by JC Autobody.
Lifetaker
my night is day yeah moon on the dashboard baby i am Lifetaker rollin on the ghost'd highway / come from the river up from the muddy banks yeah down from the mountain i'm on the road to prey for pay / i am an angel born in a burnin building i am a vandal goin on a mercy killing in my el camino seats smell like gasoline i drink carbolic acid and i'm still looking for my killer queen / i've got a stigma like tetanus and rabies a lone enigma i've had 400 birthday i'm a dark premonition that you will have before waking there's no tomorrow
Silver Teeth
she got a mouth full of silver teeth and she flies into a rage when starts to speak / she got one eye lookin' the other way she got me tied up tight to a propane tank / and the all neighbors think she's really sweet but i'm only alive 'cause she allows me to be / she's a killer queen with a menthol palate chasin' 5 course dinners with a shotgun salad / she puts 300 lbs up and over her head and keeps a pink Smith & Wesson hidden under the the bed her mouth tastes like she shoots gasoline and when we kiss i leave blood on her silver teeth /
she's my girlfriend yeah yeah
Eagle Ray
medicine man a truck stop shaman fought in vietnam coffee on his pants he dont' give a damn / scar on his face he's haulin the freight got his hair in a braid goin to drive and be up late / outrun the DOT cause they can't catch what they can't see freightliner drivin cherokee / a killer man drivin a sedan took a woman / he grabbed her by the hand he tried to tie her down in a ghost town got blood on her gown so she bit him on the mouth and he fell to the ground / blood on her face she ran like a race down the highway then came Eagle Ray
he came his truck / he stopped with a shrug picked the woman up she held on to his glove and when the dust had cleared Eagle Ray had disappeared / Eagle Ray, he gon' keep the highway safe with the moonlight on his face and one foot on the break / his wheels are on fire