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+ | ====== Paroles ====== | ||
+ | ===== 7 seconds ===== | ||
+ | ==== > Skins, Brains & Guts (1982) ==== | ||
+ | ==== SKINS, BRAINS & GUTS ==== | ||
+ | Walk the streets, you point at me, yeah hardcore pride is what you see | ||
+ | Your insults are a parody, cos you're so fucking scared of me | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | We're skinheads, brains, guts! (2) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Call me ugly, I don't care, I feel good in the clothes I wearCall me dumb, I've gotta brain, when I'm hurt, I feel the pain | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Smash this town to bits we do, no one's gonna mess with you | ||
+ | Take 'em on we ain't afraid, angry kids so hear us say | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== NO AUTHORITY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Tryin' to fucking change my mind, just won't work - No way! | ||
+ | I don't want your stagnant rules, they' | ||
+ | Total anti-government is all I plan to be | ||
+ | No self-proclaimed authority will put their claim to me | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | No authority! Nobody' | ||
+ | No authority! I just wanna be - | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ain't a commie, fuck the nazi' | ||
+ | No fucking war in any way could make me grab a gun | ||
+ | All I wanna do is just be what I wanna be | ||
+ | But I can't see no future in this lame authority | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) (2) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Me! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== REDNECK SOCIETY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Narrowminded rednecks, such lame mentality | ||
+ | Believe in old time standards, like guns and bigotry | ||
+ | They say they' | ||
+ | This fine old U.S.A. | ||
+ | But asked what color is the one, and see just what they say | ||
+ | Just what they say (3) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I'm stuck in a redneck society! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Fools with age old morals, want the same old thing | ||
+ | Money, war, racism, with nothing in between | ||
+ | They don't want liberals in the way | ||
+ | They just sit back and see | ||
+ | Their power' | ||
+ | Majority (3) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'm stuck in a redneck society! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== BABY GAMES ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Romper room, you think it's fun, play your games on everyone | ||
+ | Do your best to be a fool, think you're cute, think it's cool | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Don't you be a bit surprised, that maybe soon they' | ||
+ | 3 of you, and you're the same, busy playing baby games | ||
+ | |||
+ | Run around like 2 year olds, the way you act is getting old | ||
+ | Talk behind our backs, I say, monkey see's the only way | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== RACISM SUCKS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Do you think that all blacks are niggers? | ||
+ | Ignorance is an attitude | ||
+ | You wallow in your racist stupor | ||
+ | Have you really stopped to think? | ||
+ | Do you believe in the K.K.K., do you think White Power rules today? | ||
+ | Would you like to shoot a white man dead, would you like to bust | ||
+ | a black man's head - No way! | ||
+ | |||
+ | In England there' | ||
+ | With Webster as their figurehead, they liberate Hitler as he lies dead | ||
+ | They think they' | ||
+ | Martin Webster like the K.K.K., map out all the plans his own way | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Racism sucks (6) Racism fucking sucks! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some black folks call the white race scum, cos they think we are the only ones | ||
+ | Who only live in prejudice, while a lot of blacks live just the same | ||
+ | Do you really judge a man, by the color of his skin | ||
+ | You got the color, you got no right, to fuck up everybody else's life | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Kill, kill the K.K.K. Destroy Martin Webster! | ||
+ | Kill, kill the K.K.K. Destroy Ronald Reagan! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== THIS IS MY LIFE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I don't need you to tell me, what I've got to do | ||
+ | I'm counting all the days, till I'm rid of you | ||
+ | Tell me what to do, tell me what to say | ||
+ | But no more fuckers, just get outta my way | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Cos this is - my life, this is - my life | ||
+ | Stupid lame society, you wanna take control of me | ||
+ | Parents wanna run my life, some girls act like my fuckin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat 1st verse) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Get off my fuckin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== ANTI-KLAN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Prejudice throughout the land, don't look at us, we're anti-klan | ||
+ | Black hates white, white hates black | ||
+ | Tell me why, I don't understand | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I don't want a fuckin' | ||
+ | I don't want no segregated schools - No way! | ||
+ | I wanna have the right to choose my friends - Fuck you! | ||
+ | I don't want your narrowminded ways | ||
+ | |||
+ | Racial groups, they plan attack | ||
+ | I guess they think we won't fight back | ||
+ | I care about all human beings | ||
+ | And not the color of their skin | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | We're anti-klan! (4) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== I HATE SPORTS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I hate watching football games, baseball is so fuckin' | ||
+ | T.V. sports they all suck shit | ||
+ | Howard Cosell is a wimp | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I hate sports, I hate sports | ||
+ | I hate sports, I hate sports | ||
+ | |||
+ | I hate watching baseball games, boxing is so fuckin' | ||
+ | Ali and his old aged fame, yeah he's washed up, he's fuckin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== WE'RE GONNA FIGHT ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | We're gonna fight, we know who's right - Not you! | ||
+ | Time to unite, we're havin' our say - Me, you! | ||
+ | Oppressed us long, they' | ||
+ | We'll stand up tall, the future' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Me and you, we're gonna fight the narrow minds | ||
+ | Make our own rules, live your life and I'll live mine | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4 long years, and thousands strong - That's right! | ||
+ | We're not dumb, we're aware - Go away! | ||
+ | Angry kids, rebellion rules - That's cool! | ||
+ | We got our dreams, and we got our hopes - You know! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus twice) | ||
+ | |||
+ | We're gonna fight - Oh! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > Committed For Life (1983) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 5 YEARS OF LIES === | ||
+ | |||
+ | You lie with ease right to my face | ||
+ | You look straight in my eyes | ||
+ | No task for you, you cannot see | ||
+ | Between truth and dishonesty | ||
+ | Friends so long yet you still try | ||
+ | To force feed me your fucking lies | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I hear your lies, how come I'm the lucky one? | ||
+ | I see your lies, glorify what you haven' | ||
+ | I hate your lies, stories different every time | ||
+ | 5 years of lies, 1-2, 1-2-3-4! | ||
+ | |||
+ | You talk about the girls you know | ||
+ | The asses that you've kicked | ||
+ | Sometimes I sit in disbelief | ||
+ | Wondering what you really think | ||
+ | What I strive for, you laugh about | ||
+ | Behind my fucking back no doubt | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === DRUG CONTROL === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Drugs make you a man | ||
+ | They help you understand | ||
+ | It's a cheap escape and it's nothin' | ||
+ | But you do them when you can | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Drugs make you turn on me! | ||
+ | Drugs will not set you free! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Your money buys you dope | ||
+ | Say you just can't cope | ||
+ | But friends are cheap, when drugs can keep | ||
+ | A buzz inside your head | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === BOTTOMLESS PIT === | ||
+ | |||
+ | You pay your money to get in | ||
+ | You're ready for some fun | ||
+ | But once you get in you're afraid | ||
+ | To get close to anyone | ||
+ | You dance around real tough and mean | ||
+ | Got macho thrash appeal | ||
+ | Your image here is what's at stake | ||
+ | And not the way you feel | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | In the pit, you can't be yourself | ||
+ | You're an image of what's cool | ||
+ | And you ignore your friends | ||
+ | Just another fool | ||
+ | |||
+ | The hole grows bigger by the second | ||
+ | And soon there' | ||
+ | No arms in arms cos in your eyes | ||
+ | It looks too fucking queer | ||
+ | But what's wrong with our unity | ||
+ | Friends having fun as friends | ||
+ | That pit is just a barrier | ||
+ | And soon we hope to end | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === FIGHT YOUR OWN FIGHT === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Standing scared you've always been that way | ||
+ | Fight your own fight | ||
+ | Paranoia every single day | ||
+ | Fight your own fight | ||
+ | Afraid to take a chance and be involved | ||
+ | Fight your own fight | ||
+ | Your self pride is hanging on a rack | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | When will you stand up and help us be strong? | ||
+ | How can you face life and live with yourself? | ||
+ | Do you see justice in what they have done? | ||
+ | You see confrontation and you turn and run | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of us gets beaten to a pulp | ||
+ | Fight your own fight | ||
+ | You just turn and look the other way | ||
+ | Fight your own fight | ||
+ | Unite we have, but you're too fucking scared | ||
+ | Fight your own fight | ||
+ | Commit yourself , you never fucking dared | ||
+ | Fight your own fight | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Fight your own fight! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== COMMITTED FOR LIFE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some year's gone by but I believe - Still! | ||
+ | And in my heart I still feel - Real! | ||
+ | I'd rather die before I'd call it quits | ||
+ | Cos I can't feel the way that you feel | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | A commitment, that will remain inside | ||
+ | Just something I will never forget | ||
+ | Don't tell me, that it's just my pride, | ||
+ | A built in part of what's inside my head | ||
+ | |||
+ | I've sacrificed alot and still feel strong - Still! | ||
+ | But odds were that it wouldn' | ||
+ | Beliefs and views get stronger every way | ||
+ | Tell me friend just where you stand today | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | People say I've changed, say I'm much different now | ||
+ | I've lost friends, jobs, money so tell me why... | ||
+ | Let me hear your reasons, cuz I shaved my head | ||
+ | And it changed my head | ||
+ | What about our frienship, you say I'm such a bore | ||
+ | And I'm " | ||
+ | Now you just ignore me, well fuck you man | ||
+ | Are you happy now? | ||
+ | Promises were broken, but who broke them first? | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== THIS IS THE ANGRY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Tired of hearing us moan and complain | ||
+ | Just cos you don't feel it | ||
+ | Doesn' | ||
+ | Brought up then let down and run thru the course | ||
+ | Able to fuck us and feel no remorse | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | This is a cry for the ones who can't fight | ||
+ | We're just the bad seeds who didn't turn out right | ||
+ | We'll get a chance and we'll break down the door | ||
+ | This is the angry, the young and the poor | ||
+ | |||
+ | Turned on your own, kicked the dirt in our face | ||
+ | We're stuck without money, no working, no pace | ||
+ | Just think what you'd do if you were in our place | ||
+ | Reality' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== AGGRO ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Got that crazy feeling | ||
+ | Scared you don't know why | ||
+ | Head is spinning faster | ||
+ | Haze is in your eyes | ||
+ | |||
+ | And now you take a deep breath | ||
+ | Wipe sweat off your face | ||
+ | Your head and heart keep pounding | ||
+ | Sets a frenzied pace | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now the wall gets stronger | ||
+ | Bodies hitting hard | ||
+ | Air is thick and heavy | ||
+ | No room left to breathe | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now you feel the tension | ||
+ | Eyes are open wide | ||
+ | Nothing like this feeling | ||
+ | Aggression deep inside | ||
+ | |||
+ | (break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Buzz is in your head now | ||
+ | Bones that start to ache | ||
+ | Got that natural energy | ||
+ | No more mental state now | ||
+ | Something you can't fake | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > The Crew (1984) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== HERE'S YOUR WARNING ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hey it's 1984 | ||
+ | With a glimpse of what's in store | ||
+ | It looks like things are up to us | ||
+ | No talk, just action in the streets | ||
+ | That's what it's gonna take | ||
+ | No calm youth in the U.S.A. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | It's summertime, American riot! | ||
+ | I can't complain, unless I try it! | ||
+ | The heat is here, a teenage warning! | ||
+ | To those who fear, here's your warning! | ||
+ | |||
+ | This could be the year | ||
+ | That we could make some people think | ||
+ | With smarter minds we'll hit the streets | ||
+ | United we must make our stand | ||
+ | Divided we will fall | ||
+ | But it's up to us to take that step | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Complacent kids, that's all they want | ||
+ | But if they want trouble they' | ||
+ | Amidst years of youth unrest | ||
+ | And now someone is pissed, right! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== DEFINITE CHOICE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Take your pick and make a stand | ||
+ | With no regrets or change of plan | ||
+ | Keep your head, don't be afraid | ||
+ | Be proud of the choice you've made | ||
+ | Support your scene, you must believe | ||
+ | Never stop just move ahead | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Oh Oh Oh! Definite Choice! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Be positive, no ignorance | ||
+ | To mindlessness, | ||
+ | 'Cause we're for real, we're gonna prove | ||
+ | That our movement' | ||
+ | Fuck big business, church and war | ||
+ | That's not what we're fighting for | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== NOT JUST BOYS FUN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Man you've gotta problem, who made you fuckin' | ||
+ | A macho pig with nothing in your head | ||
+ | No girls around you, their place is not at gigs | ||
+ | Don't want 'em on the dance floor 'cos they' | ||
+ | A woman' | ||
+ | It's time to change that attitude, and quick | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Showing us your phobias, you're scared to see 'em think | ||
+ | You'd rather dress 'em up in pretty lace | ||
+ | All nice and colored pink | ||
+ | You feel so fucking threatened | ||
+ | When they stand out in front | ||
+ | A stupid, passive piece of meat is all you really want | ||
+ | |||
+ | But it's: Not just boys fun (4x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | There' | ||
+ | Yet they' | ||
+ | Some make the music, well that you can accept | ||
+ | Hell, maybe live you'll get some tits and ass | ||
+ | You fucking moron, your brains have run amuck | ||
+ | A girl's only lot in life is not to fuck! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === THIS IS THE ANGRY, PT.2 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | So you're tired of hearing us moan and complain | ||
+ | Just 'cos you don't feel it | ||
+ | Don't mean there' | ||
+ | Some are brought up and let down | ||
+ | Then run through the course | ||
+ | While they' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Oh Oh Oh! (4x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Well you've turned on your own | ||
+ | Kicked dirt in our faces | ||
+ | We're left with no money, no work, no paces | ||
+ | Just think what you'd do | ||
+ | If you were in our place | ||
+ | While reality' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Are you happy? Are you proud? | ||
+ | Then sing real loud! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== STRAIGHT ON ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Yeah, you do drugs, you know I don't | ||
+ | Yet it's a trend just 'cos I don't | ||
+ | Leave me be, can't you see | ||
+ | I hate the way it fuckin' | ||
+ | I hate the way it makes me feel | ||
+ | Thumbs down to all those drugs you need | ||
+ | 'Cos I'll just stay high naturally | ||
+ | Just more false starts, it tears apart | ||
+ | Your heart, hour head, your soul, your brain | ||
+ | It helps the feeling, eases the pain | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== YOU LOSE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You're beatin' | ||
+ | 'Cos you're so insecure | ||
+ | You wanna be the toughest | ||
+ | But we all know for sure | ||
+ | You thrash because you know | ||
+ | You're gonna start another fight | ||
+ | But maybe when it's too late | ||
+ | You'll finally see the light | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | You're tough, you fight, you win, so what! (2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | You listen to the music | ||
+ | It's the coolest thing to do | ||
+ | But you don't ever listen | ||
+ | To what it says to you | ||
+ | Your boots don't make you bigger | ||
+ | Your pose is nothing new | ||
+ | Someday it's gonna happen | ||
+ | When we watch you fuckin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus 4x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== WHAT IF THERE' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A street with bodies, filled with guts | ||
+ | Child' | ||
+ | One bomb could rip this place apart | ||
+ | Yet who's to blame, where' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | America' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Just one more war by '84 | ||
+ | It's killin' | ||
+ | These enemies want a little taste | ||
+ | Of what's left of American waste | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our government, they gave the world | ||
+ | With non of our voices ever heard | ||
+ | A silence first and then a scream | ||
+ | So much for the American Dream | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus 4x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== THE CREW ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The older I become | ||
+ | I can't help thinking hard about | ||
+ | What's really gonna happen | ||
+ | And what's in store for | ||
+ | Us and them is bullshit | ||
+ | And if we're gonna make it work | ||
+ | We've gotta care together | ||
+ | And see this too the end, see it to the end | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | It'll take some time to fix it up | ||
+ | But that is something we must do | ||
+ | With solid hearts and clearer minds | ||
+ | We'll raise our voice and blast right through | ||
+ | We'll stop the ones who fuck it up | ||
+ | And show the world that they can't stop the crew | ||
+ | The crew is me, the crew is you, yeah we're the crew! | ||
+ | |||
+ | The threat of war ain't over | ||
+ | And yes I fear it's getting near | ||
+ | With all this hate inside us | ||
+ | It all may just start | ||
+ | Here now will you listen | ||
+ | Or would you rather just ignore | ||
+ | You say we have no future | ||
+ | Do we have a chance? Do we have a chance?! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== CLENCHED FISTS, BLACK EYES ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You say you're scared, we're not to blame | ||
+ | 'Cos mindless violence ain't our claim | ||
+ | A new breed' | ||
+ | And break down all your shallow ways | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | 'Cos we are the new kids | ||
+ | We've got our heads | ||
+ | We'll keep on fighting | ||
+ | 'Til old ways are dead | ||
+ | Clenched fists, black eyes! (2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | We're aiming for a different goal | ||
+ | Succeeding where the hippies failed | ||
+ | But one thing' | ||
+ | We'll be more than a drugged-out threat! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== COLOURBLIND ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I don't feel that prejudice | ||
+ | Can't see divided lines | ||
+ | To me we are all just the same | ||
+ | Our difference in our souls and minds | ||
+ | You tell me that the difference | ||
+ | Is red, brown, black and white | ||
+ | A world of such variety | ||
+ | To you becomes an excuse for hate | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | We've gotta learn, have hope, unite | ||
+ | And care enough to end this fight | ||
+ | You're hating with no real insight | ||
+ | And burning crosses in the night | ||
+ | |||
+ | A hundred years of barriers | ||
+ | Yet still we can't see fit | ||
+ | To bring about world unity | ||
+ | And learn to live with it | ||
+ | Now I'm not just complaining | ||
+ | And I won't preach to anyone | ||
+ | But we should think about it | ||
+ | 'Cos this war has not just begun | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== AIM TO PLEASE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | What do you mean when you say | ||
+ | We've changed our ways? | ||
+ | Say we're just too political | ||
+ | Or we don't have much to say | ||
+ | The ones who criticize our reasons | ||
+ | Always seem to disagree | ||
+ | No matter what we do | ||
+ | It's them we just can't seem to please | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Forgot the things we've said | ||
+ | We're only clones | ||
+ | Not cool enough to make it on our own | ||
+ | Judged by the elitist chosen few | ||
+ | Their labels aren't for me | ||
+ | Are they for you? | ||
+ | |||
+ | You say some years ago our songs were fine | ||
+ | And our debut EP was just divine | ||
+ | But now a shadow haunts us through and through | ||
+ | And songs we wrote before you never knew | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== BOSS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | How come everything you say is right | ||
+ | How come everything I say is wrong | ||
+ | You never ever open your mind | ||
+ | You never seem to hear the things I say | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | 'Cos you're the boss, have a say | ||
+ | Everything must go your way | ||
+ | But count me out, I'm not about to listen! | ||
+ | |||
+ | You judge me from your " | ||
+ | Judge from what I say and what I do | ||
+ | Tell me that you understand, you care | ||
+ | But when I speak you're never fucking there | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== YOUNG 'TIL I DIE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You waited long for 21 | ||
+ | For me the fight has just begun | ||
+ | You get in clubs, drink alcohol | ||
+ | It makes you feel you're ten feet tall | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I don't wanna grow up | ||
+ | I'm never getting old | ||
+ | I'd rather work from 9 to 5 | ||
+ | Than drink to stay alive | ||
+ | I'm gonna stay young until I die! (2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | You grew up fast, now you'll die soon | ||
+ | I'll never fucking be like you | ||
+ | You finish college, grab a wife | ||
+ | You're dead before you're 35 | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== RED AND BLACK ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Something' | ||
+ | With cans of pain and things to say | ||
+ | We wait until the dead of night | ||
+ | Then nail everything in sight | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | We will attack in red and black | ||
+ | Cover the buildings, the walls and the street | ||
+ | We will attack in red and black | ||
+ | Graveyard graffiti this whole fucking city | ||
+ | |||
+ | Lots of kids, with nothing to do | ||
+ | Important in the eyes of few | ||
+ | A town with nothin' | ||
+ | An so our crusade has begun | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== DIE HARD ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Action' | ||
+ | You fucked with us and now we're really pissed | ||
+ | A hundred times you tried to shut us out | ||
+ | But silence isn't golden, hear us shout | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Can't you see we're just too fast | ||
+ | Youth we're made to last (2x) | ||
+ | Youth we're comin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== I HAVE A DREAM ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hatred I can't stand it anymore | ||
+ | The color of our skin we must ignore | ||
+ | Do you feel the pain or see the hurt | ||
+ | Or do you let it pass right by instead? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | This fighting, dividing, y'know we'll only lose (2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | How come we can stand for such a crime | ||
+ | Racial hate, a real sign of the times | ||
+ | We've gotta raise our voice, begin the fight | ||
+ | And equal world held high is in our sight | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Is this prejudice a way of life, tell me! | ||
+ | Do you wanna be just like your friends, pressure! | ||
+ | Is it 'cos you just jumped by someone, is it? | ||
+ | You're condemning those who choose to live, unfair! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== BULLY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | All you talk about is you | ||
+ | But we've got better things to do | ||
+ | You're proving that you're tough and shit | ||
+ | But we're for real and don't forget | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | We're fun, you're not | ||
+ | We play, we fight | ||
+ | You're off, we're not | ||
+ | That chip is all you got! | ||
+ | |||
+ | You go out and fight the world | ||
+ | Beat up boys and beat up girls | ||
+ | And nothing' | ||
+ | You look at us, but we just say: | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now another bully comes | ||
+ | Beats your ass, away you run | ||
+ | He'll be here to wear the crown | ||
+ | 'Til another comes around | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== TRUST ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hey now I've this feeling | ||
+ | That I've never felt before | ||
+ | I know it ain't cool to say this now | ||
+ | But I can't help the way I feel inside | ||
+ | Around you I can be the way I am | ||
+ | Be happy, pissed or sad | ||
+ | But the things I always think about | ||
+ | Are of feelings we have shared | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | 'Cos when we are together there is something | ||
+ | That I have with you, Trust! | ||
+ | And as we're growin' | ||
+ | Flowing out from you, Trust! | ||
+ | I hope you can feel the same way | ||
+ | That I do, Trust! | ||
+ | If there' | ||
+ | That's a must, it's Trust! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Look now, we can share emotion | ||
+ | Something that we both thought was just too tough | ||
+ | Aggression, love and honesty | ||
+ | There could never be enough | ||
+ | All I wanna do is just let you know that I care | ||
+ | And when things get too hard for you | ||
+ | Look back and I'll be there | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | You inspire me intensely | ||
+ | Without any doubt | ||
+ | You keep me thinking, help me try | ||
+ | Show that I can do without | ||
+ | With you there' | ||
+ | More than any other time | ||
+ | And when it comes to you my heart is true | ||
+ | Until the day I die | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > Walk Together, Rock Together (1985) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== IN YOUR FACE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You wanna be the way I am | ||
+ | But you could never understand | ||
+ | You shave your fuckin' | ||
+ | Then you turn your back | ||
+ | On your best friends | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | It's not just in my head | ||
+ | It's in my heart | ||
+ | (It's in my heart) | ||
+ | And you're not gonna | ||
+ | Tear this one apart | ||
+ | |||
+ | The way you look it fits | ||
+ | How come your attitude is shit? | ||
+ | You say you do it your own way | ||
+ | But now I have the price to pay | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | If I can give a fuck | ||
+ | You better start, so... | ||
+ | Use your head be aware | ||
+ | Give a fuck! | ||
+ | |||
+ | The same routine, fuck up again | ||
+ | You have no real regrets | ||
+ | But this is not just something | ||
+ | I can easily forget | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I can't believe you've come this far | ||
+ | Yet still so unaware | ||
+ | No cause no brains no fire inside | ||
+ | When will you learn to care | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SPREAD ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I grew up with love and affection | ||
+ | Know what it means to spread that infection | ||
+ | No matter what may stand in my way | ||
+ | This energy within, it guides me day by day | ||
+ | At times when I feel there is no way out | ||
+ | I'll bitch, cry, moan, whine, scream and shout | ||
+ | But what I'd like to see in the world most today | ||
+ | We've got to SPREAD IT! SPREAD IT! | ||
+ | Now I know you must be thinking | ||
+ | There is something wrong | ||
+ | How could I have the nerve | ||
+ | To write this song | ||
+ | Well, it's like I've got this feeling | ||
+ | Stripped away of pride | ||
+ | A crazy mixed up feeling | ||
+ | That I just can't hide | ||
+ | Emotion is this great thing | ||
+ | We've all got it, let it show | ||
+ | If you can share emotion | ||
+ | Then by all means let me know | ||
+ | And if we wanna make a better world today | ||
+ | SPREAD IT! SPREAD IT! THIS WORLD OVER! GO!!! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== REMAINS TO BE SEEN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Listen to my story! | ||
+ | It all began back in 1980 | ||
+ | We were young, no direction, it was all so new | ||
+ | Spending late nights in the basement | ||
+ | Playing gigs in someone' | ||
+ | So exciting, we had dreams and we still do | ||
+ | And through the years our anger went | ||
+ | Toward more progressive goals | ||
+ | We had to overcome the barriers | ||
+ | And plan a new direction | ||
+ | Our main goal is to better ways | ||
+ | And help communication | ||
+ | With our positive commitment | ||
+ | We can all succeed, and so | ||
+ | OH!-OH!-OH! Part two of the story! | ||
+ | Now I know that times are hard | ||
+ | And giving in's easy | ||
+ | But with work we'll get our message out | ||
+ | To all the kids who care | ||
+ | It's not too hard if you believe | ||
+ | We've got to plan our destination | ||
+ | Just live your life your way | ||
+ | Make great your intentions | ||
+ | And through the years... | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== WALK TOGETHER, ROCK TOGETHER ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's not the way we look | ||
+ | It's not our stance, our style, our hair | ||
+ | Forget those stupid barriers | ||
+ | Take down that " | ||
+ | Just people living on | ||
+ | With different hearts and different minds | ||
+ | If we live in the same world | ||
+ | Why can't we stand in the same line? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus x2) | ||
+ | If we can walk together | ||
+ | Why can't we rock together | ||
+ | |||
+ | No I don't care | ||
+ | If you're into different bands | ||
+ | No cause for so much hatred | ||
+ | I’m just a different man | ||
+ | Pull off the cover I will too | ||
+ | And learn to understand | ||
+ | With music deep inside | ||
+ | We'll make world our unity plan | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | A label is a label | ||
+ | Definition, nothing more | ||
+ | And because of labels we have placed | ||
+ | We live in constant war | ||
+ | Destroy all that tradition | ||
+ | And live before you die | ||
+ | Let's rock together, from now on | ||
+ | And never be denied | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus Slow) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== HOW DO YOU THINK YOU'D FEEL ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I can't stand the way you treat girls | ||
+ | Aren't they just people too? | ||
+ | Something for you to do? | ||
+ | You like to fuck them | ||
+ | But their feeling don't mean shit to you | ||
+ | With your many ways | ||
+ | You've always got something to prove | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Open your eyes 'cuz it's time you see | ||
+ | It's time we were all treated equally | ||
+ | Just when you think | ||
+ | A woman' | ||
+ | You better think what's going on through her head | ||
+ | |||
+ | You were raised to think | ||
+ | A woman' | ||
+ | But I'm here to tell you different | ||
+ | You probably won't understand | ||
+ | Conditioning' | ||
+ | So you crave the upperhand | ||
+ | Just try to look within yourself | ||
+ | And change it if you can | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | There' | ||
+ | Man you rate supreme | ||
+ | But equality for humanity | ||
+ | Is what I dream | ||
+ | Girls are just the same as you. You're no smarter, you're no better | ||
+ | And only when you realize | ||
+ | We'll take it a step further | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== STRENGHT ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | If what you see is what you get | ||
+ | Just look toward us and never fret | ||
+ | I'll sing this 'til I can't no more | ||
+ | A part of what I'm waiting for | ||
+ | It's there so strong and can you see | ||
+ | A force, and what we have is strength | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat) | ||
+ | |||
+ | And what we have is STRENGTH! | ||
+ | All we need it's what we got! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > New Wind (1986) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== THE NIGHT AWAY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | See you out there, it's like you'll dance the night away | ||
+ | But the feelings aren't too good because you need to lead the way | ||
+ | You call them friends, but now to you they have no air to breath | ||
+ | And when the time is right you know you'll have to have the final say | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Music makes you feel good, so why make it a drag | ||
+ | Too boots, the fist, the stance, you're out to win a loser' | ||
+ | How hard is it, to take them, when size is on your side | ||
+ | Too blind to see, it's just a shame, when music' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Big man with mean face now, are you bigger than you seem | ||
+ | Find time to push around, and bring it down, until there' | ||
+ | Our music and our message, out of love more than exists | ||
+ | Are you there to hear it stop now, are you there to see it end | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | But it happens and it happens, and we can not be afraid | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | Is our future in the hands of those who dance the night away | ||
+ | Or are you with me as I sing this song, cause we've got more to say | ||
+ | Take a look around, do you see what's goin' down | ||
+ | Take a look around, don't pretend it's not goin' down | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== NEW WIND ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Excuse me, just wait one sec, have you ever really listened to a thing we've said | ||
+ | You're not convinced that we could ever be a major force | ||
+ | But just another youth subculture with a different song | ||
+ | But for others, there' | ||
+ | Communication, | ||
+ | Just cuz now you say it's over, does that make it past | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | We could be the new wind - oh, oh! | ||
+ | We could be the new wind - Do you know, do you care? | ||
+ | We could be the new wind - oh, oh? | ||
+ | We could be the new wind - Will you try, will you dare? | ||
+ | |||
+ | A simple dream, no, not just that, can you just appreciate there' | ||
+ | I'm not a " | ||
+ | What's in my heart and mind | ||
+ | It's not me hiding, from reality, pretend that I can shine it, turn around and walk away | ||
+ | The contradiction, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SOMEBODY HELP ME SCREAM ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I know I've cried so many times, by far I've had some doubts | ||
+ | And faces, faces, faces change, but still I have to shout | ||
+ | Things have had me worried, will I ever have to be alone | ||
+ | Then closed up doors push forward, see a side I've never known - oh! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Somebody, somebody, somebody, help me scream | ||
+ | Somebody, somebody, somebody, Help! Me! Scream! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Someone there to drown the fire, but a passion bonds a solid link | ||
+ | Heartbeat, heartbeat, heartbeat, skipping faster as I sink | ||
+ | Is this a stay of dedication, when it's time to bail out | ||
+ | Tell me is that what life is all about - Oh! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== TIED UP IN RHYTHM ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Busy with this special thing that takes me far away | ||
+ | Living for the music if the spirit' | ||
+ | I see you every once in a while, so little I can say | ||
+ | I know how things have gone for you, you seem so far away (2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Tied up, tied up in rhythm, that's my crime to you! | ||
+ | And everything keeps getting tied up, tied up so tight, I don't know why | ||
+ | |||
+ | You walked beside me, every step, until a dream had found | ||
+ | A spot that drove me harder, and harder I keep pushing on | ||
+ | I hope you won't forget me, the way I treated you | ||
+ | Until I slow down a bit, I don't know what to do (2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dear shadow does it seem I've let you down | ||
+ | Say lonesome, I never meant to let you down | ||
+ | I'm sorry, I've taken for granted you'd be around | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== GROWN APART ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's hard to tell you how I feel, exactly what do I say | ||
+ | These feelings from within for now, they just get in my way | ||
+ | It seems that lately for some reason, we've been torn apart | ||
+ | A bond so strong at one point, has it been blown away | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I'm gonna say this now and I won't hold back | ||
+ | Have our hearts grown apart, do we still have a chance? | ||
+ | Do we still have those hopes and dreams? | ||
+ | |||
+ | And then I feel like giving in, forgetting what's been said | ||
+ | Pretend like things are just the way, they were when we were young | ||
+ | To share emotions we have shared, in friendship, brotherhood | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== MAN ENOUGH TO CARE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Daddy always told you, do it like a man, never get too friendly | ||
+ | Some won't understand, friends have got you in on all those " | ||
+ | All your life they told you, never shed a tear, cuz boys don't crave affection | ||
+ | Boys ain't got no fear | ||
+ | But did they ever show you how to shut those feelings on then off again | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And now you gotta hide yourself, hide yourself away | ||
+ | Show you care and you might show the world that you're only gay | ||
+ | Crying is for babies, for boys is it a sin | ||
+ | To be a caring, sharing, loving, human one | ||
+ | |||
+ | Handshake show you're friendly, but don't get caught | ||
+ | You gotta fight to prove you're not afraid, fuck just to prove you're not | ||
+ | And all your life you play this game and it goes on and on and on and on | ||
+ | Now you've grown into a man, proud as hell to be | ||
+ | It's now your turn to raise a son, don't let him be one | ||
+ | And you can teach him all the things you were taught yourself | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== OPINION OF FEELINGS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | He said, "Come along, that urge has come again and now I'm feeling strong" | ||
+ | Expectations of you, don't care is you want to want along | ||
+ | Love for those who make it without knowing how another feels | ||
+ | The fact is, what you do is rape, it never crossed your mind before | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | An opinion of feelings | ||
+ | It's just pride, no real depth | ||
+ | Opinion of feelings | ||
+ | Do those feelings mean anything at all | ||
+ | |||
+ | He's pulled you down, he's taking aim, you wonder what he's waiting for | ||
+ | And he may get his way this time, but will he ever change your mind | ||
+ | A sharp resentment, guilt, deep pain, all this in the act of love | ||
+ | And now you're just a victim of his gain, a selfish game | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== THE INSIDE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Through troubled times, news of hatred, death and war | ||
+ | Find signs of an end, but it may just seem to be okay | ||
+ | And I'm not alone, when I say I feel enough to think | ||
+ | I know there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Lead me with a grip so tight, I'll move ahead, I'll break the path | ||
+ | I'll cross the line, and still reach out | ||
+ | Wash my mind or stab my back but spirit stays my friend | ||
+ | You can not sway what's on the inside | ||
+ | |||
+ | Messin' | ||
+ | And I pick myself up, so I can face the days | ||
+ | Learn on my own but I get so much from things I see these days | ||
+ | Vivid, so clear, I can't see why it's hard to understand | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== CALENDAR ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I just got back to routine, it goes from day to day | ||
+ | I've got this sneaky feeling, gets closer as we play | ||
+ | After months and months of planning, hard work to hit the road | ||
+ | No sense of " | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And just for you, there is a calendar, not just a need for the time | ||
+ | But just 'cause you're on my mind | ||
+ | It's made of days, this simple calendar | ||
+ | But it feels like years going by, where do I cry | ||
+ | |||
+ | I've rearranged my whole life, such things are hard for two | ||
+ | But still the music keeps me going and my heart is set on you | ||
+ | We see so many faces, do cities look the same | ||
+ | I'll take this voyage anyway, and hope someday you'll go | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== EXPECT TO CHANGE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I keep thinking each and every day | ||
+ | Have I really made a difference, have I made things change? | ||
+ | In all these years of " | ||
+ | Has it made a single dent with all that is so wrong? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | But if I haven' | ||
+ | At least I know I try and I'll show that I care | ||
+ | 'Cause it's me that has to make an effort | ||
+ | Or what can I expect to change | ||
+ | That's where it starts, in myself | ||
+ | Not just shifting all the blame | ||
+ | |||
+ | And as I'm growin' | ||
+ | Yet history ain't history at all it seems | ||
+ | I try to keep my head held high, eyes open wide | ||
+ | And growing keeps me learning, yeah it keeps me free | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | What have you got to think that time will stop for you? | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== STILL BELIEVE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I guess the others turned their backs on what they now call shit | ||
+ | It doesn' | ||
+ | If 'core is dead, they' | ||
+ | But I have doubts they ever knew just what it's been about | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | But I still believe, I still believe, believe in myself (2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Watch them bite and clw now as they line up on the rack | ||
+ | A method to success and now there ain't no looking back | ||
+ | They' | ||
+ | And they don't include a lyrics sheet cuz what they say ain't proud | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | An empty pedestal and all these " | ||
+ | When I find myself a hero, I'll be sure to let you know | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== PUT THESE WORDS TO MUSIC ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I always think about you, alone or with the band | ||
+ | Just having something very special now, can it last very long? | ||
+ | Do you doubt just how I feel, can you tell that it's for real? | ||
+ | Just sharing certain feelings we all know | ||
+ | The truth down from within | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Listen, but I can only show you, at times it's so hard with words | ||
+ | We've gone this far and made it work | ||
+ | You've got to know, that part is true | ||
+ | Can you tell, that what I say, comes from my heart, it's taken time | ||
+ | To put these words to music, I don't mind | ||
+ | |||
+ | You seem to doubt my sincerity, I'm hoping that you see | ||
+ | Just try to look much deeper, then you'll know just how I feel | ||
+ | Will you try to understand, sometimes I may get out of hand | ||
+ | But knowing that you're by my side | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==== JUST ONE DAY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'm not sorry, cuz I started growing and I'm pushing on | ||
+ | And I know I cannot turn it back or turn away! | ||
+ | So many feelings moving faster as I live from day to year | ||
+ | It seems that now I live a lifetime - in a day | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Stand by my side, I know it's hard cuz we're afraid, I know I am | ||
+ | Please understand, it's time to grow more than you know | ||
+ | |||
+ | Just a part of the same old story, it seems so old | ||
+ | But tell me why I can't take hold I can't explain! | ||
+ | Words go through my head and I ache for ways to see | ||
+ | I guess this madness is the answer - I'm afraid! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | This music from my heart, is it so different from before, it may seem so | ||
+ | But it's just music from my heart | ||
+ | Just! One! Day! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > Praise (1987) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== PRAISE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the screen, so many people killing people | ||
+ | Mass confrontation, | ||
+ | And the reasoning is simple, we've got to prove our might some way | ||
+ | Gotta flex our muscles, flex our macho pride | ||
+ | We know to make this nation a better place, leave no in betweens, no middle ground, | ||
+ | while power starved, good soldiers force the show | ||
+ | And we congregate to kill, while the nation sings along | ||
+ | A patriotic praise for decisions that are wrong - Praise! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And I'm supposed to be proud, hold my head up high | ||
+ | And act like I am worthy of respect I do not share | ||
+ | Make judgments, condemnations, | ||
+ | It's our nationalistic chance to silence fellow man - Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! | ||
+ | |||
+ | So we fight our wars to win, and we gain our self esteem | ||
+ | And our young will see strong victories in history | ||
+ | Whether backed by foreign guns or trained by U.S. sons | ||
+ | We're dyin' for a cause and a place in time | ||
+ | But are the answers somewhere distant, do we find them here at home | ||
+ | Why can't we can the blame, allow for peace, not call out names, | ||
+ | Say do you wanna die? I know I don't wanna die, | ||
+ | To end it in their power design | ||
+ | Praise! | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's your time to die, it's you right to die | ||
+ | Demand it or see through it | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== CATCHING ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Chastized for what we think, beliefs stand strong despite defeat | ||
+ | Ridiculed for having our own views | ||
+ | Forced to believe our thoughts are wrong, don't challenge old time ways | ||
+ | To move in this world, you better take it slow | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I betcha seen, it framed but in a different way | ||
+ | Unto this time, slow fade | ||
+ | Such crazy dreams, don't let them be ignored | ||
+ | To future days - It's catching | ||
+ | |||
+ | "The uptight" | ||
+ | Learn to be myself without their shine | ||
+ | Hold on to things, antiquted things, that don't bend for the times | ||
+ | Tradition, man, now can you read between the lines? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'm caught but lookin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Don't you be ignored, don't fade, don't fade! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== YOU LIVE AND DIE FOR FREEDOM ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Where do we find it in us, just to be so hard, to be so cold | ||
+ | When humanity pits itself against, emotion, dignity, control | ||
+ | And tortured for some reason, like for instance you had thoughts within | ||
+ | To rise above in your life' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Does someone out there give a damn? Will anybody know? | ||
+ | How long these crimes have carried on, where anything can go | ||
+ | You're guilty of a crime of thinking, speaking for yourself | ||
+ | And punishment was based upon a law that's long been shelved | ||
+ | Your heart is good, your soul is free, but still you see no trial | ||
+ | Attempts are made to break you all the while - Breakout! | ||
+ | |||
+ | So many months you've had enough, you wonder if you're gonna die | ||
+ | Inside some darkened prison where you do your best to stay alive | ||
+ | Prisoner of conscience, all you did was fight for hope and light | ||
+ | And now that fight for freedom' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SIREN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A world of constant need, what can I do to ease the pain | ||
+ | Sometimes I think it's hopeless, I'm afraid | ||
+ | Much hunger while there' | ||
+ | And then I wonder if we'll see another day | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And even though we try, we're satisfied, in all the things we've done | ||
+ | We think that since we've done our part there' | ||
+ | We can convince ourselves, that it's not here but somewhere else, | ||
+ | But are we convinced enough to try and learn? | ||
+ | |||
+ | What we need is close enough, but we push it away | ||
+ | Too big or proud to let some love sink through | ||
+ | Still hoping in a time when it's so cool to close our eyes | ||
+ | I'm not convinced enough to think the world is through | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'm still hoping - Yes! Yes! Yes! | ||
+ | Lookin' | ||
+ | Let it fill you, in spirt | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== NOT ENOUGH TIME ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Seems so easy, you never bat an eye | ||
+ | Conscience pulled a disappearing act | ||
+ | And you look out in the world | ||
+ | And ignore the troubles seen | ||
+ | As along as it’s not down on you | ||
+ | Why should you care? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | But it’s not easy, you should know | ||
+ | And when it catches up to you, where will you go? | ||
+ | You might find, that in your mind | ||
+ | You simply don’t have time | ||
+ | But no, you better wait, hey! | ||
+ | |||
+ | So much older than the rest | ||
+ | Where knowledge can’t be found | ||
+ | Wise enough to help, but have you tried | ||
+ | Cause if the war ain’t in your home | ||
+ | Or this small land that you own | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Yet you gotta enough time waste upon yourself | ||
+ | You better wait! No! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Say small mind, hey little man, I see you hiding out | ||
+ | Afraid of your own shadow, scared of everything | ||
+ | And you can pretend the pain and anguish is just a myth | ||
+ | So it’s what you can’t see in your little world | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > Ourselves (1988) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== ESCAPE AND RUN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Still I couldn' | ||
+ | Lie still, awake, too much to think | ||
+ | When will this sound inside my head | ||
+ | Stop cuz it makes me cry | ||
+ | Now I find I'm looking for something | ||
+ | Some fact or clue that helps to bring | ||
+ | A dizzy world, focused and straight | ||
+ | This time I'm not feeling so | ||
+ | This time I'm not feeling so | ||
+ | This time I'm not feeling so great | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Escape and run keeps going through my head | ||
+ | For what I face it seems I'm better dead | ||
+ | Escape and run keeps going through my mind | ||
+ | Instead of moving up I'm falling far behind | ||
+ | |||
+ | In sleep this slow part fills my dream | ||
+ | In black and white or so it seems | ||
+ | I've seen myself fall down and die | ||
+ | For in this dream I've lived a lie | ||
+ | Down with me, breathe deep, plant your faith | ||
+ | Look at the sky but don't you wait | ||
+ | A hundred voices in the end | ||
+ | This time I'm not feeling so...great | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== FAR AWAY FRIENDS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hey man, I remember just a few | ||
+ | short years ago | ||
+ | Talked through letters, mutual interest | ||
+ | We were always on the phone | ||
+ | I have thought about you many times | ||
+ | Even I didn't know | ||
+ | Started crossing paths and sounds | ||
+ | And how we understand the dreams that go-o | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And even now you can be here | ||
+ | Though you're far away | ||
+ | All the times you lifted me so high | ||
+ | I can't forget | ||
+ | And different faces, different scenes | ||
+ | Still seems so far away | ||
+ | But it's always great to be with you again | ||
+ | |||
+ | Times have been so strange, | ||
+ | so many people in and out | ||
+ | Getting older in my age | ||
+ | While these freedom thoughts stay young | ||
+ | I can thank you for the inspiration and | ||
+ | the honesty you gave | ||
+ | And the times those feelings came to me | ||
+ | During tough times where I thought | ||
+ | of giving up, so | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== THE SAVE OURSELVES ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'd like to think when I am old | ||
+ | At the very end and looking back, | ||
+ | That I was there, a child of love | ||
+ | A child of peace, against all war | ||
+ | And now I face, so many pains, | ||
+ | but one that sticks | ||
+ | In heart, inside, | ||
+ | A pain that comes from hatred, | ||
+ | from, to and for | ||
+ | Our human kind | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Stand with the others, don't be afraid | ||
+ | To learn from each other, the life we make | ||
+ | Spread to the masses, be black or white | ||
+ | Be young or old | ||
+ | Be woman, man or animal | ||
+ | This story is so cold | ||
+ | |||
+ | When men are monsters, killing, dying | ||
+ | I will work myself for peace | ||
+ | |||
+ | When times are shaded grey | ||
+ | I still will find a way | ||
+ | Together we can build it up | ||
+ | A warmer, richer earth | ||
+ | It's time to reach out any way | ||
+ | And put back color where it's dark | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | The save ourselves! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== IF I ABIDE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Encouraged to speak, shown every sign | ||
+ | Learned to never waste the time | ||
+ | Taught to have an open...(mind) | ||
+ | Why give me a heart, when you | ||
+ | won't let it beat? | ||
+ | And I'm not afraid, I've still got hope | ||
+ | But now you tell me I belong | ||
+ | Do I stay and sing this same old...(song) | ||
+ | Why give me a key when you won't set me | ||
+ | free? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And you listen, to our song | ||
+ | And you wonder, what's going on | ||
+ | You say that growth' | ||
+ | but do it by the rules | ||
+ | But if I abide how will I grow or learn? | ||
+ | Is this one big lie or have we been misled? | ||
+ | It's time to practice what we preach | ||
+ | It's time to move ahead | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now I've lived awhile | ||
+ | Not much I haven' | ||
+ | But tell me what to do and you'll see | ||
+ | how high I can fly | ||
+ | Why give me the space | ||
+ | When you won't let me breathe? | ||
+ | It's time to make things fresh | ||
+ | Bring in the new | ||
+ | Put our minds together | ||
+ | And see beyond this tunnel view | ||
+ | Why give me two eyes when you won't let me | ||
+ | see? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== WISH I COULD HELP ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Again we stand so silent | ||
+ | Act like things are oh so great | ||
+ | In love with thinking that we've ended racial | ||
+ | Motivated hate | ||
+ | But the truth is clear, just look around | ||
+ | It's worse than it was before | ||
+ | When another peace march triggers thought | ||
+ | A perfect reason we must raise war | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Erase this | ||
+ | Begin to open up your narrow mind | ||
+ | I wish I could help | ||
+ | Dig it | ||
+ | All the years you've been brainwashed | ||
+ | I wish I could help | ||
+ | |||
+ | See America so proud and bold | ||
+ | Yet comin' out behind her voice | ||
+ | Conditioning so harsh and strong | ||
+ | That it smothers out what's left of choice | ||
+ | Can ya think back to the sixties? | ||
+ | Not much has changed it's stayed the same | ||
+ | Seems like we blow our chances | ||
+ | To learn from life each time | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | You see it every day | ||
+ | From prison, schools to the assembly line | ||
+ | Another fans the flame | ||
+ | Discrimination, | ||
+ | Comes from every side | ||
+ | Which side of the fence do you stand on? | ||
+ | Quick, choose your side | ||
+ | When the wind blows, where do you fall? | ||
+ | Tell us, if you can | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SLEEP ==== | ||
+ | (IN MEMORY OF ROBYN S. SCHUMACHER) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SISTER ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Please believe me, I'm on your side | ||
+ | Though I know I can't feel what you do | ||
+ | Can't see what you see | ||
+ | But my respect and love is deeper than you'll | ||
+ | ever really know | ||
+ | And I know it may be hard for me | ||
+ | to ever really show | ||
+ | What's here inside | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Friend, sister, see through hungry times we | ||
+ | see the most | ||
+ | You're my family, I thank you for | ||
+ | the time you chose | ||
+ | To be part of my life | ||
+ | You help me fight against the pain | ||
+ | I'll see you on the other side | ||
+ | |||
+ | It never matters even when it's strained | ||
+ | Together we can make the world seem like the | ||
+ | place it could be | ||
+ | And though the hate and anger come and goes | ||
+ | We'll walk along this road | ||
+ | Down a path where walls fall over | ||
+ | And fall down upon our heads and wakes again | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | We gotta cross this crazy bridge again, yeah | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== MIDDLEGROUND ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | All my days in so many ways I've seen it | ||
+ | This prejudice I've seen it twist and turn | ||
+ | I've cried at thoughts of not bein' | ||
+ | able to stop it | ||
+ | And now I ache away for it's here | ||
+ | so strong today | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | What are you organizing for, | ||
+ | put up another door | ||
+ | Just stop and look around, say you must see | ||
+ | The blindness we have here | ||
+ | You say you've heard it all before | ||
+ | And you'll hear it again | ||
+ | Just go ahead and close us off | ||
+ | But you'll still feel the pain that you create | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our peace comes from within and | ||
+ | I think war does too | ||
+ | Believe in love and you'll get what is due | ||
+ | Skin, yellow, red, brown, black and white | ||
+ | Can't stop to see that no, no | ||
+ | Only single hearts and minds inside our heads | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | O Gandhi, when you look at us | ||
+ | does your heart ache? | ||
+ | How could you think that peace in | ||
+ | this world has a place? | ||
+ | "Well, I believe in peace not pride or race | ||
+ | To set our future days, future ways | ||
+ | And I can only hope we don't keep blowin' | ||
+ | away" | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== WHEN ONE FALLS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Look at all the good things in this life | ||
+ | That you have got | ||
+ | You got security and comfort | ||
+ | With a roof above your head | ||
+ | Yet you may find it easy | ||
+ | To sit back and complain | ||
+ | I know I've done it many times | ||
+ | When I've felt no pain | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | But what is right | ||
+ | If we can't look around and face the facts | ||
+ | Just go through life without a | ||
+ | conscience or a care | ||
+ | It seems it's dog eat dog | ||
+ | 'Til you're the one they' | ||
+ | Convinced that you're so justified | ||
+ | But what is right, what's justified | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now things are getting clearer | ||
+ | Day by day this feeling' | ||
+ | And as we take a step | ||
+ | It's hard to get along | ||
+ | And just when I think it's over | ||
+ | Oh, I feel that drive begin | ||
+ | Cuz it's not what I take | ||
+ | But what I must put in | ||
+ | In my life | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | And as the story' | ||
+ | The problem' | ||
+ | We've got to end it | ||
+ | With warmth inside the heart | ||
+ | And knowledge that's a start | ||
+ | We've got to end it, yeah | ||
+ | Push for change, why help suppress it? | ||
+ | Realize you're not alone | ||
+ | Honor life, why help regress it? | ||
+ | Can't you see it starts at home? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SOME SORT OF BALANCE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | When will we find a balance | ||
+ | Such unfair things we see | ||
+ | Small troubled nations crumble | ||
+ | And freedom falls from dust to dust | ||
+ | Remember people are just flesh and bone | ||
+ | And blood and tears and soul | ||
+ | Where the past's led us to the present | ||
+ | Where the future will unfold | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And I have some ideas, though I realize | ||
+ | I might be blind | ||
+ | I ask so many questions | ||
+ | I keep leaving thoughts behind | ||
+ | Still searchin' | ||
+ | At least there is this bottom line | ||
+ | We need to find some sort of balance | ||
+ | Along the way | ||
+ | Until they see the way it's meant to be on this | ||
+ | lonesome soil | ||
+ | I think it might take a while | ||
+ | |||
+ | The answers wait unanswered while we're | ||
+ | Too scared to lift our heads | ||
+ | War justifies some feelings | ||
+ | Helps us find a taste for blood | ||
+ | |||
+ | I think the " | ||
+ | Who has the guts to say | ||
+ | That nothing' | ||
+ | That things are fine | ||
+ | That there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I think it might take a while | ||
+ | But it's always free | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SEVEN YEARS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | See those kids, so young and free | ||
+ | "I guess that's how it useta be" | ||
+ | So caught up in themselves, they just don't see | ||
+ | But " | ||
+ | To put up walls and to prove our might | ||
+ | And faster, faster must the music go | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Farewell to seven years | ||
+ | We bid a fond so long | ||
+ | To seven years | ||
+ | Why'd it take so long? | ||
+ | |||
+ | They' | ||
+ | If they support, they' | ||
+ | Our message calls for unity not rage | ||
+ | We see so many ways | ||
+ | To vent the anger in our troubled hearts | ||
+ | Without using it to smash up someone else | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | And it takes so long | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > Soulforce Revolution (1989) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SATYAGRAHA ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | There' | ||
+ | A hatred twisting deeper, razor sharp it cuts its way | ||
+ | A poison we're to swallow, I tried it once, I didn't like the taste | ||
+ | Say Mother Earth I love you, as I watch you go to waste | ||
+ | And we'll sing... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, | ||
+ | Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, | ||
+ | Tumblin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'm scared cuz I still have so many visions in my head | ||
+ | Bandwagon jumping' | ||
+ | We're judged by what we look like, how we think and who we are | ||
+ | Hey Mother Earth we hear you but we don't know where to start... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Na-na-na-na-na, | ||
+ | |||
+ | I wait for you to tell me when we'll reach the finish line | ||
+ | I wash my hands of this hate, I won't embrace this thing so blind | ||
+ | A soul force revolution, it could give us what we need | ||
+ | Destruction ain't no option, it's the end at any speed | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Come on now! | ||
+ | Push! Pull! Push! Pull! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== BUSY LITTLE PEOPLE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | So many busy little people, running scared and piled high | ||
+ | So deep in their corruption, that they can't see eye to eye | ||
+ | From the weight of understanding, | ||
+ | Knowing what they view as love, I think I'll pass, just walk on by | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Take pride in acting cruel your pride has got you fooled | ||
+ | You're off and running (2X) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I watch the way some people get theirs | ||
+ | It's like the earth has dried away | ||
+ | Respect for anybody' | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | If I ever feel I need some help, I'll find my own price to pay | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | In your life, you'll find no difference... | ||
+ | Makes the weight of the world grow around your shoulders! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Wo-oh! (4X) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat 2nd verse) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== I CAN SYMPATHIZE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | There' | ||
+ | Coming here, I stand before you, with not one single thing to say | ||
+ | You're the one that keeps me hopeful when my life has gone astray | ||
+ | You're the kickdrum to my heartbeat, you're the words that I can say | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Do you think I'm laughing, you know, you don't realize | ||
+ | That when it comes to dealing with me, you know | ||
+ | I can sympathize | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sometimes I feel like I'm your struggle, don't wanna be a time you've tried | ||
+ | I'd rather be your never-ending, | ||
+ | When you cry I wish I could be, a salty tear running from your eye | ||
+ | I wish you'd swallow me, so I could be | ||
+ | So much closer to your soul | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== IT ALL MAKES ALOT LESS SENSE NOW ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | All that wraps around me, fills and breeds itself inside me | ||
+ | Heart is pumping wasted years away | ||
+ | It really doesn' | ||
+ | Called out near the river, it ran as deep as you could see | ||
+ | I felt alone and strange like many times | ||
+ | My hand so still, it reached the sky | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I wrote this in a notebook and I censored out the best | ||
+ | I said I'll wish and wait and rest | ||
+ | I said I'll hope you'll wait and rest, and | ||
+ | I hope that there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | My family stands beside me, figured maybe there was truth to find | ||
+ | My girl she holds my hand but I can tell she wants to jump inside | ||
+ | Daylight faded quickly and the cold breeze never died | ||
+ | We drank some water from the stream | ||
+ | And then we hugged and sang and cried | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | It will make sense... just have patience | ||
+ | It all makes sense... just have patience | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sometimes life can pull a fast one on ya... | ||
+ | And sometimes you really dig it when it does (2X) | ||
+ | Daylight faded quickly... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | All along, the time, this feeble industry | ||
+ | Let's over ride, your red cent, every band goes into debt | ||
+ | I know the kind, cuz I got it on this page | ||
+ | Let's break apart, let's break it free | ||
+ | Let's break apart, do it for me | ||
+ | Let's break apart, goddamn this sound | ||
+ | Let's inside out and upside down | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== MOTHER' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hold my hand and listen close, hey Ma, I just want you to know | ||
+ | That I love you and I hope that you feel fine | ||
+ | For all the years, alone you raised us, thru lonely nights and | ||
+ | Troubled days | ||
+ | You took the time, you really held the light | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And these hard times, you are always in our minds | ||
+ | These hard times, in a world so damned insane | ||
+ | You are shelter from the pain, it's been a long ride | ||
+ | |||
+ | We were taught to think, helped made aware | ||
+ | Ma, the credit goes to you, I swear | ||
+ | Encouraged to form opinions of our own | ||
+ | You kept us healthy, warm and then | ||
+ | You gave us brighter days ahead | ||
+ | We knew someday, we'd look back and we'd smile | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== TRIBUTE FREEDOM LANDSCAPE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You tell me you're beaten, in search of a way | ||
+ | To know when to leave and to know when to stay | ||
+ | Here, people accept all the smart lies, confined | ||
+ | Forget all that nonsense, let's leave it behind | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I saw it and I see it, keeps getting closer yet | ||
+ | This Freedom Landscape fades, oh | ||
+ | To hold it, don't mold it, just place it on your heart | ||
+ | This Freedom Landscape fades | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is my tribute to you my dear one | ||
+ | Do you feel your skin burn while you pray to the sun | ||
+ | I know there' | ||
+ | I'd rather stand off than to stand here alone | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some houses feel warm, oh so good, I can see | ||
+ | What's looming ahead in the future for me | ||
+ | And hands make great comfort but will they be here | ||
+ | When I'm reaching, waiting, as trouble comes near | ||
+ | I will wait and if you give a sign | ||
+ | I'll hold on until the end of time | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus 2X) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== COPPER LEDGE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here we sit like we have many times, familiar feeling | ||
+ | Hear the change of thousands pouring in | ||
+ | Yea, dealers, bosses, white and black, there' | ||
+ | If there is a hell, this must be it | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Hope is all you started with, you've seen as you walk in | ||
+ | Doubtful they could be your friends | ||
+ | A game you can depend on, this wicked thing is sin | ||
+ | It's ugly when you reach the end | ||
+ | |||
+ | The time is nonexistent, | ||
+ | You may win but do you win a thing? | ||
+ | Old hands now black from filthy money | ||
+ | Tickets from the pawn shops | ||
+ | Back tomorrow, does this make much sense? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | This town means nothing, this town will never grow | ||
+ | This town's a ghost town, you really outta know | ||
+ | |||
+ | Wheels spin, the sounds of ringing, pain inside my head | ||
+ | I think it's better just to find the edge | ||
+ | It's safe up here, I'm staying, I'd rather watch some other' | ||
+ | Like a king up on this Copper Ledge | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== TICKETS TO A BETTER PLACE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A thousand books remind us, how the world drags on and on and on | ||
+ | We've read those books but we don't grasp the meaning | ||
+ | See between the lines | ||
+ | Part truth, part tilted fiction, documents of endless history | ||
+ | Predictions for the future, armeggedon seems to suit you | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Don't wanna die, now do we? We're running in a desperate race | ||
+ | Don't wanna die, now do we? Just take us to a better place | ||
+ | |||
+ | You're thinkin' | ||
+ | With words of hope, guess you could say, I'm looking for a brighter day | ||
+ | Don't ask me for a reason, I can't tell you what you want to hear | ||
+ | If all you do is criticize, you don't seem to realize | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Repeat 1st verse) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 4 A.M. IN TEXAS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Maybe I'm just dreaming, I start before I sleep | ||
+ | Stockpile of scenes, 5 miles high, and deep as they are surely wide | ||
+ | Like a charge of some electric buzz, it comes crashing down inside | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Will I... daydream tomorrow? Stay awake with me | ||
+ | Will I... be there tomorrow? Stay awake with me | ||
+ | |||
+ | I've got my goals before me, and at night they seem to fade | ||
+ | And you might think it's crazy | ||
+ | When I say I'd like to make a difference in this band | ||
+ | Those doubts can only hurt now, with my head down in the sand | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | It might be 4 A.M. in Texas, but I'm still dreamin' | ||
+ | It's 4 A.M. in Texas, this thinking' | ||
+ | It's 4 A.M. in Texas, and I'm on the phone and you're not home | ||
+ | It's 4 A.M. in Texas, Texas! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SOUL TO KEEP (FOR PHYLLIS) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I woke up from a dream, I could have sworn I heard the phone | ||
+ | Fan's blowing in the corner, like it does when she's at home | ||
+ | Familiar desperate feeling, always cold and dark inside | ||
+ | Y'know I'll probably sit here hoping soon that she'll be by my side | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Saw her smile, it chased the blues away | ||
+ | Her warmth can make it all OK | ||
+ | But it's one to go and one to stay, guess it has to be that way | ||
+ | I've found my kindred spirit | ||
+ | Now she's with me as I sleep | ||
+ | And it's in her hands, up to her | ||
+ | Where she'll put my soul to keep | ||
+ | |||
+ | Out there in the hard world, try to blend into the day | ||
+ | A thousand different faces stare, I try to look away | ||
+ | But I can feel her move within me, and her voice is in my head | ||
+ | Y' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SWANSONG ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's ragin' in the whole of us, like firespots fresh from the sun | ||
+ | This aggression' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I'm hopin', | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | But I feel so free, it seems to be that swansong in my head | ||
+ | Hey it's 1989! | ||
+ | |||
+ | I remember, standing on the roof, in New York, it was summertime | ||
+ | Below the streets, fell thick in rage, we smiled than began to fight | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'm walkin' | ||
+ | Hey we're not to go, anywhere | ||
+ | We're busy playin' | ||
+ | Hey it's time to fly south! | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's a sure time, when it's your time | ||
+ | Gotta feeling, and I'm reeling | ||
+ | The sky is dark and you put your hand in mine | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | If demands decide your fate | ||
+ | The only thing to do is wait, and keep your spirits high | ||
+ | Keep your spirits high, no, that ain't no lie, this | ||
+ | Swansong has to end! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > Out The Shizzy (1993) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SHIZZY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hold out for the best one | ||
+ | Dig in deep to | ||
+ | Understand the routine | ||
+ | Understand the problem | ||
+ | Gotta shake foundations | ||
+ | Need to shine reactions | ||
+ | Only time will tell you | ||
+ | All the things you'll go through | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And the world, is your world | ||
+ | |||
+ | Will this feeling subside | ||
+ | Time to take a ride through | ||
+ | Different places, thresholds | ||
+ | Can't be scared to try and | ||
+ | Give a little | ||
+ | Promise you'll feel better | ||
+ | Any given moment | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1st verse again | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== HIS WAY, GO AWAY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Man's thrown all alone | ||
+ | Wonders what he'll conquer | ||
+ | Woman, she's the one | ||
+ | Power' | ||
+ | Didn't try, didn't hafta | ||
+ | As man takes on the world | ||
+ | |||
+ | Man makes the mistakes | ||
+ | Blames it on his mother | ||
+ | She laughs then she cries | ||
+ | She plans, understands | ||
+ | Watches as he falters | ||
+ | Man starts every war | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And I wanna join | ||
+ | Cuz I know who's side I'm on | ||
+ | And I need to know | ||
+ | What she thinks | ||
+ | |||
+ | His greed in history | ||
+ | His is so inflated | ||
+ | His way, go away | ||
+ | He learned young | ||
+ | To be strong | ||
+ | At least his version of it | ||
+ | Man I'm so ashamed | ||
+ | |||
+ | Uptight, might is right | ||
+ | The proof is in the package | ||
+ | Boys don't ever cry | ||
+ | Sister teaches strong | ||
+ | She's the pure creator | ||
+ | She rules everything | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Break | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== HAPPY RAIN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A no-win situation | ||
+ | It comes our way again | ||
+ | We get up every morning | ||
+ | Riding on the trains | ||
+ | Why bother getting in one | ||
+ | This time let's surf outside | ||
+ | They' | ||
+ | And say it's suicide | ||
+ | This afternoon I ran into | ||
+ | A group of kids from school | ||
+ | The ones who play it dirty | ||
+ | They' | ||
+ | Tomorrow screaming headlines | ||
+ | From the papers in the stands | ||
+ | Will say it's just a new fad | ||
+ | That's getting out of hand | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | No faith in anything we do | ||
+ | The city drizzles shame | ||
+ | I wanna hug the moving cars | ||
+ | And bathe in happy rain | ||
+ | |||
+ | I haven' | ||
+ | But I hear rumours in my head | ||
+ | Can't sleep with all the madness | ||
+ | Guess I'll stay awake instead | ||
+ | They' | ||
+ | They can't change | ||
+ | I think I'll just explode | ||
+ | While waiting at the station | ||
+ | You can feel the overload | ||
+ | The way the rain comes down | ||
+ | You know it always soaks my head | ||
+ | The stink and dread around me | ||
+ | Makes me wish that I was dead | ||
+ | From time to time | ||
+ | You'll hear about some kid | ||
+ | And how he fell | ||
+ | I hate to be so morbid | ||
+ | Perhaps it's just as well | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== FREE TO SPACE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Have you noticed lately | ||
+ | Or at any time at all | ||
+ | These people running past you | ||
+ | You might have a strong opinion | ||
+ | But there' | ||
+ | It doesn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Cuz we're free to seize | ||
+ | Or ignore completely | ||
+ | We're free to space | ||
+ | Or face the music | ||
+ | |||
+ | Your need to be excepted | ||
+ | Seems based around the myth | ||
+ | That bigger' | ||
+ | And a selfish twinge inside you | ||
+ | Seems it's growing mighty quick | ||
+ | Has got you on the downfall | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | If all you want is surface | ||
+ | Get a grip then | ||
+ | Grab it quick before somebody else does | ||
+ | Cuz time is pointless | ||
+ | When it's wasted | ||
+ | Time is what you're needing more of | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== WEAK LINK ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our house feels so surreal | ||
+ | I never think about it | ||
+ | So funny, now we see | ||
+ | The times we spend without it | ||
+ | False pride and the violence | ||
+ | I've got a sour taste in (in my mouth) | ||
+ | No wonder, we wander | ||
+ | Kick back and tell another | ||
+ | Kick back and tell another.... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | ...Story | ||
+ | About our courage | ||
+ | And we dismantle as usual | ||
+ | Another weak link coming | ||
+ | |||
+ | The music, it's purpose | ||
+ | Not here to make ya hateful | ||
+ | It's effect on the scene | ||
+ | And the converted faithful | ||
+ | We're not down with the hate | ||
+ | How did you choose this label (convenience) | ||
+ | We look back, it's been real | ||
+ | Sit down and tell another | ||
+ | Sit down and tell another | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | And we still hear the crowd | ||
+ | They want it fast and loud | ||
+ | They wear the label proud | ||
+ | Is that all you want | ||
+ | You want it | ||
+ | Then make the weak link strong | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== REUBEN SAID ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Weird thing this morning | ||
+ | I felt down and so | ||
+ | I stepped back to see if | ||
+ | The trouble would grow | ||
+ | Ran til I just couldn' | ||
+ | Breathe very well | ||
+ | Needed a friend, needed someone to tell | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Reuben said | ||
+ | I would see it | ||
+ | Down the line | ||
+ | He believed | ||
+ | Reuben said | ||
+ | I was ready | ||
+ | Doublecrossed once again | ||
+ | |||
+ | A grudge like a mother | ||
+ | And then I said | ||
+ | Everything I had | ||
+ | Stored up inside my head | ||
+ | Meant for this nightmare | ||
+ | To end like a dream | ||
+ | Wish it would sink in | ||
+ | Wish I could see | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Break | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== YET AGAIN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Laughing always treat things lightly | ||
+ | But you'd be the last to respect | ||
+ | People' | ||
+ | Bring them down create more tension | ||
+ | Try to strip away their passion | ||
+ | But all you do is fuck yourself again | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And yet again | ||
+ | If you'd only find your piece of mind | ||
+ | Think you'd dig the things | ||
+ | That you might find | ||
+ | |||
+ | Tell me I can't comprehend your | ||
+ | Advanced mind | ||
+ | Know what you're feeling | ||
+ | Try to paint from your perspective | ||
+ | You seem to feel it's more effective | ||
+ | But really all you do is create | ||
+ | Extra space reserved for hate again | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Too bad you're | ||
+ | So damned selfish | ||
+ | Taking what you'd never give | ||
+ | And leaving nothing | ||
+ | Leaving trouble | ||
+ | Schism, pain | ||
+ | All bad, whatever | ||
+ | The same old thing | ||
+ | With no progression | ||
+ | Based in greed | ||
+ | And bad intentions | ||
+ | You're leaving nothing | ||
+ | Leaving pain | ||
+ | So hard to understand your way | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== G ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Say you're fed up | ||
+ | You're so angry | ||
+ | Found your way inside | ||
+ | This vicious circle | ||
+ | Now you can't stop | ||
+ | Tried to tell you, | ||
+ | Gave you warning | ||
+ | But your stubbornness is king | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | That's why, it goes on | ||
+ | Repeat, on and on | ||
+ | That's why, it goes on | ||
+ | Repeat, on and on | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hope might save you | ||
+ | What you go through | ||
+ | But it takes a bit | ||
+ | Of tolerance and | ||
+ | Selflessness | ||
+ | I'm your friend, yeah | ||
+ | Here to listen | ||
+ | But I got limitations too | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | So sick of all that's going on | ||
+ | Now what ya wanna do | ||
+ | The action' | ||
+ | Cuz talk is so see-thru | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | So sick of all..... | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== WIDESPREAD ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | And when we talked | ||
+ | It was decided | ||
+ | That something had to be | ||
+ | The guessing went too long | ||
+ | Couldn' | ||
+ | We worked it out | ||
+ | Til it felt alright | ||
+ | And everybody knew we had to | ||
+ | Break off a little piece | ||
+ | Sometimes it makes me mad | ||
+ | At times, a little sad | ||
+ | But it didn't mean too much | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | If something is missing | ||
+ | I'm sure we'll find out | ||
+ | We'll get together | ||
+ | There is no doubt | ||
+ | Something is draining | ||
+ | All our time today | ||
+ | Let's get together - hey yeah | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our expectations | ||
+ | Build so quickly | ||
+ | Let's not | ||
+ | And say we do | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | Some place where we could stay | ||
+ | And find a little piece of mind | ||
+ | |||
+ | This common goal | ||
+ | Seems widespread too bad | ||
+ | Our talking' | ||
+ | We're out here in the rain | ||
+ | The scenery' | ||
+ | And ally's gotta work again | ||
+ | |||
+ | (chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== MOTIONARY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | And all this time when | ||
+ | We believed we'd change the world some day | ||
+ | There is nothing else | ||
+ | I would rather do | ||
+ | And all the time I | ||
+ | Screamed and cried and | ||
+ | Whithered deep in pain | ||
+ | There was nothing else | ||
+ | I could say to you | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Go easy now my friend | ||
+ | You'd better think straight | ||
+ | Your everlasting dreams might fade away | ||
+ | You're waiting for the chance | ||
+ | To slow down and catch your breath | ||
+ | This motion is the thing that we like best | ||
+ | |||
+ | Yeah, I'm your dreamer | ||
+ | And your believer | ||
+ | The one you've come to mother | ||
+ | Find the road you want | ||
+ | Don't let me slow ya down | ||
+ | And while you're rubbing up against | ||
+ | The ones that talk the loudest | ||
+ | Try to be somebody | ||
+ | Try to be yourself | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Break | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== NAKED ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Come on down | ||
+ | Come closer | ||
+ | Want you in a fisheye view | ||
+ | Something tells me | ||
+ | We finally connected | ||
+ | And I'm ready to give | ||
+ | This one a new try | ||
+ | I'm ready to | ||
+ | Get off on another side | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | We're naked | ||
+ | Peel the skin away | ||
+ | Huddled up inside an embrace | ||
+ | Let's get fired | ||
+ | Let the sun inside your head | ||
+ | I love the breeze | ||
+ | That hits my face | ||
+ | |||
+ | Feel so strong | ||
+ | So ready | ||
+ | Are you sleeping while you walk | ||
+ | Lie down | ||
+ | And see how deep we get together | ||
+ | You seem to think | ||
+ | I've got some kind of master plan | ||
+ | I think I'm going insane | ||
+ | Slowly | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Break | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== NATE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SOME KIND OF SIGN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hey we've got this brand new song | ||
+ | It might not be your favorite | ||
+ | I came to you to get advice | ||
+ | You laughed alot you did your best | ||
+ | My dreams are kinda fucked up lately | ||
+ | My dreams aren't really dreams | ||
+ | My dreams they almost fade out | ||
+ | Sometimes dreams are what they seem | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And half the time | ||
+ | I'm waiting, I'm waiting | ||
+ | For some kinda, some kinda sign | ||
+ | And all day long | ||
+ | I'm hoping, I'm praying | ||
+ | Just stop me from being so blind | ||
+ | |||
+ | Since I got back into town | ||
+ | I know I'm not your favorite | ||
+ | And everybody hangs out here | ||
+ | No life to live and nothing' | ||
+ | My girlfriend loves all things about me | ||
+ | At least that's what she says | ||
+ | My girlfriend lies a tiny bit | ||
+ | But it really all depends | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1st verse again | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > The Music, The Message (1995) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== GHOST ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Let's do it for the frustration | ||
+ | Aggravation, | ||
+ | Let's do it for the attention | ||
+ | Fascination, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Alright then, let's forget our troubles | ||
+ | Start over, act like nothing' | ||
+ | So great at piecing bits together | ||
+ | Pretend that everything is strong | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I like to listen to your stories | ||
+ | You're good at listening to mine | ||
+ | Sometimes we spend our lives just talking | ||
+ | Become so good at wasting time | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | SUCH & SUCH | ||
+ | |||
+ | Talk about the past as if you own a piece of it | ||
+ | Rattle off the words as though you ever gave a shit | ||
+ | Yeah, you're the king, you always get around the truth | ||
+ | You spend your life, you talk of how you lost your youth | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Now the secret' | ||
+ | What you're all about, ain't much | ||
+ | You're still droppin' | ||
+ | Always cryin' such and such | ||
+ | |||
+ | Somehow you got lucky, found yourself an audience | ||
+ | They hang on to your every word, it doesn' | ||
+ | You're wasting time, it seems you'd change a thing or two | ||
+ | But you remind me that you're only being you | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Don't bother trying | ||
+ | Too busy lyin' | ||
+ | Your mom is cryin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | I like your band alot | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== THE MUSIC, THE MESSAGE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I never had to think about it all that much | ||
+ | It came to me so easily, then it became a crutch | ||
+ | I took it all for granted, figured it would always be | ||
+ | So solid, set, dependable, and always there for me | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | So much a part of us, so much a part of it | ||
+ | We got the music, and the message | ||
+ | So much a part of you, so much a part of me | ||
+ | |||
+ | We never cared when all those people criticized | ||
+ | We had no problems spotting, what was real and what were lies | ||
+ | Despite the changes that we went through, we were always down | ||
+ | You gotta stand the strongest when dissention' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus twice) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== KINDA FUTURE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Out of the blue, could we ever really know? | ||
+ | Sometimes ya need to, sit back and let it go | ||
+ | Day after day, I feel the tension pull me down | ||
+ | I'm starting to figure, I won't always be around | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Don't you wish some day you wouldn' | ||
+ | No hate to see and there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | You always said, that you'd work toward better things | ||
+ | Doin' whatever, maybe all that work would bring | ||
+ | It's good to be hopeful, when your eyes are open wide | ||
+ | As long as ya feel, so twisted up inside | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== MY GRAVITY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | She's the world to me | ||
+ | In all honesty | ||
+ | Yeah she's my gravity | ||
+ | She's my gravity | ||
+ | |||
+ | I wasn't ready for it this time | ||
+ | And soon I found myself crossing the line | ||
+ | Yeah it was easy, I didn't have to try | ||
+ | We somehow got together, her and I | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are those days, I can't hold up my head | ||
+ | I can't get started, I can't get out of bed | ||
+ | And then I see her face, it changes everything | ||
+ | She's really down, yeah, she's so happening | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus twice) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SEE YOU TOMORROW ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | First off, I'm not doin' too bad | ||
+ | Things could be much worse, for sure | ||
+ | You're so full of nerve and yourself | ||
+ | Pity someone who deserves | ||
+ | Secondly, about your big plans | ||
+ | Yeah I know, I've got em too | ||
+ | It seems you need more motivation | ||
+ | Little somethings get ya through | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I'll bet, we'll have this same discussion | ||
+ | Ignore the warnings, repercussions | ||
+ | When all sincerity rings hollow | ||
+ | See you sometime, see you tomorrow | ||
+ | |||
+ | Things are easy when you're younger | ||
+ | Puppy brains and punching things | ||
+ | But now we walk around so careful | ||
+ | Fearful of the ugly things | ||
+ | Deep thoughts count when there' | ||
+ | What I've witnessed, I'm amazed | ||
+ | As we grow up, I'd hate to think that | ||
+ | All this thinking' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== GET A DIFFERENT LIFE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Don't you bother criticizing me and what I do | ||
+ | Don't you waste your breath explaining what is bugging you | ||
+ | Now run along and worry about your own life won't you please | ||
+ | There are those who value what you say, but it ain't me | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | We've heard it for the past 10 years, it's gotten really old | ||
+ | You bitch about the way we sound, even how we're sold | ||
+ | Did you ever take the time to look into a mirror | ||
+ | If we suck, hey move along, there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | You called us that while we were sleeping on your girlfriend' | ||
+ | We've made mistakes, some stupid ones, but " | ||
+ | If you can't hang, don't sweat it, you can hang us on a shelf | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus twice) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== TALKBOX ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hear the anger, turn and run | ||
+ | Bitter rhetoric, ain't much fun | ||
+ | I thought we could disagree | ||
+ | Hear the words, then let it be | ||
+ | Listen to another view | ||
+ | Get a feel for something new | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | But it's different than you think | ||
+ | When all you do is dish out what you hate | ||
+ | You ain't nothing but a fake | ||
+ | You couldn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Entertainment' | ||
+ | Harmless banter, that's so lame | ||
+ | You're so good at dishing out | ||
+ | But not good at the turnabout | ||
+ | Cry when someone disses you | ||
+ | Conspiracies are nothing new | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== MY LIST ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sometimes I feel affected, then all that disappears | ||
+ | The rain and clouds above my head, then it all disappears | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I'd understand it, if I could grab it | ||
+ | Another wish on my list | ||
+ | |||
+ | One more day we made it through now, got my list (3x) | ||
+ | One more time we made it through, yeah, got my list (3x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some days I feel protected, then it just disappears | ||
+ | We breathe as two but think as one, and it just disappears | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'd understand it, if I could grab it, another wish on my list | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (bass break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== FIRST YA TOLD US ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | First ya told us, " | ||
+ | With no restrictions, | ||
+ | So we just figured, we'd find our way | ||
+ | Not push much into, the things you say | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Then you slammed the door on us | ||
+ | And flaunted your authority | ||
+ | Had hoped to see us fail | ||
+ | Acted like we were the enemy | ||
+ | But we're here, no we never died | ||
+ | So sorry you wasted your time | ||
+ | |||
+ | Why point a finger, at anyone | ||
+ | Why look for reasons, when you've got none | ||
+ | You'll never get it, still you pretend | ||
+ | That you're above it all, my friend | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus 2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== BORN WITHOUT A MIND ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Too bad, I feel for you, it's sad as hell to see | ||
+ | You're runnin' | ||
+ | You blame it on your parents, yeah, your strict conditioning | ||
+ | So bogged down in the ignorance, you're bumping into things | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | See the boy out running, born without a mind | ||
+ | He's got his pride and everything, born without a mind | ||
+ | |||
+ | Maybe you're not out and open with your fucked up views | ||
+ | And you don't use the " | ||
+ | Intolerance that's quiet, makes it just as bad it seems | ||
+ | It's one way or another, you can't have it in between | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== PUNK ROCK TEETH ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here we are, right back where we belong again | ||
+ | And all our friends, they' | ||
+ | This aging thing, so over-rated when you think | ||
+ | Don't matter much, as long as your heart won't give in | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Sometimes when I get sad, I think about my stupid dreams | ||
+ | At times, I feel that all I've got to show for it is punk rock teeth | ||
+ | These days, I'm standing back, reflecting on the things I see | ||
+ | I'll be here when the others fade, yeah me and all my punk rock teeth | ||
+ | |||
+ | Staring out, I'm lost and out of place without | ||
+ | This simple thing, the way I live's what I'm about | ||
+ | I can't complain, but I don't feel good out in the rain | ||
+ | Let's celebrate, no time to waste it all on hate | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== GIRL SONG ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Her world is where I've always lived... Wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | She brought me here and gave me strenght... Wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | She helped make sense of everything... Wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | Helped keep me farther from the brink | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | This is a girl song, not just another girl song | ||
+ | Much more than just a love song, so simple, it's a girl song | ||
+ | |||
+ | My father never seemed to care... Wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | Looked for him, he was never there... Wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | As " | ||
+ | She got us through a lot of hell | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus 2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== I CAN REMEMBER ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I can remember, the first time that we played | ||
+ | Some redneck bar in Reno, guess we should' | ||
+ | And after that, we'd play whenever we could plug it in | ||
+ | We'd play until the cops or jocks would start some shit with Dim | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I can remember (4x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | I can remember, the H.B. kids so well | ||
+ | They'd bus to San Francisco, every gig with them was hell | ||
+ | We'd dance along, and sing the songs, til we were black and blue | ||
+ | And everything would go so fast, and there stood me and you | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (bass break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus 2x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== EVEN BETTER PLAN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's not hard to understand | ||
+ | Don't let things get out of hand | ||
+ | Promises aren't very deep | ||
+ | When you start trouble in your sleep | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | We're not dumb, no, we're just stupid! (4x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here's an even better plan | ||
+ | Use your head and not your hands | ||
+ | Try it for a solid week | ||
+ | Be a " | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (first verse again) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus 4x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > Good To Go (1999) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SOONER OR LATER ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Both of us too fucking stubborn | ||
+ | Neither is willing to give just a little | ||
+ | Ramming our heads into nothing | ||
+ | Winning a war that is non existent | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Sooner or later will we work together | ||
+ | Who knows! | ||
+ | Or will we resign to the fact that it's | ||
+ | Just how it goes? | ||
+ | |||
+ | You're seeing things in your own way | ||
+ | While I'm seeing things in the opposite | ||
+ | And we think we're so fucking different | ||
+ | Unwilling to buckle or deal with it | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) 2x | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SOUR GRAPES ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You say you hate all those kids now | ||
+ | You can't relate to the things they say to you | ||
+ | You feel you've grown far beyond them | ||
+ | You don't remember when you were like them | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | And now you've grown up, you hate them | ||
+ | A bad case of sour grapes? Who knows? | ||
+ | You better get used to this picture | ||
+ | Cuz there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | You don't remember the problems | ||
+ | You just complain like your parents did at you | ||
+ | You swore you'd never be like them | ||
+ | But now that you've grown up you're ten times worse | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) 2x | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== ONE BIG GUESSING GAME ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | We're getting old, no big surprise | ||
+ | You stress on it, and you despise | ||
+ | The fact that someday we all die | ||
+ | And daily we keep asking yourself why | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Just try and do your best | ||
+ | It's all just one big guess | ||
+ | And make the best of things | ||
+ | You better make it last | ||
+ | |||
+ | You're lazy, what's that all about? | ||
+ | Try walking down some other route | ||
+ | So many questions, too many doubts | ||
+ | But you just let them take you down and out | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Wo-oh-oh-oh... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== BEST FRIEND ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Every day I find it kicking in | ||
+ | I find that thing I need and then begin | ||
+ | Inspired by a love that never ends | ||
+ | I'm so glad that she is my best... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | ...friend (4x) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sometimes I get so down and out, wo-oh! | ||
+ | I wanna scream, I need to shout, wo-oh! | ||
+ | But then the pieces start to mend | ||
+ | With help and heart from my best... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (first verse again) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SLOW DOWN A SECOND ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hey there mister | ||
+ | You look at me and you want an answer | ||
+ | You don't think about it | ||
+ | You take a lot but you give back none | ||
+ | High expectations | ||
+ | It's give and take but you're never giving | ||
+ | It's time to listen | ||
+ | Why do you ignore what your friends are saying | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Wo-oh, slow down a second, hey what's your hurry? | ||
+ | Wo-oh, take some time to get your head on straight | ||
+ | Wo-oh, slow down a little, hey what's your worry? | ||
+ | Wo-oh, before you regret it and it's too late | ||
+ | |||
+ | So where is your fire? | ||
+ | You run around like there' | ||
+ | Stop this bullshit | ||
+ | Enjoy the life that's in front of you | ||
+ | Your new life is calling | ||
+ | You've got your goals but you're never happy | ||
+ | Wheels are spinning | ||
+ | But now that rut is keeping you from moving | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SAFETY NET ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You live your life on the internet | ||
+ | That's where you are day and night | ||
+ | You talk your shit from behind that net | ||
+ | Where you're safely out of sight | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I think it's bad, yeah it seems so sad | ||
+ | Cuz now we hardly ever talk | ||
+ | You try replacing the human face | ||
+ | With the one living in a box | ||
+ | Why don't you go to a real life show | ||
+ | It's something that you won't regret | ||
+ | You'd rather be on the IRC | ||
+ | And stuck behind your safety net | ||
+ | |||
+ | It shouldn' | ||
+ | Why not share some info, insight? | ||
+ | You're way to caught up in the gossip | ||
+ | You'd rather talk some shit every night | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== CHANGE THE KEY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I never bother anybody | ||
+ | I stick to myself and keep my eyes set straight | ||
+ | Won't be the one to bring you down | ||
+ | Cuz I know it just wouldn' | ||
+ | Some people crave too much drama | ||
+ | Caused by someone something all for what? | ||
+ | A psychological trauma | ||
+ | Without a choice sometimes that's all you got | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Wo-oh-oh - change my ways, yeah I'm still trying | ||
+ | Wo-oh-oh - it ain't easy, but I'm not crying | ||
+ | Wo-oh-oh - change my plans and my direction | ||
+ | wo-oh-oh - gotta change the key that makes this person me | ||
+ | |||
+ | I've learned that patience is better | ||
+ | I take a breath and count real slow to ten | ||
+ | Why don't we try it together | ||
+ | We'll make mistakes, get up and start again | ||
+ | Don't feel a need to be violent | ||
+ | I'm working with this rage inside of me | ||
+ | And I will never be silenced | ||
+ | I'll try and use this rage to set me free | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 4.1.4.1... DONE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | We don't have too much time now | ||
+ | To say too many things | ||
+ | Words all cramped up together | ||
+ | We'll do our best to sing | ||
+ | Wo-oh-oh-oh-wo-oh-oh-oh-oh! | ||
+ | And now we're almost finished | ||
+ | The end is coming soon | ||
+ | Just one more verse and chorus | ||
+ | But there is no more room | ||
+ | Wo-oh-oh-oh-wo-oh-oh-oh-oh! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== MESSAGE FROM A FRIEND ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I said I'm not angry about it | ||
+ | But you're not convinced of that fact | ||
+ | You want to paint a depressing picture | ||
+ | You think I'm down from the flack | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | But let me make this loud and clear | ||
+ | I hope you'll finally understand | ||
+ | Cuz this is just a song | ||
+ | Another message from a friend | ||
+ | |||
+ | You're free to voice your opinion | ||
+ | While I'm free to laugh in your face | ||
+ | You can get along with no sense of humor | ||
+ | You can't keep up with the pace | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== TRUE ROOTS SHOW ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You ask me if it feels the same, wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | You wonder if it feels alright, wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | I ask myself that every day, wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | Sometimes I feel so far away | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I never will forget it, and I will not regret it | ||
+ | 10 years from this day forward, wo-oh | ||
+ | I'll try to keep my head up, fall down but I'll still get up | ||
+ | Forever deep inside me, wo-oh-oh-oh | ||
+ | No matter what it's everybody' | ||
+ | |||
+ | You wanna know it compares, wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | This old school-new school stuff who cares? | ||
+ | Wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | It's great to let your true roots show, wo-oh-oh | ||
+ | You have to let those true roots grow | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== THIS WORLD OF MINE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1-2, 1-2-3-4! | ||
+ | No matter what you say | ||
+ | No matter what you do | ||
+ | It makes no difference at all to me | ||
+ | You do all that you can | ||
+ | To grab the upperhand | ||
+ | But it won't make me change the way I feel | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | In this world of mine | ||
+ | There is room for change | ||
+ | But I'll still keep my history | ||
+ | In this world of mine | ||
+ | I will take the time | ||
+ | To strip away the mystery | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1-2, 1-2-3-4! | ||
+ | I'm happy where I stand | ||
+ | Things are looking up again | ||
+ | I'll enjoy it while I can before it ends | ||
+ | And you'll keep on being mad | ||
+ | Talk of all the things you've had | ||
+ | Maybe some day you will get them again | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) 2x | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== YOU SEE THE FLAWS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I'm sure I'll be here tomorrow | ||
+ | I really have no doubt | ||
+ | I'll live for today, find a better way | ||
+ | Somehow I'll work it out | ||
+ | I've contemplated the future | ||
+ | No, it's no simple thing | ||
+ | But I can't waste time predicting | ||
+ | What the future' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I know you find it hard to understand, wo-oh | ||
+ | You see the flaws all throughout my plans, wo-oh | ||
+ | I know it seems kind of strange to you, wo-oh | ||
+ | But it's the way I have to see it through, wo-oh | ||
+ | |||
+ | You wanna forecast the outcome | ||
+ | And what it means to you | ||
+ | Aware of that something you can't touch | ||
+ | And that something' | ||
+ | I know you're worried, somehow in a hurry | ||
+ | But why not try instead | ||
+ | To work on what's in the present | ||
+ | Before you end up dead | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== I SEE YOU FOUND ANOTHER TROPHY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I watched you while you walked with her | ||
+ | Made sure she played her part, demure | ||
+ | She couldn' | ||
+ | You ask her where she's going to | ||
+ | And who she's spent time talking to | ||
+ | But you don't care what she's been going through | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Another trophy, tough guy! | ||
+ | Someone to bully, tough guy! | ||
+ | Now won't you hurry up, and die soon? | ||
+ | |||
+ | Your latest conquest, she's nothing more | ||
+ | Your part-time punching bag and whore | ||
+ | She knows her place and stays there, around you | ||
+ | Surprised you even know her name | ||
+ | You treat your women all the same | ||
+ | Consistent in the pain you put them through | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== GOOD TO GO ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | GO! | ||
+ | Seems like the dark clouds have faded | ||
+ | And all that frustration is gone | ||
+ | I waited and waited for something | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Now I know that I'm good to go | ||
+ | I can move far ahead | ||
+ | With this weight lifted off of me | ||
+ | I can get out of bed | ||
+ | |||
+ | Go! | ||
+ | Days that feel so thick and heavy | ||
+ | They' | ||
+ | It's best to get up and get something done | ||
+ | Even if things start up slow | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) 2x | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== NEVER TRY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Always complaining | ||
+ | It's something to do | ||
+ | Constantly crying | ||
+ | About the way life's treating you | ||
+ | The routine is so ugly | ||
+ | So boring and old | ||
+ | Compared to some others | ||
+ | At least you're not out in the cold | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I could tell you that I care | ||
+ | And that I truly understand | ||
+ | But that would only be a lie | ||
+ | I could wipe away the stain | ||
+ | Pretend that I can ease your pain | ||
+ | But that would only be a lie | ||
+ | |||
+ | You're selfish and silly | ||
+ | Despite all that hype | ||
+ | Forever bitching | ||
+ | Yeah, there' | ||
+ | You're mad and defensive | ||
+ | You're looking to blame | ||
+ | Whoever is near you | ||
+ | It's always the same | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (1st verse again) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) 2x | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== HERE WE GO AGAIN KIDS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's been awhile | ||
+ | And so much has happened | ||
+ | The family has grown | ||
+ | A chapter' | ||
+ | And here we are | ||
+ | It's so great to see | ||
+ | We're on another mission, you and me | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Still, after all the craziness we've seen | ||
+ | Still here we are trying to realize our dreams | ||
+ | We start up again and we'll just keep moving on | ||
+ | Here we go again, let's sing along | ||
+ | |||
+ | We got through some bullshit | ||
+ | And took care of business | ||
+ | We worked through some problems | ||
+ | And stripped off the excess | ||
+ | And here we are | ||
+ | And we're standing face to face | ||
+ | At the starting line of this new fucking race | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here we go, here we go kids, time to help us sing along | ||
+ | Here we go, here we go kids, can you make it loud and strong? | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==== > Take It Back, Take It On, Take It Over (2004) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== ALL CAME UNDONE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's a whole other story | ||
+ | Is there time, can I tell? | ||
+ | Just another adventure | ||
+ | Will the end be the same? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, none | ||
+ | Thought it all came together | ||
+ | But it all came undone | ||
+ | 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 | ||
+ | What with all that I've done | ||
+ | I'm just glad I'm alive | ||
+ | |||
+ | Maybe there is no answer | ||
+ | And it pains me to think | ||
+ | Maybe it doesn' | ||
+ | In the world' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== MEANT TO BE MY OWN ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I always thought the world revolved around me | ||
+ | And every word I said was listened to | ||
+ | How you could underestimate my promise | ||
+ | How could you really ever doubt my truth | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | First to take it, last to give in | ||
+ | Step aside, do you think I'm playing? | ||
+ | Believe this world was meant to be my own | ||
+ | Go for broke and stop for nothing | ||
+ | Move along, did you hear what I said? | ||
+ | Believe this world was meant to be my own | ||
+ | |||
+ | You know my parents they raised me to be happy | ||
+ | They always gave me everything I craved | ||
+ | They never let the ugly things affect me | ||
+ | They always made the bad things go away | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== THIS IS TEMPORARY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The troubles have fallen around me | ||
+ | And nobody seems to respond | ||
+ | What will I take from this situation? | ||
+ | What will work when my goals are all gone? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I believe this is temporary | ||
+ | It won't last forever, it's alright | ||
+ | I have faced bigger challenges | ||
+ | And bigger setbacks in my life | ||
+ | I believe this is temporary | ||
+ | It won't last forever, it's alright | ||
+ | I have faced bigger challenges | ||
+ | And bigger setbacks in my life | ||
+ | |||
+ | A kneejerk reaction is waiting | ||
+ | For any who dare to oppose | ||
+ | Talk of war, always praised, conversations | ||
+ | Quickly turn closest friends into foes | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== MY BAND, OUR CREW ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I think our thing is good | ||
+ | Not everybody should | ||
+ | Made some choices, stuck with them | ||
+ | Have never regretted | ||
+ | Not one single moment, not one single minute | ||
+ | Worked hard to find our way | ||
+ | Fought just to have our say | ||
+ | And we have you to thank for the years of support | ||
+ | From deep in my heart I will never forget this | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I sing this song for you | ||
+ | This one goes out to my band and to our crew | ||
+ | No better thing to do | ||
+ | I give it up to my band and to our crew | ||
+ | I sing this song for you | ||
+ | This one goes out to my band and to our crew | ||
+ | No better thing to do | ||
+ | I give it up to my band and to our crew | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's been a long, long time | ||
+ | Looks like it's turned out fine | ||
+ | When we made the decision | ||
+ | To follow our vision | ||
+ | Would it have been better | ||
+ | To bend under pressure? | ||
+ | I'm glad we stuck it out | ||
+ | Survived the floods and drought | ||
+ | You might not understand | ||
+ | I'm not sure that you can | ||
+ | It's a family, a band | ||
+ | Hope it all never ends | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== STILL ON IT ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I just can't stand around and play along like good dogs do | ||
+ | Cuz when I live the lie I know my time here is all through | ||
+ | We all try cutting corners, yeah we all prefer the ease | ||
+ | But I can't see above the fray when I'm down on my knees | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Don't worry, I'm still on it, on it | ||
+ | Still strong and on it, on it | ||
+ | This song goes on and on and on | ||
+ | Don't worry, I'm still on it, on it | ||
+ | Still strong and on it, on it | ||
+ | This song goes on and on and on | ||
+ | |||
+ | I won't pretend to be some hardcore tough guy cuz I'm not | ||
+ | But my strength comes from what's inside, my heart is all I've got | ||
+ | It may not be too thug-like and I may not win the fight | ||
+ | At least I'll know I've done my best and what I thought was right | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SAY MY THANKS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Yeah, I'm glad that I came up when I did | ||
+ | Had no choice, but to stay underground | ||
+ | This band helped me get through all the bullshit | ||
+ | Without music would I be around? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Say my thanks and be on my way | ||
+ | I gotta feel it, hear it today | ||
+ | When I look back, does it bother me | ||
+ | I'll never let it get in my way | ||
+ | Say my thanks and be on my way | ||
+ | I gotta feel it, hear it today | ||
+ | When I look back, does it bother me | ||
+ | I'll never let it get in my way | ||
+ | |||
+ | Well, we mentioned the music, the message | ||
+ | What's it mean, is it different for you? | ||
+ | Do you hold it inside, keep it secret | ||
+ | Does it just give you something to do? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== BIG FALL ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You're really down, you've hit the skids | ||
+ | You never seem to get ahead | ||
+ | You blame us all, for your big fall | ||
+ | You're pointing fingers everywhere | ||
+ | But you don't care, you never cared | ||
+ | You could hardly give a fuck | ||
+ | You drain the life, you always try | ||
+ | To take away the good things... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Before you take it all, I gotta keep some for myself | ||
+ | Before you take it all, I gotta keep some for myself | ||
+ | |||
+ | You've always been, so selfish and | ||
+ | You never care who it affects | ||
+ | Impossible, oblivious | ||
+ | You're so obnoxious, so direct | ||
+ | You're never scared, you always get | ||
+ | Exactly everything you need | ||
+ | Out of control, you've got no soul | ||
+ | It's really greed that fuels you... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== STAND HERE AND JUST STARE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Look into the mirror | ||
+ | Do I like my own reflection | ||
+ | Not the way my face is looking | ||
+ | But the motives for my actions | ||
+ | I can con my friends and family | ||
+ | But the truth is ever-lurking | ||
+ | Gotta face myself forever | ||
+ | My decisions, my endeavors | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | In another world I could run away | ||
+ | Not worry, not care | ||
+ | Not bother, not dare | ||
+ | I could stand here and just stare | ||
+ | |||
+ | And when I'm interacting | ||
+ | Am I sincere, am I humble | ||
+ | Do I take the time to reason | ||
+ | Lend a hand when someone stumbles | ||
+ | I can sing these songs, be happy | ||
+ | But the sadness always lingers | ||
+ | Find the passion that will feed me | ||
+ | Can I grab it with my fingers | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (breakdown) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== WHERE IS THE DANGER? ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | All of the promise but minus the knowledge | ||
+ | Why bother now that they teach punk rock in college | ||
+ | Co-opted culture, misguided intention | ||
+ | Hardcore' | ||
+ | So gifted and smart, everyone looks so pretty | ||
+ | But where is the danger in hot topic city? | ||
+ | Most of them never get past what's on TV | ||
+ | This demographic has a new obsession | ||
+ | This demographic thinks the singer' | ||
+ | This demographic doesn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | You say I'm bitter, I'm just jealous | ||
+ | I just resent my lack of success | ||
+ | Why should I even care about this? | ||
+ | Why don't I give it up, accept this? | ||
+ | |||
+ | A shitload of talent, but there is no deep end | ||
+ | Forget about passion, there' | ||
+ | Follow a band, what's the point, what's the meaning | ||
+ | Why does everybody fucking sound the same | ||
+ | They played 15 shows now they' | ||
+ | See them look sexy on magazine covers | ||
+ | Make-up applied and they' | ||
+ | This record label has the perfect roster | ||
+ | This record label has a formula | ||
+ | This record label made you an instant millionaire | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== BIG HARDCORE MYSTERY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The other day we talked so long | ||
+ | About our history | ||
+ | And all that had gone wrong | ||
+ | Big hardcore mystery | ||
+ | And images I keep | ||
+ | So vivid, buried deep | ||
+ | Of days and years gone by | ||
+ | There is no reason why | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | A new day, a new time | ||
+ | Why don't we let the kids give it a try | ||
+ | A new way, a new plan | ||
+ | Why should we get | ||
+ | What we don't understand | ||
+ | |||
+ | Let all accomplishments speak loud | ||
+ | Why shouldn' | ||
+ | A lot has happened since | ||
+ | Big hardcore influence | ||
+ | Some even tried to steal the name | ||
+ | But it was not the same | ||
+ | If our best days are behind | ||
+ | Let's hope some kids will find... | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (guitar break) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== PANIC ATTACK ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I thought it was over | ||
+ | I thought I was dying | ||
+ | Told myself I could get past the depression | ||
+ | There was no water | ||
+ | Yet I was still drowning | ||
+ | Head full of cotton | ||
+ | No, nothing was working | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | A part of me that never goes away | ||
+ | I feel it's presence every single day | ||
+ | Someday I'll find a way to break free from anxiety | ||
+ | I've had this on my back for years | ||
+ | This dread I'm feeling, dread I fear | ||
+ | I'll figure out a way to break free from anxiety | ||
+ | |||
+ | So dizzy, unfocused | ||
+ | I had trouble breathing | ||
+ | Afraid all alone and to be around others | ||
+ | The pain seemed so real | ||
+ | But it's hard to fathom | ||
+ | It's not in my body, it's all fucking mental | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | No time for the mind to wander | ||
+ | Won't cave into the weight I'm under | ||
+ | Small steps but I'm moving forward | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== OUR CORE ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Will someone make it happen | ||
+ | Take time and work it out | ||
+ | Will people stand together | ||
+ | Who's gonna be the next to rise up, spread the message | ||
+ | Spread the word? | ||
+ | Somebody' | ||
+ | Someone will found a way | ||
+ | Who'll make the comeback record | ||
+ | Who's going to be the one to make it all as great as it once was? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Don't you tell me I'm being nostalgic | ||
+ | I'm not looking to go back in time | ||
+ | Take it back, take it on, take it over | ||
+ | Nothing more, just our core, re-defined | ||
+ | |||
+ | Somebody call somebody | ||
+ | Get busy, do it now | ||
+ | Don't wait another second | ||
+ | No stroke of luck or miracle is really gonna help us now | ||
+ | Forget about the fashion | ||
+ | Forget about the fame | ||
+ | Remember why we do this | ||
+ | Why waste your efforts on the things that mean | ||
+ | The least in this whole world? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== BREAKING NEWS ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | We got the green light | ||
+ | Nothing' | ||
+ | The TVs on and the bombing starts today | ||
+ | We got the green light | ||
+ | Nothing' | ||
+ | The TVs on and the bombing starts today | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sitting here but it isn't clear | ||
+ | Does it make much sense to you? | ||
+ | Once again pounded in our heads | ||
+ | And there' | ||
+ | Images of a hundred things | ||
+ | Neatly edited and sold | ||
+ | Tried to find just one ounce of truth | ||
+ | And it's ass out, in the cold | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Talking heads, tell a story | ||
+ | See if we can catch the spin | ||
+ | So good at painting pictures | ||
+ | When will this shit ever end? | ||
+ | A curve is thrown by a source, unknown | ||
+ | Journalism at it's worst | ||
+ | A race to see who makes history | ||
+ | And who will make it first | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== ONE FRIEND TOO MANY ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another deal is done | ||
+ | I hope you get the things that you most wanted | ||
+ | A price that we all pay | ||
+ | Don't try and act like you are not the reason | ||
+ | I'm almost glad it's happened | ||
+ | Happy that you're gone, that you crossed over | ||
+ | We're better off this way | ||
+ | We never were that tight, you've never been my brother | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | You're just one friend that I never had in the first place | ||
+ | One friend that I'll just consider a waste | ||
+ | One friend too many, to make it healthy | ||
+ | One friend too many, too many for me | ||
+ | |||
+ | The change was bound to come | ||
+ | You gave yourself away with all your signs and symbols | ||
+ | To each his own I say | ||
+ | It doesn' | ||
+ | You say "no damage done" | ||
+ | You find the right wing really does it for you | ||
+ | You're having way more fun | ||
+ | Your fucked up attitude is working for you | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | We can both co-exist in the same world | ||
+ | Put distance in between us | ||
+ | Truce on, what do you say? | ||
+ | We're better off this way | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Y.P.H. ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Please give me a second of your time | ||
+ | I'm not going to preach or place the blame on anyone | ||
+ | I hope you know how grateful that I am to you | ||
+ | So many have stay long, carried on | ||
+ | The others have given up the life, hey that's OK | ||
+ | Cuz here we are, we're here for good, we're here to stay | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | This is your parent' | ||
+ | This is your parent' | ||
+ | This is your parent' | ||
+ | This is your parent' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Nobody here's perfect, we've got flaws | ||
+ | I'm probably a bigger fuck-up than you'll ever be | ||
+ | And yet we get through life together, peacefully | ||
+ | Don't call it a comeback, cuz it's not | ||
+ | Been here for years and chances are, we're staying put | ||
+ | You do your best but you cannot re-write the book | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== YOUR FRUSTRATION ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Forget what I just said to you - it's meaningless | ||
+ | Make like I'm not even here - I'm sure you can | ||
+ | Like something that you might have dreamt - a secret kept | ||
+ | I'd rather not get you upset | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | I just keep adding to your frustration - oh-oh-oh-oh-oh | ||
+ | No wonder why you have your reservations - oh-oh-oh-oh-oh | ||
+ | |||
+ | And I have no excuse for my ways - I never have | ||
+ | I could blame it on growing up wrong - like everyone | ||
+ | I could say that this like isn't fair - ridiculous | ||
+ | I could play on the fact that you care | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (first verse over) | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus repeat) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== RULES TO FOLLOW ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You better tell somebody | ||
+ | Go on, you might as well | ||
+ | Document your feelings | ||
+ | It might be your last chance | ||
+ | You can't tell | ||
+ | Scream and shout about it | ||
+ | Make sure it's good and loud | ||
+ | If you're unsure about it | ||
+ | It really doesn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) | ||
+ | Who says there are rules to follow? | ||
+ | Will you be around tomorrow? | ||
+ | Time out, use your own expression | ||
+ | You can't take this life for granted - Go! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Get your pens and pencils | ||
+ | You better write this down | ||
+ | Cuz soon enough it's over | ||
+ | And when you're gone this part is around | ||
+ | Work hard to rise above it | ||
+ | You'll have to figure how | ||
+ | A plain and simple message | ||
+ | Why be another face amongst the crowd? | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Chorus) |