Tell me just what you think you're doing with this shit you call a life/ You waste it all, you've squandered every chance you had/ Is there a reason for the way you lay around without a care/ Pretend to give a shit, you worthless fucking hypocrite!/ You've accomplished nothing, you act as if you're proud/ Is this the piece of shit life that you've chosen to avow/ You're fucking worthless and the sooner that you realize that I'm right/ The sooner you can end this black patch in my life cause you're a.../ Junkie! I never wanted you! Junkie! You'll never follow through! Junkie! Like all the rest! You're just a waste of breath cause you're a... Junkie! I never wanted you! Junkie! You'll never follow through! Junkie! Like all the rest! You're just a waste of breath you fucking junkie! I'll tell you what I think I'm doing with this shit I call a life/ You wasted yours, so keep your fucked opinions out of mine/ You try, to judge because its easier for you than doing shit yourself/ So save your blame for someone else/ I'll find my calling, I'll make my name/ To you the incident and consequence are all the same/ If I was you I don't think I could look me in the eye/ So kill me or let me die, just fucking stand aside cause I'm a.../ Junkie! I never wanted you! Junkie! I'll never follow you! Junkie! Like all the rest! I'll take it to my death cause I'm a... Junkie! I never wanted you! Junkie! I'll never follow you! Junkie! Like all the rest! I'll take it to my death cause I'm a junkie!

Last ones on the dock! First ones in the mine!/ 60 on and 7 off and left their dignity behind!/ Beaten killed limbs severed off! They laugh cause nothing cures the cough/ We're rising up against the swine!/ I watched him die and I don't wanna, he bled an now they're gonna! I watched him hang and I don't really wanna die!/ I watched him bleed and I don't wanna, he died and now I'm gonna! I'm gonna have to take a life!/ 1878! They're not above law!/ 1878! They're not above law!/ 1878! Grab a gun grab a pint then we step into the night like soldiers!/ 1878! I said they're not above our law! He led his people from the pit, he showed no fear he never quit/ When they strung him up he didn't make a sound!/ They fucking hung him like a dog, they're laughter cutting through the fog/ We'll burn this city to the ground!/ I watched him die and I don't wanna, he bled an now they're gonna! I watched him hang and I don't really wanna die!/ I watched him bleed and I don't wanna, he died and now I'm gonna! I'm gonna have to take a life!/ 1878! They're not above law!/ 1878! They're not above law!/ 1878! Grab a gun grab a pint then we step into the night like soldiers!/ 1878! I said they're not above our law! I watched him die! He died for what was right!/ So we grab what we can and step into the night!/ I watched him bleed! He bled for what was right!/ So we grab what we can and step into the night!/ 1878! They're not above law!/ 1878! They're not above law!/ 1878! Grab a gun grab a pint then we step into the night like soldiers!/ 1878! I said they're not above our law!

They kill me everyday, a little and a lot at once/ And they'll never say, just who it is we're running from/ If they had they're way, a million wouldn't bother/ Like a lamb in fake distress leading others to the slaughter, and for what?!?!/ It's a vintage cover-up!/ Leading us all astray/ A nations faith in disarray!/ They control with face time, give the order, never gonna/ They control with face time, never gonna, tell us the truth/ They control with face time, give the order, never gonna/ They control with face time, never gonna, tell us the truth/ A smiling face appears, a hand extended from the dust/ It must be fine, a system built for us to trust/ Subservience is such a small request to make/ When the only cost is something they were never meant to take!/ And for what?! Take the guns away!/ Point them at the riot cops! Then we'll see when the lying stops!/ They control with face time, give the order, never gonna/ They control with face time, never gonna, tell us the truth/ They control with face time, give the order, never gonna/ They control with face time, never gonna, tell us the truth/ We'll play their game, with the brick and the flame!/ They control with face time, give the order, never gonna/ They control with face time, never gonna, tell us the truth/ They control with face time, give the order, never gonna/ They control with face time, never gonna, tell us the truth/

He would tell her, you look just like your mother/ And he would drink, just to forget her face/ She wouldn't speak, her eyes glued to the ceiling/ But now she has escaped, to a better place/ She found a way to be free/ She found a home she did not know/ It was all that she could do, it was all that she could see/ She found a way to be free/ She found a home she did not know/ A myriad of pills, and blood-stained dollar bills!/ It's all fucked up! When you can't go home/ When you can't go home/ When you can't go home/ When you can't go home!/ He was seventeen, a gun shoved in his hands/ Sent to his destiny, gone without a trace/ He didn't kill, for god or for his country/ But now he lays at rest, nameless in the sand!/ He found a way to be free/ He found a home he did not know/ It was all that he could do, it was all that he could see/ He found a way to be free/ He found a home he did not know/ Forgotten fodder of a war that was his own!/ It's all fucked up! When you can't go home/ When you can't go home/ When you can't go home/ When you can't go home!/ A generation, left upon the streets/ Grown up too fast, forced to make a way/ Left to the wind, a flame snuffed out in time/ But now we're jaded and you question where we lie!/ We found a way to be free/ We found a home we did not know/ It was all that we could do, it was all that we could see/ We found a way to be free/ We found a home we did not know/ And now we've got the will we needed to rebuild!/ It's all fucked up! When you can't go home/ When you can't go home/ When you can't go home/ When you can't go home!/

Black Day!!!!!/ Check your doctrine, what's the standard?/ They say they interpret, that they hear the voice of God/ Check your doctrine, what's the standard?/ Living your life by the words that He's thrown their way/ It's insane, they've taken your homeland and you've grown complacent, come on just face it/ Check your doctrine, what's the standard? They leave you in peace if you promise to pray their way/ Sign your whole life away! So you can die with a big fucking smile on your face! Sign your whole life away! So you can die with a big fucking smile on your face! Sign your whole life away! So you can die with a big fucking smile on your face! Sign your whole life away! So you can die with a big fucking smile on your face! Big shot, why can't you wise up and see that they're lying to you?/ It's insane, they're selling you're buying in bulk, that's just the truth/ Check your doctrine, what's the standard?/ They say they interpret, that they hear the word of God/ Check your doctrine, what's the standard?/ Living your life by the words that He's thrown their way/ It's insane, they've taken your homeland and you've grown complacent, come on just face it/ Check your doctrine, what's the standard? They leave you in peace if you promise to pray their way/ I've watched them die, watched them kill, watched them destroy everything for His will/ Have they no shame, know who's to blame, watching societies burn in His name/ Ears that are deaf, eyes that are blind, pretend not to know, scared of what they will find/ The choices of one, what's to become, I swear you will pay for the things you have done!/ I live, putting my faith in myself, cause why? Cause these fuckers all crave the wealth/ That comes, from translating visions, fuck their position, I'll make that decision myself/ Big shot, why can't you wise up and see that they're lying to you?/ It's insane, they're selling you're buying in bulk, that's just the truth/ Big God! Big Money! In God we trust! It's all for us! Or so they say/ You're signing your fucking life away!/ Big God! Big Money! In God we trust! It's all for us! Or so they say/ You're signing your fucking life away!/ Big God! Big Money! In God we trust! It's all for us! Or so they say/ You're signing your fucking life away!/ Sign your whole life away! So you can die with a big fucking smile on your face!

Born in '87, to a life of mediocrity/ All that I've ever known, tells me that it's always been that way/ I spent my early years, feeling shame for all the things I've done/ Fuck you!, walk on up, I've got the rage of reagan, fed on clinton/ Follow your dreams oh, yeah right, yeah right/ That's just not based on true life, true life/ Follow your dreams oh, yeah right, yeah right/ That's just not based on true life!/ Cause we play shows that no one goes to, at least it's the life we chose/ And when our songs have been sung, we'll know we've had our run/ Cause we play shows that no one goes to, at least it's the life we chose/ And when we've had our run, our greatest goal is to die young/ My life, a living scene, with no direction, every single day/ I swear to god it seems I'm the last in line and always first to pay/ I drink and fight and fuck and when it comes it's always something new/ I live the way I want, if you don't like it, here's a big fuck you! Follow your dreams oh, yeah right, yeah right/ That's just not based on true life, true life/ Follow your dreams oh, yeah right, yeah right/ That's just not based on true life!/ Cause we play shows that no one goes to, at least it's the life we chose/ And when our songs have been sung, we'll know we've had our run/ Cause we play shows that no one goes to, at least it's the life we chose/ And when we've had our run, our greatest goal is to die young/

I wanna take shots, I wanna smoke drugs/ I wanna drive fast and I wanna fuck sluts/ They tell me slow it down, you're only 21/ But who really gives a fuck, you're only young once!/ My mind was young and blank, running on an empty tank/ My parents always told me never Slow It Down!/ They filled my head with schemes, all of their broken dreams/ And all the while they said to never Slow It Down!/ They had the blinding faith, the will to analyze my way/ And everyday they said to never Slow It Down!/ No business man, quit my job and joined a band/ My family don't like it, they tell me to Slow It Down!/ I wanna take shots, I wanna smoke drugs/ I wanna drive fast and I wanna fuck sluts/ They tell me slow it down, you're only 21/ But who really gives a fuck, you're only young once!/ Don't follow what he say, don't follow what she say/ Get the fuck out my way, I'll never Slow It Down!/ Don't follow what he do, Don't follow what she do/ Take a fucking look at you, I'll never Slow It Down!/ You always said I had a choice now you don't like my tone of voice/ Now I'm a monster and you can't make me Slow It Down!/ I hear it everyday from teachers and preachers/ I'm having too much fucking fun to ever Slow It Down!/ I wanna take shots, I wanna smoke drugs/ I wanna drive fast and I wanna fuck sluts/ They tell me slow it down, you're only 21/ But who really gives a fuck, you're only young once!/ I wanna get drunk in the street, stay home, get stoned and beat my meat/ I wanna feel less incomplete and never Slow It Down!/ I wanna fuck a girl I hate, leave her the bill on our first date/ then tell her boyfriend she was great and didn't Slow It Down!/ I make mistakes, I slip and fall, I have fond memories of them all/ And in the end isn't that life don't tell me Slow It Down!/ I'll live my life with no control, then they can have my soul/ Maybe when I'm fucking dead, then I'll Slow It Down!/

I don't wanna go to work today, cause I'm dope sick!/ I don't wanna go to school today, cause I'm dope sick!/ I can't fucking shit, because I'm dope sick!/ I don't wanna do anything cause I'm dope sick!/ I said last time it was the end, but here I am again/ And it's all the fucking same, I've got no one left to blame/ Told myself that fucking ball, supposed to last me through the week/ Now it's wednesday, and I can't fucking speak!/ I don't wanna go to work today, cause I'm dope sick!/ I don't wanna go to school today, cause I'm dope sick!/ I can't use my dick, because I'm dope sick!/ I don't wanna do anything cause I'm dope sick!/ Passed out, laying on the couch, left to detox in my own way/ OH MY FUCKING GOD! I'll throw all my rigs away!/ In the mirror, don't know why, in my beady little eyes/ I don't wanna die, but it hurts to be alive!/ I don't wanna go to work today, cause I'm dope sick!/ I don't wanna go to school today, cause I'm dope sick!/ I can't fucking shit, because I'm dope sick!/ I don't wanna do anything cause I'm dope sick!/ I don't wanna go to work today, cause I'm dope sick!/ I don't wanna go to school today, cause I'm dope sick!/ I can't use my dick, because I'm dope sick!/ I don't wanna do anything cause I'm dope sick!/

Never trust those fucking lies, that come from behind your eyes/ And all these faces, swear they're seeing right through my disguise/ Better watch your back, better watch your fucking front for the war/ And it's so loud inside, impaling truth at times/ And all they're saying is “stop moving and you'll fucking die”/ Better watch your back, better watch your fucking front for the war/ It's right at your door!/ Twisted inside, and why?! Victim to my own reaction/ Living the lie they wanted, and now your branded/ Stripped of my life! They call me a maniac/ I'm losing my mind, but I think I like it!/ No! Don't! Get out of my head! Out of my head! No! Don't! Get out of my head! Out of my head! No! Don't! Get out of my head! Out of my head! Don't trust the lies! Never been blank inside, the constant contradictions/ The perfect state of mind, for profiting from my addictions/ Watch your back, Watch your fucking front for the war/ It's all the same to me, they say lucidity/ Is next to godliness, so why can't they just let me be/ Better watch your back, better watch your fucking front for the war/ It's right at your door!/ Twisted inside, and why?! Victim to my own reaction/ Living the lie they wanted, and now your branded/ Stripped of my life, and they call ME a maniac? I'm losing my mind, but I think I like it!/ No! Don't! Get out of my head! Out of my head! No! Don't! Get out of my head! Out of my head! No! Don't! Get out of my head! Out of my head! Don't trust the lies! The voices aren't fictitious/ No they've been there all along!/ Better watch your fucking back, because they're coming after you/ It's an all-out attack, and there's nothing you can do!/ Twisted inside, and why?! Victim to my own reaction/ Living the lie they wanted, and now your branded/ Stripped of my life, and they call ME a maniac?/ I'm losing my mind, but I think I like it!/ Blur the line, Now I cannot separate illusion from the truth/ It's the lie they wanted, and now your branded/ Stripped of my life! They call me a maniac/ I'm losing my mind, but I think I like it!/ La da da da da da duhh...

Burning skin, blackened smoke/ Forced to breathe, made to choke/ Last alive, left to die/ Burning hatred and death in their eyes/ Rise! Men by age, children's constitution/ Bleeding stage, set no resolution/ All they know, all they see/ Is to end life, this bastard's disease!/ Rise! Death, is a means, of control, so you'd better get used to the screams!/ Limbs eviscerated, masking pleasure all the while/ They segregate it, end the weakest with a smile/ Brass in smoking mounds, growing numb to mortal sound/ Living through my loaded gun, they smile at what i've become!/ Rise!/ Death, is a means, of control, so you'd better get used to the screams!/ Load! (Fire!) Aim! (High!) Shoot! (Wide!) Burn down the lives of the ones we despise! Feel no pain or patience, know no moderation/ Only pawns within the game, dig deep/ Guarantee our way of living, santa claus, a white thanksgiving/ While the bloated get a show, fuck sleep!/ I don't wanna, but I gotta (why me) I don't wanna, but I gotta (please stop) I don't wanna, but I gotta (don't shoot) I don't wanna, but I gotta (oh god, no!) See them running, as the blood runs cold! x4 Do it, all for country/ And for love of, all their money/ For the lives, that expire/ Offer breath, to the fire/ Notice as the body piles, dot the earth in english miles,/ Killing all resistance to the name, stay back!/ Forked tongue of the instigator, hissing through his respirator/ Burning all the chosen in his path, coal black!/ I don't wanna, but I gotta (why me) I don't wanna, but I gotta (please stop) I don't wanna, but I gotta (don't shoot) I don't wanna, but I gotta (oh god, no!)

Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! It's always been a struggle, nothing changed once we realized how it all worked. As if some kind of guide or how-to could prepare you for an unstable environment built on uncertainty. As if we ever had a choice in the first place. The only thing we ever had in common was our intentions, and even they were all different to begin with... They never told us what the world would be like on the other side/ The lies, the greener grass we found along the ride/ They poured it in our glass, we let the empty half decide/ The rise, and fall of hollow figures in our eyes/ Ten thousand people, all dressed the same/ All bound by “reason”, all placing blame/ All looking for the trick, the reason that they know exists/ Revolutions televising revolution rhetoric/ Big shiny houses, new cars to drive/ Empty promises, made to fill your lives, so.../ Fuck the generation, fuck the music scene/ Fuck the people in it, fuck the in between/ And in the end we're lost, not asking to be found, and it's all we ever wanted/ Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! Why, stand, why stand so firm in our way? Why, stand, why stand so firm in our way? Why, why, why must we choose paths or sides? Can this be for you? Can this be for them? Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! This one's for us, us! Fuck you! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! It all became a blur after a while, a whirlwind of the nights pushing into days, and back again. A constant reminder of “never again” and then right back out to continue on the same fucking road. Being told this, that and the other like a fucking child and mincing words with intellects that rivaled the same. It was a game we felt obligated to play because we were unaware there was another deck to choose from. Trading the swell of obligatory bullshit for drink tickets and a “maybe next time”. Like the fucking world revolves around you and your bullshit fucking venue? Like the world revolves around you, and your bullshit fucking existence! I FORGOT YOU WERE ME! And just as quickly as it started, it died and became something unto itself. A realization had been made and it was like flipping a switch. Fucking idiots, why hadn't we figured it out sooner? Fuck the promoters, fuck the bookers, fuck the venues who make a living off the death of a once thriving scene, fuck art, and fuck your fragile sensibilities. We dove head first into a goddamned void of our own creation. And in the end we're lost, not asking to be found, and it's all we ever wanted. Are you listening?