we don't need any more mountains
because the trail builders
failed to give us passage there
so we can't reach the sky
we don't need any more failure
there is human tragedy
that's written everywhere
and we are all too young to die
like a mystery that's here to stay
some people never go away
cause they've got something to say
don't sell me short!
you've been wrong too long
don't brush me off
just because I don't belong
like it or not I'm all you've got,
dispose when I'm shot
just don't sell me short,
I might not be who you thought
we don't need any more fables
because the writers have passed
and left us lesson-less
and we must find our own way
we don't need any more privilege
there is vivid desperation
that is powerless
that no surplus can repay
like the fix of rapture in a trance
oh, fates are sealed by circumstance
so you've got to take a chance
don't sell me short!
you've been wrong too long
don't brush me off
just because I don't belong
pass me on by, ignore my cry,
forget me when I die
just don't sell me short,
not while I'm still alive
everybody's talking about heaven on earth,
I'm still trying to figure out
just what I'm worth
I'm full of emotion
and stuff you can't contain
and you just want to
flush me down the drain
but you can't make me go away
hey, do what you want
but don't do it around me
idleness and dissipation breed apathy
I sit on my ass all goddamn day
a misanthropic anthropoid with nothing to
say what you must, do all you can
break all the fucking rules
and go to hell with superman
and die like a champion ya hey!
hey, I don't know if the billions will survive
but I'll believe in god when one and one are five
my moniker is man and I'm rotten to the core
I'll tear down the building just to pass through the door
So do what you must
Do all you can
break all the fucking rules
and go to hell with superman
and die like a champion ya-hay
see the fight, old men crying, deny their ruin.
watch them try. the cynic laughs at the optimist's closed eyes.
darkness falls, curtain calls, the cynic's beer soon overflows.
other watches, has a drink, and from the same cup,
they drink
I'm doin' time, how long I don't know.
William had 26, blew his brains out, now look at him.
John had only one, watch the mother mourn her only son.
I'm doin' time, how long I don't know.
I'll kiss goodbye my brain and body
and go to sleep for generations.
and go to sleep for generations.
salvation:
cease concentration.
you'll only lose the fight.
don't tell me what's wrong or right!
you're losing sight.
you're just gonna die anyway!
Here's a story of an honest man losing religion
Climbing the pulpit steps before an eager congregation
The while praying came a wicked inspiration
Brothers, sisters this is what he said:
Dearly beloved, dearly beloved, dearly beloved,
(Make no mistake despite our traits I've seldom seen evidence of genes)
I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you
He was the kind of guy who'd always go right out of his way
But more before that crazy notion leapt right into his head
And stubbornly crept into every mad perception
I can't deny a funny feeling when he said
Dearly beloved, dearly beloved, dearly beloved,
(Make no mistake despite our traits I've seldom seen evidence of genes)
I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you
Dearest in memoriam – set phasers to stun
And grab yourself a neighbors' skeleton to lean upon
Did you know him in life? – one filled with regret
So soon we all forget – we ever met
Do you know my name? – sing a light refrain
For a man estranged – I won't deny that I'm inclined to isolate
Dearly beloved, dearly beloved, dearly beloved,
(Make no mistake despite our traits I've seldom seen evidence of genes)
I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you
I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you
Who do you believe can put some meaning in your life?
meaning in your life, meaning in your life
Who do you conceive to provide you guidance and light?
guidance and light, guidance and light
Are they waiting for you in the by and by?
Do you even have to try?
Headed for eternity and destined for nothing
The future isn't difficult to see (It's easy)
to confuse grand design with life's repercussions
Lament not your vanquished fantasy
It's only destiny
Why do you consent to live in ignorance and fear?
ignorance and fear, ignorance and fear
Ancient people succumbed to it, can it happen here?
can it happen here, can it happen here
Does it make you suffer 'cause you have to die?
Is it best to live a lie?
Headed for eternity and destined for nothing
The future isn't difficult to see (It's easy)
to confuse grand design with life's repercussions
Lament not your vanquished fantasy
It's only destiny
Why can't you see
there ain't no destiny (for you and me)
for you and me?
there ain't no destiny (why can't you see for you and me)
why cant you see (no destiny for you and me)
there aint no destiny (why cant you see)
for you and me (no destiny)
there ain't no destiny
no!
Headed for eternity and destined for nothing
The future isn't difficult to see (It's easy)
to confuse grand design with life's repercussions
Lament not your vanquished fantasy
It's only destiny
so you say you gotta know why the world goes 'round
and you can't find the truth in the things you've found
and you're scared shitless 'cuz evil abounds
come and join us
well I heard you were looking for a place to fit in
full of adherent people with the same objective
a family to cling to and call brethren
come and join us
all we want to do is change your mind
all you need to do is close your eyes
so come and join us
come and join us
come and join us
don't you see the trouble that most people are in
and that they just want you for their own advantage
but I swear to you we're different from all of them
come and join us
I can tell you are lookin' for a way to live
where truth is determined by consensus
full of codified arbitrary directives
come and join us
all we want to have is your small mind
turn it into one of our own kind
you can go through life adrift and alone
desperate, desolate, on your own
but we're lookin' for a few more stalwart clones
so come and join us
come and join us
death and the shadow that it casts on life scares me little or none.
people tell me of a divine right and the happy chosen one.
I'm a freak 'cause my morals clash with others in the world.
I go home while they work hard, then they say I'm wrong.
there's only one place to be, while living with tragedy.
if their sins affected me, I gotta be damned to be free.
freedom is responsibility, pay more than it's worth.
instincts tells us not to die, hazy myth since birth.
learn their rules, play their game, deceive yourself in haste.
turn your own brain into dust; it's not theirs to waste.
there's only one place to be, while living with tragedy.
extract the nectar, burn the tree, I gotta be damned to be free
thinking... this world it ain't so bad.
dying... it's just another fad.
working... 8 hours, that's not for me.
dying... it's just your destiny.
there was a man who banged his head against a wall
he banged for 20 years, the damn thing wouldn't fall
he left an honest life
he left a broken wife
he left it all behind, just to see what he could find
millions and millions chase the wild goose tonight
to conquer loneliness they'll chase it all their lives
and when they find it they can just lay down and die
it seems the game is mostly pointless in the presence of the prize.
there was a woman who had a man as cold as ice
he built four walls so strong and he kept her locked inside
she harbored loneliness
her husband couldn't guess
that she'd take off her dress
and kill herself without a mess.
You took a time bomb
and a case of crackers
and you made a maelstrom of organic debris
then you took a work bench
and a rusty anvil
and you polished them for everyone to see
you have created an unhealthy monster
but you're nowhere but nowhere to be found
so I guess I'll just cope with my provisions
from now until the day theu lay me down
you took a babboon
and made him perfect
you took a lion
and stripped him of his pride
then you took a million more varieties
a scalpel and a sartory
and you stitched up a horrible surprise
you have created an unsocial monster
and you're searched for all over the globe
and most belive that things would sure be better
if you'd come down here and tell us what you know
who is to blame for this?
someone tell me please
His handiwork is flawed
and it's there for all to see
blacktop pavement cover me
like a chemical reaction or a steam roller
spreading randomly
there's a distant and a low frequency
it tickles my ear, it rumbles under my feet
and it shakes the leaves off of every tree (violently)
what pretension! Everlasting peace
everything must cease
institution on the Hill
like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor
to ignite a people's will
there's a shadowed stain on the west facade
it has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
and the descendants find oh so odd
(oh so odd)
what pretension! Everlasting peace
everything must cease
grave memorial hewn white stone
like the comforting caress of a mother
