A fallen solider, another casualty to the gravity of everyday living, life can be so unforgiving for those opposed to all of the rules I never thought the first gunshot I’d hear in my home town would hit so close to home Family left to take the pain although he took the blow Ask yourself would it be easier if there was somebody to blame And ask yourself would it make more sense if there was someone to hate Like father like son born to lose a war no one ever prepared him to fight It isn’t wront it isn’t right count your lucky fucking stars tonight A younger brother who now takes pats on the back that only prolongs the grief Would you believe somehow life goes on after a tragedy A Penny for your thoughts an insight into your demise What was it like to see the world through your tormented eyes Would we find a tortured soul if we’d taken off your disguise Or would we still be left with all these Wise Show me someone to blame Give me someone to hate
How Do You Feel Now?
What would you say if I said I don’t want you anymore? What would you think if I left your bags outside of the door? How would you feel if I knew all about your little lies? What would you do if I saw right through your disguise? You better start thinking what you’d say think feel and do ‘cause I no longer what anything to do with you a Hear me just this once I won’t repeat myself again It’s over, finished, done, the end Can I ask you, can I ask you, how do you feel now? Let me ask you, let me ask you, how do you feel now? What could you say that hasn’t been said a million times? What could you think you’ve always memorized all of your lines? How could you feel your heart wasn’t in it from the start? What happens when your precious little world comes falling apart? All those fucking times you fucked with me and played your stupid games Those days are over now ‘cause the master-slave relationship’s been rearranged All those fucking times you left me reeling feeling pathetic Well I’m dealing ‘em back to you in spades and just like you, payback’s a bitch It’s coming it’s coming it’s coming back to you Don’t act so surprised like you haven’t got a clue There’s nothing there’s nothing there’s nothing you can do Your over your finished it’s curtains for you
Election Year
Election time time for red white and blue baby baby kissing and photo opportunities Meet your candidate Ivy league white trash prim and proper nice teeth for the t.v. Here to bring you to the promised land with a porcelain smile and empty promises Sure he’ll take your campaign contributions but you can bet he’ll never put your money where is mouth is Did you go out and vote today? Do you really think it made a change? How did you feel when you walked away? Like everything will be the same? One thing is evident one thing is clear Nothing gets done in an election year Now let’s play watch your candidate kiss ass to the corporate brass ‘cause he needs the cold hard cash To finance his big shot at the big dance his big chance to be a real big man Campaign platforms bought and sold like futures on the New York stock exchange A firesale on your future your life is their game wouldn’t you like to play Here we go congress one progress zero You think your leaders are thinking about reform They’d sooner sit and watch our cities burn like Nero Makes you wonder what the fuck you’re voting for For a change vote who the fuck are you kidding me What we need is some good old fashioned anarchy You bring the torch and I’ll bring the kerosene We’ll strike a match and burn this fucker down
Breakdown
How many hits to the head will it take ‘til you relize it hurts? Does it really make you feel all that great so what’s it really worth I don’t want to see you go down I don’t want to see you breakdown I don’t want to see you fall (down) It’s in your face you can’t deny it I know where you’ve been and where you’ll go tonight Running a race everyone loses so why run at all When we were young it was so much fun smoking and drinking the boredom away You lost the thrill so you upped the ante but I wasn’t so quick to play You lost your youth you lost your passion now it seems you don’t care at all You built a house out of playing cards how long ‘till it falls Don’t you call me a hypocrite we both know I like to have my fun too But nothing’s gotten a hold on me like the shit that possesses you It’s gotten so sad the way you depend on something other than yourself to make your life fun The hardest part the tragedy is that you don’t see the damange done.
Shine
Can you feel it Do you hear that sound Thunder of the whole world crumbling down around you Deep in skeptic faces think that you might drown Gotten high on anxiety and now you want to come down Someplace to hide someplace to go Will you ever find it how will you ever know Don’t want to give up hope but it’s getting hard to cope Holding on by a threat to keep from hanging by a rope It’s not like you’ve got time working on your side Simple fact is that we are all eventually going to die One day you’re feeling fine the next day you might lose your fucking mind So while you’ve got the time, take a moment out of everyday to shine Reality’s a blur you’re in a dismal state And you’re pretty sure your brain is on the take Your desires can’t be satiated even the simplest task seems compliated A thin line lies between camp beautiful and the circus freaks How can it possibly be some slip so easy From the ranks of the sane to the files of insanity There will be those who will do what they can to smash your dreams The miracles in your life are closer than they seem Overcoming fears in life a clichéd but reoccurring theme You’ve got to hold together at the seems Searching for the answers forever it seems You’ll find the answer it’s in your dreams
Great Expectations
When I look up at these hollowed walls of high achievement and storied victories I can hear irony laughing ‘cause you see pride where I see vanity Impressing all of your friends has never been one of my intentions My heart is set of different goals I won’t be a trophy for anyone So sorry if I haven’t quite lived up to your great expectations You know if I could I’d walk on water for you but I have limitations Tell me when your ego gets hungry do you shake the smaller fruit off the family tree And when you go to sleep do you forget to count the black sheep Sometimes what’s simple math to most doesn’t add up when you get behind closed doors A photo may speak a thousand words but do you really get the picture I just want a life to call my own is that too much to ask for The fact is I’ve committed no crime here and I apologize for nothing So open up your eyes and try to realize That we don’t share the same worldview I don’t mean to disrespect but don’t you ever forget That I can’t live my life for you
Hangman
Delicate words from a small town preacher “Evil came visited us yesterday” A fit of madness no rhyme or reason The innocent are always the one who pay Who’s left to deal with the consequences? Who’s going to pick up the broken pieces? All homes aren’t guarded by white picket fences How could you kill a child? Another psycho sixteen gunshots Ringing out on a kindergarten playground A flood of tears from desperate mothers Think of your own now you’ve really made her proud Mommy’s angel father’s pride and joy Will they mourn on the day of you hanging? No they won’t cry cheeks will stay dry When the lever’s pulled and you’re left dangling You’ll get what you deserve
Growing Old
I’m gonna tell you what you don’t want to hear You’re gonna hear the truth You’re gonna find out how life can be so unfair Don’t let them try to take control of you Stand tall and walk with pride Believe in yourself and good things will come to you Live your life how you feel is right Weigh the consequences and think before you do Before you know it your youth is gone Responsibility has found its way to you So while you’re still young take full advantage Pack your days with memories to bring along with you I know that when I look back It will always bring a smile to my face And as I look to the future I see so many more that I can hardly wait Growing old doesn’t mean that the fun has to end We all grow old now’s the time to let the good times begin Don’t let your life slip by I know there’s still a million things I want to try before I die The time has come to seize the day Do what you want and do it now tomorrow may be too late
Perfect Sense
It’s been so long since the first day I met you girl and since then We’ve been to heaven and been through hell We’ve seen life in each others skin and through each others eyes You know me better than I know myself I thought of you today and wondered why I’d torn down what we’d built I checked my memories felt guilty for the way I felt I know you think I think I know everything but that’s so far from the truth Only thing I really know is there’s so much for me to learn from you Don’t know the reason why it took me so long to see that In a less than perfect world you make perfect sense to me Don’t know the reason why it took me so long to see that in a picture perfect world you’d always be standing next to me I’ve seen that picture too, the one you said you painted in your head A mural of a perfect home you and I a family and friends Can’t change the past can’t change what’s passed so I guess there’s just one thing to do Let you know just how I feel and ask to build a new future with you No need to look down you know if you fall that I will catch you I’ll be your safety net and always remember I’d die for you and no one else but you I will be here for you I will always be here for you
Slander
Maybe I shouldn’t have said it Of course I was too quick to judge Words swiftly spoken may be unrefined I didn’t know optimism was a crime Hey I have got enough problems Don’t need extra baggage from you Pointless games and taxing headtrips Unfortunate side effects of your friendship I may have slipped won’t happen again my legs are beneath me now For the last time cut down from behind I will be ready next time It’s no big deal I’ve gotten used to being let down I just didn’t think that I would ever be let down by you Your antics are always expected Passed off as being your nature Get away with murder ‘cause you’re just being you A modern day version of Shakespeare’s licensed fool Not to say that I’m not guilty Emotions get the best of me Quick to fight a nasty habit Can’t keep my cool if I never had it I had so much faith in you ‘til I saw your true colors bleeding through You’re a joke that I don’t get with a punchline I’m trying hard to forget I don’t want to carry the burden Of holding this grudge any longer What to do, do I made amends? Or discard this joker from my deck of friends? Slander you said it I heard it But you know I never deserved it So locked to you the world in my head I know I should have never let you in
Short Fuse
Sometimes this world it really gets to me All of the big heads my nerves get tested Just when I think it’s gotten the best of me I save my worst for last My fuse it ends I reach the final draw A sudden impulse It’s time to break skulls And you don’t really want to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back I see the edge and I just got to push it I don’t know what comes over me I feel the trigger and I just got to push it It’s temporary insanity Now I got the feeling now I’ve got the itch Like an obsession I need aggression You turn it on and I can’t turn off the switch To stop the current’s flow Step in my mind if you want to come with me Were going for a ride a mental landslide No destination I just want to see how far we can go You can run you can hide You can stay right by my side You can run you can hide I’m gonna swallow someone else’s pride No regrets no remorse for me no way I’ve felt compassion it’s a distraction And tell me just who the hell are you to say who is wrong or right Make a choice pay attention or pay the price Can’t live forever it’s now or never Listen up and pay heed to this advice I’m going to lose my fucking head tonight So watch your back tonight
Open Your Eyes
When I was younger I used to wait anticipate Mark my calendar on the release date So I’d be the first to hear the brilliant things you’d say I’d skip luch for a week Save up all my money To be the first kid on the block to own your brand new CD Open your eyes open your eyes open your eyes Who’s gonna show me how to laugh Open your mouth open your mouth open your mouth Who’s gonna show me how to Who’s going to show me how to laugh? Who’s going to jerk tears from my eyes I’ve memorized every last word and every note So now who’s going to write the songs I wish the songs I always wish I wrote that song So did you think you didn’t matter anymore That you weren’t changing people’s lives Well you’re wrong Such poignant words from you I heard Thoughts and emotions that were worth so much more than a cheap slogan on a t-shirt
Picture This
Everyday a battle is fought Today I was reminded somehow I had forgot Everyday a lesson is taught Real estate’s important and human life is not Is all of this bloodshed worth an outdated plan laid by ancient hands Such a crucial piece of earth Take a look again it’s a fucking piece of dirt Can anyone show me what’s wrong with this picture? Something definitely looks out of place to me It’s clearly out of focus somebody broke us But here’s where the joke is nobody provoked us We’re broken and no one’s to blame but us ourselves and we We can’t agree so we war egos declare young soldier be scared But what are we fighting for Something that’s nothing that we can afford We glory ourselves in our past “the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air” We fly our flags at half mast It’s hard to take pride in young wasted lives Picture this a world where governments are more concerned with feeding the people than their egos Picture this a world where borders are mere lines on a map not symbols of economic gaps Picture this respect on a grander scale respect for human rights Picture this a world where there’s no need to write songs like this Can anyone out there help fix this picture Who can make the world a better place to be We’ve got one chance let’s take it the world’s what we make it If we’re going to change it we can’t be complacent The future of the world is up to us ourselves and we
Watch Over Me
I dedicate my life as I dedicate this song So your loving memory will never be gone Your message and your song will continue on The positive that you created shall never be undone You taught me everything I know and everything I do Taught me how to live my life and to always be true True to your friends and your family True to your heart be who you want to be You’ll forever be my mentor forever be my friend ‘cause brotherhood’s the rule which can not bend You’ll be truly missed as you were truly loved I hope you’re watching me from up above We will live our lives in your memory We will try to be the best that we can be in your memory Your short time on earth was very well spent Some people they live 80 years and never make a dent But you changed the world with the words that you would write And taught us all to always fight the good fight And I know you’re watching over me from above In the center of my heart is where you will forever be From the center of my heart is where you’ll never leave There’s no way your memory will ever fade away Because of all the happiness and the goodness that you gave In my heart is where you’ll always be you’ll always be with me Nobody can take away the memories we’ll always have the memories I remember you always looking out for me Putting me on your shoulders so I could see Being the best brother you knew how to be I can still feel you looking over me And it makes me smile to know you’re still watching over me.
