1. All Fall Down
2. 12:00 A.M.
3. Justification
4. Keep Trying
5. At Our Expense
6. Stand In Line
7. Toby
8. We Don't Need You
9. The Mayhem And The Pain
10. Louder Than Words
11. What The Fuck'd You Expect
12. Daddy's Little Girl
13. Skate Rock
14. Watered Down And Passive
15. When The Rain Begins To Fall
All Fall Down
the air stings my eyes. the water burns my
skin. i've seen the reactions through my actions, but I don't try
to change a thing at all. we're taught to close our eyes. and
conditioned to believe their lies. as we watch them rape the land
and skies. to build the things that own our lives. and we'll
never stop. we're driven by greed. and we'll never stop.
we'll take more than we need. and we'll never stop. ah, society.
and they'll never stop. the politicians with their lies. the
corporations won't compromise. but still we refuse to change our
lives. and we all fall down. all fall down. we all fall
down. all fall down. all fall down. we all fall down.
and we all fall down. all fall down. we all fall down.
all fall down. all fall down. we all fall down. and we
all fall down. we do what is convenient for ourselves without regard
for our surroundings or each other and take what we want and discard the
rest. never looking back at the damage that we've done. always
moving forward closer to oblivion. and we'll never stop. we're
driven by greed. and we'll never stop. we'll take more than
we need. and we'll never stop. ah, society. and they'll
never stop. the politicians with their lies. the corporations
won't compromise. but still we refuse to change our lives.
and we all fall down. all fall down. we all fall down.
all fall down. all fall down. we all fall down. and we
all fall down. all fall down. we all fall down. all fall
down. all fall down. we all fall down. and we all fall
down.
12:00 A.M.
it's midnight and she's standing on the corner.
her time is money and that's fucking up the order. that's right she's
crossing all the borders. standing in the shadows, there's nothing
else for her. she doesn't know if she's gonna make it through the
night. she don't care. she's sick and tired of this life.
a car rolls up so she shakes her ass the best she can. 5:00 AM in
Gould's, they found her stuffed in a garbage can. whoa! are
you gonna play the roles (whoa!) society wrote for you? whoa!
are you gonna play the roles. whoa! don't play the roles.
don't play the roles. never play the roles. He never felt right
holding down a 9 to 5. it made the ends meet but it never made him
feel alive. he filled his house with everything he could buy.
but more the possessions filled his house, the emptier he felt inside.
and now he cracked. he's in a world that all his own. he left
it all. his friends, his family, and his home. it's dark outside.
now it's cold, it's raining, and the wind is blowing. living in a
cardboard shack. it's the only thing he calls his own. whoa!
are you gonna play the roles (whoa!) society wrote for you? whoa!
are you gonna play the roles. whoa! don't play the roles.
don't play the roles. never play the roles. whoa! are
you gonna play the roles (whoa!) society wrote for you? whoa!
are you gonna play the roles. whoa! don't play the roles.
don't play the roles. never play the roles.
Justification
justify. justify your actions. justify.
justify your actions. justify. justify your actions.
how do you sleep at night? cause I lie awake and burn inside when
I think of all the shit you've done. when I think of all the times
I've tried to understand your motives, but they are not justified.
you're only thinking of yourself, but your choices, they affect all our
lives. justify. justify your actions. justify.
justify your actions. justify. justify your actions.
justify. justify your actions. justify. justify your
actions. justify. justify your actions. How does it fell
to always think you're right? you're never wrong. but it's
not your fault. well... who's gonna take the blame tonight?
I'm lost again on I-10, but it feels like home to me. I don't know
where I'm going, but I know where I want to be. and that's away from
you. i'm not your commodity. justify. justify your actions.
justify. justify your actions. justify. justify your
actions. How does it fell to always think you're right? you're
never wrong. but it's not your fault. well... who's gonna take
the blame tonight? I'm lost again on I-10, but it feels like home
to me. I don't know where I'm going, but I know where I want to be.
justify. justify your actions. justify. justify your
actions. justify. justify your actions.
Keep Trying
i offer little resistance. it's a pitiful
existence. your industry, is polluting me and my mind. and
I can barely find the time to read the signs of things to come. that's
what they want. you know that's what they want. another song
won't change a thing. a revolution I could sing. but that never
changed any fucking thing. your contempt and disregard for human
rights outrage us all. I keep tryin'. I keep tryin'.
that's all I can do. you've made a mockery of justice with your systems
and your laws. I keep tryin'. I keep tryin'. that's all
I can do. i offer little resistance. it's a pitiful existence.
your industry, is polluting me and my mind. and I can barely find
the time to read the signs of things to come. that's what they want.
you know that's what they want. another song won't change a thing.
a revolution I could sing. but that never changed any fucking thing.
your contempt and disregard for human rights outrage us all. I keep
tryin'. I keep tryin'. that's all I can do. you've made
a mockery of justice with your systems and your laws. I keep tryin'.
I keep tryin'. that's all I can do. I keep tryin'. and
I keep tryin'. and I keep tryin'. and I keep tryin'.
and I keep tryin'. and I keep tryin'. and I keep tryin'.
At Our Expense
we're holding banners and they're holding guns.
keeping our rebellion to a minimum. as we watch them gain behind
this barbed wire fence. it's so insane. it's at our expense...
and the media distorts the truth... and the media distorts the truth...
we never had a choice. we never had a voice. you make decisions
that affect us all. you put us in a position that we don't belong.
all of our resources have been spent. and it's at our expense.
now you're punching holes in the sky with plutonium powered rockets that
fly, to probe what can be reached and suck it dry... and it's at
our expense. it's at our expense. it's at our expense.
it's at our expense. it's at our expense. ya know it's at our
expense. and it's all at our expense. we're holding banners
and they're holding guns. keeping our rebellion to a minimum.
as we watch them gain behind this barbed wire fence. it's so insane.
it's at our expense... and the media distorts the truth...
and the media distorts the truth... we never had a choice.
we never had a voice. you make decisions that affect us all.
you put us in a position that we don't belong. all of our resources
have been spent. and it's at our expense. now you're punching
holes in the sky with plutonium powered rockets that fly, to probe what
can be reached and suck it dry... and it's at our expense.
it's at our expense. it's at our expense. it's at our expense.
it's at our expense. ya know it's at our expense. and it's
all at our expense.
Stand In Line
you've worked your whole life and you've got nothing
to show. stuck in your life and you've got caught in the undertow.
goin' down and gonna drown. and there's one thing I know... I don't
wanna be like you. hate yourself and you hate what you've become.
and I hate it too and I hate you and everyone that tries to stand in my
way, because I won't succumb. don't wanna be like you. give
up your dreams and stand in line. stand in line. wasting your
life and you're wasting time. wasting time. give up your dreams
and stand in line. stand in line. stand in line. give
up your dreams and stand in line. stand in line. wasting your
life and you're wasting time. wasting time. give up your dreams
and stand in line. stand in line. stand in line. go!
what happened to all you're hopes and dreams. you're not the same
and now it seems you've forgotten who you once were... that's so routine.
don't wanna be like you. do you brag about it to you friends?
how rebellious you once were when it was the trend. but now it seems
so adolescent to offend... don't wanna be like you. give up your
dreams and stand in line. stand in line. wasting your life
and you're wasting time. wasting time. give up your dreams
and stand in line. stand in line. stand in line. give
up your dreams and stand in line. stand in line. wasting your
life and you're wasting time. wasting time. give up your dreams
and stand in line. stand in line. stand in line. go!
Toby
toby was a friend of mine. I met him back
in high school. we had a bottle of liquor and a skate board ramp.
there was nothing for us to do. we got ourselves in and out of trouble
every fucking day. we had C.S.I. and outdoor suspensions for all
the games that we would play. sometimes I feel like it's my fault,
like it's my fault. and not a day goes by that I don't see his eyes.
I'll never understand the choice that Toby made. why did he die?
why did he die? why did he die? Summer rolled around I spent
my nights getting drunk and staying out late. Toby lived on the other
side of town. I didn't see him all summer. I couldn't wait
to see him when school let in. I could believe what my friend said.
their words still echo in my head. suicide... toby's dead.
sometimes I feel like it's my fault, like it's my fault. and not
a day goes by that I don't see his eyes. I'll never understand the
choice that Toby made. why did he die? why did he die?
why did he die? sometimes I feel like it's my fault, like it's my
fault. and not a day goes by that I don't see his eyes. I'll
never understand the choice that Toby made. why did he die?
why did he die? why did he die?
We Don't Need You
don't ask for what I won't give, yeah. watered
down rebellion to sell to the kids. well, i'm frustrated cause I
keep myself down. but I've been moved by the movement and possessed
by the sound, yeah. we don't need you. we don't need you.
because the meaning gets lost in the translation. and I can't explain
it to you. we don't need you. we don't need you. because
the meaning gets lost in the translation. and I can't explain it
to you. your motives you can't hide because I've seen it before.
and it's like the rising tide, yeah. and you say I'm stuck In the
sand playin' basement shows across the land. we don't need you.
we don't need you. because the meaning gets lost in the translation.
and I can't explain it to you. we don't need you. we don't
need you. because the meaning gets lost in the translation.
and I can't explain it to you, you!
The Mayhem And The Pain
louie's living with a fire in his blood and it
burns like a mother fucker. I've picked him up off the ground when
his cells were down. and now its getting tougher to stay motivated
when the ends in sight and the world keeps dragging you down. everyday
is another fight. well, things aren't the same cause he's not around.
sometimes life is like a circle pit, you keep running round and round.
and sometimes you just fall down, and you fall flat on the ground.
sometimes life is like a pile of shit, but one thing that stays the same
is the mayhem and the pain that keeps running through my veins. I
watched my friend greg slip away with a bump and a bottle. I watched
him decay. and I could have tried to stop him yesterday. now
his ashes are floating in biscayne bay. and I listen to the music
we once made everytime his face starts to fade. a part of me died
in the van that day on tour. I missed his funeral by just one day.
sometimes life is like a circle pit, you keep running round and round.
and sometimes you just fall down, and you fall flat on the ground.
sometimes life is like a pile of shit, but one thing that stays the same
is the mayhem and the pain that keeps running through my veins.
Louder Than Words
you treat the symptoms not the sickness.
and condemn a whole race for the benefits your system's offering.
you attack the class and claim. you support their ass and still you
defend the system that perpetuates your hate. your institutions are
corrupt. your way of thinking sucks. we've had enough, but
our voices go unheard. and if we all screamed "fuck the system".
well it's just a dream if our actions never speak as loud as our words...
louder than words. louder than words. louder than words.
your ethnocentric and racial slurs unmask your ignorance. your front
is falling down. your contempt for the lower classes on your soapbox
above the masses. you think you're so goddamn profound.
your institutions are corrupt. your way of thinking sucks.
we've had enough, but our voices go unheard. and if we all screamed
"fuck the system". well it's just a dream if our actions never speak
as loud as our words... louder than words. louder than words.
louder than words. you treat the symptoms not the sickness.
and condemn a whole race for the benefits your system's offering.
you attack the class and claim. you support their ass and still you
defend the system that perpetuates your hate.
What The Fuck'd You Expect?
she didn't need him. she couldn't feed him.
and his father gets drunk and then he beats them. they're livin'
in a run down trailer park. he slips out at night when it gets dark.
yeah! he's just gotta get outta there. he's gotta get away
and he doesn't really care what you think. he needs another drink
cause tonight he's getting an arm full of ink. cause got beatin'
and he'll wear it on his skin. they're more of a family than home
has ever been. well what the fuck'd you expect him to do? he
had no choices and you have no clue. what the fuck'd you expect him
to do? in a world full of hate there's nothing new. he found
a feeling that he'd never have in the bottom of a spoon. he's moving
forward cause there is no turning back. he gotta gat from a cutler
ridge car jack. now he's rolling down the avenue. what the
fuck'd you expect him to do? a nickel rock. a gun shot in a
parking lot. somebody dropped... well what the fuck'd you expect
him to do. get a job like you. when all he ever knew was surviving
the streets of goulds. we were close when we were kids, but he's
gotta be hard cause that's the way he lives. now he's locked in a
cage so no one has to see him. he's easy to forget. society
don't need him so they had him locked away. but we're the ones that
pay cause they're selling his image to kids everyday. now he's locked
in a cage so no one has to see him. he's easy to forget cause society
don't need him. what the fuck'd you expect him to do? in a
world full of hate there's nothing new. he found a feeling that he'd
never have in the bottom of a spoon. he's moving forward cause there
is no turning back. he gotta gat from a cutler ridge car jack.
now he's rolling down the avenue. what the fuck'd you expect him
to do? hey! we'll what the fuck'd you expect? hey!
we'll what the fuck'd you expect?
Daddy's Little Girl
she used to stand with a knife in her hand at the
foot of his bed. she wanted him dead for what he stole from her when
she was only 10. now it's 4 years later and it happens much too much.
too often her bed he visits when he's drunk. and it feels more like
a coffin. and if she gouged out of his fuckin' eyes would it help
him see all the pain, the shame and the fuckin' misery? she hates
this fuckin' world. she's daddy's little girl. now she's a
wreck. we can connect. I don't know what she's feelin'.
she concealed their little secret, but it's more than her body he's stealing.
I wanted to die the day she cried in my arms, when she broke down.
now she flinches when I touch her and she don't want me around. and
if she gouged out of his fuckin' eyes would it help him see all the pain,
the shame and the fuckin' misery? she hates this fuckin' world.
she's daddy's little girl. she used to stand with a knife in her
hand at the foot of his bed.
Skate Rock
don't try to understand it. the most destructive
high shoots my nerves into the sky. everybody's lookin' for something.
I know just what I need. I'm addicted to the speed. rent a
cops try to stop me. I wanna see you try. i just want to skate
or die. faster than lightning and out of sight. like a demon
in the night. I grab my skate and catch some air. I'm grinding
my life away but I don't care, cause skating for me is more than a feeling.
run for cover, I hear somebody squealing. stupid rent-a-pig, you
try to make me stop. you better back off or I'll knock you off your
block. I'm a prisoner for life. a slave to the grind.
I slide into the future and leave my worries behind. don't try to
understand it. the most destructive high shoots my nerves into the
sky. everybody's lookin' for something. I know just what I
need. I'm addicted to the speed. rent a cops try to stop me.
I wanna see you try. i just want to skate or die. faster than
lightning and out of sight. like a demon in the night. I grab
my skate and catch some air. I'm grinding my life away but I don't
care, cause skating for me is more than a feeling. run for cover,
I hear somebody squealing. stupid rent-a-pig, you try to make me
stop. you better back off or I'll knock you off your block.
I'm a prisoner for life. a slave to the grind. I slide into
the future and leave my worries behind.
Watered Down And Passive
they didn't control you, so they stole you away
with the media. and now they're feeding you out to the masses.
now you're watered down and passive today. they didn't control you,
so they stole you away with the media. and now they're feeding you
out to the masses. now you're watered down and passive today.
they didn't control you, so they stole you away with the media. and
now they're feeding you out to the masses. now you're watered down
and passive today. they didn't control you, so they stole you away
with the media. and now they're feeding you out to the masses.
now you're watered down and passive today.
When The Rain Begins To Fall
shut us up and shut us down. you can't shut
us down. shut us up and shut us down. you can't shut us down.
why do you see us as a threat? we're only helping those that you
forget. or maybe you haven't forgotten the needy at all. but
their votes just don't add up, so they don't amount to much at all.
shut us up and shut us down. you can't shut us down. shut us
up and shut us down. you can't shut us down. your political
agenda has managed to fail us all. and if we organize ourselves the
police will get involved. we'll fight you in your courts and we'll
fight you in your halls. we'll fight you 'till you fuckin' fall!
you can attack food not bombs. you can attack a.b.c. but it won't
be long before you'll have to answer to us all. because you're the
scum that's washed off the streets when the rain begins to fall.
because you're the scum that's washed off the streets when the rain begins
to fall. because you're the scum that's washed off the streets when
the rain begins to fall.