1. Waste
2. Sink Or Swim
3. Alone In N.J.
4. Thinning The Herd
5. Moosh
6. Counting Down
7. Sore Loser
8. Appreciation
9. Hope
10. Mr. Asshole
11. Blinded
12. The Game
13. Who Am I To Say
14. Static
Waste
I see these people everyday. These zombie like
lab rats just wasting away. And what I see it's not for me. Your really
not living you're barely existing. I'm trying hard to think for myself.
And I won't waste away. I'm living for today. Your rules were meant to
break. And I won't waste away. Your really not living you're barely existing.
And luxury is what you make it. It's what you enjoy and what you take for
granted. I can't agree with how we're acting. There's too much going on
and there's not enough reaction. But I've been there myself I've been there
before. You can't close your eyes its not gonna go away. The world won't
stop turning without you. You're rules were meant to break. Your really
not living your barely existing. I won't waste away.
Sink Or Swim
So you're sick and you feel like you've got to
stay in line. I keep the questions in my mind the time is changing with
the tide. It's never too late don't put it all aside. Don't become the
one you hate. So sink or swim you make the call. Give way to one give way
to them all. And they'll all come crumbling down. All the times that no
one heard your voice. All those times did you know you really had a choice.
Don't sell yourself short. Your better off without it you're better than
before. Now this mess becomes too much at a time. It's always on my mind
and there's not a place to hide. Don't let it go don't put it all aside,
to watch everything collide.
Alone In New Jersey
It's nice and quiet over suburbs of North Jersey.
Every night my friends and me would skate through Nichols Park. Never hurt
no one just sat around and laughed about the times that past. Same old
story in any town the times they go so fast. The title to the world just
can't replace the smile on my face. When I know that I'm coming back home
to this place. People in this town seem so much meaner. It used to be much
cleaner. Make sure you know that the grass is always greener. Weekdays
always came and went I felt so robbed. Never seems to stop full-time classes
and two jobs. On Friday night we'd hop the path to New York City. We'd
end up getting shitty most of which is still a blur to me. The title to
the world just can't replace the smile on my face. When I know that I'm
coming back home to this place. The people in this town seem so much meaner.
It used to be much cleaner. Make sure you know that the grass is always
greener. I'm gonna sit here till the sun comes up. I'm gonna think about
how I'm down on my luck. I'm cold and there's nothing to do time ain't
a threat. All alone in New Jersey on my last cigarette. I'm thinking about
you sun's comin' up again. And I never wanted this plain old day to end.
My TV can't get the channels. I go to Juan's to watch Sopranos. Twist one
up and everything's alright. Looks like I'm leaving here again and all
the fun will end. Seems like I'm just a normal guy living a not so normal
life. The title to the world just can't replace the smile on my face. When
I know I'm coming back home to this place. The people in this town seem
so much meaner. It used to be much cleaner. Make sure you know that the
grass is always greener. I'm gonna sit here till the sun comes up. I'm
gonna thing about how I'm down on my luck. I'm cold and I don't want to
go home time ain't a threat. All alone in New Jersey on my last cigarette.
I'm thinking about you sun's comin' up again. And I never wanted this plain
old day to end.
Thinning The Herd
Force Fed into believing what's right. Your stripped
of a soul and you're ready to fold. Follow them and they'll show you the
light. You're already sold on what you've been told. They're telling you
what they want you to here. It all makes sense but there's something unclear.
They suck you in while they thin out the herd. And now you're losing confidence.
Redefining trust is something that's left up to us. What your getting in
return is losing what you've earned. All your life you've lived by the
book. Take a step back to take another look. Contradictions left and right.
You keep it next to your bed to help you go to sleep at night. They're
telling you what they want you to here. It all makes sense but there's
something unclear. They suck you in while they thin out the herd. And now
you're losing confidence. So what would Jesus do? If you gave him a gun
would he kill if he had to? In his defense you'd kill and fight. So what
gave you the right? You're so caught up in this religious haze. Dismissing
the gays. " And the devil made aids. " Religious racists want all others
to fall. If I could choose a god he'd believe in us all. They're telling
you what they want you to here. It all makes sense but there's something
unclear. They suck you in while they thin out the herd. And now you're
losing confidence. Redefining trust is something that's left up to us.
What your getting in return is losing what you've earned. Your stripped
of a soul your ready to fold. Already been sold on thinning out the herd.
Moosh
We sat on a curb after a party. And I'll never
forget how she looked at me so sweet. We traded thoughts we traded secrets.
And I never thought I'd ever find the girl that made me so complete. I
can remember the taste of our first kiss. I can't remember a time when
I felt like this. She don't care that I'm always broke. She always laughs
at my dumb jokes. I can remember the time that we first met. I can remember
the first words that you said. She must have stolen the stars and set them
in her eyes. She blinds me with a smile everything is all right. I haven't
felt this good in so long. And I've never felt something ever feel so right.
And I've been away for a while. And I can't wait to see her smile. I'm
driving home so far from here. I hope I get to see her tonight. I can remember
the taste of our first kiss. I can't remember a time when I felt like this.
She don't care that I'm always broke. She always laughs at my dumb jokes.
I can remember the time that we first met. I can remember the first words
that you said. She must have stolen the stars and set them in her eyes.
She blinds me with a smile everything is all right.
Counting Down
You said you've got your shit together you said
this time you'd do it right. Small craft advisory bad weather up ahead
it's time you thought about your life. I'm preaching to the choir all the
shit you've heard before. And then you put it down and turn yourself around
only to hurry back for more. The fuse is lit and getting shorter by the
minute. I wish I could make it end and then you conjure it again. Don't
want to be another number in the countdown to your end. Your're gonna hurt
yourself your're gonna hurt the ones you love. I know you did your best
better than all the rest when pushing came to shove. There comes a time
in every person's life when they question life or death. It's time to take
control time to take a different road. It's worth every single breath.
The clock is running out it's time to make your move. I wish I could make
it end and then you conjure it again. Don't want to be another number in
the countdown to your end. I'm counting down. I know that everything's
not perfect not even close. I know that everyone's got problems just like
you. Enlighten me oh "product of environment" that's not excuse. Excuse
after excuse it's self-abuse you've come unglued. And now I'm hoping that
you'll learn before it gets too late. I wish that I could make it end and
then you conjure it again. Don't want to be another number in the countdown
to your end.
Sore Losers
I'm guessing that some things never change. Sore
losers when they've lost the game. Trying to win the battle lost. Some
just can't accept it some just want to reject it. Their hearts have been
consumed by hate. It takes me back to the kid who had someone fighting
for him. Brings me back to a game we played when we were kids. I never
played. My mom can beat up your mom, my dad can beat up your dad, my god
can beat up your god too. All of the treaties are the same. Were millions
of lives worth the gain, the governments using them for. They had children
fighting for them. The post-war won't support them. Sugar-coated poison
called crusades. It takes me back to the kid who had someone fighting for
him. Brings me back to a game we played when we were kids. I never played.
My mom can beat up your mom, my dad can beat up your dad, my god can beat
up your god too.
Appreciation
I've been so blind not to appreciate what fed me
and what dressed me. A life can't be represented by what it's worth. So
do your part as long as you're on this earth. My earth, your earth, our
earth. Alternatives to a learned nature have been made accessible. A life
can't represented by what it's worth. So do your part as long as you're
on this earth. My earth, you're earth, our earth. Now this concept seems
so insane how people can be so inhumane. I've done it but I realize your
killing too so open your eyes. Do as much as you can live and let live.
Learn as much as you can live and let live. Fight as hard as you can live
and let live. Be as strong as you can live and let live.
Hope
I wrote you a letter saying that I'm never coming
back. Now I can be here by myself without you and no one else. Your such
a waste of time but I'll be just fine. I saw a picture of you today I can't
believe how much you've changed. So much time to soon too quick. Another
reason for me to drink. I'm buried in my shirt what I can't see won't hurt.
I hope I never see you again. Not after what you did or what you said.
I bet you thought this story had a happy ending. I hope I never see you
again.
Mr. Asshole
You sell your soul now and there's nobody left.
Friends dropping off like flies. Pushed to the brink how much longer did
you think they'd humor your disguise? Spend all you're life kissing ass
up the corporate ladder. Doing anything to get ahead including fucking
over friends. To make that wallet fatter. Roll the credits to the show
it's over before you know. You sell the blood you bleed. A life controlled
by greed. What's that, another threat? Another cowardly admission it seems
to me. You claim we're not professional enough. My apology done professionally.
Fuck you and all of what you say. So stick who you know up your right winged
ass and fuck your shallow industry. Roll the credits to the show it's over
before you know. You sell the blood you bleed. Is this how you succeed?
Treating people as if they were your slaves. I've been sold.
Blinded
Sometimes I feel so lost S.O.S. all my lines are
crossed. I bite off more than I can chew. It's killing me its killing you
there's nothing that I'd rather do. It's got me now its holding me. A sign
of something good a sign I thought I'd never see. I try to keep it in my
head. We'll you can kick my ass and burn your books, but it won't change
a word I've said. I guess I should have seen it coming. It's in the smile
on his face. Did you really think that this would be so easy? I think you
made a big mistake. What went so wrong? Every action has reaction in this
fucked up world that you created. Now you're head is so full of negativity
and shattered dreams. A world of noise you end up hating. It's got me now
it's holding me. A sign of something good a sign I thought I'd never see.
I try to keep it in my head. We'll you can kick my ass and burn you're
books but it won't change a word I've said. I guess I should have seen
it coming. It's in the smile on his face. Did you really think that this
would be so easy? I think you made a big mistake. What went so wrong it's
been too long. So just take it on the chin. It's who you are and what you
do. Not who you were or what you have been. There's just one thing you
should know. That I still care to work it out don't think about it let
it go.
The Game
Who Am I To Say
I know what your thinking responsibility scares
you to death. We'll this is the last time your ever gonna meet this mess
again. Why don't we talk about it I don't wanna fight about it. Hey who
am I to say well I think you're acting a little out of line. Hey what you
gonna do when none of your friends will come back to you. Some people say
that life's a bitch but I'm not one of those. It's what you make of it
what you make of the path you choose. Why don't we talk about it I don't
wanna fight about it. Hey who am I to say well I think you're acting a
little out of line. Hey what you gonna do when none of your friends will
come back to you. Hey it's a beautiful day now go enjoy it while the time
is right.
Static
You try to find your place for comfort regurgitating
everything they say. Believe, believe, believe, relief. Rinse and repeat
your time away. They lie brainwashing you into submission. And I think
it's time I think it all again. Now throw away everything that you have
learned. Conning you into giving everything that you have earned. I raise
my glass to all the people who believe in what they say. To all the people
who are different I say never be afraid. All the teachers and all the preachers
who are always quick to say, "it's impossible to do it all unless you do
it all my way." To all the philosophers to all the intellects. Who will
never make mistakes. Cream of the crop and so pretentious. Just can't accept
that they're the same.