It was "us" and "them" we thought And they had all been strictly taught Just how to look and what to say We used to look at them and laugh Pretending we were so...

Another day, another goal Your life is out of your control Tomorrow's just another day Another chance to throw away Used emotions, failed solutions Get the dail...

Try to sell me a paper Praising your own kind It's not your own words It's not your own mind That place is better than this And this place is better than that T...

When I was younger I chased butterflies But now I look around and realize That there are no butterflies around here anymore Now there's more people everywhere A...

Can you feel that? Sitting in my room, I've got nothing to do So I waste my time, and I fuck up my mind She said "Can you feel that? It's a baby" She said "Litt...

In the city my mind's a mess No room to think, too fucking stressed It's hard to stop when you're obsessed Careful what I say, everyone's So quick to judge me T...

Why do words like "love" and actions of affection Get taken as a threat or promise of devotion Instead of just accepted for the beauty that they have? When you ...

We've been blessed with this planet that Makes us look so inferior But there was no Strict order here so it made us feel unsure And someone thought maybe if the...

Downplaying our power as individuals While satisfying our need to feel Like we know right from wrong They're capitalizing on our feelings of powerlessness Strin...

All my life I've been taught how to think And feel Had preconceived ideas before Experiencing anything for real My parents, Schools, and peers made up my mind b...

You're just a fucked up kid and no one ever Gives you a break, just a fucked up kid but How much more can you take of the constant Rejection looking for love an...

Am I a white man? Am I a black man? It ain't really fair And my life's been too short to really care And if I'm black or if I'm white I doubt I'll ever choose o...

Negativity's too enchanting Cuz the world seems so depressing But I know it can't always be Can't always be that way I get caught up in my situation But I know ...

Walking in the shadows of The buildings in the city Through reflective windows I Can't see anybody The businessmen wear sunglasses To cover up their eyes It see...

In the wreckage and in the streets I've found freedom and I've found peace My mind has gone num But I must keep talking When everyone's gone from this ugliness...

I grew up sheltered and innocent Found LSD as an escape from stress Only knew where I was coming from Didn't care where I was going or what I'd become 14 years...

Ever feel abandoned Like your friends don't need you anymore? Ever feel like things are changing People hate you but you don't know what for? You are moving sl...

Look at you so scared to grow up - and you Know that I'm scared too - but I know I've Got to move on 'cuz I can't stay stagnant Like you So I'll try to pick up ...

I can't take you home with me Too bad 'cuz it's so hard to be In love with no place to go You've got no home except this place you come Surviving selling drugs ...

She told me she'd rather be lonely, something About living with pain She was tired of Losing, never gaining Love once fun was Now just draining "Love is forever...

Where is everyone? As time goes on, nothing left to do Things have changed and rearranged I look for something new Always here and nowhere to call home Where's ...

I am just a parasite - a rancid creature of The night- with eyes that never see the light Of day Papers blow over empty streets- People inside houses I'll never...

All the lonely people roam The streets in search of makeshift home In all the darkness there's one light A shining Mecca in the night There's no sanctuary from...

You're looking for something to do and something to be Look to your heroes and buy that romantic junkie fantasy You see some glory in their wasted lives You nee...

I look at you, you look afraid I'd like to ease your mind But I speak, you turn away I know we're supposed to fear each other But I feel no fear I'd like to tak...

In a country where I can decide Will I be jailed or will I abide? By these laws which I do not believe apply With all this freedom I have no voice With all this...

You left sometime ago - and now I just don't know Bur for right now, I know there ain't no way And it seems to me that you seem to be A million miles away What ...

Older people I looked up to now just seem so lame Their idealism is gone just like "the old days" Burnt out and jaded, their old spirit faded I hope that in a f...

Over fences and through backyards We tiptoe past empty boxcars So as not to wake the bums inside Industry that once thrived now is gone Abandoned factories and ...

Now I try to sort out my scattered life Lying awake on the floor Staring at the ceiling light Until I can see no more Maybe I'll feel different tomorrow Maybe ...

You need somebody to be with to feel complete So you look for what you need in everyone you meet Loneliness fuels your insecurities, and you think "Maybe someth...

Wake up in the morning, smoke that cigarette, yum! Wake up in the morning, drink that cup of coffee, yum! Turn on early morning news, stories about children add...

Just walk away, turn around Cuz you can spit in my face And you can knock me down And you can talk your shit But no matter what you say I'm not going to fight y...