How did I not know that your words meant less than dust And were born of an idea that you had heard but having Nothing in common with truth or with trust Everything that you swore so quickly snatched away And me left without a heart and nothing to hold onto But still so much to feel While my house burned down you didn't bring water but gasoline And all I ever hated rose right up and bled through you Now I can only regret every moment that we spent Every second we shared only makes matters worse For I have seen the truth behind the sparkle in your eyes I finally see the ugly behind your pretty disguise
Now I can't stop wishing that you had never looked my way And you have the nerve to ask me why Why the fuck did you tell me about magic and then Show me the strings Why did you whisper that your heart was in my teeth When that was the first place that you kicked me as I lay helpless on the ground Yes all that once was has turned to the blackest of hate Instead of wishing you the best I will be rooting for you to fall As I learn the most painful lesson of all That a lie is a lie is a lie is a lie I don't give a fuck how pretty it's disguiseYou can keep a good man down
if he won't stand up and fight
it's time to wake up
it's time to see the light
equality doesn't exist
it's just an ideal in the mind
there's not enough to go around
so take what you can find
Mud on your face
Kick me sign on your back
they took it all
it's time to take it back
do unto others
and watch them beat you down
don't fall below the surface
they'll let you drown
they'll let you down
Black and blue
Tattered and torn
You've been gettin stepped on
since the day that you were born
they say give up
cause you can't win
you're stuck on hte outside
and they wont let you in
I took all the crap I can
and I can't take no more
if they won't let me in
I'm breaking down the door
Disregard the rules
Disregard the laws
they'll get you nothing
I want it all
they'll lead you to believe
that you're doing just fine
they'll live like kings
and you'll fall farther behind
I remember a song i had to sing when i was 10
"this land is your land, this land is mine"
and i believed what they said
and you believed what they said
and we believed what they said
but they lied to me
and they'll lie to you too
and they'll go on denying
and we'll go on dying
I'm not afraid to die
just afraid to never have lived
and the struggle goes on and on
(we can take no more)