The cycle circles, stalls, then spins.
Describes the current state I′m in.
It′s like a nose dive then a crash,
With all my blackouts and scraped hands.
It′s in the words caught in my throat.
It′s in the how did I get home?
I′d like to sleep my life away.
But I′d just wake up years too late.
shouldering the blame
walking into frame
like a lightened silhouette
against a cotton sheet
smothering the crease
tin can in hand
waiting for god to come around
but he never comes around
he never comes around
quiet like a mouse
building up your house
just to tear it down
leaving us in pieces
do they ever fit?
tin can in hand
waiting for god to come around
but he never comes around
he never comes around
One hundred years ago isn′t long
Would you be blamed for another′s wrong
Generations claiming retribution
While your poets & your prophets are yelling "execution"
Who′s building the walls now?
Who′s building the walls now?
I never held you down
I never put you down
I never held you down
Let′s be brothers
Ten billion people all unique
You′ve only got one thing in common
The color of your cheeks
You put down your brothers who found a way to fit in
It′s survival of the fittest
But you say they′ve betrayed their own kin
Who′s building the walls now?
Who′s building the walls now?
I never held you down
I never put you down
I never held you down
Let′s be brothers
I′ll never say you have no right
But the only cure today is not to fight
Hate will not stop hate, I know I′m right
But when you trust a man today whose skin is white
Who′s putting the chains on now?
Who′s putting the chains on now?
I never held you down
I never put you down
I never held you down
Let′s be brothers
I, I′ve suffered long enough in this ghost town
I saw the walls, called their bluff and tore them down
When I think of all the time I′ve wasted
All the bitter pills I′ve tasted
I have to hang my head and frown
I, I′ve suffered long enough in this ghost town
Soon came a day under skies that were gray
When I knew I couldn′t stay in this ghost town full of
Clones and clowns and carbon copy towns, with
Kine and swine and nothing that was mine,
And this town′s decline with my hatred intertwined,
So I gather all I find and I bolted it to me,
Fueled my fires and I grabbed my pliers, and I′m lit!
I made my own machine
Yes, we′re building steam
I hate the same routine.
I made my own machine
Yes, we′re building steam
I hate the same routine.
I, I never looked back--I want to never return
If I could find a fuse, those bridges would burn
But I keep this horse at a run
Keep my hand to my gun
My path the vampires have learned.
So I, I can never look back; I can never return.
Soon came a day under skies that were gray
When I knew I couldn′t stay in this ghost town full of
Clones and clowns and carbon copy towns, with
Kine and swine and nothing that was mine,
And this town′s decline with my hatred intertwined,
So I gather all I find and I bolted it to me,
Fueled my fires and I grabbed my pliers, and I′m lit!
I made my own machine
Yes, we′re building steam
I hate the same routine
(repeat last three lines 5x)
big fun
no sleep
faces
face me
come on
save me
hold on
through
all is love
is love x2
hey
hey hoo
hey
hey hoo
hey
hey hoo
hey
ooo ooo ooo
all is love
is love x2
all is love
is love x2
Im in a city
where the people help each other to their beds.
Say what you want.
Say what you want.
Complete the picture
with a girl who only listens to the dead.
Say what you want.
Say what you want.
And did I choose to be
the one who is left?
Or is this something sinister?
Or is this proof against my ignorance?
Or am I meant to waste away?
Complete the picture
with a girl who only listens to the dead.
Prays to them please.
Say what you want.
Say what you want. (Say what you want.)
Deliverance can wait.
Say what you want. (Say what you want.)
And how I should behave,
just call.
Trapped in a building
With the ghosts of all the people Ive betrayed.
Say what you want.
Say what you want.
And theres no reason
to step out into a nation that wont see me.
Say what you want.
Say what you want.
And is this proof against my ignorance?
Or am I meant to waste away?
And did I choose to be
the one who is left?
Or is this something sinister?
Say what you want. (8x)