Never Look Back

long long time ago before the wind before the snow lived
an old and aging man who lost his friend he carried by his
side all the things he had in life left all the things that
troubled him behind he was once in a desperate need for
attention and so much more living his life with the question
of conception there is no more no more feeling sorry and
no more getting mad yeah right! You got the answer
through the years he came to know sometimes its better to
let it go and never look back no matter what they said and
then the ones he learned to ignore the ones who always
asked for more secretly respect the life that he led

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My Wall

a middle class mom crouches on the hill eyes behind
binoculars she sits so still spots a boy going under the
freeway whispers in her radio going for the kill open your
eyes! You're fighting kids who only want to make their
mark everything else you took away you left them in the
dark open your eyes! Your war is not about beauty it's
about rights and choice speech isn't free it is only for those
who can afford to raise their voice say it is pollution they
say it is a sin mobilize their force to stop the demon within
they say it is not a battle it is a full scale war recruiting
volunteers like never before say it is so ugly they say it is
an eyesore but remember they're the ones who build
department stores put ads on the benches signs on the
windows asphalt where the grass used to grow

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Old Man

you tell me of a place where everybody knew their
neighbors all the families helped each other and no one
ever locked their doors you tell me no one locked their
doors old man please stay a while I know at first I seemed
too busy but now i'll make the time stay and tell me one
more story tell me about the time you ditched school to go
fishing you thought the branch would hold your neighbor
pulled you from the river he helped you wash your clothes
and stitch the hole in your trousers and your mom never
knew why he giggled when he saw you a place where no
one locks their doors a place where no one locks their
doors you tell me that you would show me only now it is too
late I would like to build community only now it is too late
things can never be the way they were before you can't go
back to how things were before once the trust is gone
once the trust is gone once the trust is gone you'll lock the
door I can imagine that life but it seems so far from real it's
just like a story that's the kind of life i've never known old
man you're leaving now taking with you things i've never
known I wonder where you're going and if it would be like
your old home I hope you find the place you're looking for

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Fade Away

keep on playing me i'm not a toy i'm different from
everyone else lies are what you believe in promises that
you'll never keep don't tell me stories of your pastime
glories they've faded away with the sun faded away i'm
flying high above the gray see it on the floor beneath my
feet can't control what's out of my hands the river looks so
deep and I don't want to swim in the muddy waters that you
offer me i'm not going to waste no more of the good life
watching you fade away hands on a watch turn like the
wheels on a train and the days turn to weeks the months
seem the same look at all the bullshit that surrounds me
plastic people different countries speak different words
they're all the same life for them is just a game I want a way
out but i'm stuck here I need an excuse to be myself again
how long will I have to wait just fading away faded away i'm
sitting in the back because it's where I belong I don't say
anything just try to get along on to the runway to catch
another plane i'm going back home to be myself again

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World's Best Dad

they tell you there were better days you can't remember
through the haze this is the only life you've ever known they
sigh and talk about fist fights when you could go to sleep at
night without avengers tearing out your wishbone you pray
to god and wonder just who's up there what kind of father
would leave his kids alone in a world where you're lucky if
your mom cares hordes of people call the streets their
home they want to take away the guns you want to get
some bigger ones your defense is up to you and you alone
they think that they can stop the heat but they don't
understand the street you don't want your girl crying on your
tombstone living in that memory don't understand what they
see so they pay cops to make it yesterday you can't push
back the hands of time you want to know and keep on
trying do your best to stay out of there way

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Co-Song

we've been hiding out forever waiting to release all our
energy that's still inside it's time to get it out get it out of me
something new I want to make this time special something
for you playing as hard as we can grind out the energy I
want to scream again so you can hear me singing through
my hands release it let it go let it go we've found away to
make up for the lost time turn it up and play it loud grind out
the energy

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Closer To Gray

clawing his way out of the doldrums getting sick and tired
of coke and rums we'll just have to wait and see because
he's jumped on the wagon before only to crawl and beg for
more his pride is just another casualty his pride is just
another casualty can you see beyond today's euphoric
state do you remember how you'll feel tomorrow all the
people that you hate all the times you've had to wait every
piece of food you ever ate reminds you of your fate he's
clawing his way out of a paper bag reaching for the life that
he never had and he's just one step away he's going
backwards on a two track he's going one step forward and
two steps back getting closer to gray in the end there's
only grieving all his goals inside pulled thin air can you
blame him if he's desperate there's nothing left for him to
get and he doesn't care that the people stare and they do
fucking stare

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Final Hours

I knew the day would come maybe this would be the one
where I would say goodbye i've tried to understand the law
of supply and demand but it does no good to wonder why I
wonder if my number is really up this time there were other
times before when I thought it was over somehow I made it
this far won't be lucky forever these could be the final hours
I wish I could say I feel more than fear and bitterness i've
given you everything I had maybe I could have gave more
all I can do is wait and see if these are my final i'm waiting
just waiting to see are these my final hours you're so afraid
of how you look and what they think of you don't you know
what really matters it's not you say it's what you do you
make me laugh when you demand respect I only give
respect when respect is due you're just a gambler
politician chairman of the board corporate suck ass
playing the odds gambling with lives that to you are no
more than numbers and statistics

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Muffled

I thought we solved this problem long ago I thought we
grew up but we still need to grow somehow it rained on our
common ground now when dig in we slip around I hear the
sarcasm in your voice think of all the times you made me
wait without thinking without trying I make that face the face
you fucking hate it's always been this way between you
and me can we ever change is this how it has to be we try
to patch things up but it's not the same we try to show
respect it's too late in the game can you take me back to
yesterday so I can say all the things I didn't say maybe
times were tough and maybe things were worse but I don't
remember it that way the times the wasted times there are
times when we seem so strong then we forget that we
don't get along some of these times are not in a bar I can't
believe that we made it this far hmmm I can't believe that
we made it this far

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Broken Bubble

so you noticed that your city changed the old familiar roads
now seem so strange can you believe that there's paint on
the walls kids are murdered in the high school halls wake
up kid and stop your whining every silver cloud has a black
lining the world hasn't changed it just broke your bubble
now you see you can't hide from trouble you were raised in
the suburbs mom and dad gave you the best the referee
has left the field and you've all alone to face this test do you
have the strength to maintain your precious values are you
in control of your own fate or will you become one of those
guys you used to hate sooner or later everyone wants the
best and your private world becomes like all the rest
nothing is worse it's just touching you for the first time you
see the world zoo it's not a question of staying alive you
don't have to fuck over others to survive the question is
what's good enough how much do you need to stop being tough

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Dying Duck In A Thunder Storm

you heard the warnings saw the signs do you still think we
left you behind don't you remember how we tried another
place another time without reason without rhyme can you
imagine life without your pride you look up at me with those
hurt puppy dog eyes I never meant to hurt you i'm sorry that
I had to be the one to tell you that you screwed up for the
last time I know that there were times before when I said I
would be there that's when I thought the choice was mine
but now i've lived and I know better promises were never
meant to be because I couldn't see that the things you
thought you'd change you had no will to rearrange so you
made a liar out of me what else can I say i'm sorry it turned
out this way do you think we'll ever be the same it'd still call
you my friend but to you it is the end I know you think that
i'm the one to blame

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Think Of Tomorrow

looking in the mirror what's left to see fragments of life all
the pieces are broken the skyways open to conquer the
moon i'm going to get there just watch me maybe
tomorrow i'll think of tomorrow inspiring words the dali
lama prays for us oppressor and friend human
understanding we can build a better world oceans of
wisdom speak out loud we'll think of tomorrow tomorrow's
children come out and play when I have a kid of my own
what will I teach him prepare him to be all alone because
someday he'll be all alone I have tried all my life to find the
answers but the only truth is what you feel inside what's
inside when will we ever get along I sit by wondering
environmental consciousness you heard it all before the
present time is our future think think of tomorrow
tomorrow's children come out and play