Chaos From Within lyrics - Bad Religion
Cowering like settlers on someone else's land
Mistaking advances of the natives
Who have come to lend a hand
It's a sad and pathetic badge of shame, my friends
Terror always seems to win
In the drama of human motivation
Where is restraint and reason?
Threat is urgent, existential
With patience wearing thin
But the danger's elemental
It's chaos from within
The fox-stained leaves of civilization
Depict a stark repeat
It's always a flaw in reasoning
That fates the citizenry
When the ancestor fell from the arbor
The march of fear began
But the predator wallowed in failure
In the face of consciousness
Threat is urgent, existential
Time to scan the horizon
But the danger's elemental
It's chaos from within
Threat is urgent, existential
Omnipresent like a skin
But the danger's purely mental
It's chaos from within
Chaos from within!
My Sanity lyrics - Bad Religion
When the world has gone mad and there's nowhere to roam
The lights are all on but nobody's home
There comes a time when you look up to the sky
And ask why do my favorite songs always make me cry
And am I losing
My sanity, my sanity
I've nothing to lose, so please let me be
I've got a firm grip and strong roots like a tree
Burrowed deep in reality
I won't let you go, what else can there be
You're all I have
When you swore to be true, our bed was belief
But alternative facts snuck in like a thief
There comes a time to release the cord of self
And with confidence declare your state of perfect mental health
Never doubting
My sanity, my sanity
I've nothing to lose, so please let me be
My life is a song, a short melody
Harmonizing with reality
I've got it real bad, there's no remedy
You're all I have, my dear sanity
Sometimes there's no sane reason for optimism
Oh my sanity, my sanity
I've nothing to lose, so please let me be
My life is a song, a short melody
Harmonizing with reality
I've got it real bad, there's no remedy
My world picture is exemplary
I won't let you go, what else can there be
You're all I have, my dear sanity
Do The Paranoid Style lyrics - Bad Religion
Hey, let's jump around
To the renegade sound
Of the paranoid style
Hey, get upside down
To the American sound
Of the paranoid style
Everybody have you heard the news
The old dance with wicked moves
It's been around for many years
So polish up your granddad's gear
And shake it, shake it, shake with fear
Waive your rights like you just don't care
Anyone can do it - it's easy if you dare
It's the paranoid style in American politics
Casey Jones you better watch your apocalypse
Illumination and fluoridation
Are communist plots against the population
Hey, let's jump around
To the renegade sound
Of the paranoid style
Hey, get upside down
To the American sound
Of the paranoid style
Hey kids on the right and left
Do you feel dispossessed
If you're on the left or right
I feel your pain tonight
So shake off reality
It's easy as you please
Soon everyone is dancing
Con-spir-a-tor-i-a-lly
It's the paranoid style in American politics
Casey Jones you better watch your apocalypse
All kinds of wild interpretation
Are open to the paranoid imagination
Hey, let's jump around
To the renegade sound
Of the paranoid style
Hey, get upside down
To the American sound
Of the paranoid style
The Approach lyrics - Bad Religion
An apocryphal popular mythology or a civilization in wane
Whatever your assessment is, a paradox remains
There's a moral and intellectual vacuum and you're right to be lookin' askance
Philosophically moribund, revolution hasn't a chance
As the light fades, the shadows dance in silhouette to stars
Despite all illusion we approach the darkest hour
Is the enemy hiding in your conscience or can forgiveness pave the way?
There's got to be a place for them if tomorrow's a better day
With the high-priest banging on the war drum you cannot make out what he's saying
With all the litter on the battlefield, no higher ground remains
As the light fades, the shadows dance in silhouette to stars
Despite all illusion we approach the darkest hour
Welcome to the show
History took a toll
Discontent was sown
But now the child is grown
And come into his own
A superstar
But despite all illusion we approach the darkest hour
Lose Your Head lyrics - Bad Religion
I ain't superstitious but hey do you know a good exorcist?
Despite darker tendencies I've always had a strong bias to exist
And though recent developments seem like bad news for humanity
Self-pity is always a case of mistaken identity
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Before you lose your head, yeah
Religion who needs it and by the way how should we bury our dead
I doubt that it matters much son that's what the postman said
There's an accident waiting to happen at all times anyway
And maybe we'd all benefit from some epistemic humility
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Before you lose your head, yeah
And when your life endeavor evades your clever meddling
It's only headphone weather so get your head together
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Lose your head, yeah
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Soon we'll all be dead, yeah
End Of History lyrics - Bad Religion
Halcyon days are not a thing
Nostalgia is no excuse for stupidity
I don't believe in golden ages
Or presidents that put kids in cages
America awaits on bended knee
Can't you see
Sweet children, Locke's burden
Why did mother draw the curtains
Free will is your dilemma, (what will the dust remember)
Tell me where do you really want to be?
At the end of history?
Utopia is an opiated dream
What we want is an open society
One torn and frayed at the edges
With pages of imperfect changes
And every hallmark of rationality
Can't you see
Sweet children, Locke's burden
Why did mother draw the curtains
Free will is your dilemma, (what will the dust remember)
Tell me where do you really want to be?
At the end of history?
At the end of history nobody will be innocent
Of naked crimes against eternity
We're in the last second of our December
Tell me how do you want to be remembered
For generosity or a fucking monstrosity
Tell me where do you really want to be?
At the end of history?
Age Of Unreason lyrics - Bad Religion
Just to think that not so long ago
Was a man who risked his life
He challenged all the lies offered as sacred truth
Just to cast a brighter light
The notion that we
Can live as one in perfect harmony
Requires a common sensibility
To teach an intellectual capacity
That I believe
Is in the air but everywhere
Is the ultimate act of treason
That so few could be aware
That their nation's heart is bleeding
And oh! when the violence has begun
We decree the pen more mighty than the gun
But the fools believe, as one
In this unrepentant age of unreason
Just to think that not so long ago
Was a man who received the seal
He peddled blatant lies and brought back tyranny
To divide his people with zeal
But we
Can live as one in perfect harmony
It requires a common sensibility
To teach an intellectual capacity
That I believe
Is in the air but everywhere
Is the ultimate act of treason
How so few can be aware
That their nation's heart is bleeding
But I, as a child who plays for fun
With his eye up to the barrel of a gun
Watch the fools believe, as one
In this unrepentant age of unreason
Now that darkness has begun
We decree the pen more mighty than the gun
While the fools believe, as one
In this unrepentant age of unreason
Candidate lyrics - Bad Religion
As I walk along this road paved with human kindness
I can never forget the price you've paid
I'm an actor on a role an artificial virus
I'm your daddy I'm your disgrace
I say kid just move along we don't want it - don't need it
Your politics just breed despair
I salute an empty flag of ancient tribalism
And trust me nobody cares
For I am your candidate
I am bloody lips and makeup
I'm your caliphate
Opioids and mutilation
A celebrity
And my name is competition
I've come to bear your pain
And I can make it go away, I'll make it go away, I'll make it go away
Believers dupes and clowns
I want you all to gather 'round
To glorify ignorance and fear
I dispense misinformation
To a post-truth generation
My darlings don't shed a tear
For I am your candidate
I am bloody lips and makeup
I'm your caliphate
Opioids and revelation
An hermaphrodite
In restrooms and service stations
I truly feel your pain
And I can make it go away, I'll make it go away, I'll make it go away
Faces Of Grief lyrics - Bad Religion
Broken engines of belief
Iniquity in stark relief
Red rabble of mendacity
(A cabal of psychopathy)
Grim bailiffs wait like minarets
While sister fends a mounting threat
In crucible of hypocrisy
(A Greco-Roman tragedy)
Faces of grief
Rage is a key
Pain is a thief
Faces of grief
Rage is a key
Pain is a thief
Amidst darkness let us vow to insure her light will be remembered
Radicalized Evangelicals
Awash in primate chemicals
Bare shiny fangs for all to see
(A rictus of misogyny)
Obeisance to a maniac
The slavering lackeys stay on track
In this democracy's darkest hour
(A doctor dares speak truth to power)
Faces of grief
Rage is a key
Pain is a thief
Faces of grief
Rage is a key
Pain is a thief
Amidst darkness let us vow to insure her light will be remembered
Old Regime lyrics - Bad Religion
Privilege from birth, abhorrence of work, obsessed with sovereignty
Aristocrats claim an exemption from the standards of democracy
A secret antipathy to justice and equality
And a tightly constrained definition of who is free
Old regime, smoke of history
Liberty still wafting in the breeze
The new aristocracy just smells like the old regime
They think that they can alter and sway which version of freedom reigns
If everything is subjective then what good is truth anyway?
A plutocratic strategy or technocrat conspiracy
Or a vision of utopia that only the besotten can see?
Old regime, smoke of history
Liberty still wafting in the breeze
The new aristocracy just smells like the old regime
An unabated tendency to tyranny is still in place
And the ancient nobility's complexion differs just in name
Old regime, smoke of history
Liberty still wafting in the breeze
A new season dawns with ominous prophecy
Yeah the new aristocracy just smells like the old regime
Big Black Dog lyrics - Bad Religion
We are alone and all is one
The father daughter devil and son
They deal in art, the art of the deal
They sing Seig Heils in aisles of high heels
Big cyber-weapon little traitor in chief
He's got a big black dog on a leash
One man's grace is another man's bullet
Bullshit beams from the bully pulpit
No regrets for the bounty they've taken
The pigs must feed on their rasher of bacon
Big cyber-weapon little traitor in chief
He's got a big black dog on a leash
Big cyber-weapon little traitor in chief
He's got a big black dog on a leash
I'll be right here when I disappear
I'll be right here when I disappear
I'll be right here when I disappear
I'll be right here when I disappear
I'll be right here when I disappear
I'll be right here when I disappear
I'll be right here when I disappear
I'll be right here when I disappear
Downfall lyrics - Bad Religion
It's never really clear when the end is near
Till you take a hard look in the rearview mirror
I'm pretty sure we're just running on fumes
No one really cares about the route
Beaches break down and the waves retreat
Are we stuck in some perpetual repeat?
Maybe we're like massive cliffs of sand
Waiting for the plates to smash again
Downfall, gravity calls
Entropy makes fools of us all
Downfall, you can't forestall
It's the proof there ain't no invisible hand
No one 'round here can contain their fears
Just contented with false hope to soothe the tears
Faith is king while truth is on the lam
Disenfranchised scientists be damned!
Downfall, gravity calls
Entropy makes fools of us all
Downfall, it's a natural law
And the judge don't have no use for the witness stand
Downfall, it's a natural law
Entropy makes fools of us all
Downfall, kill the guy with the ball
And make sure he can't get up to take a stand!
Since Now lyrics - Bad Religion
(Since when) was it just a fallacy of tainted memory
(Since when) to believe that things were really all right?
(Since when) were the qualities of wisdom and knowledge
(Since when) equivalent to mere facts online?
(Since when) were the virtues of character and content
(Since when) more than just a popularity game?
(Since when) was the protocol of rational judgment
Not the same as blame?
Since now
It's fucked up beyond all recognition, just a symptom of the time
Since now
You might call it modern cognition without a reason or rhyme
(Since when) was the platitude of honorable mention
(Since when) only a dishonor to behold?
(Since when) was being second only first among the losers
Just the same as getting old?
Since now
It's natural to feel unlucky, too many winners spoil the prize
Since now
So if you are on the bottom don't you cry
(Since when) was history just a futile mission
(Since when) without a context to reveal?
(Since when) was lacking sense of place or social purpose
The new deal?
Since now
Yeah, it's fucked up beyond all recognition, just a symptom of the time
Since now
You might call it cognition but don't ask why
Ask since when
What Tomorrow Brings lyrics - Bad Religion
Metamorphosis of living nature, unweathering the hands of time
Resonant vibrations set to a grand design
These are more than technological things, they're promises of what tomorrow brings
It's what tomorrow brings
What tomorrow brings
It's what tomorrow brings
Tranquility without conflict, potential free to find
Incalculable bounty randomly decentralized
These are more than sociological things, they're promises of what tomorrow brings
Absolution from the golden rule
Escape from earthly chattel and the grimy hands of fools
It's what tomorrow brings
These are more than words that the false prophet sings
They're promises of what tomorrow brings
It's what tomorrow brings
What tomorrow brings
It's what tomorrow brings
What tomorrow brings
It's what tomorrow brings
What tomorrow brings
It's what tomorrow brings
What tomorrow brings
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing lyrics - Bad Religion
Hark the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled"
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Christ by highest heav'n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of a Virgin's womb
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Hail the incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with man to dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings
Ris'n with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
"Glory to the newborn King!"
O Come All Ye Faithful lyrics - Bad Religion
O Come All Ye Faithful
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
O Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing all that hear in heaven God's holy word.
Give to our Father glory in the Highest;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Hail! Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning,
O Jesus! For evermore be Thy name adored.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel lyrics - Bad Religion
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny
From depths of Hell Thy people save
And give them victory o'er the grave
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
In ancient times did'st give the Law,
In cloud, and majesty and awe.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Emmanuel and Israel
White Christmas lyrics - Bad Religion
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
Oh, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
Be white
All white
All white
Little Drummer Boy lyrics - Bad Religion
Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum
Our latest gifts we bring, pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the King, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
So to honor Him, pa rum pum pum pum,
When we come.
Little Baby, pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give the King, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
Then He smiled at me, pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum.
Me and my drum.
O Me and my drum.
I'll play for you
Right now
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen lyrics - Bad Religion
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ, our Saviour
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
In Bethlehem, in Israel,
This blessed Babe was born
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn
The which His Mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
From God our Heavenly Father
A blessed Angel came;
And unto certain Shepherds
Brought tidings of the same:
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by Name.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
What Child Is This? lyrics - Bad Religion
What Child is this who, laid to rest
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
Haste, haste, to bring Him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
Why lies He in such mean estate,
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christians, fear, for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Nails, spear shall pierce Him through,
The cross be borne for me, for you.
Hail, hail the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
Let me hear your
Raise, raise a song on high,
The virgin sings her lullaby.
Joy, joy for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
Jesus, the Son of Mary.
Angels We Have Heard On High lyrics - Bad Religion
Angels we have on heard high
Sweetly singing ore the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo
In excelsis Deo
In excelsis Deo
American Jesus (Andy Wallace Mix) lyrics - Bad Religion
I don't need to be a global citizen,
'Cuz I'm blessed by nationality.
I'm member of a growing populace,
We enforce our popularity.
There are things that seem to pull us under and,
There are things that drag us down.
But there's a power and a vital presence,
It's lurking all around.
We've got the American Jesus,
See him on the interstate.
We've got the American Jesus,
He helped build the President's estate.
I feel sorry for the Earth's population,
'Cuz so few live in the U.S.A.
At least the foreigners can copy our morality,
They can visit but they cannot stay.
Only precious few can garner our prosperity,
It makes us walk with renewed confidence.
We got a place to go when we die,
And the architect resides right here.
We've got the American Jesus,
Bolstering national faith.
We've got the American Jesus,
Overwhelming millions every day.
He's the farmer's barren fields, (In God)
The force the army wields, (We trust)
Expressions on the faces of the starving millions, (Because He's one of us)
The power of the man, (Break down)
He's the fuel that drives the Klan, (Cave in)
He's the motive and the conscience of the murderer, (We can redeem your sins)
He's the preacher on T.V., (Strong heart)
The false sincerity, (Clear mind)
The form letter that's written by the big computers, (And infinitely kind)
The nuclear bombs, (You lose)
The kids with no moms, (We win)
And I'm fearful that he's inside me... (He is our champion)
We've got the American Jesus
See him on the interstate
We've got the American Jesus
Exercising his authority
We've got the American Jesus
Bolstering national faith
We've got the American Jesus
Overwhelming millions every day
One nation, under God...
True North lyrics - Bad Religion
Unrepentant vagabond.
Plot the new coordinates and cast the map aside.
Now I gotta ramble on,
Navigate the pitfalls and cross the great divide.
The mapmaker's legend has direction and a key.
He set the declination, but what good is it to me?
I can't see the rationality.
The world's not my responsibility.
And happiness isn't there for me,
But maybe I'll inch closer to the source
When I find true north.
With or without a friend.
Keep searching till the end.
Testing fate and cheating death.
No one ever told me it was gonna be like this.
Contemplate the randomness.
When the mind is willing, it gets downright perilous.
Overburdened, underwhelmed, their ethical decrees.
That's your moral compass, but what good is it to me?
I can't see the rationality.
The world's not my responsibility.
And happiness isn't there for me,
But maybe I'll inch closer to the source
When I find true north.
With or without a friend.
Keep searching till the end.
When I find true north.
Past Is Dead lyrics - Bad Religion
Solemn regret.
Transgressions fill my head.
A measure of success
Is how well to forget.
And the past is dead.
Strewn about the battlefield of life are the remainders of history.
When convenient, we exalt them and pay them such respect,
As if we're all in an equivalent trajectory.
And trash piles high in the rubble we forgot.
The angels of our nature just sit and watch it rot.
Now the past is dead.
Let's focus on tomorrow instead.
Oh, the tragic present said, the past is dead.
Who can say what constitutes the most important sector of society
When the dominant portion seek an instant gratification
And are proud of intellectual poverty?
I'd like to be empathetic but I can't.
The jeopardy, too great to make a stand.
Now the past is dead.
Good deeds won't help you get ahead.
Yeah, the modern signpost read, the past is dead.
My next great decision is just lying in wait.
The action might turn out to be the world's most grievous mistake.
Yeah, the past is dead.
More veritable words have never been read.
Oh, the tragic present said, the past is dead.
Robin Hood In Reverse lyrics - Bad Religion
Here's the church; there's the steeple.
Open up the door; corporations are people.
Wait, what did he say?
What the fuck did he say?
It couldn't last; they had to crash.
Some parties are just made that way.
But when the bell rings, the boys will sing,
Swing low sweet precariat.
Let's say we try to get this right,
Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ.
And when the old fox, fearing the worst,
Made his entrance in a hearse,
Then the nine in black robes all went berserk.
Oh yeah.
This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse.
Citizens united. I was excited.
(When the kids are united, they can never be divided.)
But that was yesterday.
There's a brand new sham today.
Let's say we try to get this right,
Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ.
And when the old fox, fearing the worst,
Made his entrance in a hearse,
Then the nine in black robes all went berserk.
Oh yeah.
This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse.
Oh yeah.
Let's say we try to get this right,
Said the plutocrat to Jesus Christ.
And when the old fox, fearing the worst,
Made his entrance in a hearse,
Then the nine in black robes all went berserk.
Oh yeah.
This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse.
This is a tale of Robin Hood in reverse.
Land Of Endless Greed lyrics - Bad Religion
I don't really care what other people may say.
I've gotta go on living my life anyway.
Everything is golden; everything's for sale.
I'm done with unsubstantiated fairytales.
But out here in the lap of luxury,
Unlimited guarantee for your insatiable need,
In the land of endless greed.
In the emerald forest, hear a nasty sound.
The big rigs and the miners come and shake the ground.
On the field of plenty, the grazers gather round
To watch the game of supply and demand go down.
But out here in the lap of luxury,
Unlimited guarantee for your insatiable need,
In the land of endless greed.
I don't really care what other people may say.
I've gotta go on living my life anyway.
The poor don't have to struggle in dismal poverty.
Anyone can be the way they wanna be.
Out here in the lap of luxury,
Fortune bears no scrutiny.
What you want is all you need
In the land of endless greed.
Fuck You lyrics - Bad Religion
Everybody needs a slogan in their pocket or two.
It never hurts to have a strategy you can go to.
Sometimes I have no sense at all.
As most flawed men are won't to do,
Just say fuck you. Pavlovian rude.
A menace too. Pay homage to
Your bad attitude.
You can even get cerebral if you want to.
Make a radical assessment that sticks like glue.
Sometimes it takes no thought at all.
The easiest thing to do
Is say fuck you. Pavlovian rude.
A menace too. Pay homage to
Your bad attitude.
The reaction it brings, just one of those things.
Your friends might not want you around.
If the impulse is right, you might get in a fight,
Even though you can't hold your ground.
But all rest assured; sometimes just a word
Is the most satisfying sound, yeah.
Sometimes it makes no sense at all.
The easiest thing to do
Is say fuck you. Pavlovian rude.
A menace too. Pay homage to
Your bad attitude.
Just say fuck you. Whatcha gonna do
With that attitude? Just say fuck you.
Dharma And The Bomb lyrics - Bad Religion
Wasted days and cigarettes.
Cracked cement and palms.
Bodhidharma has gone fission
With your vedic mom.
Yeah, the Sergeant Major is dreamin' of genie
And she's armed with a borrowed polka-dot bikini, oh yeah.
Tomorrow's coming down
Like dharma and the bomb.
Falling down, falling down.
Like dharma and the bomb.
Falling down, falling down.
Like dharma and the bomb.
The shallows seem evangelical
When you're slammed up against a wall.
And you're stoked to watch all creation
Go over the falls.
Yeah, Kali is coming and you'd better believe it.
That girl's got the atom and the bhagavad ghita, oh yeah.
Samsara's coming down
Like dharma and the bomb.
Falling down, falling down.
Like dharma and the bomb.
Falling down, falling down.
Like dharma and the bomb.
Hello Cruel World lyrics - Bad Religion
I can't stop the way I feel,
But I can penetrate your religion with a nail.
You are mine and we are twine.
When we radiate in waves together, everything is fine.
Hello cruel world.
Do you know that you're killing me?
I don't mind,
But I could use a little sympathy.
I've been blind
As a fool can be.
My dear cruel world,
Do you ever think about me?
I can feel so alone with you right here.
And yet, I turn to you for comfort in my despair.
You are dust and I am bone.
And I will love your endless gaze of madness until I turn to stone.
Hello cruel world.
Do you know that you're killing me?
I don't mind,
But I could use a little sympathy.
I've been blind
As a fool can be.
My dear cruel world,
Now I know you are my everything.
Please forgive me.
Hello cruel world.
Do you know that you're killing me?
I don't mind,
But I could use a little sympathy.
I've been blind
As a fool can be.
My dear cruel world,
Now I've made a mess of everything.
Vanity lyrics - Bad Religion
I'll strike it if I don't like it.
Gimme a club and I will have myself a riot.
I'm a monkey with a brick on my shoulder
And I'm getting bolder.
Let's deny and defame.
Let's destroy and recreate in our glorious name,
And when the joke of our centrality is upon us,
Grovel and decry
Our vanity.
Disgraced to face our own humanity,
In a world that mocks our tragedy.
Hyper-aware and impaired.
Terrified by nature's mocking stare.
Yearning for significance beyond our animal ken,
On which we do depend.
Such vanity.
Isolated with our own inanity.
Entangled by our callow gravity.
Disgraced to face our own humanity.
In Their Hearts Is Right lyrics - Bad Religion
There's something pathetic in the world today
And I don't know how it all began.
As if all the shame and punishment
Will finally make me understand.
A word means nothing wanting action.
Intentions are valuable as deeds.
And a wound can dog you for a lifetime,
Unless it only makes you bleed.
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows,
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows,
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows,
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody knows,
Everybody, everybody, everybody knows
What's in their heart is right.
I'm just a termite on an ant hill.
I think about it every single day.
A senseless being lacking inspiration,
Just waiting to be blown away.
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows,
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows,
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows,
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody knows,
Everybody, everybody, everybody knows
What's in their heart is right.
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows,
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows,
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows,
Everybody (everybody, everybody) knows now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody knows,
Everybody, everybody, everybody knows,
Everybody, everybody, everybody knows,
Everybody, everybody, everybody knows
What's in their heart is right.
Crisis Time lyrics - Bad Religion
There's a feeling about myself that I can't understand.
It's a foreboding sense that I see all around the land.
When the wheel of fortune turns progressively depraved,
It's the manifestation of a biospheric decay.
Keep yourself in line; there's no design.
The new paradigm is crisis time.
Luxury was privilege and I knew it all along,
But to let human reason get trumped by emotion is wrong.
All the bonds were broken when I said I loved you so,
But rejection of a fantasy is just a way to help you grow.
Keep yourself in line; there's no design.
The new paradigm is crisis time.
Yeah
There's a feeling about myself; I feel it oh so strong.
It's a romantic notion and I've thought about it darn too long.
On the crest of progress, we can't balance on the wave
If the measure of success is only tallied in the lives we save.
Keep yourself in line; there's no design.
The new paradigm is crisis time.
Keep yourself in line; there's no design.
The new paradigm is crisis time.
Dept. Of False Hope lyrics - Bad Religion
Welcome, my son,
To where the work is never done
And the hungry are seldom ever fed.
The department of false hope
Is a proving ground for dopes.
And they'll grind your tiny bones to make their bread. (Hosanna.)
So hold your head up high, forgotten man.
Tomorrow won't be made for you.
And everybody's gotta try to lend a helping hand.
For god and man, there's nothing more to do.
It crackled on the radio
Through bright plumes of the sun.
The announcer said the age of faith was dead.
Though the adolescent nation
Was just looking for salvation,
The beast of reason reared its ugly head. (Hosanna.)
So hold your head up high, forgotten man.
Tomorrow's not for me and you.
And everybody's gotta try to lend a helping hand.
For god and man, there's nothing more to do.
From your cradle of destruction,
With the poorest of instruction
And the merest sliver of a tune,
Oh, you managed somehow to muddle through.
So hold your head up high, forgotten man.
Tomorrow's not for me and you.
And everybody's gotta try to lend a helping hand.
For god and man, there's nothing more to do.
There is nothing more...
Nothing To Dismay lyrics - Bad Religion
Now there's a list of catalysts that hold the heart at bay.
They grip the mind and sap the soul and feed on your dismay.
And I never understood why you can't see the world this way.
The lines are drawn at the break of dawn; there's nothing to dismay.
It's no, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
Nothing to dismay.
It's no, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
Nothing to dismay.
The dissonance runs deep in me, resort to weak applause.
Associate and denigrate the root without a cause.
And just because the overwhelming odds are stacked away,
What good is should if at most I would? But nothing to dismay.
It's no, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
Nothing to dismay.
It's no, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
Nothing to dismay.
Well it's just a solo journey,
Bewildered and astray.
But pay no mind to what you find;
There's nothing to dismay.
It's no, no...
No, no...
No, no...
Nothing to dismay, yeah.
No, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
Nothing to dismay.
It's no, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
No, no, no security.
Nothing to dismay.
It's nothing,
Nothing to dismay.
Popular Consensus lyrics - Bad Religion
Some people are almost impossible to live with.
Some people have faith in the craziest things.
They follow outdated conventions that were recorded.
But most of it, to me, all sounds insane.
Maybe it's all you need to get you through the night.
Maybe you've seen the light.
But you know that popular consensus doesn't make it right.
Nothing can go on while forever increasing.
The universe expanding is a different thing.
But to turn a nasty habit into a virtue
Can't replace the need for charity.
Maybe it's all you need to get you through the night.
Maybe you've seen the light.
But you know that popular consensus doesn't make it right.
Like the seed of all creation or a doomsday scheme,
The future might be bright or bleak.
But you know that popular consensus doesn't mean much to me.
My Head Is Full Of Ghosts lyrics - Bad Religion
My head is full of ghosts, but I'm no revenant,
Despite my resident's rivalry.
And I'll be the faithful pilot
On our blind trajectory.
Do you wanna know a secret?
Will you hold it close and dear?
This will not be made apparent,
But you and I are not alone in here.
My head is full of ghosts. No apparition.
A partition from the host.
A temple of cognition
And forbidden to approach.
Oh, to hell with superstition.
There's a stranger in the house.
I don't need no exorcism.
I need a key and the lock is inside out.
Now meta-cognition is just intuition.
And dreamers, we'll bark at the moon.
The weaver's unknown by the loom.
My head is full of ghosts and I'm the pilot
Of ultra-violent ancestry.
And I'll destroy these passersby
With zest and artistry.
Ghost, part apparition,
A partition from the host.
A temple of the hidden
And unbidden to approach.
The Island lyrics - Bad Religion
There's a world outside but I can't really make it.
There's a life to lead but I can't exactly fake it.
Yet the mood feels right, but my island is sinking out of sight.
I made jetties so they'd catch all the sediment.
Removed the rocks and every impediment.
But the tide's rising high to wash away my island in the night.
The sheltering sky was to be my everlasting lullaby.
They said that islands were solid as bedrock, standing firm forevermore.
But over time, even basement wastes away to the unrelenting shore.
There's a lonely seed waiting to be planted.
I've instructions but desire is wholly absent.
I'm just a petrel in the storm; my island can't protect me anymore.
Changing Tide lyrics - Bad Religion
Every day's the same routine of endless chores and boring details.
And you know you're waiting for the perfect condition for your ship to set sail.
But of course, the climate's always changing.
Clinging to the past has got you straining.
Comes the recognition now you're on a mission that is born to fail,
Leave it!
Brothers, say goodbye.
Sisters, don't you cry, yeah.
All embrace the times.
Wade into the changing tide.
Searching for philosophy of life can be a drag on the soul.
Nowadays we pick and choose the pieces from other people's wisdom of old.
But of course, the climate's always changing.
Clinging to the past has got you straining.
Realizing all your most cherished beliefs are subject to rot and mold.
C'mon!
Brothers, say goodbye.
Sisters, don't you cry, yeah.
All embrace the times.
Wade into the changing tide.
Emancipation Of The Mind lyrics - Bad Religion
Walls of suspicion, spandrels of doubt
Spasms of uncertainty, a world all inside-out
Ubiquitous confusion, heads in the sand
Self-appointed experts making claims they can't defend
Or even understand
The commons turned out to be a tragedy
Oh, the victims are easy to find
But the wellspring of true liberty
Is emancipation of the mind
Hey! Chains of superstition all come undone
Vivid illumination that's brighter than the sun
A handicap of bigotry and prejudice
All becomes a hinterland, a smoky wilderness...
The dominion of ignorance
The commons turned out to be a tragedy
Oh, the victims are easy to find
But the wellspring of true liberty
Is emancipation of the mind
It's a stalemate of morality
A debt for all mankind
These haughty mental shackles make us blind
To what is really right
The commons turned out to be a tragedy
Yeah, the victims are easy to find
But the wellspring of true liberty
Is emancipation of the mind
See what you can find
If you take a different line
Emancipation of the mind
Fanatics lyrics - Bad Religion
There's a lot of misdirection, and planned disparity
And prescriptions for protecting our benevolent creed
And there's also a lack of judgement, and various shades of gray
But a lot people think that theirs is the only way
I will never be one, I see the other side
A false sense of community, a bogus sense of pride
Stagnation of purpose, corrosion of the mind
A lingering obession, a sighted type of blind
I don't want to be so static
Life and death are far too erratic
I don't want to be a fanatic
They focus on hereafter, whatever that may be
Life is not considered in terms of quality
They say "if you don't believe this, then you'll be sorry when
You are dead and buried, and who will save you then?"
I do not believe this, it's perposterous and vain
A false sense of community, a life of endless shame
Stagnation of purpose, corrosion of the mind
A lingering obsession, a sighted type of blind
There is a place in my mind where I know I am right,
But I'm sure everyone else has their own insight
Who are the fanatics, you can see it in their eyes
They run around and preach about the things that they despise
And they are desperate for endorsement, for you to join their side
Your freedom, hopes, and dignity can all be left behind
I don't want to be so static
Life and death are far too erratic
I don't want to be a fanatic
Blind conviction, insistence, unmitigated [x3]
Father Christmas lyrics - Bad Religion
Though I knew it was my dad
And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas
Open my presents and I'd be glad
But the last time I played Father Christmas
I stood outside a department store
A gang of kids came over and mugged me
And knocked my reindeer to the floor
They said:
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys.
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
Don't give my brother a Steve Austin outfit
Don't give my sister a cuddly toy
We don't want a jigsaw or monopoly money
We only want the real McCoy
Father Christmas, give us some money
We'll beat you up if you make us annoyed
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
But give my daddy a job 'cause he needs one
He's got lots of mouths to feed
But if you've got one, I'll have a machine gun
So I can scare all the kids down the street
Father Christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
Have yourself a merry merry Christmas
Have yourself a good time
But remember the kids who got nothin'
While you're drinkin' down your wine
Father Christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
Father Christmas, please hand it over
We'll beat you up, so don't make us annoyed
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread, so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boy
Fucked Up Children lyrics - Bad Religion
A city sidewalk in urban decay
One boy is watching, the others all play
Inside he's hard 'cuz he's not wanted at home
He cracks a sneer and they leave him alone
And so he flounders socially
His teachers fear for what he might be
But they could never have imagined that day
When he stole Daddy's gun and blew his friends away
Fucked up children, our typical scene
Ingrained for eternity
Fucked up children, it's you and me
Just one of life's strange intricacies
A house of profit, all suits and ties
A darkened war room, purveyors of lies
Their clothes are different but inside they're the same
Social autism doesn't hinder their game
They foster hatred for what they been through
They impart suffering on me and you
And there's no conscience or discretion or pain
Just bitter memories 'bout the household from whence they came
Fucked up children in business suits
With nothing better to do
Fucked up children, it's you and me
Just one of life's strange Intricacies
And the parents are to blame
(The parents are to blame)
It's a monster they created
And the monster doesn't go away
Fucked up children in Daddy's shoes
Spawning offspring to abuse
Fucked up children, everywhere
Fucked up parents who don't care
Fucked up children, yeah yeah [3x]
Just one of life's strange intricacies
Hole In The Ship lyrics - Bad Religion
Well they said there was nothing to worry about
And they said there was no reason to shout
But I saw the bulkheads cracking
And for us there's no way out
When we started on our journey
No one ever could have foreseen
Our desolate and lonely ending
All I've got is helpless feeling
But it doesn't take a genius to see
There's a hole in the ship
And there's nothing we can do
Our worst fears have now come true
A few of us are struggling desperately
To shoot the albatross of H.M.S. Humanity
It's time to bail, but I think it's too late
All my cohorts think I'm crackers
They've embroiled the local matters
And despite obvious warning
They won't heed my futile chatter
But there's something they outta know
There's a hole in the ship
The end is oh so near
The others show no interest or fear
Our nature overwhelms our buoyancy
Yeah nothing could patch the growing vacuity
It's time to bail, but I think it's too late
Is it possible we have a social disease that makes us close our eyes in dangerous times
But I'm joining in nicely?
Or are we too aware and simply too scared to accept destiny, our mortality
Our mortality, yeah
There's a hole in the ship
And there's nothing we can do
Our worst fears have now come true
A few of us are struggling desperately
To shoot the albatross of H.M.S. Humanity
Our nature overwhelms our buoyancy
And nothing could patch the growing vacuity
It's time to bail, but I think it's too late
It's time to bail, (It's time to bail) but I think it's too late
It's Reciprocal lyics - Bad Religion
Hoarding turns allure to discontent
Altruism's a grind all its own
Morning makes you know your inner self
But love is just as pure as you both
Because it's reciprocal
It's reciprocal (it's reciprocal)
It's reciprocal (it's reciprocal)
It's reciprocal (it's reciprocal)
When true love is metaphysical
Venal desires we learn to beset
You and me we've got a special thing
But I want you to never forget
It's reciprocal
It's reciprocal (it's reciprocal)
It's reciprocal (it's reciprocal)
It's reciprocal (it's reciprocal)
Each bedtime I stir with regret
Guilty and vain,
Hoping for retribution
Charity's immune from my demands
I don't expect a thing from the weak
But you my love are measured and compared
Predisposed to my profane decree
It's reciprocal
It's reciprocal (it's reciprocal)
It's reciprocal (it's reciprocal)
It's reciprocal (it's reciprocal)
Lose Your Head (Demo Version) lyrics - Bad Religion
Religion who needs it and by the way how should we bury our dead
I doubt that it matters much son that's what the postman said
There's an accident waiting to happen at all times anyway
And maybe we'd all benefit from some epistemic humility
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Before you lose your head, yeah
I ain't superstitious but hey do you know a good exorcist?
Despite darker tendencies I've always had a strong bias to exist
And though recent developments seem like bad news for humanity
Truly there is no substitute for the law of causality
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Before you lose your head, yeah
And when your life endeavor evades your clever meddling
It's only headphone weather so get your head together
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Don't lose your head
Soon we'll all be dead, yeah
Out Of Hand lyrics - Bad Religion
Don't wanna have to take your shit anymore
I finally concluded that life is way too short
The ticking of the hourglass,
The tiny grains of sand
It beckons me like gravity,
Like signposts on the land
And you got what you wanted
Without force or reprimand
The seconds are all running out,
This burden's out of hand
Tested lyrics - Bad Religion
Yeah, they say there's a place free of trouble and care
And you have to pass a test for to make it there
It has something to do with the road that's straight and narrow
And the only way to go it is by being right and thorough
There's always one more hill to climb
There's always one more hill to climb
Bombarded by multiple choices 24/7
Navigating a tangled web of logic and passion
Guided by subconscious voices, astute and sharpened
Tested, tested oh oh oh
Often times we may be wondering what we're supposed to do
Stand and deliver or see the conflict through
And as we long and proceed to build our castles in the sky
Our plans get confounded and determination dies
There's no preparation and no guide
Just what you've done before here with your life
Bombarded by multiple choices 24/7
Navigating a tangled web of logic and passion
Guided by subconscious voices, astute and sharpened
Tested, tested oh oh oh
Acting on will, (the test is the reaction)
Opening your heart, (the test is the emotion)
Rolling the dice, (the test is the agility)
Burning out your mind, (the test is the recovery)
Watch out!
You can play by the rules or bend them to your needs
But the test isn't over till you reach your dark eternal sleep
There are no absolutes, no big wheels in the sky
You don't have to be first just gotta somehow get by
Bombarded by multiple choices 24/7
Navigating a tangled web of logic and passion
Guided by subconscious voices astute and sharpened
Tested, tested oh oh oh
The Dodo lyrics - Bad Religion
I see a white haired man, he's got a pseudonym
He's telling people how they're supposed to live
Nobody's listening to the politician
No matter what sage advice he has to give
He's got a clumsy, outdated m.o.
And he's come to a fork in the road
And there is only one direction to go
Among the commuters, dwarfed by the skyscrapers
I watch the countless millions fighting for space
See hateful, petty acts, disjointed images,
And can't believe that I'm one of the same race
We're all just struggling to cope
And we come to a fork in the road
As we watch our foundations erode
There's only one direction to go
It's the way of the dodo
Such a noble destiny
It's the waltz of desperation
Passed along to you and me
The way of the dodo
(It's the gray stuff in your head)
(It's the pulse of the living and the voices of the dead)
The Kids Are Alt-Right lyrics - Bad Religion
Jakc boots crackin' on a polished floor
Red hats gathered in the liquor store
Pure hearts race on a crystal night
Everybody grab a torch to light
Everybody
Need somebody
Join the party
The kids are Alt-Right today
Now grab your partner and do-si-do
Populism is a sold out show
Humanity is a nowhere scene
When everybody has an AR-15
Everybody
Need somebody
Join the party
The kids are Alt-Right today
We love God
We love our women
We love tradition
We love kin
We've got shiny new tools
For ancient impulses
That we can't even understand
So if you feel alone
And downtrodden
There's an elixir for your ills
Join the Alt-Right post light endarkenment order
And the rest of those bastards
Can go to hell
Alternative facts
Alternative lies
Alternative names
Alternative tribes
Everybody
Let's get bloody
Join the party
The kids are Alt-Right today
The Profane Rights Of Man lyrics - Bad Religion
Hostility to every living creature
Like anti-intellectual demands
"Inalienable" is not some moving feature
It's foundational bedrock of the land
So it's criminal, antithetical, inimical
To enlightened plan
If you seek to make divisible
The principle of the profane rights of man
And so returns the bourgeoisie
The bastard child of democracy
Morphs into aristocracy
Demands advantage, it must not receive
But if the citizen will not stay it's hand
The myth becomes a menace on the land
And it's criminal, antithetical, inimical
Intelligence and knowledge are an ordnance
A constant check on privilege and wealth
Nurture and provisioning their furtherance
A fundament of democratic health
So it's criminal, antithetical, inimical
To enlightened plan
If you seek to make divisible
The principle of the profane rights of man
The Truth lyrics - Bad Religion
Madness takes its toll on me,
Still thoughts of what should be,
Stupid lies used to comfort me,
Wishing things they told would make sense.
I used to be a man of principle,
No true believer, never troubled,
But now I stagnate on mundane things,
I'm always concerned with what tomorrow brings.
And these thoughts are a dream,
A dream that's remained in my head,
And destroys what I've said,
And corrodes my will until I'm almost dead,
The light flickers on, although not for long,
The world turns away, and restores a new day,
The sun never dies, and the new baby cries,
I search my whole life, with inquisitive eyes.
But I realize now I'll never find it,
And I don't think the gods are gonna show it,
'cuz I realize now I'll never find... the truth, the truth.
What's in a bond between two living things,
What natural law can control such things,
Are these the questions that motivate you,
What is the force that tells you what to do.
Well it might as well be a dream,
A dream that remains in your head,
And corrodes what you've said,
And destroys your thought until you're almost dead,
The light flickers on, although not for long,
The world turns away, and restores a new day,
The sun never dies, and the new baby cries,
I search my whole life, with inquisitive eyes.
But I realize now I'll never find it,
And I don't think the gods are gonna show it,
'cuz I realize now I'll never find... the truth, the truth.
The Universal Cynic lyrics - Bad Religion
Catch a shooting star and put it in your pocket
Then your pants will start on fire
One bird in the hand, or two birds in the bush
Neither do you any good, when you're stuck in the quagmire
Show everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth
Then you can be known as the universal cynic too
Benefit your fellow man with good deeds for the day
And you'll serve your life away
Pennies saved today are pennies still tomorrow
Strewn upon the desk, piled up in the paper weight
Show everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth
Then you'll be known as the universal cynic too
Wipe your opaque eyes and restore your crystal vision
Turn another cheek and exalt in your decision
A bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you
Early to bed, and early to rise
Precludes you from seeing the most brilliant starry nights
Sticks and stones can break bones, words can't really hurt
Unless you carry guns, and are hungry for a fight
Challenging the standards, or questioning the established rules
Trying to understand how they can benefit you
Showing everyone you're not sure that they're telling the truth
Just a bit of exercise for the universal cynic in you;
The universal cynic in you
Wasting Oxygen lyrics - Bad Religion
The times they are a-changing
The land is growing pale
There are far too many people and no fresh air to inhale
But many do not know this, they live in a cocoon
Unhealthy and unmotivated, they wallow in their doom
And they think they don't harm you or me
But they're wasting oxygen, a scarce commodity
Just sit around wasting oxygen, they're miserable but free
Some say you deserve pity, you're a victim not a cause
Of the difficult socio-economic milieu and oppressive laws
But who can make a judgment, at the risk of sounding brash
You'd make the world a little better if you'd get up off your ass
And I'm sorry if this may sound terse
But you're wasting oxygen, you have no net worth
Just sit around wasting oxygen, just take up room on Earth
You're wasting oxygen
Everybody's got to deal with scarcity
There's just ain't enough to go around
But your value doesn't out weigh your cost to the world
But I know no one would cry if you were lost but never found
You're wasting oxygen [x4]
A scarce commodity, you're wasting oxygen!
What Are We Standing For lyrics - Bad Religion
An adventure in secular morality
Shouldn't be an insurrection to us all
And a counterfeit political currency
Shouldn't stand there as a patriotic call
All the vitriol and hyperbole
Testifies to vacant humanity
And the rabble that is pounding at the door
Don't know what they're standing for anymore
Find some understanding for
Those who kneel to implore
Know just what they're standing for
What's the lasting legacy
Of the humanistic progress that we made?
Or the blood that spilled for someone else's
Profit but would never be repaid?
There's the useless hope of the afterlife
But it can't assuage all the toil and strife
And the pious who were promised so much more
Don't know what they're standing for anymore
Show some understanding for
Those who can't hope for more
Know just what they're standing for, oh oh oh
Find some understanding for
Those who kneel to implore
Know just what they're standing for
There's a sound in the attic
Of memories erratic
A firm resolution
For an eternal constitution
The bravery of self-defense
Against the pull of ignorance
Shudder to adore
Those who don't know what they're standing for
Find some understanding for
Those who can't hope for more
Know just what they're standing for, oh oh oh
Be someone who's standing for
Take a knee on the floor
Know just what you're standing for
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