Tell Me Why

To those in power it's always the same. Made so resistant to reason. Why just deny all the voices for change. As we stumble and fall stripping the process away.

Strickland Vs. Washington

Steps

When I beat my head against the wall of convention. the blood I taste is everyone's. I fought a battle thought unpopular. for stakes nobody seems to see.

Static

Like a weathered statue. I will wait for you. like the darkness fading. waiting to see it through. like an ardent cry. wakes me from the silence of my sleep.

State Control

A nation in silence too frightened to run. The secret police got you under the gun. At the hint of dissension there's a mark by your name. Now you're never alone just a pawn in the game.

Start At Zero

In the freezing rain waiting on the last train. This is how we live how we fall in love. Last time that we spoke the room was full of smoke. I watched the clock and watched you wak away.

Stand

[from Fat Wreck Vol. 3: Physical Fatness Comp.]. So here I stand, Alone by the side of the road, And I'm reaching for you, Someone to hold, something to cling to. I close my eyes, I shove my hands in my pockets and smile, And the darkness drifts away, I'm at peace, if only once in a while. Well, I'm feeling hurt, And I fought back some tears of my own, But there's something to be said for the ones Who face the darkness alone. You're too cool to care; Too self-righteous to see and believe. It's a bond we'll never break; A chance for one more change of heart. You don't understand. There's nothing to say. When everything seems lost, You can bet we'll somehow find a way. Did your ever think about the ones on top? Do you have the strength to shout it ready or not? So I never thought I'd be the one complaining, But I can't believe it's been inside me all this time. so here i stand!.

Spit You Out

Rejection. Like a promise unfulfilled. From an emptiness distilled. As one final sign. Perpetuates our slow decline. Wee failed. The systems wee created drag us down.

Sometimes

When it's time to start working to reconstruct. a life programmed to self-destruct. when it's time to set your sights on something better. when all that you've known.

Slowly

She called me up all excited said she had a date. With him Saturday night and she just can't wait. I thought about his reputation & the things that he's done.

Shit-talking Capitalists

clear heads yes filled with lies. How dare you look them in the eyes?. I used to want the things you had. Now I know it was just a fad. . You lied and I still fucking waiting.

Shame, Rights & Privilege

Stumbling drunk off a bus downtown. You've got it bad for the system. 'Cause you know it let you down. You see the marks on the whores. And the dimes they lent you.

Shame

Minutes, running down the drain. This is where our lives go. This is where we stay. In a job that really pays. So much like the first step. Maybe just a misstep.

Shadows Of Defeat

these walls keep closing in. I just a mannequin it's time to go. Don come too close to me. I can't find no space to breath it's time to go. . My touch the kiss of death.

The Business

My Lungs are breathing fire. My chest is gonna explode. We've got this under control. Cause my gun is bigger than yours. . We do what's good for the business.

Self-fulfilling Catastrophe

words spoken monotones. There violence in your pretty homes. Unfaded memories of the times we used to play. No colors anymore. There laughter locked outside the door.

Second Coming

it streaks across the sky towards Bethlehem. a shining star filled with hope and love.. . It the second coming. the new Christ won't survive. it's a second coming.

Red Motorcycle Diaries

All along the west. we made cities where kids fear regret. and they will do whatever to keep from dying. but I don't know where they get the idea. that we are all not the same and anything less is dying.

Save The Children

Not the one to live or die alone. Or keep a chain around the telephone. If there's a fortune at my fingers it'll be a crime. Struck down on the dirty floor.

Human Empires

When the liars build their castles out of me. we all say that we're alive and free. my disposition makes me wonder "what's for me?". and you'll never get ahead with honesty.