Make
yourself
PRIVILEGE
Isn't it
strange that a gift could be an enemy?
Isn't it
weird that a privilege could feel like a chore?
Maybe it's me
but this line isn't going anywhere,
Maybe if we
looked hard enough, we could find a backdoor.
Find yourself
a backdoor.
I see you in
line, dragging your feet
You have my
sympathy.
The day you
were born, you were born free.
That is your
privilege.
Isn't it
strange that the man standing in front of me
Doesn't have
a clue why he's waiting, or what he's waiting for?
Maybe it's
me, but I'm sick of wasting energy.
Maybe if I
look in my heart I could find a backdoor.
Find yourself
a backdoor.
I see you in
line, dragging your feet
You have my
sympathy.
The day you
were born, you were born free.
That is your
privilege.
NOWHERE FAST
Will I ever
get to where I'm going?
Will I ever
follow through with what I had planned.
I guess it's
possible that I have been a bit distracted
And the
directions for me are a lot less in demand.
Will I ever
get to where I'm going?
If I do, will
I know when I am there?
If the wind
blew me in the right direction would I even care?
I would.
I take a look
around; it's evident the scene has changed.
And there are
times when I feel improved upon the past.
Then there
are times when I can't seem to understand at all
And yes it
seems as though I'm going nowhere...
Really
fucking fast.
CONSEQUENCE
Blink and you
miss a beat.
Keep one of
your eyes open at all times.
Think that
you're on the brink?
The shit
hasn't even begun to hit the fan.
Consequence
you'll see will be stranger than a gang of drunken mimes.
Situation has
a stink.
Better clear
the air before your son becomes a man.
Blink.
Everything's
been augmented, you've been left so far behind.
Think, for
sure, next time you should wear a pair of eyes in the back of your head.
Consequence
you've seen has been stranger than sci-fi of any kind.
Situation baffles me.
I guess it's
true you too are one of the walking dead.
You better
think fast!
'Cause' you
never know what's comin' around the bend.
You better
not blink!
For
Consequence is a bigger word than you think.
It's bigger
than you or me.
THE WARMTH
I'd like to
close my eyes and go numb
But there's a
cold wind coming from
The top of
the highest high-rise today.
It's not a
breeze 'cause it blows hard.
Yes and it
wants me to discard the humanity I know,
Watch the
warmth blow away.
Don't let the
world bring you down.
Not everyone
here is that fucked up and cold.
Remember why
you came and while you're alive
Experience
the warmth before you grow old.
Do you think
I should adhere to that pressing new frontier?
And leave in
my wake a trail of fear(?)
Or should I
hold my head up high
And throw a
wrench and spokes by
Leaving the
air behind me clear?
Don't let the
world bring you down.
Not everyone
here is that fucked up and cold.
Remember why
you came and while you're alive
Experience
the warmth before you grow old.
WHEN IT COMES
It's comin'
around again
They're
letting it out again, again.
It's comin'
around again
They're
letting it out again, again.
It's comin'
around again
They're
letting it out again, again.
It's comin'
around again
They're
letting it out again.
When it comes,
It comes
abrupt.
And it feels,
it feels like trading brains with an imbecile... for real.
Yes I feel
emphatic about not being static
And not
buying philosophies that are sold to me, at a steal.
Just when you
thought it was safe to think,
In comes
mental piracy!
What I'm
looking for cannot be sold to me.
I wish they
all would stop trying
'Cause what I
want and what I need,
Is and will
always be free.
It's comin'
around again
They're
letting it out again, again.
It's comin'
around again
They're
letting it out again.
When it comes,
It comes
unannounced.
And it feels
like a matador is taunting me with his reddest red cloth and I am the bull.
Yes I feel
emphatic about not being static
And not
eating the bullshit that's being fed to me no more...
'Cause now I'm
full.
Just when you
thought it was safe to think
In comes
mental piracy!
What I'm
looking for cannot be sold to me.
I wish they
all would stop trying,
'Cause what I
want and what I need
Is and will
always be free.
STELLAR
Meet me in
outer space.
WE could
spend the night;
Watch the
earth come up.
I've grown
tired of that place;
Won't you
come with me?
WE could
start again.
How do you do
it?
Make me feel
like I do.
How do you do
it?
It's better
than I ever knew.
Meet me in
outer space.
I will hold
you close, if you're afraid of heights.
I need you to
see this place, it might be the only way
That I can
show you how
It feels to
be inside of you.
How do you do
it?
Make me feel
like I do.
How do you do
it?
It's better
than I ever knew.
How do you do
it?
Make me feel
like I do.
You are
stellar x 2
How do you do
it?
Make me feel
like I do.
How do you do
it?
It's better
than I ever knew.
How do you do
it?
Make me feel
like I do.
How do you do
it?
Make me feel
like I do.
MAKE YOURSELF
If I hadn't
made me, I would've been made somehow.
If I hadn't
assembled myself, I'dve fallen apart by now.
If I hadn't
made me, I'd be more inclined to bow.
Powers that
be would have swallowed me up,
But that's
more than I can allow.
If you let
them make you, they'll make you papier-mache.
At a distance
you're strong, until the wind comes
Then you
crumble and blow away.
If you let
them fuck you, there will be no foreplay.
But rest
assured, they'll screw you complete til' your ass is blue and grey.
You should
make amends with you.
If only for
better health.
But if you
really want to live,
Why not try
and Make Yourself?
If I hadn't
made me, I'dve fallen apart by now.
I won't let 'em
make me, it's more than I can allow.
So when I
make me, I won't be papier-mache.
And if I fuck
me...
I'll fuck me
in my own way x 5
You should
make amends with you.
If only for
better health.
But if you
really want to live,
Why not try
and Make Yourself?
Make Yourself
x 4
DRIVE
Sometimes, I
feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear.
And I can't
help but ask myself how much I'll let the
Fear take the
wheel and steer.
It's driven
me before, and it seems to have a vague, haunting mass appeal.
But lately I
am beginning to find that
I should be
the one behind the wheel.
Whatever
tomorrow brings, I'll be there with open arms and open eyes.
Whatever
tomorrow brings, I'll be there
I'll be there
So if I
decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive
Will I choose
water over wine and hold my own and drive?
It's driven
me before and it seems to be the way that everyone else gets around.
But lately I'm
beginning to find that
When I drive
myself my light is found.
So whatever
tomorrow brings, I'll be there with open arms and open eyes. Yeah.
Whatever
tomorrow brings, I'll be there
I'll be there
Would you
choose water over wine...
Hold the
wheel and drive?
So whatever
tomorrow brings, I'll be there with open arms and open eyes. Yeah.
Whatever
tomorrow brings, I'll be there
I'll be there
CLEAN
Today,
everything was fine.
Until
roundabout, quarter to nine,
I suddenly
found myself in a bind.
Was it
something I said?
Something I
read and manifested that's getting you down.
Don't you
dare come to bed with that ambiguous look in your eye,
I'd sooner
sleep by an open fire and wake up fried.
Say what you
will, say what you mean.
You could
never offend, your dirty words come out clean.
Tomorrow,
what price will I pay?
Could I make
it all up to you
By serving
coffee for two in bed?
Would you
then gimme the time of day?
I need a map
of your head, translated into English
So I can
learn to not make you frown.
You'd feel
better if you'd vent,
Put your
frustrations into four letter words
And let them
out on mine, the most weathered ears in town.
Say what you
will, say what you mean.
You could
never offend, your dirty words come out clean.
Clean x 6
Say what you
will, say what you mean.
You could
never offend, your dirty words come out clean.
Say what you
will, say what you mean.
You could
never offend, your dirty words come out clean.
BATTLESTAR
SCRALATCHTICA
(Instrumental)
I MISS YOU
To see you
when I wake up
Is a gift I
didn't think could be real.
To know that
you feel the same as I do
Is a
three-fold, utopian dream.
You do
something to me that I can't explain.
So would I be
out of line if I said
I miss you
I see your
picture, I smell your skin on the empty pillow next to mine.
You have only
been gone ten days, but already I'm wasting away.
I know I'll
see you again
Whether far
or soon.
But I need
you to know that I care
And I miss
you.
PARDON ME
A decade ago,
I never thought I would be,
At twenty
three, on the verge of spontaneous combustion.
Woe-is-me.
But I guess
that it comes with the territory;
An ominous
landscape of never ending calamity.
I need you to
hear, I need you to see that I have had all I can take and
Exploding
seems like a definite possibility to me.
So pardon me
while I burst into flames.
I've had
enough of the world and it's people's mindless games.
So pardon me
while I burn and rise above the flame.
Pardon me,
pardon me....I'll never be the same.
Not two days
ago, I was having a look in a book
And I saw a
picture of a guy fried up above his knees.
I said,
"I can relate," 'cause lately I've been thinking of combustication
As a welcomed
vacation from the burdens of the planet earth.
Like gravity,
hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D...
And thinking
so much differently.
So pardon me
while I burst into flames.
I've had
enough of the world and it's people's mindless games.
So pardon me
while I burn and rise above the flame.
Pardon me,
pardon me....I'll never be the same.
OUT FROM ORDER
To resist is
to piss in the wind.
Anyone who
does will end up smelling.
Knowing this,
why do I defy?
Because my
inner voice is yelling.
There is a
fist pressing against anyone who thinks something compelling.
Our intuit
we're taught to deny,
And our soul
we're told is for selling.
Chorus:
Get out from
under them
Resist and
multiply!
Get out from
under precipice and see the sky!
Get out from
under them
Resist,
unlearn, defy!
Get out from
under precipice and see the sky!
repeat Verse + Chorus
