Clogged up, runny nose
Messed up, ***** clothes
Always running slow
Don't know where to go
I'm finding it
I'm finding it
I'm finding it, though
Help me fit in your shoes
What do I need to do?
You can ride on my coattails
Whenever I'm through
Hungry for knowledge
I'm picking up speed
I want it much more
It's lust now.  It's greed
I want to know more
Than you ever will
When it's all said and done
I'll be stuffed to the gill

Before I knew it, He had a dead locked grip
But the monster is breathing his last dying breath

It's pitiful I had to feel it to hate it
I saw him ******* our empire
He had his grip on my family tree
While I was a fetus
It happened near the time I was born
At 20 he eased his grip on my father
And it took me so, so long to realize that it was simply so
He could tighten his grip on me
I thought my mortal soul
Could handle a Real Killer Demon
All by myself
Yeah ******* right
I have to admit, I kept him at bay for longer than most
I just rode around on his back for the first years
When she left, I didn't stop buying her share
I just did twice as ******* much
And I thought I was way past rock bottom
280 milligrams
Still not where I wanna be          
I still got a bag full, though                 [keep going man, you got this]
But i loosened my grip on him                   - th' demon whispers-
I played dead for a while
I just had to put it down
I have to admit
The scars were painful
His hand really sticks, and believe me....
The longer he's got you, the harder it sticks
You gotta grow a backbone
And a set of big *****
                            To force out of his grip
Everybody around me is just trading drugs for other drugs
Like really
There is a ******* drug
that helps you to get off drugs
That is truly *******
Did you hear what I just said?
People actually think drugs...
Are gonna help you....
Get off drugs....
Cold Turkey is tride and true
The only bona-fide method
I did it, and I promise you can too
Ten days or so is worth the rest of your life, I promise....
Good thing I kicked in-between semesters
I would have never made it through class Detoxing
And I surely wouldn't have the top spot
That means no student of the month
Only questionable job prospects...
**** that
I really am gonna be the best of the best
I just can't settle for "At-Least" Livin'
The Pharmaceutical monster lost his grip a long time ago
Oxycontin is dead
But there's one loose end
I really gotta clear the fog
Epic change is among us
It was a great ride
But I have to say goodbye to you Mrs. Mary Jane   :(
I really do love you
I do
And yes I can still be great if you come along for the ride
But I can only be the best if I leave you here for a while
Goodbye my dear
We have had much fun
We might surely cross path later
You never know what direction the world will go
We'll just have to see
I really never thought I would see this day
But I have decided
That it has to be tonight
You have it here on paper
Finally nippin' it in the bud....
I gotta let you go, too Mary
Peace

I got a steamin' mind
And my heart won't quit
                               There it is
                                              on my arm
My sleeve
       I mean
I say the wrong things
                                              Jump the gun
But I mean you no harm
It's just that
                       I'm shy
                                  With my heart on my arm
I mean
   My sleeve

My hand
    you see
            It works much better
                          than my mouth
My hand
        Is potentially epic
My mouth is shy
                           quiet
            mostly humble

My ears
       come of better use
Just cause
   My bleeding heart
                              on my arm

I mean
        sleeve
Causes my mind
                to cause
                                    my mouth
                                    to stumble

See, I'm the one
                         here to listen

Pull up a chair
  Tell me your tale........

                                                  .............I'm all ears.............

Before you even knew my name.
I put you on the ground in shame.
By the time I had you beat.
I was then a pawn in your deadly game.
I'm going for the throat this time.
I will put you down again.
I'm too strong.  You'll never win.
I'm too smart.  You'll never win.
You think he's slow?
Oh, he's on your tail.
You think you'll win?
You were born to fail.
Nothing else can scare me.
I'm rapped in razor wire.
Nothing else will shake me.
It is time to eat the fire.

[[I think this is the second half of the first one I found scrounging.  I split them up into two cause they sound better that way.  I still didn't change a word.]]
[[[I wrote the bold part]]]

Wondering
What I left behind
Sitting
On my life unkind
*******
Cause the man's upset
Sitting
On a percocet

Coffee and cigarettes don't do it for me anymore
I'm shooting up on life
And it's unbelievable
I can't control the way I feel
About this urge to take the pills
They **** the pain and sorrow of your lies

**Splitting!
Headache, you can't take the wait
Urging!
To wait, swallow your pains one day
Knowing!
you hate yourself and what you make

Losing friends
Giving life
Taking stride
Losing pride
Not giving up
But giving in
Was not a waste
I really tried
Can say I earned
I say I learned
We played with fire
Both got burned
It's all but passed
Set at half mass
It's all but buried
Under the grass

Give my life
To the ones
That were there
For me before
Give my strife
To all the ones
That left me standing
Out at the door
For those of you
That did not make it
You are not gone
I'll not forsake it

Meet me there at the gates....

Rap, rap, rap on the basement door.
I want to be what most abhor.
The lust destroys me.  Give me more.
Snakes won't bite like they did before.
Tap, tap, tap on the window pane.
Let go of what keeps me sane.
This life destroys me.  It is my bane.
Hold the wheel.  I can't keep my lane.
Reap, reap reap what you sowed before
For rapping on the basement door.
You are what you most abhor.
The snakes destroyed you with their lore.

Eyes glowing in the dark.
Not just two, but six glowing eyes.
There movements are identical,
Each to the other.
For those were not the eyes of three beasts,
But one beast with three heads.
For your sake and that of others,
I suggest that you avoid this three headed beast.

You might never cross his path.
But understand that if you do,
You will no longer be in control.
You will succumb to the powers of this beast.

Devour not one, but three intertwined souls,
And capture a magic that few may possess.
This three headed beast makes soldier's into lunch.
They're no match for him.

Beware,
He will forever lurk in the shadows.
Pray that you never become Prey.

What do I do?
What can I do?
Will it work?
Does it fit?
I'd love to see it...
How 'bout liftoff?
Maybe
Only time can tell
Who's got the wheel?
Who has control?
Who has this beast by the throat?
We'll see.
It's a crazy feeling;
Intense wonder.
Signs of Change.
Fear.
Pain.
Loathing.
Hunger.
Wonder.
Am I selfish?
Have I learned anything yet?
I should've by now...
But my mind just races.
Too many places.
Too many faces.
Too much wasted.
Where'd I place it?
Too much time.
Too much wonder.
I'll figure it out.
The time will come soon.
I won't be blind forever.

Chaos and complexity
This demon standing next to me
The angel's on vacation
She says this is a test of me
But this might take the rest of me
I gotta somehow make this demon flee
Before he gets the best of me.
I've done this all before.
I need no one to rescue me.
This demon is no match, you see.
To fail is not my destiny.
A demon's never bested me.
Each demon that's tested me.
Learned why it shouldn't mess with me.

You see, I've become a soldier.
From all the chaos and complexity.

Conformity kills your self-expression
It only leads to deep depression
Conformity grows and never ends
True things that exist are labeled as trends
Inside the system, the machine presses on
Conformity kills as I recite this poem
Conformity kills all the human opinions
Everyone wants to be too much alike
Conformity releases millions of minions
All of us suffer as we lose the fight
Can't we just stop and try to be different
Ending this crap is so far out of sight
Conformity kills
Drains
Steals
All the clothes from off our back
CONFORMITY KILLS KILLS KILLS KILLS

Thirty-six-hundred times Three-sixty-five
That's how many seconds
Next year will survive
Then onto another
Then another again
We are but finite
A means to an end

Your clock will stop ticking
Make up for what's lost
Bring yourself to my door
No matter the cost
I want you to love me
Be more than a friend
Then I'll need you to love me
Again and again

I know it is far
Many miles away
But the road too, is finite
I'll cherish the day
That I get to love you
Again and again
We'll be perfect in love
Right up to the end

We'll conquer this land
Every city and town
Love lifted us up
She won't put us down
We'll take over the world
If it takes us forever
But surely we can
If we do it together

We have never been two
But two halves of a whole
When I get there to you
We'll again have our soul
Just wait for me baby
It will not be that long
Til we're there side-by-side
Singing our songs.......

Cover me up to hide your shame.
Don't worry, though.  I'll still be the victor.
You can't win.  This is my game.
I'm much stronger, smarter, and quicker.
I am the medicine.
I am the elixir.

You are but a fly in my soup.
I threw away the whole bowl.
I'll bring every squad, army, and troop
You're the programmer.
I'm your infinite loop.

You think you did well?
I should give you a sticker!
You are not that which ails me.
For I am the elixir.

Your heart seeks love
For it fills your life with passion
And love is what it finds
But you are still empty

Your mind seeks knowledge
And through the world you search
Now worldly knowledge lights your path
But still you are empty

Your body seeks strength
Because weakness is failure
Now you can lift up the world
But still you are empty

Your soul seeks salvation
But you are filled with worldly knowledge
Your mind ignores your soul
And still....you are empty

Your heart seeks love
For it fills your life with passion
And love is what it finds
But you are still empty

Your mind seeks knowledge
And through the world you search
Now worldly knowledge lights your path
But still you are empty

Your body seeks strength
Because weakness is failure
Now you can lift up the world
But still you are empty

Your soul seeks salvation
But you are filled with worldly knowledge
Your mind ignores your soul
And still....you are empty

Fear and loathing grips me.
As I trudge through this town.
Weary of those who'll try to break me.
They're fake.  Don't worry.
What you see is all they've got.
Don't get the fear.
Let it go.  You're bigger than that.
Scholar versus dragon chaser.
Who do you think will win?
Take him prisoner.
Cause it goes without saying that we can't turn him loose.
He'll report us to some ****-Outback law enforcement agency and they'll run us down like dogs.

Did I just say that?
**Did they hear me?

Fear and loathing grips me.
As I trudge through this town.
Weary of those who'll try to break me.
They're fake.  Don't worry.
What you see is all they've got.
Don't get the fear.
Let it go.  You're bigger than that.
Scholar versus dragon chaser.
Who do you think will win?
Take him prisoner.
Cause it goes without saying that we can't turn him loose.
He'll report us to some ****-Outback law enforcement agency and they'll run us down like dogs.

Did I just say that?
Did they hear me?

Take one, take two, take them all.
You'll be so much bigger when you feel so small
Feel the rhythm of the chemicals,
As you're dancing through it all.
Feel the rhythm of the chemicals,
As it slowly makes you fall,
Into oblivion......

Feel the romance. Feel it hold you.
Feel it warm you when you're cold.
Will the romance make you sin again?
It will surely make you cold.

It will open up its eyes to you
Show you the religion in itself
The sinners become your only friend.
And the chemicals your GOD.
So when you're down and feeling guilty,
Call to your chemicals.
You'll be absolved.

Feel the rhythm of the chemicals.
Feel them dance within your veins.
Feel the romance from your chemicals.
Feel them grow into your brain.

Feel the rhythm of your God.
Let him rearrange your faith.
Feel the rhythm of the chemicals
Feel the rhythm 'til you're cold.

[[I found this scrounging through an old notebook.  It's cool but some of it is confusing.  My friend and I wrote it together years ago.  I didn't change a word.  I wanted it to be genuine.]]
[[[I wrote the bold part.]]]


What you see is your reality.  Everything that you have ever dreamed; in a war where it's a fallacy.  Nothing here is always as it seems.  After torture comes the pain.  No one's here to hear your ******' screams

Run!
There's nowhere to hide.
Scars!
That's all you provide
Hate!
What I feel inside
Waste!
Your *** right here, somehow

Eat away at the pain, that's you beat yourself black and blue.  I'll just sit and watch you crash and burn.  I thought you'd never learn, you've never earned but surely spent.  You worked and made your dollar, but never paid the rent. ** Scream piercing screams into your deaf pillow tonight

Is life on earth more than just a freakshow,
or should we all just join the circus?
We're all just Nazis anyway.
We were all just born to hate.
So you hate me,
and I'll hate you.
We'll hate til there's no hate left
Hate til your last breath
Ain't that why we're here?

Make me afraid
Afraid of my own shadow
Make me afraid
Afraid of myself

Let's join the circus.
Since we're here to see the freakshow
Get the message out.
Make sure you let the freaks know.
Why not?
Might as well.
I'll join the show.

Come one, come all.
You've got nothin' left to lose!

Falling from the treetops
Way up high
All I see is leaves and limbs and sky
Limbs are moving way too fast
for the life of me, I can't catch a grasp

Thud goes me
At the bottom of the tree
And up goes mud and dirt and leaves
A big ol' splash that none did see
Down it came on top of me

Wet and broken, laid in mud
Swamped with sweat and tears and blood
Hoping someone heard the thud
But no one close was in the wood
'Sep a big ol' bear.  Over me, it stood

Oh! What terror  
Oh! What grief
Can't see for fur and eyes and teeth
The big bear needs a tasty treat

To my surprise;  To my relief
The alarm clock screams its screeching beep
Now from my slumber, I can creep
Away from dark, nightmarish sleep

Shrug yer shoulders
Just say
**** it
Today was ******
**** it
Tomorrow will be better
She doesn't get me
**** it
The next one will be better
Pitted against me
**** it
I'll make it
Dealt a bad hand
**** it
Draw more cards
You didn't win
**** it
There's always next time
There's always a reason
So **** it
**** it
I'll get something better
I can't let **** get me down
I'll just get ran over
Keep your head up, Justin
It'll come together
Don't let the **** get to you
**** it

Lie to me
I do not care
But I'm not the one to judge
But just a bit
Just here and there
It still won't let you budge
You play me like I'm stupid
You play me like a fool
But you're over here with hollow eyes
Lying in your drool

I just want to see you doing well
You were escaping from your hell
But you can't resist it
Just gotta have a taste
After seeing it destroy your friends
And lay some of them to waste
How could you stand the consequence
How could you bear the taste
Where is your hollow mind
What makes you lose your place
You have so much potential, man
You gotta keep your forward pace

Get back on track
Back on the grind
Get you back to yourself
Please, man, get ahold of your mind!

I wake up but, bubba, I don't wanna.
Put on my cleanest ***** shirt.
Smoke some marijuana.
Brush my teeth.
Got nothin to eat.
Head on to school,
So I won't be a fool.
I'm at the top of the list.
I have the best GPA.
But I still feel worthless,
At the end of the day.
Hello Poetry,
Let's you read my thoughts.
I'm even one of your favorites.
But still, I feel lost.
I'm good at everything,
But I get nothin' done.
In the face of danger,
I get up and run.
Where am I going?
Where have I been?
Get me out of this slum.
That I'm livin' in.
So I can put on my pants.
One leg at a time.
Put on a clean shirt,
And get on my grind.
Its time to buckle up.
The ride ahead is rough.
It's time to buckle down.
Stop actin' a clown.
So next time you see me
I'll be on my high horse
On my pedestal, I shine
Can you come?
But, of course.
Just as long as you were there.
At rock bottom with me,
While I trekked through the mud,
And the dirt and debris.
If when I was down,
You got up and left.
Get off my high horse.
And go **** yourself.

Somehow you folks might believe
That the sky...
That it just up and happened.

Your soul must be a story
A part of some long book

Your mind is just a dream

Open up your eyes
Look hard for a minute
Open up your mind

****** eyes just don't know where to look
Your ****** eyes can't see

Just quit asking why
Just quit asking why

Open up those ****** eyes

That's right.
I shot him down.
For crossing the line.
That's right,
I shot him, but only one time.
He deserved it, I said,
And you're going down too.
And if it came from my mouth,
Best believe that it's true.
You better ******* run.
I'm coming for you.
I hope you are 'noid.
You're gonna be blue.
You need to go hide.
Cause I've never felt.
What I'm feeling inside.
My eyes are red.
My knuckles are white.
I've got a full clip.
And I'm ready to fight.
So go find some shelter.
Maybe a xanax or two.
So you can cope with the blood.
When the bullets pass through.
I'm tired of ****.
I won't take it no more.
Let this be a lesson.
The drama stops at the door.
If you cross the line, bubba.
You'll bleed out on the floor.
One bullet, two bullets.
Three bullets.
Four.
Stop ******* with me.
I can't take it no more.

Where are you?
It's dark and I'm scared
Come to me....
I'm over here
Down in the corner of this abyss
I miss the calm,
The quiet and sublime
It is dreadful here
Dark and chaotic
Something tells me I shouldn't be here,
But no one will show me the way out
I don't think anyone knows
Where is my light that I have been saving
It's put up in a jar on the shelf
Could you grab it for me?
Toss it down
I saved it just for a moment like this

What?

The light is gone
It escaped from the jar?
Who let it out?

I can't even see my hands in front of me,
but what I can here is hellish
Please come save me
I'm tucked away in the corner

Down here

I'm not sure how to tell you
How to get here
I'm not sure how I got here myself
It sure was a long fall
I can't tell if someone is coming to get me
Coming to **** me
Coming just to keep me company
Someone, please.
At least a pleasant voice
To go along with the blindness
The fear
The chaos

I'm alone down here
Off in the corner
It's dark
I can't get swept up in this chaos
Not yet
Not now

Someone
Please tell me how to get home
It's dark
I'm alone
I'm scared

My hand wants to write, but my brain won't let me.
I want to leave you something so that none of you forget me.
I spill my heart for all of you to hear.
Take away my shame, my pain and my fear.
Take it away; take it away.
I'm the one you wanna see.

In the arms of the sky
With life surrounding
Your pictures are real
Facing forward in your dreams

In the arms of the world
With death surrounding
Your pictures are broken
upside down in your dreams

In the arms of ignorance
With dysfunction surrounding
Your pictures unknown
Lost in your dreams

In the arms of nothing
With darkness surrounding
Your pictures invisible
Blind in your dreams

In the arms of Hell
With fire surrounding
Your pictures nonexistent
Gone from your dreams

Would I have felt better
If I had been closer
Would he be around
If I would have called
Is he really gone
Did he really pass
I keep to myself
These questions i ask
I hold back the tears
I want to just cry
He was so young
Why did he have to die
His life was ahead of him
Now his life is no more
When I heard, I was shaken
I felt a punch in my heart
When I saw, I was broken
Torn so far apart
Now I believe
Anything can be taken
Now that I have seen
A great life forsaken

In memory of
Steven Slater Greene
June 12, 1984 -
November 10, 2002

I still haven't forgotten.....

Sine waves, perpetual motion
Centripetal force, density of the ocean
Associates, Bachelors
Student Ambassadors
Register, register, schedules, grades
Grants and scholarships, tuition is paid
No snooze button, turn off the alarm
Losing some sleep.  It's ok, though, no harm
Friendly teachers and **** instructors
Digital logic and semiconductors
Homework, classwork, essays, papers
Last minute class of procrastinators
Get up, get blazed.  'Fore school, 'nutha blunt
High while accepting student of the month
Higher than you, and my grades, too, are higher
How smart would I be if I put out the fire?
Gen. Ed., English, Mathematics, Psychology
Now on to the good stuff, much richer chronology
Top of my class, highest grade in the program
In just a few years, I'll have money in BOTH hands
This hand-to-mouth **** ain't for me
I'm tired of living week-to-week
Broke, tired, and hungry day after day
But when payday comes, it'll be here to stay
You don't have to do as I do
But my feet are too small to fill these big shoes
If you think I can't fill them, then surely you're trippin'
But do whatcha do, cause my burgers need flippin'

I went on a trip one day.
the colors bent my thoughts.
I saw the light ahead of me.
Ever colorful and raw.

I witnessed a pure form of life itself.
I saw the spirit that exists.
Everything I thought I knew,
Always held a little twist.

When you lay your eyes upon it.
Your mind's in disbelief.
It's just one drip of liquid.
It must be something weak.

The domino just fell.
Finally, you're on your way.
There's no stopping it now.
Just hold on tight.

You never though the world you're in,
Could possibly exist.
Until you see your other world.
Dripping from your fist.

The biscuit ate your doggy,
but that's just in your mind.
Difficult to see what's happ'nin
When your face just left your eyes.

I remember a pale face
Staring back at me
As he took his last breath
Never once did I give in
I fought him to his death
I wouldn't let it take us down
The killer-white demon

The Killer-White Demon

The strangest one is gone
Old ones getting stronger
I'll still fight to the death
Til their ain't a drop left

There the demon stood with a gleaming red eye.
He had a face as pale as winter.
He walks with a light step and he talks with a sly tongue.
He bites like a snake and defeats even soldiers of men.
But I rode on his back until I couldn't ride no more.
So the Killer-White Demon would fail.
And I wasn't even his prey.
It was hard but we survived, and we made it out alive.
But we suffered many wounds along the way.
The demons won't die, they just change their faces.
But the Killer-White Demon is dead.
The Killer-White Demon is dead.
One battle has ended, but the war rages on.

I once met a man named Knapsack Jack
He never took his knapsack off his back
He'd eat with it
He'd sleep with it
I think he was attached

He was a strong man, this Knapsack Jack
Who never took his knapsack off his back
He's a scavenger
He's free to roam
Where he lay's his head
That is his home

He got got, this Knapsack Jack
They took his knapsack from his back
It was gone when he awoke
The deed was done
The bear was poked

Knapsack Jack was a kind ol' fella
But when Jack's eyes get red, people get yella
So off he went
Jack stole him a gun
Knapsack Jack gon' have some sick fun

Knapsack Jack got wild and reckless
He carved a ****** path from Virginia to Texas
Stained and putrid
There he stood
With an empty twelve-gauge
Just steel and wood

In front of him, ten men dressed in blue
This would be his last battle
But 'ol Jack wasn't through
With no shot in the barrel
He got nine out of ten
The last man in blue
Brought Jack to an end

Revered as a hero
For losing his friends
Ruined was the man
Who brought ol' Jack to an end
No longer in blue,
Soaked from tears, dressed in black

Just cause a man
Took a knapsack from Jack

Take the trip or fail to see,
All the colors life can be.
You'll be sure that you are another,
But you'll be unsure if you is me.

Collapse into this world of color.
See what your senses really can do.
If you tell your mind to do it,
Your eyes will filter the reds and the blues.
If you can wrap your mind around it,
The introspection can show you the truth.
Your world will seem it no longer exists,
While it's neatly tucked inside of your fist.

So for those of you who think you can take her.
Eat this religious piece of paper.
You'll smell colors you never thought your skin could see
You'll be something you never thought you could be.
But what you'll remember forever and ever,
Is the wildly insane **** you will see.

Come and try my medicine,
If you don't think it works.
It tastes good, smells good,
And I get so hungry, I could eat my shirt.

It helps me stay awake.
It helps me sleep at night.
It slows the sweat in summer heat.
And warms me from the Winter's bite.

It eases the pain of sickness and cancers.
It eases the pain in the knees of the dancers.
It eases the throbbing in the eyes of glaucoma.
It keeps me from ripping and burning my homework.
It slows the decay from Auto-Immune.
It even makes a lovely smell to fill my room.

The lies got me fearin' the worst.
You really messed with my head.
Babe, you said you loved me.
Then you put me under your bed.

What'd I do to deserve this?
Where's the love? Where's the love?
You kicked me in my face, babe.
See the blood?  See the blood?

I did for you, you never cared.
I never left your side.
I bled for you, ached and hurt.
And all you did was lie.

You lied when it was good.
You lied when it was bad.
You kicked me in my gut, babe.
Through all the times we had.

I gave you a home.
I never left your side.
What more could I have done for you?
How much more could you have lied?

Lie and cheat. Lie and cheat.
Sweep my feet.  Sweep my feet.
Leave me in the dust behind you.
Lie and cheat.  Lie and cheat.

[[This one was written to the tune of Joe's Head by Kings of Leon]]


Beware; zombies' feeding
Cold and blood and snow
They gon' get them a fixin'
I say, y'all better go

Heavy weighs destruction
Breathing are the dead
Try to keep up wit' yo wishin'
Oh, welcome to the end

It's too late for your prayers, dear
They're crawlin' at your feet
It really is the end of the world, I said
Soon, zombies'll be feeding upon my head
But I aint thru livin' yet
And I sho ain't ready to be dead
The walkin' dead are gon' eat us, mayuhn!
They caught us off guard with no defense
So now we're all dead
Zombies are painting our whole world red.....

Lovely...
Lovely couldn't describe it
The way my heart melts when I'm with you
When I hold your delicate, soft, little hands
My mind shatters
All I can think is...Lovely...
Lovely...

Lonely
Lonely couldn't describe it
The way my heart shatters when I'm without you
When a tear drops from my face...along with many more
My life shatters
All I can be is...Lonely....
Lonely...

Lovely
Lovely couldn't describe it
Words or volumes alike
Nothing could describe it
What I feel when I melt inside your arms
All I can think is...Lovely...
But lovely couldn't describe it

Watch the eyes in the sky that look after all the people,
Turn their eyes upon yourself.
Watch the machines start thinking.
See the human mind shrinking,
As the machine presses on.

Watch the armies that are sworn to protect you,
Turn their eyes upon you.
Turn their guns upon you.
Watch the soldier's mind shrink.
The weapons, too, begin to think.

The war has begun.
But not a single man will fight.
Not a single man will fight.
By the time the machines are done,
Man or machine will be no more.

Watch the eyes in the sky that look after all the people,
Turn their eyes upon yourself.
Watch the eyes in the sky turn upon you.
Watch your armies turn their swords upon you.

They were sworn to protect you.
Now they inject you with their chemicals.
They cut you with their blades.
And they bind you with their chains.
Can you still wave your flag as the machine presses on?
Can you wave it in the air?

Watch the eyes in the sky that have turned upon you,
Start thinking for themselves.
Watch the machine press on
Watch your machine press on.

They were sworn to protect you.
Now they inject you with their chemicals.
And they cut you with their blades.
And they bind you with their chains.
Can you still wave your flag as the machine presses on?
Covered in blood, sweat and oil.
Tattered and torn.
Can you wave it?
Will you wave it?

Is it really me that's gone insane?
Or, brother, is it you?
I think a gear has popped astray.
It's you, oh yes, it's true.
You say I must be crazy.
To think that you're insane.
You think it's in my head.
I think it's in your brain.
You're smarter than a bowl of soup,
But dumber than a brick.
To say that I'm the one that's crazy
Really makes me sick.
I'm smarter than the average man.
I'm good at thinking quick.
But you think I'm the ****** one,
With the nervous tick.
Don't even look at me no more.
Stop sending words my way.
I'm the only voice in this head of mine that deserves the light of day.

You're finally runnin' out of luck.
You got dealt a ****** hand.
There's time tomorrow to give a ****.
Today will understand.

Unique and beautiful,
What a wonderful flower.
Strike it up. It's four o' clock,
And twenty past the hour.

Every plant is wonderful.
We love them more with age.
But if you pick the Devil's bud.
They'll lock you in a cage.