| And to the people making life from lust, abusing trust,
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| And the fuckers who made fools out of the best of us:
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| You’ve swayed the public thought that they’re all that they’ve bought,
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| And otherwise they’re ugly people that will soon be dust.
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| And to the schools that brought us up and had us 'socialized',
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| Teaching us the world through hall passes and single file lines.
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| We are discouraged to ask questions or to raise a fist.
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| No wonder nobody can tell there’s something so much fucking bigger than this.
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| And we say everyday that we won’t grow up to live the lives that they do,
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| And yet we only walk on footsteps that they set for us instead of clearing
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| paths towards
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| Promised lands we dreamt about, and better worlds we read about.
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| We leave our higher educations that we all 'must' get
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| With a signature stamped paper and a mound of debt.
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| The bank has got us by the throat and then we’re forced to settle
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| For the jobs we hate, 9 to 5, 40 hours, 40 years
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| Til the day we are too weak to work, too frail to play.
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| No friends or lovers because they’ve all passed away.
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| We’ve waited for this day all of our lives long,
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| And on our death bed the stereo plays our favorite teenage anthem song.
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| We sing along.
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| We sing along.
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| We sing along.
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| (We sing along.)
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| (We sing along.)
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| (We sing along.)
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| And to white, middle-class, suburban kids: start dealing with your privileges.
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| Smash your TV, read a book, or see the world instead.
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| Enjoy the simple things in life because you can,
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| Like your family, friends, community, and local bands.
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| If there’s one thing in your life that you’ll never forget,
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| It’s that we’re dead in the future but we’re not dead yet.
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| Your life starts right now so start acting like it,
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| Or else you’ll wake up one day feeling like a silhouette. |