you've got a place to be but you've got no ride there you've got a fortune to leave but you've got no bride heir leave the land and breathe tide air you can't you won't it turns out you care got a heart of gold but i've got no engine i rest in place but you cannot go in look into my eyes and tell me to end it you can't you won't you're not that stupid you are not the one that you wanted you are not the person you know you are not the one that you wanted have you got some place to go i broke my heart at a mystic stop sign i licked the plate at the velvet goldmine i drew my sword and you had drawn thine you thought your heart was the sacred kind and you are not the one that you wanted you are nto the person you know you are not the one that you wanted have you got some place to go you are not the person you wanted you are not a person you know yopu are not the one that you wanted you are not the the one that you wanted you are not the person you know you are not the one that you wanted have you got some place to go you're not the one that you wanted you're not the person you know you're not the one that you wanted have you somewhere to go?

there are ghosts that haunt the swimming pool they've got petty vibes and they're always cruel they just need something to do they are not good for you so stay ahead don't go away don't stay ahead don't take that day swim ahead don't be too shy don't be too cool don't be too dang bright don't be special after school don't be so dead inside don't be so special after school don't be so dead inside stay away don't stay awake don't take away they make the same it's good it means the same thing and I'm talking to my hands right now don't be special after school don't be dead inside don't be special don't be dead don't be special after school don't be so dead inside read the rules first read the rules sometime take your number take your place in line take your number take your place don't be special after school don't be dead inside don't be special after school don't be dead don't be special yeah don't be special after school don't be special dead

take a look around just to set the scene you know just the same ones in your dreams you got so many things left to do or say you got nothing but your name people are the same everyone goes there gets along okay they sing the song someday the song they sing someday they bring it down just like this town they sing the song someday takin' the town takin' the morn it's got to be a walk run run run you run for your life you run run run you run for your life run run run you run for your life you run run run you run you run run run take the song someday they sing the song they sing someday they bring you down just like this town you'll sing this song someday run run run you run for your life run run run you run for your life you run run run you run for your life

you died in jail your body's cold the decomposers strike a pose you fall to dust you fall today all glory to the great decay your mouth is dry but you're on dry land got a bottle of water and a steady hand you feel alright you feel okay all glory to the great decay all glory to the new revival of the old things that we put on trial all glory to the coming day all glory to the great decay it's good to lie it's good to say i really have fun at work all day you're born at work your boss's smirk is the smile at night that makes you feel so warm you fall asleep you fall today all glory to the great decay it's good to lie it's good to say i really have fun at work all day it's good to lie it's good to say i really have fun at work all day it's good to lie it's good to day i really have fun at work all day it's good to lie it's good to day i really have fun at work all day all glory to the coming day all glory to the great decay it's good to lie it's good to say i really have fun i really have fun i do

you're so wrapped up in others' decisions you listen for hours and hear no visions so you wander high into the kitchen fishin' for something munchy sizzlin' your brain just wants more atmosphere out of everything you see and hear so you wander high into the woods outside divise new ways to stay alive but did you get enough hot sauce packets napkins, sporks, the whole damn package we're gonna need more we're gonna go in we're gonna work hard to feel good again i'll bring you a drink with some ice cuz i want you to feel good twice you'll go back to stylized fashion it all hits hard without impacting so you wander high if this is truly god to be off the trail and to find it odd but did you get enough hot sauce packets napkins, sporks, the whole damn package we're gonna need more we're gonna go in we're gonna work hard to feel good again i'll bring you a drink with some ice cuz i want you to feel good twice cuz i want you to feel good twice cuz i want you you go back to your device so much work just to feel good twice did you go back? hot sauce packets did you get sporks? hot sauce packets (the whole damn package) we're gonna need more we're gonna go in (we're gonna work hard) we're gonna work hard to feel good again i'll bring you a drink with some ice cuz i want you to feel good twice (and i want you) cuz i want you to feel good twice (and i want you) cuz i want you and i want you and i want you

i'm not going backwards i've learned this before over and over but in circles you can really sing (circles you can really sing) i'm feeling alright i've waited all night speaking in circles but in circles you can really sing i've waited all night speaking in circles but in circles you can really sing i'm saying something basically nothing over and over but in circles you can really sing (circles you can really sing) do you mean do you mean do you mean do you mean anything when you say everything speaking in circles but in circles you can really sing i'm feeling alright i've waited all night speaking in circles but in circles you can really sing

deep space, a lonely place if only i could replace this stupid little human race then we could spare ourselves this mess it's terrible now and it's terrible too it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true o poor cigarettes how i still want you it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true it's terrible now and it's terrible too it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true oh your sad face alas your grimace if only we could draw this ace then we could spare ourselves this mess it's terrible now and it's terrible too it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true o poor cigarettes how i still want you it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true it's terrible now and it's terrible too it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true and i'm just a toad but i still want to go i don't have my legs yet i still want to go i'm terribly sick but i still want to go i still have a tail but i still want to go and i'm just a road but i still want to go i'm cracked and have holes but i still want to go it's terrible now and it's terrible too it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true o poor cigarettes how i still want you it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true it's terrible now and it's terrible too it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true o poor cigarettes how i still want you it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true it's terribly funny cuz it's terribly true it's terribly funny cuz it's terrible

the illusion then of family was just concocted bourgeoisie i jump the shark to no surprise these tropes like us were born to die you're funny yeah and sometimes trite but we laugh and smile and smile and fight we laugh and smile and fight the illusion of our victory will deconstruct eventually we jump for joy and also skies we grew potatoes just to fry you're funny yeah and sometimes trite but we laugh and smile and smile and fight we laugh and smile and laugh and fight oh yeah i've known a lot of spooks in my time who got real sad and did some crimes i checked it's true i checked you're really real it's really true i verified i checked it's you you're really real it's really true i'm wondering what else (to do) you're really here it's really true i verified i checked it's you you're really real it's really true i'm wondering what else this commitment to apathy will decompose eventually your face was perfect in its time but beauty fades and youth will die life is ugly, sometimes trite but we lie and smile and fight we'll laugh and smile and fight we laugh with knives and fight (loser) you're really here it's really true i verified i checked it's you you're really real it's really true i'm wondering what else i'm wondering what else i'm wondering what else i'm wondering i'm wondering what else i'm wondering what else to do you're really real it's really true i'm wondering what else to do you're really real it's true they shouted out like they were right and stomped around to own the night they laughed like ghosts and flitted fast they spoke in angry verse things they never had rehearsed but spoke them anyway in perfect unison in perfect unison you're really here it's really true i verified i checked it's you you're really real it's really true i'm wondering what else to do you're really here it's really true i verified i checked it's you you're really real it's really true i'm wondering what else you're really here it's really true i verified i checked

i was drowning in smoke in a dusty room with the gloomy air but that repeated soon she asked if i was happy but i couldn't say you wanna know the truth well i'm feeling today i was breathing the leather in a goldmine coat on a station distant somewhere remote you asked if i was happy and i couldn't say we can build new lives like they were made of clay oh i feel alright i feel okay i feel like diamonds i'm feeling today i feel alright i feel okay i feel like diamonds i'm feeling today i wasn't listening better on a cloud of lions who like good weather she asked me are you happy and i started to lie you wanna know the truth well i hope i die i feel alright i feel okay i feel like diamonds i'm feeling today i feel alright i feel okay i feel like diamonds i feel alright i feel okay i feel like diamonds it's painful to know me when i don't listen i'm pushing your buttons i'm under your skin it's painful to know you when you don't listen you're wrecking my feelings and under my skin it's painful to know me when i don't listen i'm pushing your buttons you're under my skin it's painful to notice when no one listens whose wreckin' whose feelings or under whose skins i feel alright i feel okay i feel like diamonds i'm feeling it i feel alright i feel okay i feel like diamonds i'm feeling today i feel alright i feel okay i feel i feel alright i feel okay i feel like diamonds i'm feeling today oh i feel alright i feel okay i feel like diamonds i'm feeling today

on a shelf you filled up with all of your gold maximum value until you get old and someday you die but someday they'll say who cares and both of them scare me i swear i swear i swear i swear i swear oh oh i am your car crash your cancer's host i am the thing you regret the most and i'll remind you every day what you've got coming the day you pay it amounts to potatoes but i love potatoes potato potato i'll be a po-tah-to i am your car crash your cancer's host i am the thing you regret the most and i'll remind you every day what you've got coming the day you pay i am your car crash your cancer's host i am the thing you regret the most i'll remind you every day what you've got coming the day you pay day you pay day you pay dare you dare you day you pay condemn your enemies you decreed they'll get what's coming if you can see condemn your enemies they'll get what's coming if you have your way i am your car crash your cancer's host i am the thing you regret the most i'll remind you every day what you've got coming the day you pay

we took a walk past the picnic tables we used to eat hot dogs and read fables past the winding steps into the woods where the river bends and the rocks are good there's a little bridge where no one can see you'll write your name there belong to me and i'll write my name too belong to you and we'll become one with the spray can fumes i'm living for my art now i don't need you i'm living for my art my heart is true i'm living for my art now i don't need you i'm living for my art my heart is true my career is oh-so-hot suddenly i write about things that i used to see we used to write our names under bridges at dawn and now they utter "Cy" on every thing that's on i'm living for my art now i don't need you i'm living for my art my heart is true i'm living for my art it's so damn true i'm living for my art i don't need you i'm living for my art my heart is true i'm living for my art i don't need you something to do while you're put on this earth you think it's all good you think you'll draw what you're worth but your soul is smeared just like the charcoal you use you just have to be what they want you to you live in museums and on a textbook page your work defines the spirit of the age you work this hard but do you feel this good your soul is smeared because art is a curse you just have to be what they want you to be your soul's as empty as you'd like it to be you live for your art now you don't have you you live for your art but you still need food i'm living for my art now i don't need you i'm living for my art my heart is true i'm living for my art now my art is good i'm living for my art i don't need you i'm living for my art now my art is good i'm living for my art my art