identity is the crisis can t you see identity identity when you look in the mirror do you see yourself do you see yourself on the t v screen do you see yourself in the magazine when you see yourself does it make you scream identity is the crisis can t you see identity identity identity is the crisis can t you see identity identity when you look in the mirror do you smash it quick do you take the glass and slash your wrists did you do it for fame did you do it in a fit did you do it before you read about it identity is the crisis can t you see identity identity1

i hear the drums echoing tonight but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation she s coming in 12 30 flight the moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation i stopped an old man along the way hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies he turned to me as if to say hurry boy it s waiting there for you chorus it s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you there s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do i bless the rains down in africa gonna take some time to do the things we never had the wild dogs cry out in the night as they grow restless longing for some solitary company i know that i must do what s right sure as kilimanjaro rises like olympus above the serengeti i seek to cure what s deep inside frightened of this thing that i ve become chorus hurry boy she s waiting there for you it s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you there s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do i bless the rains down in africa i bless the rains down in africa i bless the rains down in africa i bless the rains down in africa i bless the rains down in africa gonna take some time to do the things we never had

i know what it s like to be alone sitting in your room listening to all the doubts that your parents have to say to you and as your head gets all cluttered inside try to stay awake everything they say are lies that s all the shit that you ever have to take so hold in all your aggressions because you re grinding your teeth on down to the bottom of your chin it s not easy or so damn pleasing to not laugh at everything they say that they tell you what to be you re not alone i know what it s like to be denied at everything you do it s not the same reason why that makes you change the things that you once knew as your head gets all cluttered inside give more than you take everything they say are lies that s all the shit that you ever have to take so hold in all your aggressions because you re grinding your teeth on down to the bottom of your chin it s not easy or so damn pleasing to not laugh at everything they say that they tell you what to be you re not alone you say you want to take off your shoes as you walk barefoot down the street just to be the things that you can be just live for one more week you say you want to take off your shoes as you walk barefoot down the street just to be the things that you can be just live for one more week so hold in all your aggressions because you re grinding your teeth on down to the bottom of your chin it s not easy or so damn pleasing to not laugh at every word they say that they tell you what to be you re not alone2

let s start at the beginning of this story i was just a boy with nowhere to call home there i was building houses on the sand i could see that i was only running circles in my mind it just goes on and on and on until it finally catches up to me like gravity it takes me round and turns me upside down that s when it all came screaming back just like gravity what draws you to me someone i didn t know i needed it s like gravity and it s stronger than me i need you here there you were in your perfection looking on you see that i can only run in circles for so long you just press on and on and on until you finally catch a grip on me like gravity you take me down and turn me upside down that s when it all came screaming back just like gravity what draws you to me someone i didn t know i needed it s like gravity and it s stronger than me i need you here when will you be able to see past your own hands i m taking down empty pictures that we used to hold close before you that s when it all came screaming back just like gravity what draws you to me someone i didn t know i needed it s like gravity and it s stronger than me i need you here

i know it s hard for you to understand what i m going through but now i sit here to remind myself you re always dressed to kill and you feel like you owe it to the world but you owe it to yourself and you re you re not here and i can t stop pretending that your forever mine and i i can t dream anymore since you ve left i miss you singing me to sleep i can t wake anymore in your arms i miss you singing me to sleep cheer up my friends all say your better alone anyways but your always on tour and your never home i m always dressed to kill and i feel like i owe it to the world but i owe it to myself cheer up my friends all say and i can t stop pretending that your forever mine you re better alone anyway and you re not here not here cheer up my friends all say 2

it s early in the morning and i m feeling kind of dumb im tryin real hard but im having no fun im looking all around and everything looks the same it s like being the smartest kid in class and having no brain sharon s right beside me yeah i feel it too and if you weren t my little brother i d take it out on you and d rock and moves just lost their fat man flow it s just a matter of time before my brains all blow my brain s all broken but i m feelin alright i feel like im chokin but im feelin alright im goin down fast but im feelin alright im not gonna last but i m feelin alright feelin alright bad days are givin me the creeps and when i have them all i wanna do is freak and sometimes i dont feel really strong enough to deal with bad days cause they last too long we ve been thinking hard and figuring out what to make of all this stupid shit that makes you not think straight so should we just quit no its not cool to run well you know i think she s right let s show em how it s done cause it s not just a matter of straight up holding your ground it s all about your crew and the vibe you put down so if we re all here what s this about a bad day we re not going to take it sitting down no way my brain s all broken but i m feelin alright i feel like i m chokin but i m feelin alright i m goin down fast but i m feelin alright i m not gonna last but i m feelin alright feelin alright bad days are givin me the creeps and when i have them all i wanna do is freak and sometimes i dont feel really strong enough to deal with bad days cause they last too long

some day somewhere someone somehow is going to make you understand these words will drill into your head you ll undergo the process then you will do anything they say they will have power over you you will not question their authority you know what they can do i shake my head i don t know what to say i see my chance to turn and walk away i will not be a part of this romance i just can t take a chance because i see my opportunity to shout the last goodbye the last goodbye i bet you never did expect to have a big important name they all will have exquisite taste but everyone will look the same you will be quickly photographed you will be shot from every side they ll teach you what you need to learn and they will take you for a ride i shake my head i don t know what to say i see my chance to turn and walk away i will not be a part of this romance i just can t take a chance because i see my opportunity to shout the last goodbye the last goodbye the last goodbye the last goodbye

i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare exhibition is the name voyeurism is the game stereoscopic is the show viewing time makes it grow i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare my faade is just a fake shock horror no escape sensationalism for the feed caricatures are what you breed i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare anti art was the start establishments like a laugh yes we re very entertaining overtones can be betraying i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare i am a poseur and i don t care i like to make people stare1

broadway and briar i wait for my friends to get off work and stand and smoke a crazy man sits to me looking down at a pile of his broken dreams he won t even look at me i m still young and have so far to go and he says to a passerby with a sad sad smile does anyone know who do i have to kill to see a familiar face in this town seems like all my old friends have moved away and i feel like i know what he means will ten years go by and no one remember my name i don t want it to be that way but it happened to this guy and i m exactly the same as him but i m young and have so far to go and i ve seen what happens to people it s just years and years and years of letting loneliness grow he said who do i have to kill to see a familiar face in this town seems like all my old friends have moved away and i feel like i know what he means yeah i already know what he means youth doesn t last forever and neither do dreams

so you think it starts the day youre born or you think it starts from being torn its just your attitude not filled with gratitude its only attitude he said youd better change your frame of thought look at all the trouble you have brought said its my attitude not filled with gratitude its only attitude its just my attitude its only attitude everything i say is wrong everything i do is wrong just my attitude 1234 attitude nothing more attitude when everything you say goes wrong and everything you do goes wrong say its your attitude my attitude1

and now breathe deep i m inhaling you and i there s air in between and now breathe deep i m inhaling you and i there s air in between i was walking through icy streams that took my breath away moving slowly through westward water over glacial plains and i walked off you and i walked off an old me oh me oh my i thought it was a dream so it seemed and now breathe deep i m inhaling you and i there s air in between leave me be i m exhaling you and i there s air in between you and i there s air in between cut my hair so i could rock back and forth without thinking of you learned to talk and say whatever i wanted to and i walked off you and i walked off an old me oh me oh my i thought it was a dream so it seemed and now breathe deep i m inhaling you and i there s air in between leave me be i m exhaling you and i there s air in between you and i there s air in between you and i there s air in between you and i there s air in between you and i there s air in between

he wakes up in the morning does his teeth bite to eat and he s rollin never changes a thing the week ends the week begins she thinks we look at each other wonderin what the other is thinking but we never say a thing as these crimes between us grow deeper take these chances place them in a box until a quieter time lights down you up and die goes to visit his mommy she feeds him well his concerns he forgets them and remembers being small playing under the table and dreaming take these chances place them in a box until a quieter time lights down you up and die driving in on this highway all these cars and upon the sidewalk people in every direction no words exchanged no time to exchange oh when all the little ants are marching red and black antennae waving they all do it the same they all do it the same way candyman tempting the thoughts of a sweet tooth tortured by weight loss program a cutting the corners a loose end loose end cut cut on the fence care not to offend cut cut cut cut take these chances place them in a box until a quieter time lights down you up and die lights down you up and die

i ve been waitin a long time for this moment to come i m destined for anything at all downtown lights will be shinin on me like a new diamond ring out under the midnight hour well no one can touch me now well and i can t turn my back it s too late ready or not at all well i m so much closer than i have ever known wake up dawning of a new era calling don t let it catch ya falling ready or not at all oh so close enough to taste it almost i can embrace this feelin on the tip of my tongue well i m so much closer than i have ever known wake up better thank your lucky stars say hey hey well i m so much closer than i have ever known wake up you better thank your lucky stars say hey hey i ve been waiting a lifetime for this moment to come i m destined for anything at all dumbstruck color me stupid good luck you re gonna need it where i m going if i get there at all wake up you better thank your lucky stars 8

you put yourself in stupid places yes i think you know it s true situations where it s easy to look down on you i think you like to be the victim i think you like to be in pain i think you make yourself a victim almost every single day you do what you do you say what you say you try to be everything to everyone you know all the right people you play all the right games you always try to be everything to everyone yeah you do it again you always do it again you say they taught you how to read and write yeah they taught you how to count i say they taught you how to buy and sell your own body by the pound i think you like to be the simple toy i think you love to play the clown i think you are blind to the fact that the hand you hold is the hand that holds you down you do what you do yeah you say what you say you always try to be everything to everyone you know all the right people you play all the right games you always try to be everything to everyone spin around and fall down do it again yeah you stumble and you fall yeah why won t you ever learn spin around and fall down do it again yeah you stumble and you fall i wonder if you will ever learn yeah why won t you ever learn come on now do that stupid dance for me come on come on dance with me come on come on dance with me come on come on dance with me ooh yeah oh you do what they tell you to do you say what they say you try to be everything to everyone yeah you jump through the big hoop you play all the right games you try to be everything to everyone spin around and fall down do it again you stumble and you fall yeah you do it again spin around and fall down do it again you stumble and you fall

famines will be famines banquets will be banquets some spend winter in a palace some spend it in blankets don t wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away don t shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today can shoot today ha ha ha ha time to end the praying listen what they re saying you can wag your finger till your finger s sore shake your head till it shakes no more you can wag your finger till your finger s sore shake your head till it shakes no more oh ho get up off our knees paupers will be paupers bankers will be bankers some own pennies in a jar some own oil tankers what may sound like tomorrow could be ours today there s no more need for sorrow if we get off our knees to pray off our knees to pray ha ha ha ha time to end the praying listen what they re saying you can wag your finger till your finger s sore shake your head till it shakes no more you can wag your finger till your finger s sore shake your head till it shakes no more oh ho get up off those knees get up off those knees countries will be countries borders will be borders some have lost their folks at war some have given orders don t wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away don t shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today can shoot today ha ha ha ha time to end the praying listen what they re saying you can wag your finger till your finger s sore shake your head till it shakes no more you can wag your finger till your finger s sore shake your head till it shakes no more oh ho get up off our knees get up off our knees get up off our knees get up off our knees

i just wish my life could be strange as a conspiracy i hold out hope but there s no way of being what i want to be the dragons blow fire angels fly spirits wither in the air i m just me i can t deny i m neither here there nor anywhere oh you should see my trail of disgrace it s enough to scare the whole human race i said oh oh you should see my trail of disgrace it s enough to scare the whole human race yeah eminence i don t care about this life they say there ll be another one defeatist attitude i know will you be sorry when i ve gone primitive painters are ships floating on an empty sea gathering in galleries were stallions of imagery oh you should see my trail of disgrace it s enough to hold the whole human race i said oh you should see my trail of disgrace it s enough to hold the whole human race this is a new trance yeah an entrance too you should see my trail of disgrace and there s a look on your face it s a human race and if you just can t stand it ah i swear this is a new trance yeah an entrance too you should see my trail of disgrace and there s a look on your face it s a human race and if you just can t stand it ah i swear i said it thinner this is a new trance yeah an entrance too and there s a look on your face it s a human race and if you just can t stand it ah i swear this is a new trance yeah an entrance too and there s a look on your face it s a human race and if you just can t stand it ah i swear this is a new trance yeah an entrance too i just swear light on me and there s a look on your face it s a human race your bitter trance and if you just can t stand it ah i swear yeah yeah this is a new trance yeah an entrance too and there s a look on your face it s a human race hold on and if you just can t stand it ah i swear hold on love on and on this is a new trance yeah an entrance too and there s a look on your face it s a human race and if you just can t stand it ah i swear the way i see it yeah yeah this is a new trance yeah an entrance too in your father s life and there s a look on your face it s a human race and if you just can t stand it ah i swear painters of my life this is a new trance yeah an entrance too and there s a look on your face it s a human race and if you just can t stand it ah i swear swear i m your life this is a new trance yeah an entrance too do you feel it and there s a look on your face it s a human race i m good and if you just can t stand it ah i swear yeah we re jamming on this is a new trance yeah an entrance too and there s a look on your face it s a human race i can feel through your head and if you just can t stand it ah i swear this is a new trance yeah an entrance too all through your life and there s a look on your face it s a human race and if you just can t stand it ah i swear this is a new trance2

the warmth of your love s like the warmth of the sun and this will be our year took a long time to come don t let go of my hand now darkness has gone this will be our year took a long time to come and i won t forget the way you held me up when i was down and i won t forget the way you said darling i love you you gave me faith to go on now we re there and we ve only just begun this will be our year took a long time to come the warmth of your smile smile for me little one and this will be our year took a long time to come you don t have to worry all your worried days are gone and this will be our year took a long time to come and i won t forget the way you held me up when i was down and i won t forget the way you said darling i love you you gave me faith to go on now we re there and we ve only just begun this will be our year took a long time to come and this will be our year took a long time to come my my my3

does it make you happy to ignore me on streets i guess by now you think i m weak i wish you would have said something before now i wouldn t share a bag of chips with you and in my opinion you don t have a clue i m being cruel i m being cruel i don t want to be part of your scene i ll stay with him i ll keep my nose clean you re the one pretending to be licking stamps all alone in a room following lines on maps it s clear you don t want me here how about i send you a book on nutrition stop spoon feeding me non fiction just for a while i will fake a smile i don t want to be part of your scene i ll stay with him i ll keep my nose clean oh why did you say she was a friend of mine i thought it was me you couldn t stand i m confused i will win you will lose you ve taken to phoning my house when you re drunk and then confessing all your love i wish you would have said so before now i don t want to be part of your scene i ll stick with him i ll keep my nose clean2

there ll be time enough for rocking when we re old we can rock all day in rocking chairs of gold but tonight i think i d rather just go dancing there ll be time enough for rocking when we re old my love there ll be time enough for talk in the nursing home darling time enough to write an epic poem but tonight i think i d rather just go dancing there ll be time enough for talking in the home my love there ll be time enough for sleeping when we re dead you will have a velvet pillow for your head but tonight i think i d rather just go dancing there ll be time enough for sleeping when we re dead my love there ll be time for sex and drugs in heaven when our pheromones are turned up to 11 but tonight i think i d rather just go dancing there ll be time enough for sex and drugs in heaven my love and time enough for rocking when we re old

trip to heave and ho up down to and fro you have no word trip trip to a dream dragon hide your wings in a ghost tower sails cackling at every plate we break cracked by scattered needles the little minute gong coughs and clears his throat madam you see before you stand hey ho never be still the old original favorite grand grasshoppers green herbarian band and the tune they play is in us confide so trip to heave and ho up down to and fro you have no word please leave us here close our eyes to the octopus ride isn t it good to be lost in the wood isn t it bad so quiet there in the wood meant even less to me than i thought with a honey plough of yellow prickly seeds clover honey pots and mystic shining feed well the mad cat laughed at the man on the border hey ho huff the talbot cheat he cried shouting kangaroo it s true in their tree they cried please leave us here close our eyes to the octopus ride please leave us here close our eyes to the octopus ride the mad cat laughed at the man on the border hey ho huff the talbot the winds they blew and the leaves did wag they ll never put me in their bag the seas will reach and always seep so high you go so low you creep the wind it blows in tropical heat the drones they throng on mossy seats the squeaking door will always creak two up two down we ll never meet so merrily trip forgo my side please leave us here close our eyes to the octopus ride 6