[Intro]
I don't have to tell you things are bad, everybody knows things are bad
Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job
The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter
We know the air is unfit to breathe; our food is unfit to eat
We sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes
As if that's the way it's supposed to be, we know things are bad, worse than bad: they're crazy!
[Chorus]
Caught in a mental dystopia and it's got no end in sight (No end in sight)
And just in case you're wondering, no, the kids are not alright (You got it)
Giving love to my art but it's unrequited
Quite a few hearts who'd rather die than fight it (Woah-oh)
Despite it all we're holdin' on but for how long (Oh, yeah)
[Verse 1]
Yo, just another night in a heartbreak city
Watchin' all the lights flicker out, what a pity
It's a cut-throat, come-and-go time that we're livin' in
Ridin' on a slow boat to dippin' out n' giving in
Quittin' time, maybe it's a new-age, crazy ain't it?
History repeated with a fresh new coat of paint, it's
Time and time I hear the same sung tragedy
Target the young minds and tell 'em what they have to be
Somethin' to be said about the shit we're told
When you're in your early twenties and you feel like you're gettin' old
Plenty of proof that, yeah, the world is cold
But we forget about it, drowning in the stuff we're sold
A band made to own overblown expectations
Struggling just to make conversation
Dark room, light head, vision turning black and red
What do they they want from me? I guess we better play dead
Stifle the heartache, I'm not asleep, not awake
Not a real, not a fake, all I know is give and take
Workin' hard, no breaks, keep it together
If I close my eyes then I could sleep forever
In a world set in motion by avarice and greed
Ain't no wonder we go under if we can't succeed
'Cause though I tend to bleed, I beg and plead with myself
And no, I'm not the first fallin' victim to mental health
Callin' on somebody, anybody, save me!
All in all, even my devotion's kinda wavy
Generation made emotions, still they say we're lazy
Navigate the maze, though they're lookin' at us crazy
But part of getting older I suppose with time
If your make and your model is a different kind, like mine
Outside, the weather's been perfectly fine
But the storm rages on in my mind
I don't have to tell you things are bad, everybody knows things are bad
Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job
The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter
We know the air is unfit to breathe; our food is unfit to eat
We sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes
As if that's the way it's supposed to be, we know things are bad, worse than bad: they're crazy!
[Chorus]
Caught in a mental dystopia and it's got no end in sight (No end in sight)
And just in case you're wondering, no, the kids are not alright (You got it)
Giving love to my art but it's unrequited
Quite a few hearts who'd rather die than fight it (Woah-oh)
Despite it all we're holdin' on but for how long (Oh, yeah)
[Verse 1]
Yo, just another night in a heartbreak city
Watchin' all the lights flicker out, what a pity
It's a cut-throat, come-and-go time that we're livin' in
Ridin' on a slow boat to dippin' out n' giving in
Quittin' time, maybe it's a new-age, crazy ain't it?
History repeated with a fresh new coat of paint, it's
Time and time I hear the same sung tragedy
Target the young minds and tell 'em what they have to be
Somethin' to be said about the shit we're told
When you're in your early twenties and you feel like you're gettin' old
Plenty of proof that, yeah, the world is cold
But we forget about it, drowning in the stuff we're sold
A band made to own overblown expectations
Struggling just to make conversation
Dark room, light head, vision turning black and red
What do they they want from me? I guess we better play dead
Stifle the heartache, I'm not asleep, not awake
Not a real, not a fake, all I know is give and take
Workin' hard, no breaks, keep it together
If I close my eyes then I could sleep forever
In a world set in motion by avarice and greed
Ain't no wonder we go under if we can't succeed
'Cause though I tend to bleed, I beg and plead with myself
And no, I'm not the first fallin' victim to mental health
Callin' on somebody, anybody, save me!
All in all, even my devotion's kinda wavy
Generation made emotions, still they say we're lazy
Navigate the maze, though they're lookin' at us crazy
But part of getting older I suppose with time
If your make and your model is a different kind, like mine
Outside, the weather's been perfectly fine
But the storm rages on in my mind
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