I know it’s hard to tell how mixed up you feel Hoping what you need is behind every door Each time you get hurt, I don’t want you to change Because everyone has hopes, you’re human after all The feeling sometimes, wishing you were someone else Feeling as though you never belong This feeling is not sadness, this feeling is not joy I truly understand. Please, don’t cry now Please don’t go, I want you to stay I’m begging you please, please don’t leave here I don’t want you to hate For all the hurt that you feel The world is just illusion, trying to change you Being like you are Well this is something else, who would comprehend? But some that do, lay claim Divine purpose blesses them That’s not what I believe, and it doesn’t matter anyway A part of your soul ties you to the next world Or maybe to the last, but I’m still not sure But what I do know, is to us the world is different As we are to the world but I guess you would know that Please don’t go, I want you to stay I’m begging you please, please don’t leave here I don’t want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel The world is just illusion trying to change you Please don’t go, I want you to stay I’m begging you please, oh please don’t leave here I don’t want you to change For all the hurt that you feel This world is just illusion, always trying to change you Please don’t go, I want you to stay I’m begging you please, please don’t leave here I don’t want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel The world is just illusion trying to change you Please don’t go, I want you to stay I’m begging you please, oh please don’t leave here I don’t want you to change For all the hurt that you feel This world is just illusion, always trying to change you
Stranger in a crowd Treading fire after dark Lost in a city Pulsing to the sound Of the spirit and soul A city that is breathing Living through the cables Alive across the wires Faces without names Playing devils and angels Lit up by the strobes Moving hypnotized I caught your reflection In the neon on glass An electric silhouette Against the static sky It’s a beautiful dream It’s a beautiful life It’s just a reflection A world I must survive We’re children of the past Who look beyond today Designing the present So when is the future We live in a dream Keeping visions alive It’s just a reflection A world that never dies The image we create Now image we designed It’s a beautiful life So when is the future Time moves so fast In a single direction Fighting with the present Racing from the past We’re searching for something That can never satisfy The reality of answers When lives are on the line I’ve waited a lifetime For the age of wonder A place that I remember In a splinter of time A stranger in a strange land Caught in the flow Still searching for answers Among the neon lights It’s a beautiful dream It’s a beautiful life It’s just a reflection A world we must survive We’re children of the past Who look beyond today Designing the present So when is the future We live in a dream Keeping visions alive It’s just a reflection A world that never dies The image we create Now image we designed It’s a beautiful life So when is the future It’s a beautiful dream It’s a beautiful life It’s just a reflection A world that must survive We’re children of the past Who look beyond today Designing the present So when is the future We live in a dream Keeping visions alive It’s just a reflection A world that never dies The image we create Now image we designed It’s a beautiful life So when is the future
All we want is a headrush All we want is to get out of our skin for a while We have nothing to lose because we don’t have anything Anything we want anyway… We used to hate people Now we just make fun of them It’s more effective that way
We don’t live We just scratch on day to day With nothing but matchbooks and sarcasm in our pockets And all we are waiting for is for something worth waiting for. Let’s admit America gets the celebrities we deserve Let’s stop saying “Don’t quote me” because if no one quotes you You probably haven’t said a thing worth saying. We need something to kill the pain of all that nothing inside We all just want to die a little bit
We fear that pop-culture is the only culture we’re ever going to have We want to stop reading magazines Stop watching T.V. Stop caring about Hollywood But we’re addicted to the things we hate We don’t run Washington and no one really does Ask not what you can do for your country Ask what your country did to you The only reason you’re still alive is because someone Has decided to let you live We owe so much money we’re not broke we’re broken We’re so poor we can’t even pay attention So what do you want? You want to be famous and rich and happy But you’re terrified you have nothing to offer this world Nothing to say and no way to say it But you can say it in three languages You are more than the sum of what you consume Desire is not an occupation You are alternately thrilled and desperate Sky high and fucked Let’s stop praying for someone to save us and start saving ourselves Let’s stop this and start over Let’s go out – let’s keep going This is your life – this is your fucking life We need something to kill the pain of all that nothing inside Quit whining you haven’t done anything wrong because frankly You haven’t done much of anything Someone’s writing down your mistakes Someone’s documenting your downfall