your east coast smile wasn't worth my while
boy i'm afraid you're coming back again

just fade out, just fade away
into my past, like acid wash

look out now, here he comes
look out girls, cuz he's a clown

just when he was stylin'
now he's out like acid wash

you creep so slowly but you'll never get away
you creep so softly but you'll never get away

don't wake the cat cuz she's not really sleeping
she's got her eye on you, she sees you when you're creeping
your instinct is to escape, maybe you'll get a head start
but she's playing for keeps and she's going straight for your heart

two toed paws hold you down
two ton weight it holds you down
too late now you're on the ground

don't wake the cat cuz she's not really sleeping
she's got her sights on you, she sees you when she's dreaming
but don't get tired now, a broken heart can heal
don't let her get you down cuz it's not love that you feel

little boy, don't get caught
don't you know what i taught?
little boy, don't get caught
a lesson learned for those that hurt
you'll get what you deserve
a lesson learned for those that hurt
you'll get what you deserve

who says my time is up?
who says my light is out?
what do they hang around?
why do i have to shout?

my simple days, they're slipping away
and i'm stuck in here, trying to get away
from all the eyes that are looking at me
and they're speaking in tongues
and i don't know what they mean
i don't know what they mean

why can't i just belong?
what did i do wrong?
your words cut me like a knife
give me one so i can make it right

and i'm wondering who said these things
about you and me, and won't you tell me please?
how can i believe when all they want to believe
are the lies that won't let me be free?

if it's fate then too late, whatcha gonna do anyway?
if it's too soon for doom, i think we're on our way
fill this future with all this ammunition and we're looking for a reason
we'll never find a season cuz it's lost in hate, a cost of taste, i think
we're on our way now

all we ever believe is what we see and what we feel
but it's falling, calling
and no one can hear a sound, no one can hear it now

shut out and shut up, is this how we're gonna live our lives now?
cuz there's no place for faith, i think it's all too clear
looking up, looking down, let's avoid the crowd, let them run the world
let them run it to the ground while we run in place to our disgrace, i think
we've lost our way now

all we ever believe is what we see and what we feel
but it's falling, calling
and no one can hear a sound, no one can hear it now

it's a shame but who's to blame, what good are excuses anyway?
i'm a fool just like you, i guess we're all the same
but i'll try and i'll fight just to do what's right
i won't live my life just serving my appetite
i'm a child with my eyes up above and i'm on my way nowOn Our Way

if it's fate then too late, whatcha gonna do anyway?
if it's too soon for doom, i think we're on our way
fill this future with all this ammunition and we're looking for a reason
we'll never find a season cuz it's lost in hate, a cost of taste, i think
we're on our way now

all we ever believe is what we see and what we feel
but it's falling, calling
and no one can hear a sound, no one can hear it now

shut out and shut up, is this how we're gonna live our lives now?
cuz there's no place for faith, i think it's all too clear
looking up, looking down, let's avoid the crowd, let them run the world
let them run it to the ground while we run in place to our disgrace, i think
we've lost our way now

all we ever believe is what we see and what we feel
but it's falling, calling
and no one can hear a sound, no one can hear it now

it's a shame but who's to blame, what good are excuses anyway?
i'm a fool just like you, i guess we're all the same
but i'll try and i'll fight just to do what's right
i won't live my life just serving my appetite
i'm a child with my eyes up above and i'm on my way now