Born to Be... Lyrics
Lyrics from the 2002 release 16 *Born to Be...*
All lyrics by Rich Wasson
All songs copyright 2002 16 Piece Bucket
- SAFE & SICK
Why won't they just leave me alone
Why can't they just leave me alone
Sick & tired of shrinking from the phone
Do what you like!
Think for yourself
But I don't want to hear about it
Shut Up! Go Home!
For God's sake just leave me alone
Why don't you just leave me alone?
& Every time I try to think, my senses start to freeze
Distraction is a way of life, my walls crumble down all around me
I try to live my life as though there's something to believe
But deep in my heart I know it's just not worth it
& so I guess there must be something wrong with me
I never learned how to ask for help
Promises are all just lies wrapped in felt
Nothing to do but keep on looking for answers
Nothing to do but keep on asking myself
How can I feel safe inside
When I'm so damn sick inside
How can I be so safe and sick inside?
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- WHY ARE YOU?
Feels like I'm going crazy, but I don't want to be a victim
Looks like I'll never find a home
Spend my days kicking over thrones
Divided into sections; my consciousness becomes a weapon
But finding nothing worth the fight
Tunr on itself at last and dies
I fled my family; they tried to stich me to a straight line
Where all the people look the same, clean cut & morally decayed
Who wore the foundry down right after burning the museum?
Then put the pieces on display before they blew us all away
[chorus]
Still you ask me why I do the things I do
...Right Now!
Never questioned anything you thought you knew to be true
I guess I know why I'm here, why are you?
I got no right to speak because my life is mostly fiction
35 minutes on the stage then fade once more back into haze
Still crave some purity, 'cos deep inside I know I'm dirty
Yet if I chip the filth away how much that's me would still remain?
[chorus]
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- JACK MOVE
You know , there's only so much water in the well
Only so many questions have straight answers
Who can tell?
Do your possessions really make you feel secure?
I never had the guts to say it this straight
But then I never felt so goddmaned sure about it
Never needed
We conceded
Still they cheated
It's a JACKMOVE!
We could find a
Way to fight it
But we don't understand
Another fight breaks out...there's hatred in the air
Could try to find a way to stem the tide
I guess you just don't fuckin care
You keep on acting just like everything is fine
Never took anything for granted except everything sometimes
We could find a
way to fight it
Never mind it
It's a JACKMOVE
Never needed
We conceded
We don't understand
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- POSITIVELY SORRY
Made commitment to keep on trying
Then tried again & again
Took enough to try to get me by
Exploding through the enemy on the inside...my friend
It never was a gentle path we parted
Drowned in a bucket of sin
Swallowed something just to get me started
Then found myself abysmally alone in my head
Has there ever been a word that mattered?
Quit telling me how to be
Following schemes to make your wallet fatter
There's nothing in your world that I would much care to be
We traveled under many broken banners
It's like I live in a dream
Ain't got no use for all your mindless standards
I'm positively sorry, but I can't feel a thing now
We'd better find a way...
We'd better find a way to live
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- BECAUSE YOU SAY
Things were hazy at first, until I got that call
They said 'Your brothers got their backs to the wall'
And there's a tap on the line
right now they're pulling your file
I'd strongly recommend you disappear for awhile
I'm not going to hate you because you say
I'm not going to kill because you say
Are you so lost in your delusion
That you'll take it all the way?
I will not help destroy the world because you say
They blasted mountain of coal
& poured an ocean of steel
To prove their destiny was manifest & really for real
Then the forests aflame to make the room that they'd need
To stuff the babies into body bags
To prove that we're free
I'm not going to hate you because you say
I'm not going to kill because you say
So you can bust me for sedition now
&Throw me in a cage
I simply will not kill a man because you say
I can't take this too well
I could change my ways
I know now that nothing can prove anything
Soon the specter was strangled as it rose from its crib
They auctioned off all of the rebels at a reasonable bid
And the production lines pumped out the products to sell
&Just in case we don't consume enough...
Built weapons as well