Raise your hands now to testify
Your confession will be crucified
You're a sacrificial suicide
Like a dog that's been sodomized
(Stand up!) - All the white boys
(Sit down!) - And the black girls
(Stand up!) - You're the soldiers
(Sit down!) - Of the new world

Put your faith in a miracle
And it's non-denominational
Join the choir we'll be singing
In the church of wishful thinking

A fire burns today
Of blasphemy and genocide
The sirens of decay
Will infiltrate the faith fanatics

Oh bless me Lord for I have sinned
It's been a lifetime since I last confessed
I threw my crutches in the river
Of a shadow of doubt
And I'll be dressed up in my Sunday best

Say a prayer for the family
Drop a coin for humanity
Ain't this uniform so flattering?
I never asked you a God damned thing

A fire burns today
Of blasphemy and genocide
The sirens of decay
Will infiltrate the faith fanatics

Don't test me
Second guess me
Protest me
You will disappear

I want to know who's allowed to breed
All the dogs who never learned to read
Missionary politicians
And the cops of a new religion

A fire burns today
Of blasphemy and genocide
The sirens of decay
Will infiltrate the inside

When you read the news
Does it make you sick?
Murder, money, politics

Gonna fill you up
Get your bullshit fix
It's the end of the world
Grab your crucifix

And fall to your knees
And beg, "God, please
Have mercy on me, mercy"

When you turn on the TV
What do you get?
Sex, lies, scandal, violence

Like the end of a gun
Pressed against your lips
It's the end of the world
Grab your crucifix

And fall to your knees
And beg, "God, please
Have mercy on me"

When you can't buy gas
And you can't pay rent
And what you've got left
Is the Government's

No win, no future, no benefit
It's the end of the world
Grab your crucifix

And fall to your knees
And beg, "God, please
Have mercy on me"

Coming out of the hypocrisy
Coming out of the bureaucracy
Coming in to lead a war
They're a shame

You can ignore what you cannot see
You can believe in a lie
You can run away from anything
Until you open your eyes

No rest for the wicked
Yeah, they never quit
Watching, waiting
For the next trick

We won't be celebrating
When the atom's split
It's the end of the world
Grab your crucifix

And fall to your knees
And beg, "God, please
Have mercy on me"

Coming out of the hypocrisy
Coming out of the bureaucracy
Coming in to lead a war
They're a shame

You can ignore what you cannot see
You can believe in a lie
You can run away from anything
Until you open your eyes

Coming out of the hypocrisy
Coming out of the bureaucracy
Coming in to lead a war
They're a shame

Hush don't speak a word about the dreams that I live for
It hurts to reach you when I'm down
Don't speak again, I'm still waiting for my turn
It hurts to reach you when I'm down

My dreams are growing into
Frustrations when I hear your voice
(feeding me till I'm choking)
My ears are ringing louder
Repeating words that bring me down
(ringing, my ears are bleeding)

So hold your breath and spare me
The pointless conversation, I'm running out of patience
Don't blame me for trying to reach

Hush don't speak a word about the dreams that I live for
It hurts to reach you when I'm down
Don't speak again, I'm still waiting for my turn
It hurts to reach you when I'm down

As you are moving forward
I feel as if I can't catch up
(trying so hard to reach you)
I'm stuck here at the bottom
You're too high up to come back down
(trying so hard to reach you)

So hold your breath and spare me
The pointless conversation, I'm running out of patience
Don't blame me for trying to reach

Hush don't speak a word about the dreams that I live for
It hurts to reach you when I'm down
Don't speak again, I'm still waiting for my turn
It hurts to reach you when I'm down

Silence your harsh words my dear
My ears are ringing of this
I can't stop thinking of it
(I try to reach you but I fall)

Hush don't speak a word about the dreams that I live for
It hurts to reach you when I'm down
Don't speak again, I'm still waiting for my turn
It hurts to reach you when I'm down

Quiet, everyone's sleeping through life
Afraid that their questions
Just might have answers
Quiet, everyone shut off their mind
So I'll turn on mine

Alone in a world with millions of souls
Walking in circles
Trapped in their dreams, unhealthy, unclean
Walking in circles now
Do not disturb, scream in silence
Everyone's sleeping

Quiet, we're living inside of our mouths
Afraid someone just might
Hear what we're thinking
Quiet, careful of what you might say
'Cause they'll put you away

Alone in a world with millions of souls
Walking in circles
(Walking in circles)
Trapped in their dreams, unhealthy, unclean
Walking in circles now
Do not disturb, scream in silence
Everyone's sleeping

Alone in a world with millions of souls
Walking in circles
(Walking in circles)
Trapped in their dreams, unhealthy, unclean
Walking in circles now
Do not disturb, scream in silence
Everyone's sleeping

Alone in a world with millions of souls
(Walking in circles now)
Walking in circles now
Alone in a world with millions of souls
(Walking in circles now)
Walking in circles now
Do not disturb, scream in silence
Everyone's sleeping

I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of Suburbia
From the bible of none of the above
On a steady diet of soda pop and Ritalin
No one ever died for my sins in hell
As far as I can tell
At least the ones I got away with

And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe
That don't believe in me

Get my television fix sitting on my crucifix
The living room or my private womb
While the Moms and Brads are away
To fall in love and fall in debt
To alcohol and cigarettes and Mary Jane
To keep me insane, doing someone else's cocaine

And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe
That don't believe in me


At the center of the Earth
In the parking lot
Of the 7-11 where I was taught
The motto was just a lie
It says home is where your heart is
But what a shame
Cause everyone's heart
Doesn't beat the same
It's beating out of time

City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care

I read the graffiti
In the bathroom stall
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
And so it seemed to confess
It didn't say much
But it only confirmed that
The center of the earth
Is the end of the world
And I could really care less

City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care


I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't care
[x4]

I don't care

Everyone is so full of shit
Born and raised by hypocrites
Hearts recycled but never saved
From the cradle to the grave
We are the kids of war and peace
From Anaheim to the middle east
We are the stories and disciples
Of the Jesus of suburbia
Land of make believe
That don't believe in me
Land of make believe
And I don't believe
And I don't care!
I don't care! [x4]


Dearly beloved are you listening?
I can't remember a word that you were saying
Are we demented or am I disturbed?
The space that's in between insane and insecure
Oh therapy, can you please fill the void?
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse


To live and not to breathe
Is to die In tragedy
To run, to run away
To find what you believe
And I leave behind
This hurricane of fucking lies

I lost my faith to this
This town that don't exist
So I run
I run away
To the light of masochist
And I leave behind
This hurricane of fucking lies
And I walked this line
A million and one fucking times
But not this time

I don't feel any shame
I won't apologize

When there ain't nowhere you can go
Running away from pain
When you've been victimized
Tales from another broken home

You're leaving...
You're leaving...
You're leaving...
Ah you're leaving home...

I really, I really

Whoa oh, I really need to know
(I really, I really)
Whoa oh, or else you gotta let me go
(I really, I really)

This time I really need to do things right
Shivers that you give me, keep me freezing all night
You make me, shut up oooh yeah

I can’t believe it I’m not myself
Certainly I’m thinking about no one else
You make me, shut up

I really, I really need to know
Or else you gotta let me go
Oooh

You’re just a fantasy, girl
It’s an impossible world
All I want is to be with you always
I need you every day pay some attention to me
All I want is just you and me always

Give me affection I need your perfection
Cause it feels so good you make me
s-s-stutter, s-stutter

If I could touch you I’d never let go
Now you got me screaming
And I cannot, shut up, oh, shut up, yeah

Now I am lying on a bedroom floor
Barely even speaking and I cannot, get up

And I really, I really, I really need to know
Or else you gotta let me go
Ooooh

You’re just a fantasy, girl, it’s an impossible world
All I want is to be with you always
I need you every day pay some attention to me
All I want is, you and me always

Give me affection I need your protection
‘Cause you feel so good, you make me
S-s-stutter, (I really, I really) s-stutter, stutter

You knock me down I can’t get up
I’m stuck
Gotta stop shaking me up
I can’t eat, can’t sleep can’t think sane
Get under, sinking under

You’re just a fantasy, girl
It’s an impossible world
All I want is to be with you always
I need you every day pay some attention to me
All I want is you and me always

You’re just a fantasy, girl
It’s an impossible world
All I want is to be with you always

Give me affection
I need your protection
‘Cause it feels so good to make me
S-s-stutter

(I really – I really)
You make me s-s-stutter
(I really – I really)
You make me s-stutter

Right right, turn off the lights,
we're gonna lose our minds tonight,
what's the dealio?

I love when it's all too much,
5am turn the radio up
where's the rock and roll?

Party Crasher,
Penny Snatcher,
Call me up if you want gangsta
Don't be fancy, just get dancey
Why so serious?

So raise your glass if you are wrong,
in all the right ways,
all my underdogs,
we will never be never be anything but loud
and nitty gritty dirty little freaks
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,
just come on and come on and raise your glass

Slam slam, oh hot damn
what part of party don't you understand,
wish you'd just freak out (freak out already)
can't stop, coming in hot,
I should be locked up right on the spot
it's so on right now (so fuckin on right now)

Party Crasher,
Penny Snatcher,
Call me up if you want gangsta
Don't be fancy, just get dancey
Why so serious?

So raise your glass if you are wrong,
in all the right ways,
all my underdogs,
we will never be never be anything but loud
and nitty gritty dirty little freaks
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,
just come on and come on and raise your glass
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,
just come on and come on and raise your glass

(oh shit my glass is empty, that sucks)

So if you're too school for cool,
and you're treated like a fool,
you can choose to let it go
we can always, we can always,
party on our own

(so raise your) So raise your glass if you are wrong,
in all the right ways,
all my underdogs,
we will never be never be anything but loud
and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
So raise your glass if you are wrong,
in all the right ways,
all my underdogs,
we will never be never be anything but loud
and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,
just come on and come on and raise your glass
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,(for me)
just come on and come on and raise your glass (for me)