I barely get to the graveyard shift on time After pulling another grueling 9 to 5 I live from credit card to check, the paper money's whirling by And
Enter the arena and hit the lights Step up now you're in for a ride This is war, ain't no fun and games We'll get it up and you go down in flames Party
Where were you when it happened? Where could you be found? Were you at the front of the stage Or in the underground? From S.F out to Old Brit New York
You take a mortal man And put him in control Watch him become a god Watch peoples heads a 'roll A 'roll, a 'roll Just like the pied piper Led rats through
I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing 'Til they got a hold of me I opened doors for little old ladies I helped the blind to see I got no friends 'cause
What do you mean, "I don't believe in God?" I talk to him every day What do you mean, "I don't support your system?" I go to court when I have to And
Sacrilege and blasphemy Sets the stage today The more insatiable the sex The more swelled our tongues became As pre-historic as it seems This is now
Too many problems, oh why am I here? I need to be me, 'cause you're all too clear And I can see there's something wrong with you Oh, what do you expect
Endangered species, caged in fright Shot in cold blood, no chance to fight The stage is set, now pay the price And ego boost, don't think twice Technology
Welcome to our fortress tall Take some time to show you around Impossible to break these walls For you see the steel is much too strong Computer banks
Madness comes, madness goes An insane place with insane moves Battles without for battles within Where evil lives and evil rules Breakin' them up just
Rise so high, yet so far to fall A plan of dignity and balance for all Political breakthrough, euphoria's high More borrowed money, more borrowed time
Do it if you dare, leaping from the sky Hurling through the air, exhilarating high See the earth below, soon to make a crater Blue sky, black death, I
Assassin in stealth Assailant from hell Impervious to damage Computer on board Engaged in a war Non stop combatant Maybe not a mutant, maybe a man Part
Hello me, meet the real me And my misfits way of life A dark black past is my Most valued possession Hindsight is always 20-20 But looking back it's
People have round shoulders from fairing heavy loads And the soldiers liberate them, laying mines along their roads Sorrow paid for valor is too much
I had wrists donning slits flowing constantly My broken body in a wreck, I'm wrapped around a tree A crosswalk hit and run, the finish line for me People
It's just another day It was just another fight It was words strung into sentences It was doomed to not be right There is something wrong with me There