i don’t wanna die of a culture war friendly fire gonna kill us all - i don’t wanna die of a culture war johnny got a gun at the grocery store - i don’t wanna die to thoughts and prayers caught in politicians cross hairs -i don’t wanna die a sacrificial lamb to justify the flames they’re gonna fan - their selling fear on my morning scroll,selling fear with a midnight troll,but they they won’t be selling fear to me - our founding fathers could not foresee muskets with magazines - and freedom don’t feel so free when school yards are filled with infantry- it’s the a b c’s of tyranny - weapons of war what the hell are they for - to feed our fear and sell us some more - i don’t wanna die of a culture war we’re fighting against who we’re fighting for - i don’t wanna die of a culture war friendly fire will kill us all
kill or be killed, thats what they wanna sell us- so many tears we’re gonna need umbrellas - gonna make the devil jealous
the parties over we had our fun now we’re sober - said our goodbyes and always wonder whys - the parties over, picked every leaf off the clover - like the city of atlantis, we were once enchanted but couldnt survive the seas advances - cuz everybody knows, we ebb and we flow, our highs become our lows, everybody knows we reap what we sew, so it goes - some day soon they’ll be cowboys on the moon, fillin up saloons, licking their wounds, we’ll colonize the stars make sure they’re all ours, put condos up on mars with backyard tiki bars - we’re all blessed and depressed, a hot mess, in our winter boots and summers dress, this weirdo weathers gone straight up to our heads, even happiness is filled with dread - cuz everybody knows, we ebb and we flow, our highs become our lows, everybody knows, we reap what we sew, so it goes...- some day soon they’ll be cowboys on the moon, fillin up saloons, licking their wounds, we’ll colonize the stars, make sure they’re all ours, put condos up on mars, with backyard tiki bars - some day soon when the earth is in full bloom we’ll realize it’s suicide its suicide, and we’ll sing our song for greta in her flannel sweater, and promise we’ll do better - we’ll do better....
let’s rev up the revolution, with a little imagination, rattle our institutions, with self determination, let’s rev up our revelations, elevate communications, if we want a world worth saving, it’s gonna start with a conversation - every day is a revolution, another chance for evolution, everyone lets throw a tantrum, make our anthem the power of compassion - let’s rev up the revolution, with a little imagination, rattle the opposition, with brains and precision, let's pick up with evolution, adapt to the situation, got our words as ammunition so let's kill'em with compassion - every day is a revolution another chance for evolution, everyone with a contribution, is a star in our constellation - come on friends of the revolution, there’s no room for exclusion, come on friends of evolution, it's our turn to rev up the revolution
you were my captain, said this wouldn’t happen, said this wouldn’t happen, you were my captain - we come in peace, as refugees with only hopes and dreams, we come in peace - we lost our homes, drift through the unknown, with only our tears and a song - watched you play dumb, waged war with the sun, now its from ourselves we run and run and run - dear mom dear dad, here’s a letter from the future i wish you had - greetings from space, we’re all castaways, searching stone to stone, for another home, too late to apologize, our tears have crystallized, too late to harmonize, our hearts we’ve synthesized - we come in peace, as refugees, with only hopes and dreams,we come in peace - if mother nature had a daughter she’d be living under water, forced neath the squaller - our promised land belongs to hoarders, it’s walls and it’s borders, of money and of slaughter - sometimes you see what you want to see, and what you want to see is all you see - dear mom dear dad, here’s a letter from the future i wish you had - greetings from space, we’re all castaways, searching stone to stone, for another home, too late to apologize, our tears have crystallized, too late to harmonize, our hearts we’ve synthesized, like butterflies, we will start another life, from our cocoon above the moon, above the sun, it’s from ourselves ,we run and we run and run….
radiate… every word you say,in anger or in praise, echoes on in space, and radiates - sticks and stones break our bones, but words crush us heart and soul, cuz we all radiate - ain't it the truth that love’s contagious, i heard it from the sages, love’s contagious, ain't it the same that hate's contagious, it's been that way for ages, hate's contagious - every word you use, please don’t abuse they’re like sparks to a fuse, and radiate, if you want be the one who’s gonna change the world, let’s start small me and you, we’re gonna move mountains, just being cool - ain't it the truth that love's contagious, i heard it from the sages, love's contagious. ain't it the same that hate's contagious, it never really changes, hate's contagious - so when you’re hanging out, and you're in a crowd, you gotta think about, the little ripple you start is going to get around…..we all radiate... we all radiate - every word you say in anger or in praise echoes off in space
when you’re small i’m small, when you’re tall i’m tall, when you rise i rise, when you fall i fall - i don’t know your name, maybe jimmy james or jane, but when you hurt i feel the pain cuz we’re all one in the same - without empathy (we won’t change )there’d be no sympathy (till we feel your pain) without sympathy( till we walk through flames) no mercy (singing this refrain)- be incredibly kind, in and out of our minds, in and out of our minds, be incredibly kind - golden is the rule, unto others just be cool - when you’re weak i’m weak, when you’re strong i’m strong, when you climb I climb, when you shine, we all shine - when i see you cry and tears come to my eyes, i’ll be a reflection of the sorrw that you hide - without empathy( we won’t change) there’d be no sympathy (till we feel your pain) without sympathy (till we walk through flames) no mercy (singing this refrain)- this is our reminder, to be a little kinder, to meet our anger with grace and a little space, not to pretend we’ll all be best of friends, but when we make amends this great divide will end - be incredibly kind, in and out of our minds, in and out of our minds, be incredibly kind (lets trade places, our bodies, our faces)(we won’t change till we feel your pain, till we’ve walked through flames, singing this refrain) - golden is the rule, unto others just be cool - if i could taste your tears, bitter and sweet your joys, your fears, would i feel rage, would i be thrashing in a cage, would i could i be as brave
freakout freakout freakout.. we’ll tell you a story bout a story, bout a boy and girl named Rory, it’s kinda fuzzy,scuzzy and distorted, but we don’t give a fck cuz we just made it up, bla bla bla, there is no moral, that’s the moral of the story - we’re positively negative, relatively sure, so happy we could cry, so happy we could - freakout freakout freakout... - where our story goes nobody knows, so stay on tippy toes, gets kinda weird, twisted and thorny, but the ending is clear we’re bewildered and in fear, a little bit number a little bit dumber and in tears - we’re positively negative relatively sure, so happy we could cry so happy we could - thats our story bout Rory and Rory, full of lies, irony and glory, mis information mr. please change the station, mis information mr. please change the station - freakout freakout freakout…