I look in the mirror but I don't know the face
I try going downtown but it's a different place
I toss and I turn, I can't sleep at night
I can't figure it out, but something's not right
I look at the faces of the friends I once knew
I'm all wound up, I don't know what to do
There's an answer hiding in the back of my head
I'm 22 years old and I'm already dead
How did I get here and where am I going?
I find I'm stagnating when I thought I was growing
This isn't what I wanted but I'm here anyway
I walked into my own trap and there's no getting away

We live in a world full of injustice and discrimination
Where people are shit but do you think I care
I see people struggling and fighting the system
To make the world better and I laugh when they fail

This is the world we made and I love it
Our world is dying so let's enjoy it
Rape recession invasions starvation discrimination
None of this means shit to me
Over a quarter of a million people died in the Persian Gulf War
I don't give a fuck, I didn't know any of them
I see people on the streets hungry and out of work
Well fuck them, I've got a job

If we're gonna have a war, let's have a real war
We've got all these nuclear weapons sitting around doing nothing; let's fire them off

Let's rape Mother Nature, Let's use all the world's oil
Leave nothing for the future because we won't be there
Let's have a blast as we burn down the forests
And poison the oceans, who really cares?

This world is ours, we can do what we want with it
If the world's gotta end, let's just do it
Abuse sickness drugs and degradation
None of this means shit to me
Killing animals for science is wrong
We should kill them for fun
Fuck the dirty little animals
It's survival of the fittest and we won
Let's get rid of all the ugly trees and dump our shit in the oceans
Let's get the factories pumping out some real pollution
All this clean air is making me choke

And if the environmentalists don't like it, well, fuck 'em!
And fuck the peace punks, too! What the fuck is a "peace punk?"
That's a contradiction in terms
And fuck the feminists too
What are feminists?
They just want to be men
If they have penis envy then that's their problem

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. . .

You don't have to look far to see filth and grime
Our daily lives are filled with perversion and crime
A dealer on the corner, some whores down the block
It's an everyday sight, it comes as no shock
No arrests are made, the politicians are corrupted
This is the world they made, it's time we disrupt it
Justice can't be brought through legal demands
The only way to do it is with the law in our hands
Purge!Bring down the state
You rally and protest, your voices go unheard
You've got to change tactics
Actions speak louder than words
Democracy is a sham, it's all been prearranged
Bombs, not ballots, is the only way to bring a change
World history is approaching its darkest hour
We can turn back the clock, we've got the power
We are the new morality, the power is in our hands
We can sweep across the nation and purge the land
Politicians and evangelists all spread the lie
For their injustice to humanity, they'll have to die
Today's robber barons must be assassinated
Drug dens and porno houses must be incinerated
We're the new morality, our numbers are vast
We can build a new future as we burn down the past
We'll show no mercy, no hesitation
Might makes right, we're gonna purge the nation
Purge!Bring down the state

Every moment of my life I'm locked inside this cage
Feeding fuel to the fire that encompasses my rage
Living in this world where I'm told how to behave
But I'll do just as I please, I won't be another slave

I'll fight for what I want, I can't sit back and wait
But it never seems enough, it just builds up my hate
Pure hate is all i need, pure hate is all I'll be
If I'm left without my hate there'll be nothing left of me

I've lived my life too hard and too fast
Now I can never live out the dreams of my past
To be loved and wanted are things I'll never feel
Happiness and contentment are to me so unreal
So just send me off to that foreign land
Let me see if I can make my final stand
Forget all about me, don't even say goodbye
My journey is over and I'm ready to die

Once again I'm on my own
There must be some reason that I'm alone
I've got no one who will stand by me
And show me love and loyalty
Maybe this is my fault, I'll never know
But I'll never understand why she had to go
Once again

Cerco oasi nellestate ma nel mucchio ad una festa manca laria
cerco tra le spinte un varco salto fuori dalla mischia
e succede che
gli occhi tuoi nei miei i miei nei tuoi come diamanti
sto sognando o forse la realt
sei forse qui o sei loasi dei miei pensieri
in questa notte in questa notte che va
fermo di colpo tutto intorno per un attimo eterno
siamo solo noi
oasi nel miraggio di sciamani uno scalo in viaggio a Tangeri
o a Timbuktu
dire fare le parole restano fra i denti
frasi che si spezzano a met
sospese qui in orbita tra stelle scintillanti
in questa notte in questa notte
gli occhi tuoi nei miei i miei nei tuoi come diamanti
sto sognando o forse la realt
sei forse qui o sei loasi dei miei pensieri
in questa notte in questa notte che va

Once upon a time I was a man ruled by hate
And the way of spite and anger was all I could relate
Such a simple existence, I was looking for a fight
No more than temporary happiness for six feet of spite
Now I'm never gonna live by peace and love
Cause I'm from New York City, where there fly no doves
I'm just tired of being tolerant, I'm still looking for a fight
I'll never change the way I am, even though I can
I'll always be six feet of spite

On and on and on and on
I never get a chance to catch my breath
On and on and on and on
I'm working myself to an early death

I work every day from 9 to 5
I make barely enough just to stay alive
I'm feeling frustrated and I don't know why
I just sit and watch the system bleed me dry
No time for college, I got bills to pay
I work my fingers to the bone for minimum wage
Straight out of school to the employment line
They say I ain't got no skills, I'm wasting their time

I just got paid, my money's already spent
My building's going co-op, so they raised my rent
I can't afford to buy the things I need
My pockets are empty and I got kids to feed
Tomorrow's gonna be like yesterday
Just deeper in debt with more bills to pay
Everything I own I'm forced to sell
I'm not living in America, I'm living in hell

I want to be alone -- Just keep the fuck away from me
All I've done and all I've tried
Done it by myself, no one at my side
I want to be alone -- Don't want no friends or families
I want to be alone
Don't give a fuck what you think about me
Don't talk to me, don't want to know your name
People are shit and you're all the same
I want to be alone -- Just keep the fuck away from me
I want to be alone
You can keep your love and shove it up your ass
I want to be alone
I'd rather stick your face with broken glass
All my friends have moved away or died
All the women I've trusted have always lied
I want to be alone
You see me on the street, just walk on by
I want to be alone
I'd like nothing better than to see you die
Don't talk to me, don't want to know your name
People are shit and you're all the same
I want to be alone

When will you realize you can't change anything
With just an "X" on your hand
When will you realize that unity is just another word
If you don't follow through
These walls you build between us are the ones
You claim to be breaking down
I don't buy your superior attitude
When will you realize?
You cast me off because I'm not like you
You think you're cool with your ways
You self righteous child
This dilemma we face, we could face together
If you would really open your minds
When will you realize?

It's a system for the people but we have no say
It's a system where the people just get pushed away
For a profit, they gentrify our land
And the police enforce their will with an iron hand
We were born into the system -- we had no choice
But we can stand as one people -- with one loud voice
They exploit our labor -- For their own greed
We've got to fight them back -- For the things we need
More people have died of AIDS than in the Vietnam War
By the time they fund research it'll be ten times more
They spend ten billion on a bomber that doesn't fly
While the homeless and the poor just starve and die
Their power comes from us -- We take it away
We can't afford to wait -- It's got to be today
The power is within us -- We can do as we please
Far better that we die on our feet
Than we live on our knees
Every generation had their chance and now it's our turn
We've seen their mistakes and I hope we've learned
We've got to make a better world at any cost
Or the next generation will be just as lost

I've been beaten and battered and my wounds never mend
I've been on this journey forever, I never want it to end
There's so much that I've seen, yet so much I don't know
I can't stay in one place while I have this longing to go
The life of a wanderer is all I'll ever see
All I know is no place will be a home to me
Now I've still got to continue my journey
My time here is fading fast
Soon I go, never to return, for I am the past
There ain't no place for me -- I hate my life, I hate my lie

Album: 1985 (2003)


I cant believe that your wasting your time
Thought you could find your way back
You heard my story but heard it all wrong
Nothing...

Well its just so little
And I can see through you
We know it will end
This distance is secret
Its seeping out my skin yeah

I was over it before
But you brought me back to were I began
And Im starting well again
And Ill make you run to the end

I cant believe your wasting my time
Honestly Ive heard it all
Bringing out your colors of natural glow
Cuz I have once know that I'm yours

Cuz its just so little
And I can see through you
We know it will end
This distance is secret
Its seeping out my skin, yeah

I was over it before
But you brought me back to were I began
And Im starting well again
And Ill make you run to the end

And I cant believe it anyway
Wen our differences are the same
Your not listening anyway
It's over...

And I cant believe it anyway
Wen our differences r the same
Ur not listening anyway
Its over...

I was over it before
But you brought me back to were I began
And Im starting well again
And Ill make you run to the end

I was over it before
But you brought me back to were I began
And Im starting well again
And Ill make you run to the end

I can build you up I can tear you down
I can force you to your knees down on the ground
I can steal your dreams I can steal your hope
And I can leave you hanging from a rope
I can make you scream I can make you cry
I can push you to the point where you want to die
I tell you what to think I tell you what to say
Whenever you follow me I lead you astray
I can take your soul and tear it apart
For I am love and I live in your heart

The times are changing, we've got to move ahead
We can't live in the past, our scene is already dead
Hardcore is in my heart, for me it will never die
The scene today is nothing but a lie
You want to bring back old days that you never knew
It's time to make a change and it's up to you
No! We
Can't bring back the days of '82
It's time to move on and make something new
Work for the future, not for the past
Hardcore is dead! It was never meant to last

One day you'll all die
All your lives were just a lie
No escaping death, you can't run away
Lie to yourselves and blindly pray
Try to hide, you just won't see
There is no God, there's only me

Fuck your religion
I'll burn your churches down
I spit on your priests
And piss on your sacred ground
You're so fucking brainwashed
You just can't see
If you need something to believe in
You can worship me
I am my own God

Shame is what I feel for being a man
Our society abuses women every subtle way it can
We can make her feel inadequate for wanting to have a job
We can justify her rape for being too scared to yell "Stop!"
Why?
She can't have a career, she has to stay home and cook
Fashion magazines tell her how she must look
She's a second class citizen in our "equal society"
Until things change we can never all be free
They say the clothes she wears justified their rude stares
And that seemed to make it alright
They say she asked for it, so they choose to ignore it
Because she didn't put up a good fight
They tell her she's to blame, I feel nothing but shame
And nobody seems to care
It's just another sexist crime, it happens all the time
Because nothing about this world is fair

Keep my head on straight -- keep my brains intact
Keep my marbles inside -- Show me how to act
Keep me in control of my situation
My gyroscope inside, it's all mine
Shrink my head down if you can
Find out what makes me a man
Get your periscope and peer right inside
Get your notebook out, tell me what you find

We were the dead end kids, we never cared
We lived with one foot in the grave
The night were one long blur
We'd sooner die before conform
The future was one big joke
The scene was all we had
We separated ourselves from the outside world
There were too many things we didn't want to know
Oi! Oi! music for the dead end kids
We still have no regrets for the way we lived
We had our golden days of "Live fast die young"
But now we're getting older and our day is done
We were the dead end kids without a hope or a home
We were the lost generation, now we're having kids of our own
We were the dead end kids going nowhere fast
Well now that we're nowhere we're trying to relive our past
It's too sad to look back on the lives we led
We can't go on pretending that our scene's not dead
We let it slip away without our knowing
We're the dead end kids, where the hell are we going