Bad Religion

[barbarin]

Believe It

Believe It

It could happen to you, a defect from the wasted outskirts of Los Angeles
With a crumpled-up pass for the RTD
And no authority or trajectory
On the brink of insanity

(Chorus)
You'd better believe it
Because it's written all over your face
Just a neighborhood reject, out of step and out of place
You'd better believe it

Would you ever have thought persistence could prevail against the almost
unbearable weight of the system
With nothing better to do, and no one else who you can look up to

(Chorus)
You'd better believe it
Because it's written all over your face
A political defect, out of step and out of place
You'd better believe it

(Bridge)
And the future is bright when ideas run astray
So turn out the light, a punk can't have a say
Sometimes desire is all that's there
Who said life was fair?

(Chorus)

 

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I Love My Computer

I Love My Computer

I love my computer you make me feel alright
Every waking hour and every lonely night
I love my computer for all you give to me
Predictable errors and no identity

And it's never been quite so easy
I've never been quite so happy

(Chorus)
All I need to do is to click on you and we'll be joined in the most soul-less way
And we'll never ever ruin each other's day 'cuz when I'm through I just click
And you just go away

I love my computer you're always in the mood
I get turned on when I turn on you
I love my computer you never ask for more
You can be a princess or you can be my whore

And it's never been quite so easy
I've never been quite so happy

(Chorus)
(Bridge)
The world outside is so big but it's safe in my domain
Because to you I'm just a number and a clever screen name

All I need is to click on you and we'll be together for eternity
And no one is ever gonna take my love from me because I've got security
Her password and a key

 

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The Hopeless Housewife

The Hopeless Housewife

Oh me Oh my
Get out of your 1950's fantasy your face shines with misery transparently
Spew out that sobering half-assed victim rhetoric
Make 'em all squirm while they chew on it
It's a secret handshake and a passing wink of the eye
As the witches bridge club weekly meets to pen the tail on the sly

(Chorus)
But they never ask "Why oh why
don't we raise our voices to the sky?"
Instead you're mute and fawn just waiting to die like some kind of hopeless housewife
But you can change while you're alive and let 'em all know at least you tried
To kill the demons inside

Oh me Oh my
Damn your transcendental paralysis, we can work together and make sense of this
Don't be so sure you can chuck it all away
You've got to proceed no matter how bad you want to stay
It's a natural cause and a comfort zone there in your head
And the world turns away as you tap the snooze button in bed

(Chorus)
But nobody can hear a word you said
Your history was never read
Instead you're mute and fawn just waiting to die like some kind of hopeless housewife
But you can change while you're alive and let 'em all know at least you tried
To kill the demons inside

 

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There Will Be A Way

There Will Be A Way

Shut your eyes, see the future's distant shore
March ahead more enlightened than before
And there's sure to be bumps and distractions
but I know we'll get through
There will be me, there will be you
There will be a way

Unresolved repercussions from your life
Fortified with the vitriol of strife
And you can be gridlocked by predictions,
but you're wise grab the prize
Then revise, realize
There will be a way

(Solo break)
Hey... Ho
And I don't know where we are going
but we're here on this ride
And we'll stand side by side all along the way

Follow me to the future's distant shore
Vagary needn't haunt us anymore
And now it's time to set the agenda, learn the past,
make it last
Share the wealth, hold your fire, conserve life,
make it right
Kill the hate, negotiate
There will be a way There will be a way
There will be a way

 

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Let It Burn

Let It Burn

Let your mind wander, look beyond the shadows
Focus on the skyline, read the silhouettes
Your deepest desires are a picture of tomorrow
All your darkest fears are just a vestige of regret

(Chorus)
And it's Wo-oh oh oh
It seems like such a long way to go
As obstacles get bigger, prevailing winds blow stronger
And the fire continues to grow

Don't let shallow water limit you perception
Heed the new horizon, muster to it fast
The moments of your yesterdays are in the wake behind you
You can't assess the future if you're living in the past

(Chorus)
Keep it stoked!

If you are committed to a life of understanding
Then there's no agenda for vengeance in your life
Sharpen all your senses, face the opposition
You can overcome with fortitude and mental might

(Chorus)
The fire continues to grow, in your soul
So be bold. Let it grow.

Don't let it die
Let it burn!

 

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Don't Sell Me Short

Don't Sell Me Short

We don't need anymore mountains
Because the trail builders failed to give us passage there
So we can't reach the sky
We don't need anymore failure
There is human tragedy that's written everywhere
And we are all too young to die

Like a mystery that's here to stay
Some people never go away
"Cuz they've got something to say

(Chorus)
Don't sell me short! You've been wrong too long
Don't brush me off just because I don't belong
Like it or not I'm all you've got, dispose when I'm shot
Just don't sell me short, I might not be who you thought

We don't need anymore fables
Because the writers have passed and left us lessonless
And we must find our own way
We don't need any more privilege
There is a vivid desperation that is powerless
That no surplus can repay

Like the fix of rapture in a trance
Oh, fates are sealed by circumstance
So you've got to take a chance

(Chorus)
Don't sell me short! You've been wrong too long
Don't brush me off just because I don't belong
Pass me on by, ignore my cry, forget me when I die
Just don't sell me short, not while I'm still alive

(Bridge)
Everybody's talking about heaven on earth
I'm still trying to figure out just what I'm worth
I'm full of emotion and stuff you can't contain
And you just want to flush me down the drain
But you can't make me go away

(Chorus)

 

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Supersonic

Supersonic

Well, am I making haste or could it be haste is making me what's time but a thing to kill or keep or buy or lose or live in I gotta go faster keep up
the pace just to stay in the human race I could go supersonic, the conditions chronic ...tell me does life exist beyond? when I need to sate, I
just accelerate into oblivion into oblivion well here I go again, everything is alien how does it feel to be outstripped by the pace of cultural change
my deeds are senseless and rendered meaningless when measured in that vein I won't lie, it's exciting when I try to decide things ...I just want
to live decently, meaningfully

I'm in misery

I could go supersonic, the problem's chronic ...tell me does life exist beyond it? when I need to sate, I just accelerate into oblivion pace setters
go getters rat racers forget hers researchers berserkers strategies to help the workers new time saving devices quick vices short
splices brevity dependency chemical efficiency

 

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Prove It

Prove It

hit the road in wander mode, inquire along the way savoir-faire in full despair while living d a y - t o - d a y my heart is not a cauldron of proof I don't ever need to prove myself to you looking back I'm off the
tracks more times than I recognize mistakes are another opportunity to refine my heart is not a cauldron of proof I don't ever need to prove myself to you there's no such thing as hell but you can make it if you try there
may come a day when emotion can be quantified but as of now there's no proof necessary no proof necessary no proof necessary

 

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Can't Stop It

Can't Stop It

i'm incurable but durable it's
easy to see
lack of restraint is a com-
plaint of those around me
i know that others postpone
gratification well i lack that
affectation
let's get it right , there's
no end in sight and i
CAN'T STOP
it's shocking, but
i just can't stop it!

uncontrollable, i'm inconsolable
my pleasure cen-ter is
the shelterfor a reptile

i hate when i gotta tolerate
frustration, see lack the motivation
let's set this straight, i never wait
and i can't stop can't stop

shocking, but i just can't stop it!

 

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Broken

Broken

she said thanks but i'm broken i guess you must have
misspoken what a laugh i've never been chosen by anyone she was
only a teen hangin' out in-between
just a part of the scene
with mercurial smile and incurable style she was only a dream

how's that, he didn't
know a thing about making love to the kind of girl you read about
he said i'm glad to be broken my daddy bet that i'd amount to nothing

he wouldn't let anybody show him anything he was a troubled
child he'd been down for a while always kept to himself though she
couldn't defend he only wanted a friend

now he's made something else it's so sad, no one saw it
coming, the paper said that he hit the ground running
oh yeah i know i'm not broken a little cracked but still i'm not broken i
can't laugh i think that i'm choking on reality when the
world is turning

you don't turn on me who are you
here to repair well i don't know what you mean you could never
resist glorifying despair well now it's coming to you and

i don't really care
while i'm not the kind to insist you couldn't have missed we must
co-exist so please listen to me there is no such thing as human debris

broken? i said i'm not broken a little cracked but
still I'm not broken I want to laugh I'm not broken, i know i'm not