Bad Religion

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Destined For Nothing

Destined For Nothing

who do you believe can out some meaning in your
life? who do you conceive to provide you guidance
and light? Are they waiting for you in the by and
by? do you even have to try? headed for eternity
and destined for nothing the future isn't difficult
to see it's easy to confuse grand design with life's
Repercussions lament not your vanquished fanta-
sy it's only destiny why do you consent to live in
ignorance and fear? ancient people succumbed to
it, can it happen here? does it make you suffer,
'cuz you have to die? is it best to live a lie? why
can't you see, there ain't no destiny for you and
me?

 

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Materialist

Materialist

YOU'RE OBSESSED AND DISTRESSED 'CUZ YOU
CAN'T MAKE ANY SENSE OF THE LUDICROUS
NONSENSE AND INCIPIENT SENESCENCE THAT
WILL DEEM YOUR COMMON SENSE USELESS
THIS AIN'T NO RECESS!
I WANT TO BELIEVE IN YOU BUT MY PLANS KEEP
FALLING THROUGH I KNOW I HAVE TO FACE THE
HARSHNESS, GRIN AND BARE THE TRUTH AND I
HAVE TO WALK THIS MILE IN MY OWN SHOES
(AND I'M NO FOOL!) I'M MATERIALIST A
FULL-BLOWN REALIST (PHYSICAL THEORIST)
AND I GUESS I'M FULL OF DOUBT SO I'M PRONE
TO HEAR YOU OUT AND REFUSE I'M MATERIALIST
THERE AIN'T NO FEAR IN THIS IT'S THERE FOR ALL
TO SEE SO DON'T TALK OF HIDDEN MYSTERIES
WITH ME
MIND OVER MATTER IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER
IF THE STREET'S IDLE CHATTER TURNS YOUR
HEART-STRINGS TO TATTERS FLATTER HOPES
DON'T FLATTER AND SOUL BATTER WON'T CONGEAL
TO MEND A LIFE THAT IS SHATTERED INTO SHARDS
WAS IT IN THE CARDS? THE PROCESS OF BELIEF IS
AN ELIXIR WHEN YOU'RE WEAK I MUST CONFESS.
AT TIMES I INDULGE IT ON THE SNEAK BUT
GENERALLY MY OUTLOOK'S NOT SO BLEAK
(AND I'M NOT MEEK!) I'M MATERIALIST A
FULL-BLOWN REALIST (PHYSICAL THEORIST)
AND I GUESS I'M FULL OF DOUBT BUT I'LL
GLADLY HAVE IT OUT WITH YOU I'M MATERI -
ALIST I AIN'T NO DEIST IT'S THERE FOR ALL TO
SEE SO DON'T SPEAK OF HIDDEN MYSTERIES WITH
ME LIKE ROME UNDER NERO, OUR FUTURE'S ONE
BIG ZERO RECYCLING THE PAST TO MEET EMMEDI -
ATE NEEDS AND THROUGH IT ALL WE RAMBLE
FORTH TO PRESERVE AND CLIMB OUR MOUNTAINS
OF REGRET TO SOW OUR SEEDS I'M MATERIALIST!

 

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Kyoto Now!

Kyoto Now!

it's a matter of prescience but not the science fiction kind it's all about ignorance, and greed, and miracles for the blind the media parading, disjointed politics founded on petrochemical plunder and we're its hostages

if you stand to reason you're in the game the rules
might be elusive but our pieces are the same
you know if one goes down we all go down as
well the balance is precarious as anyone can tell
this world's going to hell

Don't allow this mythologic hopeful monster to exact its price Kyoto now! We can't do nothing and think someone else will make it right you might now think it matters now but what if you are worn you might not think there's any wisdom in a fucked up punk rock song but the way it is cannot persist for long, a brutal sun is rising on our sick horizon it's in the way we live our lives exactly like the double edge of a cold familiar knife and supremacy weighs heavy on the day it's never really what you own but what you threw away and how much did you pay? in your dreams you saw a steady state a bounty for eternity

silent screams
but now the wisdom that sustains us all is in full retreat
DON'T allow this mythologic hopeful monster isn't worth the risk Kyoto now!
We can't have vision for the future if it can't be fixed

Alien
We need a fresh and new religion to run our lives
Hand in hand
The arid torpor of inaction will be our demise

 

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Sorrow

Sorrow

Father can you hear me? How have I let you down? I curse the day that I was born And all the sorrow in this world Let me take you to the
hurting ground Where all good men are trampled down Just to settle a bet that could not be won Between a prideful father and his son Will
you guide me now, for I can't see A reason for the suffering and this long misery What if every living soul could be upright and strong Well,
then I do imagine... There will be Sorrow Yeah there will be Sorrow And there will be Sorrow, no more When all soldiers lay their weapons
down Or when all kings and all queens relinquish their crowns Or when the only true messiah rescues us from ourselves It's easy to imagine...
There will be Sorrow Yeah there will be Sorrow And there will be Sorrow, no more

 

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Epiphany

Epiphany

a new age of reason, brain treason to trick the mind what
good is searching if nothing's there to find? we arrive at
this place of no return my brother only to discover that
our minds have led us away so far from the painful
truth of who we are

what's right is wrong, what's come has gone, what's clear and pure is not
so sure it came to me at all promises become a lie, all that's benign corrupts in time (mountains don't stand the test of time)
the fallacy of epiphany

come forth bear wotness, see the profit from your loss
beg for forgiveness only after you tally the cost we
arrive at this place of no return my sisters only to dis-
cover that our values ran us aground on the shoal in the
sea of what we could be

if it's real for me do I have to prove it to you? why do
revelations fade to cold blue untruths? it's oh so
relative subservient in total to one's perspective

 

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Evangeline

Evangeline

she came from heaven well there's no point
belaboring that
I've seen some trouble I
must admit that I'm in
demand I confront rejection with magnetic good intentions
and yet

hey Jack, Get back, in fact DON'T do that
I act sharp but feel uncertain
'cuz next time it could be curtains

Evangeline
conspirator so fine lend me
your faith 'cuz mine is broken compared to mine what is
your crime

Evangeline
now just to be certain let me set the record straight
I could use an angel but I don't intend
to split up the take never go for

treason but I got reasons that don't warrant debate my act's
intact and in fact you're not all that you act sure, but you're
uncertain
'cuz next time it could be curtains

Well, there's no use turning back
it's already much too late
when the house is burning

 

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The Defense

The Defense

nothing comes easier than madness
in the world today mass paranoia
is a mode not a malady I'd like
to watch a thousand cable
channels but there's nothing on
and my high speed connection's
monitored daily by the pentagon
these things are seldom what
they seem I'm not inclined to
enjoy my dreams won't go away no
peace and no friends we trace
the mortal edge to state the
obvious this world is perilous
for us no sense and no guide
ain't it beautiful to be alive I
won't resign before the struggle
ends so I'll
construct a sound defense we are
the prey and culture is the
predator I'm running out of time
where conditions are positional
shadows of doubt cast
reluctance and depravity there's
got to be a way to overcome this
grim reality these things are
seldom what they seem I'm not
immune to dispondency there's no
way there's a signpost on the
corner and it keeps everybody
safe we were all made in the
shade and your mothers in the
kitchen where she's patching all
the cracks in the wall we never
had a care in the world too much
to sacrifice (no shade) it's
hard to recognize (no light)
traps and compromise (just black)
obscuring deadly alibis (and
white) It's combinational (my
plans) the pressure so intense
(and designs) when I construct a
sound defense (no way) nothing's
plainer than the madness in the
world today (no sign) I must
conceal myself and steal myself
and break away (no grace) I'll
seek initiative in matters that
are black and white (no sense)
when I construct a sound defense

 

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The Lie

The Lie

how do you know what you can be if you can't see where you are going? what breaks the silence? misery can make you see where you belong it's a dangerous stage but the show must go on why do you lie why do you lie would you betray your soul? don't let your weakness show only the weak follow
trample the fear below freedom is such a loaded word, so full of hurt and such aplomb loneliness saunters in its breeze like a disease it drag along the time of your life can't be had for a song

 

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You Don't Belong

You Don't Belong

Hey You, Is there something worth aspiring to? and can it be found in a record store? well, its not there
anymore, just think of all the things we did we were different, just like all the other kids, missy was a
teen blue video star, tom took his life in his mother's car, milo went to college but you knew about that,
rodney played our records, jimmy started riots, laurie was always quiet, she was battling depression
hey you, is there something worth belonging to? and can I pick it up for a song? or a diploma or a wor-
thy cause well, let me tell you that there's nothing wrong, its just that ones like us will never belong
jack wore a skirt but he knew how to scrap, billy went to county on a class one possession, wendy went
to school while her daddy shot smack, eugene kept a list, mugger was security, mary she kept her puri-
ty, we were all in it together yellowed postcards on the wall, served to cover up the blankness after all so
I will carry them along, like a song, when I'm gone hey you, is there something worth belonging to?
you know we've been here all along like a confederacy of the wrong and I confess it could be prejudice,
but to you I dedicate this song, yah you...

 

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Bored and Extremely Dangerous

Bored and Extremely Dangerous

with nothing better to do no one to come home to I woefully conclude to take it out on you I'm bored to
the extreme this world of foolish dreams disillusion I am not who I seem to be yeah sure I might do harm
and bear my right to arm RETRIBUTION If only someone would listen to me a room and empty shelf a book
on mental health I look for inner wealth by punishing myself I'm bored to the extreme this world of fool-
ish dreams disillusion I am not who I seem to be yeah sure I might do harm and bear my right to arm
RETRIBUTION If only someone would listen