98 Mute - Picture This

Everyday a battle is fought
Today i was reminded somehow i had forgot
Everyday a lesson is taught
Real estate's important and human life is not
Is all of this bloodshed worth an outdated plan laid by ancient hands
Such a crucial piece of earth
Take a look again it's a fucking piece of dirt
Can anyone show me what's wrong with this picture?
Something definitely looks out of place to me
It's clearly out of focus somebody broke us
But here's where the joke is nobody provoked us
We're broken and no one's to blame but us ourselves and we
We can't agree so we war egos declare young soldier be scared
But what are we fighting for
Something that's nothing that we can afford
We glory ourselves in our past ¡°the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air¡±
We fly our flags at half mast
It's hard to take pride in young wasted lives
Picture this a world where governments are more concerned with feeding the people than their egos
Picture this a world where borders are mere lines on a map not symbols of economic gaps
Picture this respect on a grander scale respect for human rights
Picture this a world where there's no need to write songs like this
Can anyone out there help fix this picture
Who can make the world a better place to be
We've got one chance let's take it the world's what we make it
If we're going to change it we can't be complacent
The future of the world is up to us ourselves and we

98 Mute - Shine

Can you feel it do you hear that sound
Thunder of the whole world crumbling down around you
Deep in skeptic faces think that you might drown
Gotten high on anxiety and now you want to come down
Someplace to hide someplace to go
Will you ever find it how will you ever know
Don't want to give up hope but it's getting hard to cope
Holding on by a threat to keep from hanging by a rope
It's not like you've got time working on your side
Simple fact is that we are all eventually going to die
One day you're feeling fine the next day you might lose your fucking mind
So while you've got the time, take a moment out of everyday to shine
Reality's a blur you're in a dismal state
And you're pretty sure your brain is on the take
Your desires can't be satiated even the simplest task seems compliated a thin line lies between camp beautiful and the circus freaks
How can it possibly be some slip so easy
From the ranks of the sane to the files of insanity
There will be those who will do what they can to smash your dreams
The miracles in your life are closer than they seem
Overcoming fears in life a clichéd but reoccurring theme
You've got to hold together at the seems
Searching for the answers forever it seems
You'll find the answer it's in your dreams

98 Mute - Slander

Maybe i shouldn't have said it of course
I was too quick to judge
Words swiftly spoken may be unrefined
I didn't know optimism was a crime
Hey i have got enough problems
Don't need extra baggage from you pointless games and taxing headtrips unfortunate side effects of your friendship
I may have slipped won't happen again my legs are beneath me now
For the last time cut down from behind
I will be ready next time
It's no big deal
I've gotten used to being let down
I just didn't think that
I would ever be let down by you
Your antics are always expected
Passed off as being your nature
Get away with murder ¡®cause you're just being you
A modern day version of shakespeare's licensed fool
Not to say that i'm not guilty
Emotions get the best of me
Quick to fight a nasty habit
Can't keep my cool if i never had it
I had so much faith in you ¡®til i saw your true colors bleeding through
You're a joke that i don't get with a punchline
I'm trying hard to forget
I don't want to carry the burden
Of holding this grudge any longer
What to do, do i made amends?
Or discard this joker from my deck of friends?
Slander you said it i heard it
But you know i never deserved it
So locked to you the world in my head i know i should have never let you in

98 Mute - Watch Over Me

I dedicate my life as i dedicate this song
So your loving memory will never be gone
Your message and your song will continue on
The positive that you created shall never be undone
You taught me everything i know and everything i do
Taught me how to live my life and to always be true
True to your friends and your family
True to your heart be who you want to be
You'll forever be my mentor forever be my friend
¡®cause brotherhood's the rule which can not bend
You'll be truly missed as you were truly loved
I hope you're watching me from up above
We will live our lives in your memory
We will try to be the best that we can be in your memory
Your short time on earth was very well spent some people they live 80 years and never make a dent
But you changed the world with the words that you would write
And taught us all to always fight the good fight
And i know you're watching over me from above in the center of my heart is where you will forever be
From the center of my heart is where you'll never leave
There's no way your memory will ever fade away
Because of all the happiness and the goodness that you gave
In my heart is where you'll always be you'll always be with me
Nobody can take away the memories we'll always have the memories
I remember you always looking out for me
Putting me on your shoulders so i could see
Being the best brother you knew how to be
I can still feel you looking over me
And it makes me smile to know you're still watching over me.

98 Mute - Open Your Eyes

When i was younger i used to wait anticipate
Mark my calendar on the release date
So i'd be the first to hear the brilliant things you'd say
I'd skip luch for a week
Save up all my money to be the first kid on the block to own your brand new cd
Open your eyes open your eyes open your eyes
Who's gonna show me how to laugh
Open your mouth open your mouth open your mouth
Who's gonna show me how to
Who's going to show me how to laugh?
Who's going to jerk tears from my eyes
I've memorized every last word and every note
So now who's going to write the songs
I wish the songs i always wish i wrote that song
So did you think you didn't matter anymore
That you weren't changing people's lives
Well you're wrong such poignant words from you
I heard thoughts and emotions that were worth so much more than a cheap slogan on a t-shirt

98 Mute - How Do You Feel Now?

What would you say if i said i don't want you anymore?
What would you think if i left your bags outside of the door?
How would you feel if i knew all about your little lies?
What would you do if i saw right through your disguise?
You better start thinking what you'd say think feel and do
¡®cause i no longer what anything to do with you a
Hear me just this once
I won't repeat myself again
It's over, finished, done, the end
Can i ask you, can i ask you, how do you feel now?
Let me ask you, let me ask you, how do you feel now?
What could you say that hasn't been said a million times?
What could you think you've always memorized all of your lines?
How could you feel your heart wasn't in it from the start?
What happens when your precious little world comes falling apart?
All those fucking times you fucked with me and played your stupid games
Those days are over now ¡®cause the master-slave relationship's been rearranged
All those fucking times you left me reeling feeling pathetic
Well i'm dealing ¡®em back to you in spades and just like you, payback's a bitch
It's coming it's coming it's coming back to you
Don't act so surprised like you haven't got a clue
There's nothing there's nothing there's nothing you can do
Your over your finished it's curtains for you

98 Mute - Growing Old

I'm gonna tell you what you don't want to hear
You're gonna hear the truth
You're gonna find out how life can be so unfair
Don't let them try to take control of you
Stand tall and walk with pride
Believe in yourself and good things will come to you
Live your life how you feel is right
Weigh the consequences and think before you do
Before you know it your youth is gone
Responsibility has found its way to you
So while you're still young take full advantage
Pack your days with memories to bring along with you
I know that when i look back it will always bring a smile to my face
And as i look to the future i see so many more that i can hardly wait
Growing old doesn't mean that the fun has to end
We all grow old now's the time to let the good times begin
Don't let your life slip by
I know there's still a million things
I want to try before i die
The time has come to seize the day
Do what you want and do it now tomorrow may be too late

98 Mute - Hangman

Delicate words from a small town preacher
¡°evil came visited us yesterday¡±
A fit of madness no rhyme or reason
The innocent are always the one who pay
Who's left to deal with the consequences?
Who's going to pick up the broken pieces?
All homes aren't guarded by white picket fences
How could you kill a child?
Another psycho sixteen gunshots
Ringing out on a kindergarten playground
A flood of tears from desperate mothers
Think of your own now you've really made her proud
Mommy's angel father's pride and joy
Will they mourn on the day of you hanging?
No they won't cry cheeks will stay dry
When the lever's pulled and you're left dangling
You'll get what you deserve

98 Mute - Great Expectations

When i look up at these hollowed walls of high achievement and storied victories
I can hear irony laughing ¡®cause you see pride where i see vanity
Impressing all of your friends has never been one of my intentions
My heart is set of different goals
I won't be a trophy for anyone
So sorry if i haven't quite lived up to your great expectations
You know if i could i'd walk on water for you but
I have limitations
Tell me when your ego gets hungry do you shake the smaller fruit off the family tree
And when you go to sleep do you forget to count the black sheep
Sometimes what's simple math to most doesn't add up when you get behind closed doors
A photo may speak a thousand words but do you really get the picture i just want a life to call my own is that too much to ask for
The fact is i've committed no crime here
And i apologize for nothing so open up your eyes and try to realize
That we don't share the same worldview
I don't mean to disrespect but don't you ever forget
That i can't live my life for you

98 Mute - Election Year

Election time time for red white and blue baby baby kissing and photo opportunities
Meet your candidate ivy league white trash prim and proper nice teeth for the t.v.
Here to bring you to the promised land with a porcelain smile and empty promises
Sure he'll take your campaign contributions but you can bet he'll never put your money where is mouth is
Did you go out and vote today?
Do you really think it made a change?
How did you feel when you walked away?
Like everything will be the same?
One thing is evident one thing is clear
Nothing gets done in an election year
Now let's play watch your candidate kiss ass to the corporate brass
¡®cause he needs the cold hard cash
To finance his big shot at the big dance his big chance to be a real big man
Campaign platforms bought and sold like futures on the new york stock exchange
A firesale on your future your life is their game wouldn't you like to play here we go congress one progress zero
You think your leaders are thinking about reform
They'd sooner sit and watch our cities burn like nero
Makes you wonder what the fuck you're voting for
For a change vote who the fuck are you kidding me
What we need is some good old fashioned anarchy
You bring the torch and i'll bring the kerosene
We'll strike a match and burn this fucker down

98 Mute - Breakdown

How many hits to the head will it take ¡®til you relize it hurts?
Does it really make you feel all that great so what's it really worth
I don't want to see you go down
I don't want to see you breakdown
I don't want to see you fall (down)
It's in your face you can't deny it
I know where you've been and where you'll go tonight
Running a race everyone loses so why run at all
When we were young it was so much fun smoking and drinking the boredom away
You lost the thrill so you upped the ante but i wasn't so quick to play you lost your youth you lost your passion now it seems you don't care at all
You built a house out of playing cards how long ¡®till it falls
Don't you call me a hypocrite we both know i like to have my fun too but nothing's gotten a hold on me like the shit that possesses you
It's gotten so sad the way you depend on something other than yourself to make your life fun
The hardest part the tragedy is that you don't see the damange done.

98 Mute - Painkiller

Insecurity- this time it's got the best of me.
Apathy- this time i think it's killing me.
Try to scream- but i can't make any noise.
Try to breathe- but the breath has lost my voice.
There has got to be a better way.
Some way to get rid of this fucking pain.
Is my future in a razor blade?
Sometimes suicide isn't so insane.
Bad memories- so i drink to forget.
But you see- all i lose is self respect.
No control- no more goals and no more aim.
Blackened soul- everyday it feels the same.
Can't face the boredom that everyday brings.
I'm feeling guilty for an uncommitted crime.
Left dangling from a puppeteer's strings.
My body's free but my mind is doing time.
Suicide- everyday a soul is lost.
Justified- i think i'll carry my own cross.
Bedside note- sory mother if you cry.
But life's a joke- so i think today, i'll just lay down and die.

98 Mute - Them

Walking down the streets, idiots are all i fucking see.
Morons right in front of me.
I've got a group of them to my right.
And it's just the start of my night.
Sitting on the corner of manhattan beach blvd.
And ocean.
See some sluts out for fun.
Showing off their silicone tits.
Pounds of makeup hide their zits.
I can't believe what my eyes see.
Bars packed with u.s.c. fraternities.
Plastic people with their plastic money.
Mtv fed mentalities.
I thank god i'm not like them.
Pennyloafers on their feet.
Collared shirts with rolled up sleeves.
Tight blue jeans you wouldn't believe.
I've got a dozen chumps to my right.
And it's beginning to ruin my night.
The to my left a bunch of chicks who think they're hot shit.
So i slap them with my goddamn dick.
People acting so sophisticated.
By twenty-one they're all outdated.
I don't ever want to be like them.
I won't ever fuckin' be like them.
I have fun laughing at them.
I think god i'm not of one of them.
Now i'm all surrounded.
All these idiots suffocating me.
So now it's time for me to leave.
But as i leave this fucked up scene i thank god that i'm me.

98 Mute - Wrong

So you say you hate that band 'cause they sold out.
And you sold back all your records is that what it's all about.
Now listen up you fuckin' punk the songs are still the same.
'cause others learn to like them doesn't make them fuckin' lame.
You're wrong. you're so wrong. you're fuckin wrong...
Now run the fuck along.
Shame on all those bands,
Yeah the ones who play for cash.
The ones that count their money as they sit back and they laugh.
Now don't you get too angry with all those kroq fans.
With no time they'll bore and be searching for new bands.
You sold out.. they sold out.
We'd sell out, there's no fuckin' doubt.
So you got it figured out and you know it all.
Some of those bands were punk back when you were still hanging at the mall.
It's called respect and you don't have it and probably never will.
I know 'cause i was once like you just fighting against my will.

98 Mute - Young Americans

There's something wrong and it's our government.
Is this the way that it has always been.
We're being led by used car lot salesman.
But what to do..
The time has come to fight my friends.
Don't patronize me as if my brain is shallow.
Put a price on my head i'll put a tag on your toe.
A scandal in the white house please say it ain't so.
You cannot lie to me because the american dream isn't as it seems.
I read the news another scandal, a lie.
I hear your speech i watch the bullshit fly.
When passed the day that mortality died but what to do.
The time has come to fight my friends.
The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer the writing's on the wall.
All the president's men sit like fattened cats smoking cigars inside the white house walls.
A transient makes his bed from cardboard boxes.
His hotel the steps of capital hill. so what's the price of happiness for you my friend, a hundred grand or a five dollar bill?
There's something wrong and it's our government.
Is this the way that it has always been?
Can't sit and watch as our country descends.
But what to do..
The time has come to fight my friends 'cause we are young americans.

98 Mute - Ask Yourself

A fallen solider,
Another casualty to the gravity of everyday living,
Life can be so unforgiving for those opposed to all of the rules
I never thought the first gunshot
I'd hear in my home town would hit so close to home
Family left to take the pain although he took the blow
Ask yourself would it be easier if there was somebody to blame
And ask yourself would it make more sense if there was someone to hate
Like father like son born to lose a war no one ever prepared him to fight
It isn't wront it isn't right count your lucky fucking stars tonight
A younger brother who now takes pats on the back that only prolongs the grief
Would you believe somehow life goes on after a tragedy
A penny for your thoughts an insight into your demise
What was it like to see the world through your tormented eyes
Would we find a tortured soul if we'd taken off your disguise
Or would we still be left with all these
Wise show me someone to blame
Give me someone to hate

98 Mute - Last Laugh

I've seen your type before.
And i'll see it a thousand times more.
It's people like you i'm glad to see go.
So let me walk you through the goddamn door.
You think you're the it but you ain't shit.
You're nothing but a two bit hypocrite.
You think your hot stuff.
And you think you're tough.
But wearing doc marten's just ain't enough.
Just shut your trap i'm sick of your crap.
Another word from you and i might just snap.
You think you're hardcore but where were you before?
Were you busy breakdancing on the foor?
You laughed at me way back when.
And now you want to be my friend.
You laughed at me way back when.
So i don't want to be your friend.

98 Mute - Perfect Sense

It's been so long since the first day
I met you girl and since then
We've been to heaven and been through hell
We've seen life in each others skin and through each others eyes you know me better than i know myself
I thought of you today and wondered why
I'd torn down what we'd built
I checked my memories felt guilty for the way
I felt i know you think
I think i know everything but that's so far from the truth
Only thing i really know is there's so much for me to learn from you
Don't know the reason why it took me so long to see that
In a less than perfect world you make perfect sense to me
Don't know the reason why it took me so long to see that in a picture perfect world you'd always be standing next to me
I've seen that picture too, the one you said you painted in your head a mural of a perfect home you and i a family and friends
Can't change the past can't change what's passed so i guess there's just one thing to do
Let you know just how i feel and ask to build a new future with you
No need to look down you know if you fall that i will catch you
I'll be your safety net and always remember i'd die for you and no one else but you
I will be here for you i will always be here for you

98 Mute - Ground Zero

Priests molesting children, kids killing for fun.
Talk shows on all day now the damage is done.
We've already lost the race the scars are permanent and they can't be erased.
Can't blame the kids.
They only copy what they see.
The violent shows the only shows on tv.
The world's falling apart at the seams.
Kids are having nightmares.
When they used to have dreams.
The world's falling into decay.
Armageddon's not here yet.
But it's well on it's way.
Murder on the news, scandals everywhere.
The media devours, but does anybody care.
That we have nowhere to turn.
Our direction's been lost.
Looks like we'll never learn.
There's no teachers left.
Our heroes have fallen.
No one to look up to.
What the fuck's going on?
Too many problems not enough solutions.
Too many people causing too much pollution.
The minority decides the jury's verdict.
And they'll riot in the streets if they don't get their way.
Killer bees are coming, illiteracy increasing.
The gangs are in the suburbs and the g.n.p's decreasing.
And it's not going up, we're running out of jobs as unemployment erupts. the neighbors don't talk there's no trick or treating.
We've been fighting each other and we've all been beaten.
The world is in its last stage.
The history book's been written and we're on the last page.
The world's got 10 seconds left. 10, 9 , 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.