It's not like me to be the life of the party,
If my friends want to talk to me, they'll come and find me.
And it's plain to see to me to be free is to be happy,
If I can't sing and dance its not my revolution

So I think I'll never leave and everybody is singing along, and these boys they were a dancing.
So dim lights and smokey nights, knowing looks and stupid fights, I'm as happy as I sincerely think I can be.

And one night of fun carries just as much definition to me.
And one night of fun these days carries just as much meaning to me.

By this point, I've wandered into thin cold air alone, and I'm left with ideas that reak as bad as my clothes.
Like "fuck this place" why should I care?
Why should I be the one to move on?
Why don't I just stand and fight and sing and find something validating?
In our fake rebellion (we're just a band).

It's the same place; it's the same kids, but it's different this time, it's time.
I find myself in thin cold air alone. I'm feeling as bad about as bad as my clothes.
I feel broken and tired, my eyes look fucking haggard, I feel as badly beat up as I look.
But I swear I'll never leave, I'm as happy as I think I can be, it's time to go.

I'm left wondering, if I uncover my mouth and scream, how long until it gets shut again?
Cause I know we were all born screaming.

Our mouths uncovering, could we see the pain that plagues our humanity?
In our innocence were we unafraid to question what we hadn't learned?
We could not question and so we scream and cried, we were born unsatisfied.

We got caught up in the drama, hypnotized by the spectacle of media advertisements.
Network politics; it's all one big play to divert our attention.
Our questions were framed by those who wrote the answers, and we're fucked.

And we flex for flexing's sake, and we flex 'til muscles tear through skin as our own flesh rips, and we tear straight through theirs. And we push American to the farthest reaches of the earth, yeah were coming for you!

And I'm left wondering; If I uncover my mouth and scream, how long until it gets shut again?

Your ignorance is breeding faith, our arrogance means we don't have to try.
We don't have to fail and if we don't then we are not responsible.
And everything looks sad to you when you're looking out from a cage.

So I'll pay you with sitting silent.
If you just keep me safe I'll be compliant.
The atrophy starts to kill me.
I'm not lame and lazy, I don't need you to tell me.

And all we need is a melody, to hide this opposition.
Cause if you think that we're just singing, you're not hearing what we're screaming.
Are we screaming substance?

And there are risks in life for the taking, so take them; they make us.
Live our life.

I'll only have regrets if I let me.
Fuck sitting silent, I'll never forget when it hit me.
Cause we are not lame and lazy, no matter what they say.
Fuck this city silence, I'll never forget when it hit me.

I know exactly when it hit me, I still know the words to that song.
And there are risks in life for the taking, so take them; they make us.
And I know there is no such thing as silent revolution.