"Out Of Hand"
 
Don't wanna have to take your shit anymore
i finally concluded that life is way to short
the ticking of the hourglass,
the tiny grains of sand
they beckon me like gravity,
like signposts on the land
and you got what you wanted
without force of reprimand
the seconds are all running out,
this burdens out of hand

"Pretenders"
 
I give to you, you take from me
We live in perfect harmony
But I know you can't give me what I need
With subtle care and rosey hues
We duke it out, we change our views
We hold so dear our unanimity
Oh...

We are just pretenders [4x]
We are just pretenders, lost in this charade
We are just pretenders, characters on stage
We are just pretenders, trying to break free
We are just pretenders, hiding so no one sees

We try to find our peace of mind
Just a vestige we left behind
But ignorance takes far less energy
And if you please, I'll look to you
Because I need somebody who
Forgives me for my harsh reality
Oh...but

We are just pretenders [4x]
We are just pretenders, we're trying to break free
We are just pretenders, we'll lose them easily
We are just pretenders, trying to break free
We are just pretenders, hiding so no one sees

You standing there
Playing with your hair
Trying to ignore
But peeking in the mirror
Reliving the scenes
From books and magazines
Craving the life
You live in your dreams

And I'm standing here
Thinking that it's queer
But fearing that I am the same
You ask me how I feel
It's so damn surreal
I think it's finally time we ended this game
'Cause

We are just pretenders [4x]
We are just pretenders, lost in this charade
We are just pretenders...

"Punk Rock Song"

German Version
 
warst du schon mal in der wüste? schon mal den Tod gesehen?
hunderttausend Kinder sterben für Brot
und die zahlen lügen nicht, es ist die krankheit der Menschen
doch wir tun was wir wollen, wir denken wie es uns gefällt

hast du die Erfahrung gemacht? hast du die plage gesehen?
Leute machen Kinder, einfach nur, um zu fliehen
im land des Wettbewerbs ist kein mitleid mehr da
und wir vergessen die armen, wir machen weiter und weiter
weiter und weiter

dies ist nur ein Punk rock Song
für die, die sehen, daß es so nicht weitergeht
wie Ameisen im haufen sind wir programmiert
aber es gibt immer mehr von dieser verfickten art
aber dies ist nur ein punk rock song

hast du schon mal nicht weitergewusst? schon mal in der scheiße
gesteckt?
die Parteitagungen und die Realpolitik, die Gesichter wechseln, das
gelaber bleibt
alles wird geschluckt, und so wird sich nichts ändern

dies ist nur ein punk rock song
für die, die sehen, daß es so nicht weitergeht
wie fließbandarbeiter tun wir unsere pflicht
und es gibt noch mehr von diesen stumpfsinnigen idioten
dies ist nur ein punk rock song

10 million dollars on a losing campaign
20 million starving and writhing in pain
big strong people unwilling to give
small in vision and perspective

eins von fünf kindem lebt in armut
der menschheit lauft die zeit davon

dies ist nur ein punk rock song
für die, die sehen, daß es so nicht weitergeht
wie ameisen im haufen sind wir programmiert
aber es gibt immer mehr von dieser verfickten art
aber dies ist nur ein punk rock song

figures don't lie they speak of human disease
but we do what we want and we think what we please
one in five kids below the poverty line
one population running out of time

dies ist nur ein punk rock song
dies ist nur ein punk rock song
dies ist nur ein punk rock song

"The Truth"
 
Madness takes its toll on me
Stale thoughts of what should be
Stupid lies used to comfort me
Wishing things that don’t work make sense

I used to be a man of principle
No true believer never troubled
But now I stagnate on mundane things
Always concerned with what tomorrow brings

And these thoughts are a dream
A dream that’s remained in the head
And destroys what I’ve said
And corrodes my will until I’m almost dead
The light flickers on, although not for long
The world turns away and restores a new day
The sun never dies and a new baby cries
I’ve searched my whole life with inquisitive eyes
But I realise now I’ll never find it
And I don’t think the gods are going to show it
Because I realise now I’ll never find the Truth

The Truth

What’s in our mind between two living things?
What natural law can control such things?
Are these the questions that motivate you?
What is the force that tells you what to do?

Well it might as well be a dream
A dream that remains in your head
And corrodes what you’ve said
And destroys your thoughts until you’re almost dead
The light flickers on, although not for long
The world turns away and restores a new day
The sun never dies and a new baby cries
I’ve searched my whole life with inquisitive eyes
But I realise now I’ll never find it
And I don’t think the gods are going to show it
Because I realise now I’ll never find the Truth

The Truth, the Truth

"Waiting For The Fire"
 
Two young lads on distant shores
Tending to the rigors of their daily chores
Their parents tell them what's going on
and they're waiting for the fire

Two young men on distant shores
Tending to the rigors of their social norms
The news reel tells them what's going on
and they're waiting for the fire

Waiting for the fire
The heat is rising and their tongues are getting drier
The culmination of an ancient time
They are waiting for the fire

Waiting for the fire
They are waiting for the fire

"Who We Are"
 
It's cold again it looks like rain
A procession of humanity, strikingly simian
Saunters by, I can't explain
Why it's troubling to see them so

Better than who we are with mania and yearning for and learning from
Better than holiness and candy aisles of loneliness and sweet revenge

A cigarette, a memory
All connections to the permanent are burning
The pedestal gets in the way
And cannot withstand our honest scrutiny

Better than who we are with mania or standing for or dead against
Better than holiness and candy aisles of loneliness and sweet revenge

Do you feel the chill of December
In the rioting of Spring?
And are we made of something better than clay?
A leap, a fight, a secret rite,
The lonely quest for meaning and the universe is dreaming

Better than who we are with mania and yearning for and learning from
Better than holiness and candy aisles of loneliness and sweet revenge

"Won't Somebody"

Acoustic Version
 
Won't somebody please come up with something
'Cause Jesus just don't seem to be impartially working
And all of the rest are really down in the ratings
While everyone is right here waiting

Out in the cold
Like a bundle of coal
Little packets of darkness
Wanting to glow
Well there's nobody home
And there's a wreck in the yard
And maybe they're coming back
If we wish really hard
If we wish real hard, now

Won't somebody please come up with something
'Cause Jesus just don't seem to be impartially working
And all of the rest are really down in the ratings
But everyone is gonna keep on waiting

Waiting for peace
At the end of our streets
Back behind our apartments
In our passenger seats
Just a moment of prayers
Of all of the ways
The despair and oblivion
Of our precarious race
It's ours to face now

Won't somebody please come up with something
'Cause Jesus just don't seem to be impartially workin'
And all of the rest are really down in the ratings
But everyone is still right here waiting

Now I know nothing lasts forever
So we might as well wish for a goddamn fix
Of this toxic change in weather

Won't somebody please come up with something
'Cause Jesus just don't seem to be impartially workin'
And all of the others can barely stay in the runnin'
But everyone is gonna keep on waiting

Won't somebody please come up with something
Won't somebody please come up with something
Won't somebody please come up with something
Won't somebody please come up with something