"The Air We Breathe"
 
Why do you choose - To walk through life so blind
Frozen Hearts - And empty minds
Its everywhere - But we still don't see
And I blame you - And you blame me
And everyday - I slowly lose my mind
And every time - I come up empty
Something else inside me - Starts to die
And I'm left - Alone and angry

It's in the air - That we breathe each day
It's what we call - the American Way
It's in the way - That we treat each other
We segregate - And we fight our brothers

Why are we raised - To pledge allegiance
To a flag - That rapes and bleeds us
And we're all free - Or so we're told
A country with a corrupted soul
And evryday - We chase that dream
With empty eyes - And painted smiles
And everyday - We wait to die
Still no one cares - And I'm just as guilty

It's in the air - That we breathe each day
It's what we call - the American Way
It's in the way - That we treat each other
We segregate - And we fight our brothers

I only see - What they let me see
I only do - What they tell me to

No! - Yeah!
Don't see - Don't speak - Don't feel - Don't think

Compassion is a myth
The sad truth - Is ignorance is bliss
Cut from a heartless mold
Stand up - Let the truth be told

It's in the air - That we breathe each day
It's what we call - the American Way
It's in the way - That we treat each other
We segregate - And we fight our brothers

"Stand Up"
 
We gotta stand up - for what we believe in
We got no time - We havent got a monent
Oh yeah there's - gotta be something
A new revolution - A final solution

Oh a rich man in the white house
All gonna rise up to let you hear our voice
Bullied and paid your way there is no doubt
Who are they to take away a woman's choice
We've been livin so long under oppression all afflicted by their sick economic games,
Power, policy, and religion money talks leaders listen
All over the world the story's the same

We gotta stand up - for what we believe in
We got no time - We havent got a monent
Oh yeah there's - gotta be something
A new revolution - A final solution

Oh gotta change the world for our children
It'llbe them who inherit all of our mistakes
So can you please listen to what I'm sayin
gotta change our self-destructive ignorant ways
Becuase our state of mind needs to be corrected
So let's teach our kinds never to hate
And its their future we're protectin
So black and white I'm beggin - Can we all get along together someday

We gotta stand up - for what we believe in
We got no time - We havent got a monent
Oh yeah there's - gotta be something
A new revolution - A final solution

We gotta stand up - for what we believe in
We got no time - We havent got a monent
Oh yeah there's - gotta be something
A new revolution - A final solution

We gotta stand up - for what we believe in
We got no time - We havent got a monent
Oh yeah there's - gotta be something
A new revolution - A final solution

We gotta stand up - for what we believe in

"Off The Cuff"
 
Your shots are low you hit below the belt
But you forget it doesn't fuckin count
I've know too many of your kind
Won't take your shit no not this time
When we're face to face what will you do
You better own up and tell the truth

Hear what I say - Cause this one is off the cuff
Think that we've all had just about enough
You stab us in the back - You make us look bad
As far as friends go - you're the worst I've ever had

Your hands are red
You've lost another friend
Your words they burn lies get you in the end
to seek acceptance is your lust
I'm out of patience you broke my trust
You open your mouth to hide from you
You open your mouth to hide the truth

Hear what I say - Cause this one is off the cuff
Think that we've all had just about enough
You stab us in the back - You make us look bad
As far as friends go - you're the worst I've ever had

You'll never know what a real friendship's about

You know alot can be learned from words and reactions
Some choose to split and form their own factions
We both know you didn't have to do this
But now that it's done I'll have to get through this

Get through this
Get through this
Get through this
Get through this

Put yourself in front and expected me to back you
Left me high and dry with my hands behind my back to you
Had me running blind but now that I can see just
What am I supposed to do with what you left for me?

"Middle Way"
 
The road of life is paved with extreames
Broken hearts and shattered dreams
Reaching out for things that aren't real
Let them dictate the way we feel

Don't you know - It's your best intrest to go with the flow
Can you see - It's what we both need for you and me

I'm taking the middle way - I'm taking the middle way
I don't care what you say - I'm taking the middle way

Spin the wheel where does it stop
Around and round till you've had enough
If I define cause and effect
Your choice is liberty or death

Don't you know - It's your best intrest to go with the flow
Can you see - It's what we both need for you and me

I'm taking the middle way - I'm taking the middle way
I don't care what you say - I'm taking the middle way

What if I told you that the world was gonna end tomorrow
Would you re-evaluate - Try to moderate - Get some insight
And try to understand your world - Your world

So many ways in which things transpire
We search for a way to put out the fire
Like a kid with matches in hand
A metaphor for the flames that I fan

Don't you know - It's your best intrest to go with the flow
Can you see - It's what we both need for you and me

I'm taking the middle way - I'm taking the middle way
I don't care what you say - I'm taking the middle way

I'm taking the middle way - I'm taking the middle way
I don't care what you say - I'm taking the middle way

"Scars"
 
Lately things they do not feel the same
What we'll become full of hatred full of shame
Once was a face now is only just a name
The gift of life that we were treating like a game then

Something else dies inside me stripped away by another act of violence
Don't try to look cause you wont find me when I'm not there

And the scars that we wear - They will never go away
And the friends that we lose - The can never be replaced
Tell me what its going to take - And how many have to die
Till we put away our hate - And we open up our eyes

Sixteen years old when I lost my first friend
I tried to teach a broken heart how to bend
Twenty four and it happened yet again
More broken hearts is it ever going to end- cause...

Something else dies inside me stripped away by another act of violence
Don't try to look cause you wont find me when I'm not there

And the scars that we wear - They will never go away
And the friends that we lose - The can never be replaced
Tell me what its going to take - And how many have to die
Till we put away our hate - And we open up our eyes

God damn this feeling dont want to feel this again
My heart is bleeding your hate has taken my friend

Twenty two passed away before his time
Too quick to use our fists instead of our minds
So Concerned with whats yours and what is mine
Well maybe we can learn to love this time- cause...

If something else dies inside me - I'll run away yeah
You're never going to find me - The things I see always remind me -
Of how unfair everything is

Something else dies inside me stripped away by another act of violence
Don't try to look cause you wont find me when I'm not there

And the scars that we wear - They will never go away
And the friends that we lose - The can never be replaced
Tell me what its going to take - And how many have to die
Till we put away our hate - And we open up our eyes
Until we open up our eyes - Until we open up our eyes - Until we open up our eyes
Tell me what it's going to take - And how many have to die
 

"All My People"
 
All my people right here and right now -
Let's stop this fight before our time is through

1-2-3-4

You and I maybe the only ones to rise above this madness called hate
Still I hope that we're not the only ones to hear the bells of liberty reverberate

All my people right here and right now -
Let's stop this fight before our time is through
If the price of peace is violence I'm not gonna buy it
Let's end this hate before our time is due

Well let's try understanding for a change
The point of view of other people's lives
And this might not be what you see as a truth
But let's try not to stereotype realities

All my people right here and right now -
Let's stop this fight before our time is through
If the price of peace is violence I'm not gonna buy it
Let's end this hate before our time is due

Yeah try understanding for a change
Oh yeah use some compassion for a change

Yeah try understanding for a change
Oh yeah use some compassion for a change

We know that we've gone so far astray
Its true humanity thats lacking in our lives
And you know I can't do this all alone
It's up to you and I to end this fucking fight

All my people right here and right now -
Let's stop this fight before our time is through
If the price of peace is violence I'm not gonna buy it
Let's end this hate before our time is due

All my people right here and right now -
Let's stop this fight before our time is through
If the price of peace is violence I'm not gonna buy it
Let's end this hate before our time is due

1-2-3-4

All my people right here and right now -
Let's stop this fight before our time is through
If the price of peace is violence I'm not gonna buy it
Let's end this hate before our time is due

"Unbreakable"
 
Friendships bloom but everything dies
Seasons change its all part of life
A storm is coming in I can see in your eyes
And we just don't agree we can't compromise

Don't try to make me - Don't try to break me
Don't even try cause you just won't phase me
Don't try to reach me - It's much too late see
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me

I don't buy what you're trying to sell
Guarentees more like empty promises
Smile and wave yet you don't know my name
And I know who you are I've been there before
The things that they say I can't take anymore it kills me

Don't try to make me - Don't try to break me
Don't even try cause you just won't phase me
Don't try to reach me - It's much too late see
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me

We work so hard just to lose
Thats why we're building up walls to put up around us
Walk through life in a maze with no direction
No sight only hope that you'll find your way

They'll never break me down- break down
Becasue I'll never back down- stand tall
They'll never change my mind- stay strong
We'll overcome this time

Thrown away and pushed to the back
Moved aside I see where you're at
The price that they say is just too much to pay
And I don't have the means I can't find a way
I don't want to leave but it's too hard to stay it kills me

Don't try to make me - Don't try to break me
Don't even try cause you just won't phase me
Don't try to reach me - It's much too late see
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me

Don't try to make me - Don't try to break me
Don't even try cause you just won't phase me
Don't try to reach me - It's much too late see
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me
I hate everybody - Everybody hates me

"Stay"
 
Promise not to forget this day
Do you feel like this, do you feel this way?
Do you have to leave, or can I make you stay?
Say this feeling won't fade away
And I'll promise not to forget this day

I want to be the one to be there when you drink too much
I could lend a helping hand if you would be my crutch
I want to be the one to hold you when you go to sleep
I want to be the one to pick you up if you feel week

Promise not to forget this day
Do you feel like this, do you feel this way?
Do you have to leave, or can I make you stay?
Say this feeling won't fade away
And I'll promise not to forget this day

I wonder could you be the one somehow I think you are
You're everything I think about whenever we're apart
I love the way you lit a fire deep inside my soul
I love the way when you're around- you make me lose control- I lose control

I knew it from the first time that I saw- saw you there well
I knew it right from the start- you're everything I ever wanted
And you're so much more- you're everything I need

Promise not to forget this day
Do you feel like this, do you feel this way?
Do you have to leave, or can I make you stay?
Say this feeling won't fade away
And I'll promise not to forget this day

It lifts me just to see your smile
Would you sit right there- could you stay a while?
You could stay all day you could stay all night
If I promise you everything
Would you stay for the rest of your life?

"Leap Of Faith"
 
I wish I had faith in something- I wish I could find a way
And I wish you could change- how I wish I could too
When I look at all the things we've been through
I wish I had faith in someone- I wish there was another way
And I hope that you know- there's no other way
Cause you dropped a bomb on me today

Can anybody tell me how things went so wrong
And please explain- how do I go through life this way
Always on parade- you paint your smiles on everyday
Just try to be- try to be happy being me
Then soon I'll see- if a leap of faith will set me free

I wish I had faith in something- I wish I could find a way
And I wish you could change- how I wish I could too
When I look at all the things we've been through
I wish I had faith in someone- I wish there was another way
And I hope that you know- there's no other way
Cause you dropped a bomb on me today

Can anybody help me please throw me a line
Because I'm gading fast I feel my life wasting away
And if I stay I might end up like you one day
And that's not who- that's not who I want to be
Then soon we'll see- if a leap of faith will set me free

Don't think- Don't speak- Don't drag me down- Don't take me with you
Feels I've been holding on so long- Step back and slow it down
And stand up and look around- My faith left town long ago

I wish I had faith in something- I wish I could find a way
And I wish you could change- how I wish I could too
When I look at all the things we've been through
I wish I had faith in someone- I wish there was another way
And I hope that you know- there's no other way
Cause you dropped a bomb on me today

Cause you dropped a bomb on me today
Cause you dropped a bomb on me today
Cause you dropped a bomb on me today

A Match And Some Gasoline (2003)



1.   Burning In The Aftermath
2.   Did You Ever Get A Feeling Of Dread?
3.   Keep It A Crime
4.   High Anxiety
5.   Your Silence
6.   The Change
7.   Invisible Government
8.   One More Time
9.   Beat My Head Against The Wall
10.   Seized Up
11.   Split The Time
12.   Kaleidoscope
13.   Politics Of Humanity
14.   Bonus Acoustic Track