"Face Values"

You've got No friends and so you're lonely.
It does not have to be this way
Just be yourself, the one and only
It take some time but that's okay

Alright, no need to fight
'cause everybody's different
and there's nothin you can do about it
and just because i dont look like you or act like you
It doesn't make me any better or worse

I used to be just like you
instead I found better things to do
than worry 'bout what the others think
or wonder if there's something wrong with me

You hate yourself cause you're not like them
well understand that this is wrong
You're better off doing your own thing,
being yourself and being strong

"Punk Out"
 
You're the only one in the world that you care about
Makes me wanna run and hide my head
It's hard for me to tell you how I feel
Cause there's nothing real
Makes me wanna run and hide my head

And God only knows what'll keep me alive
cause everybody's turning 25
And I haven't got a word to say to you (YOU!)

Honor role when I was 13
Head over heels when someone kissed me
When I needed someone you weren't there

I'm sorry... (I'm sorry...)
I'm sorry... (I'm sorry...)
I'm sorry... (So sorry...)
I'm sorry...

I'm sorry... (I'm sorry...)
I'm sorry... (I'm sorry...)
I'm sorry... (So sorry...)
I'm sorry...

Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!

You know that you scare me when you act this way
Makes me wanna run and hide my head
It's hard for me to tell if you're serious - or if you're joking
Makes me wanna run and hide my head

And God only knows what'll keep us from dying
cause every time I look around I see life as a big lie (Yeah!)
Everybody's saying yeah, "I'm the one, yeah
Everybody come running to me"
But that's not how it works and it never did

I'm sorry... (I'm sorry...)
I'm sorry... (I'm sorry...)
I'm sorry... (So sorry...)
I'm sorry...

I'm sorry... (I'm sorry...)
I'm sorry... (I'm sorry...)
I'm sorry... (So sorry...)
I'm sorry...

You know that I'm sorry it had to be this way
Things got fucked up, but that's okay
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
You know that I'm sorry it had to be this way
Things got fucked up, but that's okay
I'm sorry, I'm sorry

Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!

"Vans Song"
 
Well, you're just like a club fag wearing doc martens
Get a pair of chukas or some checkerboard slip ons
Worship Jeff Spicoli not Chris Cornell
Get a pair of vans or God will send you to hell... to hell

you think doc martens are the coolest invention
since someone sliced a loaf of bread in someone elses kitchen
the plain truth is that you just plain suck
so why should i tell you not to waste a hundred bucks

VANS, in my head
VANS, on my feet
my sole is on the ground when i'm walking down the street 2,3,4
Don't need no doc martens
Can't wear no birkenstocks
Just a crummy old pair of chuka boots
and a smelly old pair of socks....

If you want to wear them you don't have to ride a skateboard
You can even wear them with a pair of old cords
Someone'll probably tell you that they're not in trend
Just tell them thats the reason why you don't have any friends... no friends

I don't wanna hear about alternative footwear
and I don't wanna hear about your new hair-doo
I don't give a shit about you stupid motherfuckers
Cause I just wanna get a pair of olive green CHUKAS!!!

"Insecurities"
 
Held back by walls of security, that
I just could never see, held people at arms length
devoid of human contact
Cannot express emotion
I try with all my strength
What is the matter with me?
It seems that no one even cares
I'm blinded by my innocence
will no one be there for me?
When I dont understand.
Covered in blankets of Imagination
Where I can talk to people without a
second thought
What if they're laughing at me
I know I'm not good enough
so I won't even try.....
God only knows what'll keep us from dying
because eveytime I look around I see Life as a big lie
Yeah everybody's saying "yeah I'm the one" yeah
"everybody came running to me"
But thats not how it works and it never did
you know I'm sorry it had to be this way
things got fucked up but thats okay....
...I'm sorry....
...I'm sorry....

"Inside/Outside"
 
If you're fucked up on the inside, then you're fucked up on the outside
doens't matter what you say or do
doesn't matter what you think is true
don't look for peace on the outside man
just look for peace on the inside
doesn't matter what the others say cause all those mouths get in the way

You're just too hip, you're just too cool
but everybody knows that you're just a fucking fool
and you'll carry that "cool" until the day you die
'cause you're still full of shit and you're turning 25

If you wanna know the answers, then you've gotta ask the questions
"who am i?" and "who is she?"
and "does it matter anyway?"
You've got to look for love on the inside man
don't look for love on the outside
doesn't matter what the others say, cause all that shit gets in the way

You can't love me, and you can't love you
where'd it all go wrong? cause I wish I really knew
that color's all the same through color blind eyes,
and if you think you're so different then you're wasting your time

"Zero"
 
I'm not the same as I was when I was young - and neither are you
There's been a lot of changes in the both of us you said you see that too
I've wasted such a lot of time to find I was looking at the wrong things
If its an apology you're waiting for, you could wait a long TIME

I've wasted such a long time
Just to feel like a Zero
Life really sucks ya know when ya
Yeah feel like a Zero
I've wasted such a long time too
Just to feel like a Zero

You're not the only one who's held me in You said I broke your heart
It would've been the the other way around when I was young
but sooner or later we've all got to grow up
I dont know if I should tell you how I'm feeling
chances are you're laughing at me and tell me that I dont know
What I'm saying.... It's not my fault

"So Long"
 
you never considered how I feel
show me something thats real
you never show me whats inside
the truth can never hide
How could such a simple argument turn into this
I thought that I knew everything about you
I pushed that flashing red button that set you off
I guess I didnt really know you as well as I thought I did
I guess that I figured out everything about you
I guess I know all there is to know
I guess that I figured out what makes you do all the things you do
I guess I know everything there is to know
You know you make me want to say so long
You know you make me wanna say goodbye....(goodbye)
How could you do all the things that you've done to me
and still have the nerve to say we're still friends I don't know
They tell me that it's all a part of growing up and being scared
When I was down and out where were you
You weren't there!

"I Don't Wanna Hear It"

Originally by Minor Threat
 
I don't wanna hear it, all you do is talk about you
I don't wanna hear it, cause you know none of its true
I don't wanna hear it, sick and tired of all your lies
I don't wanna hear it, when are you gonna realize

I don't wanna hear it, I know you're full of shit
I don't wanna hear it, I know you're full of shit
I don't wanna hear it, I know you're full of shit
I don't wanna hear it!!!

Shut your fucking mouth I don't care what you say
you keep talking and you're talking every day
first you're telling stories then you're telling lies
when the fuck are you gonna realize

I don't wanna hear it, I know you're full of shit
I don't wanna hear it, I know you're full of shit
I don't wanna hear it, I know you're full of shit
I don't wanna hear it!!!

Battle Hymns (1998)



1.   Someone
2.   Hating Hate
3.   Give
4.   Hope
5.   Black & White World
6.   Numbers
7.   High Society
8.   Pins & Needles
9.   Confused
10.   D.D.T.
11.   Punck!
12.   Step One
13.   In The End
14.   Face Another Day
15.   What You Say
16.   Speak No Evil
17.   Empty Room
18.   Independence Parade
19.   Sympathy
20.   Strike
21.   Sides
22.   Jah!

"Someone"
 
Oh Yeah
i've been running all my life and i face the world alone
when i'm around some people, i wish they'd just go home.
i just don't get it is there something wrong with me?
if i look inside, maybe then i'll see that

i'm looking for someone yeah
i'm looking for someone who feels like i do
i'm looking for someone yeah
i'm looking for someone who feels like i do

i've learned to disappear and i've learned to hide my pain
in a fucked-up world where there's too much hate
i just don't get it is there something wrong with me?
if i look inside maybe then i'll see that

i'm looking for someone yeah
i'm looking for someone who feels like i do
i'm looking for someone yeah
i'm looking for someone who feels like i do

well i think i've gotta find a better way
i think i've got to find a way to make them stay,
cause everybody's leaving all the time
everybody's leaving and i don't know why, yeah

balance is the key but i take it to extremes
i can think of all the ways but i can't find the means
when the world dictates i'll never get what i need
if i open up my eyes maybe i'll see that

i'm looking for someone, yeah
i'm looking for someone who feels like i do
i'm looking for someone, yeah
i'm looking for someone who feels like i do

feels like i do
feels like i do
oh yeah