"In The End"
 
What you see isn't what you feel
and what you see isn't always true
sacrifice waht you think is real
for the sake of being cool
what you believe you took from someone else
what you think and what you feel
sacrifice what was in last year
for a fucking better deal

try looking from a different point of view
two sides to every story, which one is true?
when you're on the outside looking in....

stereotypes, well i've heard a few
but i guess that, that its nothing new
people always judging you
but never judge themselves
being cool, well you've gotta be different
being different means being cool
it's alright to be different
until something else is cool

try looking from a different point of view
two sides to every story, which one is true?
when you're on the outside looking in
it's all just fashion in the end

throw away orginality- for the sake of fashion
sacrifice a friend ot move ahead, ahead
one day i hope that you'll look back
'cause you'll change again
and that's a fact
then who will catch you when you fall? fall!
oi! oi!, oi! oi!
when you're on the outside looking in
it's all just fashion in the end
try looking from a different point of view
two sides to every story which one is true?
when your on the outside looking in
its all just fashion in the end

"Face Another Day"
 
still i'm having a hard time, but i'm keeping the pace
can we all keep up with this world's rat race?
climb out of bed and just help add to the fray
you've got to stand and face another day, yeah

i know i said it! there ain't no easy way out
unless you find some motivation
you won't regret it!
it's getting harder every day

know what to do, but it ain't getting done
no one ever said it was so hard
been there before and i'll be there again
try to find the strength to walk away

i think i read it! it said you try and try again
but i'm still stuck in the same place
i hope you're listening!
but you're just staring
into space

know what do do, but it ain't getting done
no one ever said it was so hard
been there before and i'll be there again
try to find the strength to walk away

know what do do, but it ain't getting done
no one ever said it was so hard
been there before and i'll be there again
try to find the strength to walk away

"What You Say"
 
I don't need your criticisms
i don't want you idealisms
sick and tired of your empty promises
i don't care what you say

the things that you say to me carry no weight
you turn it around on me with what you say
everything has to be always your way
that's how it seems to me
that's what i say

i don't care about your virtues
i don't care about your standards
can't be yourself cause you're too lame to be
i don't care what you say

the things that you say to me carry no weight
you turn it around on me with what you say
everything has to be always your way
that's how it seems to me
that's what i say

why do you always have to make problems?
think about the words you say
before you open your mouth and spit 'em out
feel the pain of words

i don't need your criticisms
i don't need your idealisms
sick and tired of your empty promises
i don't care what you say

"Speak No Evil"
 
and i worked so hard to get ahead
just to fall behind
i've fallen so far behind that i can't see the top
what if i'm afraid, should i be ashamed
or do i work hard to prove that they're wrong

well, i know who i am but i sure don't know you
i sure know your kind, cause there's toomany of you
you judgmental eyes seem to speak without words
why you condemn when you don't understand?

why can't you speak the truth?
we speak our minds-fact without fiction
why can't you see the truth?
open your mind, learn for yourself
make up your mind, we know that actions
speak louder than words
why won't you hear the truth?
no one can make up your mind, but you
too many things we think that we don't say
why can't you speak you mind? your poisned ideas
is what's keeping us back
maybe it is a lack of something called respect
something i wish you had, but never will
well you think that you're better, i think you're wrong
two bull headed people just can't get along
the results of your actions effect everyone
why you condemn when you don't understand
why can't you speak the truth?
we speak our minds-fact without fiction
why can't you see the truth?
open your mind, learn for yourself
make up your mind, we know that actions
speak louder than words
why won't you hear the truth?
no one can make up your mind, but you

"Empty Room"
 
let your accusations fly
when you find the need to lie
to explain why i am here
you've got nothing better on your mind
you make excuses for everyone
while we're just having fun
you should mind your business
we will mind our own
let your accusations fly
let your accusations fly
let your accusations fly
hours in an empty room
just sitting here scratching the walls
not knowing who my friends are
who i could even trust at all
memories of days gone by
yet still i'm feeling the same
you talk shit about me
but i don't even know your name,no

let your accusations fly
when you find the need to lie
to explain why i am here
you've got nothing better on your mind
you make excuses for everyone
while we're just having fun
you should mind your business
we will mind our own
let your accusations fly
let your accusations fly
let your accusations fly
3rd generation rumor information
the story changed a million times
join and be complacent to any conversation
the only feelings hurt are mine
don't know the whole story
this shit is getting boring
don't even have your own mind
adopting other peoples opinions
just makes it easy to fit in
you know we're victims of another lie
you said you would say it to my face
but i know that's a lie
so we'll save conversation for another time
everybody is avictim of someobody's lies
but a lie is a lie

"Independence Parade"
 
It took some time
but now i can see my faults
and i've made up my mind now
see how the water falls
it's so personal
that i could not come to terms with
the choices that i've made
well, it seems i'm here to stay...

the waves are strong
but they won't pull me down
i know right from wrong
and that's the strength i've found
it's been a while
but i think i've got it now
the waves are strong but they won't pull me down

down on myself for doing things
i said i'd never do, well
i've made mistakes, yeah
all part of growing up its true
we see eye to eye
but there was no way for me to know
until i tried i've seen the lies
i know which way to go

foget what i've learned lear to forget
i never wanted this
i'm happy with the way it was
with success that i have earned comes hatred
i never wanted this
i really never wanted this down

the waves are strong
but they won't pull me down
i know right from wrong
and that's the strength i've found
it's been a while
but i think i've got it now
the waves are strong but they won't pull me down

"Sympathy"
 
one track minded you
bad habits are killing you
reaching out cause you need a friend
keep coming up with the same old problems

you keep running into the same old walls
you want to climb over
but you're scared you'll fall
you're reaching out cause you need a friend
but next time i see you
will it happen again

i'm out of sympathy
i already know your promises are empty
gonna try to help you find your way
gonna try again to make you change
i don't know why i try
cause it's the same old story everytime and
now it's clear to me what you really are

so quick to point the finger
for the mistakes you made
you think you've got the answers
the only thing you've got are problems

you keep telling me
you've got nothing to lose
maybe that's because you just lost it all
you want to tell me different
but that's something that i've heard before

i'm out of sympathy
i already know your promises are empty
gonna try to help you find your way
gonna try again to make you change
i don't knwo why i try
cause it's the same old story everytime and
now it's clear to me what you really are
hey!

"Strike"
 
the division of society into two separate classes
there are those of us who work and we make up the masses
slaving for the corporations raking in the profit
someone's got to take a stand, someones got to stop it
organize discontent and strike against the system
that oppresses you and depreciates the value of our work
realize what is meant, cause you don't really need them
underestimate thepower of peole who have been hurt

unite and you will find that strength is truly found in numbers
and you possess the power ot destroy those that you work under
their machine won't operate unless it has an operator
we're unknowingly convicted to a life of hard labor

they don't care about you, your best interests aren't in mind
they're concerened with capital broadening class lines
broken by the bastards that regulate your wages
poverty is our crime and employment is our cage

its 1998 and the time has come to order
the rich are getting richer
while the poor are getting poorer
economic warfare, but the ones who did this
turn the table on survival of the fittest

we're gonna pull the red carpet out from under their feet
we're gonna pull the red carpet out from under their feet
we're gonna pull the red carpet out from under their feet
we're gonna pull the red carpet out from under their feet

STRIKE!

"Sides"
 
you're on your side, and you think that i'm on mine
this ridiculous abstraction is all in the mind
you know we don't evern know
what we're fucking fighting for
and so we turn our head 'cause we choose to ignore then
we collide over stupid fucking sides
blow our cool over different states of mind
we collide over stupid fucking sides
swallow our pride because of what our friends think

we turn our heads when we should've turned the other cheek
are we afraid of the prospect of peace?
there's things like love, respect, and minds open wide
so we don't need jerks who take stupid fucking sides then

we collide over stupid fucking sides
blow our cool over different states of mind
we collide over stupid fucking sides
swallow our pride because of what our friends think

sometimes i just don't know what you're thinking
and other times, well i just don't care
i'll throw you a line, and save you from sinking
because you waste a lot of time on you side

we collide over stupid fucking sides
blow our cool over different states of mind
we collide over stupid fucking sides
swallow our pride because of what our friends think

swallow our pride because of what our friends think

The Suicide Machines (2000)



1.   Sometimes I Don't Mind
2.   Permanent Holiday
3.   Fade Away
4.   Too Many Words
5.   No Sale
6.   Green
7.   Extraordinary
8.   I Hate Everything
9.   All Out
10.   Perfect Day
11.   Sincerity
12.   Reasons
13.   Goodbye For Now
14.   I Never Promised You A Rose Garden