Unknown Road
So you're currently content with your surroundings You possess a vague sense of accomplishment Did you give all you had to give or did you give conservative Do you think that all the years that passed you by we're all well spent Pictures of everyday life spark memories And certain things pull triggers in your mind What would be different now if you were there than here. What passages, what fantasies lie just beyond the unknown road Do you know, the miracles that could be found they're waiting down the unknown road, so it goes A few more cornerstones that could be yours Ever get the thought you were mistaken? Ever think about the stones you've left un-turned? More chances slip away with every passing day, suffering with cold You're so afraid you might get burned. And wondering can take it's toll yeah And wondering you can rack your skull And wondering can send your imagination up a tree Wondering what fantasies lie just beyond the unknown road Time is right now of the essence Time is right to learn your lessons Time is all that you have left things you've contemplated the unknown road is one

Homesick
I walk down my old street Used to be home for me and now there's spraypaint on the walls I see a house that at one time looked nice but now it is abandoned There's nothing left at all So why, why must we let our chances fly When oh when oh will we ever see hope again Why, why, why is it hard to say goodbye Well oh well oh at least I can still remember when our city used to be such a beautiful place Now you can't walk down the street the same and think you'll see the same My hands are in the air It makes no sense to me I cannot explain this tragety My first trip to city I remember thinking that the buildings stood so tall and when I see that my old stomping ground is just a ravaged they seem so small now rather feel like I'm living in someone else's-dream It dosen't seem this is the way that things should be it's like a dark cloud swallowed up humanity Whatever it is it is be-yond-me Homesickness is the flu that surrounds me A virus spreading through the street It astounds me Homesickness

Time To Burn
Time - never bothered me till I saw it slipping slowly away from me and time took my years away Give me back my memories of a better day and now I've got a lot to lose I've got a lot to learn and no time to burn Rain - spoiled a sunny day Till I saw those cleansing drops took the dirt away and change always frightened me till I changed into the man I always knew I could be

It's Up To Me
Held down by a heavy sky I followed rules and I don't know why Ignored the options that I could not see Indecision had a hold of me Followed the path that was forced by fate I never saw the hour was getting late I never cared what I turned out to be I sensed something wrong now it's up to me I got the chance now I'm gonna take it I don't know I might not even make it I'll follow rules that are made up by me I wasted time too long now it's up to me It's up to me-to be all I can be (R.W. Emerson) It's up to me Looked to the past for some history Looked for the sum of humanity A list of laws they passed down through time A ruthless plot to control my mind I gotta make a plan for myself Can't look to you can't look to anybody else Only this way am I truly free I wasted time too long now it's up to me all the rules that I see have taken old inside of me. So much to lose so many kinds One thing comes to mind-time I gotta make a plan for my life I gotta take the time to get it right I gotta be the person I gotta be I gotta make a plan and now it's up to me

You Can Demand
Hey listen people, I'd like to say A million minds have a choice but they choose to walk tis way So when it's time to make your decisions true remember who it is you're fighting for it's you No one can tell you how you shuld feel inside What's right from wrong is a choice you make up in your own mind think you shoud, well you got time No matter what the case may be You can demand. You can demand what you want and take it you can command all the rules and take them you can demand And when the times your wasted to do more just keep you head out of the clouds and keep your feet on the floor And when you think that at times it's tough to do Remember who it is you're looking out for you Don't let them trivk you with fancy words As long as you're able to see through the lines you'll be just fine Think you should hurry well you got time No matter what the cause may be you can demand You can demand what you need and I'll tell you if you can't understand this way of life your way of living how you don't like won't suffice, look at all the things you have then decide it's your life and realize you can demand

Nothing
Life - I was a lonely man with my lead boots nailed to the floor dancing the best that I can Sweets-took the pain away I saw a cold death at the end of the line so I started to pray Up towards the sky but knew no one would answer me. I asked the trees why they grew toward the sun. I asked the clouds and they rained down bad luck on me Oh my god why hath thou forsaken me I asked the teachers who taught me rules to obey. I asked the gaes and prophets through time. Came up nothing but a hole where my faith had laid no reason, no rite......nothing feels fine tonight crime it was a price to pay I found the hole world as guilty as I It took the danger away Hate-it was so easy to do You just directed all your anger at fear and then you follow it through I went to churches and schools to decide for me. I went to prophets to plea for my life. Went to my parents who gave this dark life to me. I don't need to I don't want to. I don't want to wonder why. If you don't want to hear my problems well you can fuck off and die. You do not know. Dont say you know. Give me some answers fpor my life.... now got some explaining to do I've got to come up with solutions in time before my future is through Hope - for my new promise today Still I got this strane feeling that time is slowly slipping away...

Vices
You never listen you never know never the lender you always follow cause it's you doing it you say it's alright to yourself you're lying I didn't wanna see you dying before you know it you're all alone your can is empty you feel such sorrow you think that using all your best friends is alright to yourself you're lyin' can't you see it can't you feel that your vices are ruining your life and on and on, your vices are ruining your life your mind your vices are ruining your life why can't you stop that vice from ending your life you're always missing you're always slow used to be so deep now you're so shallow another friend out there no I don't think it's right your soul is frying can't you hear your mother crying take your medicine thru your nose fine today but what about tomorrow say it does not control you but think I might you've hit rock bottom can't you use it can't you see that you're telling lies and for help you are crying I keep on knocking but there's nobody home you're telling lies, living high, now you're dying if you want somebody's help why don't you answer the door

City Is Burning
society reflects tonight an ugly mirror showing an animal instinct a twisted way to wrong a right how many dead before the sun comes arising lock your doors and close your eyes sit back and watch TV while the problem grows outside lock your doors and shut off your mind while you are safe inside the city is burning tonight blinding lights burn in the sky a mass of shadows darkness usually hides animals out of there cage (who will) burn their own environment without any shame so your guest is as good as mine will any good come out of this we'll know in time until that time let's not regress (let's learn) our lessons before there's another uprising

Dying To Know
I'll carry the torch - feed off my flame love is the hottest word for me - it knows my name and your spirit cuts through me like a silent sword and leaves it's score inside everytime I take a chance - take it everytime a rule to break - break it everytime I change my mind - change it everytime there's suicide - you know what's on my mind you're everywhere I try to hide I'm threatened by your suicide I'll test my faith till satisfied my god I need to know. I know there's got to be a place a heaven for the human race why do I need to die to go? I need to know I'm dyin' to know well good book says "love" should be the best thing you can feel so you gotta stand by your faith exactly what they say is real so you push this back in your mind cause the thought was too intense that don't make sense gotta hev it, I must know it here is my only chance and I ain't gonna blow it got to know before I'm outta time I'm all out of time. it's burning a hole inside of me answers to questions I seek burning a hole inside keepin' the flame alive. I will burn this flame until I know the name I need to know

Tester
I see your problems are all inside but you don't ever know if you'd start trying to open your mind then you could just let them go the more that you know the less that you know you'd see those problems are all inside of your mind and soon you'll find your world is going down you've reached the ground you can't turn around you want to start giving up trying you want to start curling up and dying now you got to try to make that test you gotta start giving your best everytime you've got to read the signs before you know where to go all this confusion that's trapped in your mind it's just not helping you grow I can't see why just can't belive that you have chose to dwell in your own hell leave it alone you're gonna get through this yourself leave it alone you're gonna get through this through your own hell

Try To Conform
try - still you got nowhere try and stay in line and live by all the rules thesy say to follow try to conform in your head they'll feed you bullshit you should swallow try their style don't give up you will blend in it's not tough to give up when you've tried to try for so long I can't wait to assimilate just try to stop me (you willing try) but you don't know pick yourself up by those boot straps dude and try try still you get nowhere try and stay in line and other forms you'll never know and if you got something to say I got a shotgun for a muzzle try their style don't give up you will blend in just try to conform it dosen't feel the same

Give And Get
you sit around here just comlaining bout your life think you have nothing it's not working and you just want to get out why don't you take the time and take your blinders off you've got to try and make an effort cause you know that what you give is/what you get you have so much just look around what you give is/what you get if you just take the time to look around then you will find blame spoiled rotten brats for things that you don't have as it turns out what they possess are not things you'd wnat anyhow get off your high horse and turn that frown upside down god helps those who help those who help themselves in any sort of instance there's oppurtunities/yet you don't want 'em just lie around and/watch 'em go just a limp body/that dosen't have fun do I feel sorry/for you hell no get off your ass get with the program there are so many fun options waiting outside your front door think of what you have not what you don't cause in the head there's no one who really gives a shit anymore what you give is what you get and what you've been giving you've been getting

Clear Your Head
take all that you've read and all you've heard said take every little bit of info clogged up in your head then play sane game ream out your crowded brain you'll feel much better when you clear your head I know it's a bitch you gotta try you lose control and would like to know the reason why I know it's a bitch to clear your head you lose control then life is over you are dead. now you may ask why why such a blue sky of all the colors on a palette that you might try your mental landscape you'll feel much better when you clear your head and soon you'll see a much better way to be you'll see the person that you sought to be you got to be get your new clean slate when all that shit is erased you'll feel much better when you clear your head your life - is a dump for garbage sinner stacked up with the shit of worthless refuse from the past now you're backed up against the wall your life - a crowded thought collection so many theories dearly handed down to you and you just can't condense them it's your life



Slowdown
Alright, these are supposed to be the lyrics to Slowdown. They are not perfect. If anyone has any alterations or differences to them you know where to send them to. responsibility is a foriegn word to me it's time to buckle down time to stand your ground set any way of life for which you abide by while not always the ways you would take set em before you make a mistake open your eyes and see ive got too much fun ahead of me ive got too much fun ahead of me reality doesnt it doesn't refer to me the real worlds no big deal what's real is what you feel so tell me now buddy what are you gonna do? will you take advice from me? will you be who you wanna be? you could be goin down along ways before me ive got too much fun ahead of me ive got too much fun ahead of me reality doesnt it doesn't refer to me th real worlds no big deal what's real is what you feel so tell me now buddy what are you gonna do? will you take advice from me? will you be who you wanna be? you could be goin down along ways before me ive got too much fun ahead of me ive got too much fun ahead of me