| you wrestle yourself to the ground | 
| you springboard and kick yourself in the mouth | 
| cause all of that drama, that embarrassed charade | 
| couldn’t stop you or settle you down | 
| so you got back with your black hole | 
| and you don’t care who’s out there or who knows | 
| cause you’re spent and you’re sad | 
| cause you’ve bronzed it, it’s your badge | 
| and you’ve fixed it to all your clothes | 
| every t-shirt and overcoat | 
| so it’s with you through hot or cold | 
| but i would tear it from the cloth | 
| yeah, i would tear it from the cloth | 
| grow up and knock it off | 
| cause there’s a world awake outside | 
| with injustice and music and july, july | 
| with history’s arc, | 
| with your family, | 
| with art. | 
| but it don’t mean nothing | 
| not to you, not tonight | 
| you can’t see past the length of your nose | 
| the biggest problems, well you’re sure they’re your own | 
| that girl you cut loose | 
| those two friends that cursed you | 
| and all that powder that you can’t leave alone | 
| and you say, you know, you know, you know | 
| but i know that you don’t, you don’t, you don’t | 
| cause if you did, you’d really try | 
| if you did, you’d really try to let all that die | 
| so marry yourself to your work | 
| and crowd your confusion with words | 
| then round out your life with some records you like | 
| while you bury your love in the dirt | 
| cause it’s endless, the ditch you can dig | 
| you’re stubborn, and you’re prideful, and you’re all over it | 
| so i suggest you make sense of the time you’ve got left | 
| so you don’t end up back where you’ve been | 
| and you say you won’t, you won’t, you won’t | 
| and i hope that you don’t, you don’t, you don’t | 
| but if you mean it, then stand up and fight | 
| but if you mean it, then stand up and fight | 
| cause i mean, it’s only your life | 
| i mean it’s only your life | 
| to fix or ruin | 
| to figure what to do with | 
| it’s only your life | 
| to fix or ruin | 
| cause no one else is going to do it | 
| cause it’s only your life |