It's coming down now, it's been this confrontation Since you saw with your own eyes the final confirmation There's starving in the streets and homeless sleeping in the stations With all this handwaving of economic complications Well it's just that, don't need that sensation, of drowning in misogyny without means of flotation While in our schools today there's asymmetric education And all the slavery and genocide that built this nation, And I'm told, that this kind, of unresolved tension will just grow until it blows right up and knocks you to the ground Well don't take it from me but you're on track, And all the people that you care for, If I were you I'd cut some slack For yourself and for your ego Never seen someone care so hard without collapsing to the ground I'll believe you'll change the world On some days it feels like they are out to get you, and on other days they really are out to get you Because you're trying to take down what is oppressing you, these power structures that have been built right on top of you Well come on now, if there's just one more you, just one more person who has got the heart, that is like you Then maybe then we can rise up and reject the lie, that we are incapable of making a better life And I'm told, that this kind, of unresolved tension will just grow until it blows right up and knocks you to the ground Well don't take it from me but you're on track, And all the people that you care for, If I were you I'd cut some slack For yourself and your decisions Never seen someone care so hard without collapsing to the ground I'll believe you'll change the world And you don't have to, you don't have to, you don't have to do this one on your own You're so much better, you're so much better, you're so much better than they have told you that you are Well don't take it from me but you're on track, And all the people that you care for, If I were you I'd cut some slack For yourself and your decisions Never seen someone care so hard without collapsing to the ground I'll believe you'll change the world

It feels like an illness, in the way my body, is smashed upon the ground Well I'm not hungry now, I haven't slept in days, my hands are shaking now Somebody once said, that all you really need is love and I would like to see those fuckers now Just watch me fall to pieces at someone else's words, that shit can really cut you down Cause sticks and stones may break my bones but words will break my soul So I'll retreat and be just on my own Cause I got it all, Cause I got it all in this prison I have got inside of me Til I need no one, til I need no one, cause I don't want this love inside me Whoa, cuz I don't want this love inside of me 15 to 26, well that's a lotta years, I feel like that's enough I guess I'll thank you now, my lovely catalyst, for crushing me to dust I never knew what it could be to love so unconditionally while being crushed just in their own fist I guess that I had no other healthy frame of reference, for it to be like this Cause sticks and stones may break my bones but words will break my soul And I'll just go on my own Cause I got it all, Cause I got it all in this prison I've set up inside of me Til I need no one, til I need no one, cause I don't want this love inside me Cause I got it all, Cause I got it all in this prison I've set up inside of me Til I need no one, til I need no one, cause I don't want this love inside me Whoa, cuz I don't want this love inside of me

I can't believe, it's getting exhausting and sometimes it feels Like taking a breath, and burning my bridges and faking my death So far from home, just where that is, well hell I don't know It's 15 below, how did I get here this cold and this snow? Well it feels like there's always something, just boiling right under the skin A miniature explosion that's tearing up all that's within Just need to prove to myself that I am not broken inside Just like you said that I would be, until the day that I died. Do you ever feel, like there's a fire in your chest but for real The burning is bright, the heat gives you energy to fight the fight But it won't cool down, even when you need a rest from the sounds Of crackling wood? this kind of passion hurts so fucking good. Well it feels like there's always something, just boiling right under the skin A miniature explosion that's tearing up all that's within Just need to prove to myself that I am not broken inside Just like you said that I would be, until the day that I died. But that's alright, it's taking shots in the dark and missing the point every time. I guess it's fine, to take some time, and build it up brick by brick, just taking one step at a time. Well it feels like there's always something, just boiling right under the skin A miniature explosion that's tearing up all that's within Just need to prove to myself that I am not broken inside Just like you said that I would be, until the day that I died.

Ok, I've been told, time and time again, that I'd never be a real man. And I know you've put with so much worse than that, since you can remember. Down with the media, and teachings of aggression, dominance and masculine supremacy What if our instead, were just full of love, and everything we need? "Come on now that's just human nature now"-well that's the lie we're told, every single day It's like I don't want this body, it's like I don't want this brain, it's like I don't want this masculinity weighing on my head again It's like you don't want these system, and you know what's to blame and you don't really want this patriarchy weighing on your soul again Cause you just wanna walk in safety, and I don't wanna be a man, we just wanna be whatever it is that we feel like we can And all these gendered boxes, are causing so much pain, they weigh a thousand pounds, come crashing down again. I can't articulate, these words are always failing, the toxicity of manliness and We can be something better, something beautiful, something new and now Refuse to be a bro, refuse to dominate, refuse to resort to objectification Let sadness fill your heart, let it tear you apart, and raise imagination "Come on well that's just human nature now"-well that's the lie we're told, every single day It's like I don't want this body, it's like I don't want this brain, it's like I don't want this masculinity weighing on my head again It's like you don't want these system, and you know what's to blame and you don't really want this patriarchy weighing on your soul again Cause you just wanna walk in safety, and I don't wanna be a man, we just wanna be whatever it is that we feel like we can And all these gendered boxes, are causing so much pain, they weigh a thousand pounds, come crashing down again. Down again!

Chorus I’ll tell myself that I got knowledge, that I’ve got perspective, but my face wont believe these things I say Saying I know life and that I’ve been through something, but it don’t measure up to just one day I’ll tell you that it hurts, but I know it’s nothing, it’s all these little problems all the same Cuz I know no innocence, I don’t know no suffering, but I just can’t convince my broken brain I guess I am just weaker, than I thought I would be, cuz the music barely saved me, when I was so damn close to jumping off So tell me something, make it go away so I can go ahead and sing About taking down the rich and burning down the jails but I just cant get past his goddamn pain So tell me something, make it go away so I can go ahead and sing About all of the oppression and human suffering, but I just cant get past his goddamn pain When the pills they just can’t fix you, and with all your privilege, the heart is disconnected from the brain I’ll sing in second person, because its just to personal, you know your pain is worthless all the same I’ll tell you that hurts, as if I knew suffering, I wish I could just get out of this head Work on helping others, and all these global problems, but every other day I feel dead I guess I am just weaker, than I thought I would be, cuz the music barely saved me, when I was so damn close to jumping off So tell me something, make it go away so I can go ahead and sing About taking down the rich and burning down the jails but I just cant get past his goddamn pain So tell me something, make it go away so I can go ahead and sing About all of the oppression and human suffering, but I just cant get past his goddamn pain