Loving, over and over again now
It ain't nothing girl, til you've felt the pain
Up against the wall, why does love always have to hurt
Your scratches run across my back and then a tear
Dear Lover, I can't take the pain no more
Dear Lover, I pick my heart up from the floor
Dear Lover, I can't believe its come to this
Dear Lover, give me one last painful kiss
There ain't nothin', in this world for free now
So how high of a price will you pay
Hear the screams so loud, wake up to the broken glass
It's a scene from bad to worse, and many more tears
Dear Lover, I can't take the pain no more
Dear Lover, I pick my heart up from the floor
Dear Lover, I can't believe its come to this
Dear Lover, give me one last painful kiss
Children are taught to hate, parents just couldn't wait
Some are rich and some are poor, others will just suffer more
Have you ever been ashamed and felt society try to keep you down?
I begin to watch things change and see them turn around
Turn around, they'll try to keep you down
Turn around, turn around
Don't drag me down
Ignorance like a gun in hand, reach out to the promised land
Your history books are full of lies, media-blitz gonna dry your eyes
Have you ever been afraid, and felt society try to keep you down?
I begin to watch things change and see them turn around
Turn around, they'll try to keep you down
Turn around, turn around
Don't drag me down
Ignorance like a gun in hand reach out to the promised land
Your history books are full of lies, media -blitz gonna dry your eyes
You're eighteen wanna be a man
Your granddaddy's in the Klu Klux Klan
Taking two steps foward and four steps back
Gonna go to the White House and paint it black
Turn around, they'll try to keep you down
Turn around, Turn around
Don't drag me down
I'm heading down a lonely highway
I'm running down a one-way street
I wanna know are you going my way
Is there some place quiet where we can meet
And friends they come and friends they go
But you were always by my side
And where it all ends I don't know
Don't cry no more just hold on tight
There was a time when I was desperate
Living in a town without a name
And when things got so dark and desolate
You taught me how to hide my shame
And kings and queens and millionaires
May never know what I have known
And thank the stars I'm the lucky one
Thanks for the lessons that I have been shown
I feel rich, I feel power, and security
And when I'm weak, you are strong
Once in a lifetime, twice in eternity
And guess what? Nothing else matters anyway
When I was young, I was so full of fear
I hid behind anger, held back the tears
It was me against the world, I was sure that I'd win
The world fought back, punished me for my sins
I felt so alone, so insecure
I blamed you instead and made sure I was heard
And they tried to warn me of my evil ways
But I couldn't hear what they had to say
I was wrong, self destruction's got me again
I was wrong, I realize now that I was wrong
And I think about my loves, well I've had a few
I'm sorry that I hurt them, did I hurt you too
I took what I wanted, put my heart on the shelf
How can ya love me when you don't love yourself
It was me against the world, I was sure that I'd win
The world fought back, punished me for my sins
And they tried to warn me of my evil ways
But I couldn't hear what they had to say
I was wrong, self destruction's got me again
I was wrong, I realize now that I was wrong
I grew up fast, I grew up hard
Something was wrong from the very start
I was fighting everybody, I was fighting everything
But the only one that I hurt was me
I got society's blood running down my face
Somebody help me get outta this place
How could someone's bad luck last so long
Until I realized that I was wrong
I was wrong, self destruction's got me again
I was wrong, I realized now that I was wrong
Through these eyes I've seen love and I've seen hate
I've seen the violence and the tears
Through these eyes, I got my schooling on the streets
I've seen the things in life you don't wanna see
Through these eyes I've seen the shape of things to come
And I've watched them all fall apart!
Through these eyes I've seen the broken homes they cry
I've seen the poor man's face as he stands in line
And though my heart has made me weary
On a road less travelled on
Through the heart it hurts so dearly,
And the pain it lingers on
Through these eyes, I've looked the devil in the face
And I've seen God's holy grace
Through these eyes, I've tried to walk the straighter line
I found myself again, I nearly lost my mind
And though my heart has made me weary
On a road less travelled on
Through the heart it hurts so dearly,
And the pain it lingers on
This ain't the way it's supposed to be
There's a dark cloud following me
I'm disillusioned
And I'm down on the world again
There's movies going on in my head
And all I can see is the color red
I'm relentless
And I'm down on the world again
Give me tomorrow's broken dreams now
I'm feeling like a loaded gun
There's a world of guilt written on my face
I'm feeling ashamed for the human race
I've been forsaken
And I'm down on the world again
I feel so alone in this crowd
Thoughts of despair are getting loud
I'm disrespected
And I'm down on the world again
Love and tolerance have abandoned me
And I feel the gloom hovering over me,
I'm resentful
And I'm down on the world again
Give me tomorrow's broken dreams now
I'm feeling like a loaded gun
Give me tomorrow's Holy schemes now so hopeless
When there's no place left to run
Well I tried to play for the higher stakes
You won't let me forget my mistakes
I'm unforgiven
And I'm down on the world again.
This ain't the way it's supposed to be
There's a dark cloud following me
I'm distorted
And I'm down on the world again!
At last we meet again, dear God
Hear the angels sing
The funerals are nicer, when we know you're there
When the angels sing
Sometimes I try so hard to understand the things you do
Who am I to question you when it all comes down
Hear the angels sing
Stand up strong feel the pain
When the angels sing
Love and death don't mean a thing
Til the angels sing
The prisoners pray when they're on death row
When the angels sing
The junky cries for love, but its all run out
When the angels sing
The sins of the world, and its cold on the streets and you're all alone
And the tears they start to fall when it all comes down
Hear the angels sing
Stand up strong feel the pain
When the angels sing
Love and death don't mean a thing
Til the angels sing
Little by little, day by day
I watch the children play
'Cause life and death don't mean a thing
Til the angels sing
When the angel of death, comes a looking for me
Hear the angels sing
I hope I was everything I was supposed to be
When the angels sing
There's gotta be a heaven, cause I've already done my time in hell
And a little baby's born, when it all comes down
Hear the angels sing
Stand up strong feel the pain
When the angels sing
Love and death don't mean a thing
Til the angels sing
Little by little, day by day
I watch the children play
'Cause life and death don't mean a thing
Til the angels sing
Spent my whole life - yea - looking for something
What it was, I'm not really sure
I looked for happines but only found sorrow
Then I realized how to unlock that door - yea, yea, yea
So you think you've got it figured out
It don't come easy, maybe just for fools
Some say life is a struggle
It's a game, just gotta know the rules
Gotta know the rules
Loads of people go through life thinking
Take what you can and leave the weak behind
Never stop to think what can you give now
Too afraid to learn what you might find - yea, yea, yea
So you think you've got it figured out
It don't come easy, maybe just for fools
Some say life is a struggle
It's a game, just gotta know the rules
Gotta know the rules
Spent my whole life - yea - doing things my way
Doing unto others, knowing its wrong
When's the last time you looked in the mirror?
When's the last time you liked what you saw? - yea, yea, yea
Pretty much been alone now, for almost five years
I could always find a way, to hide these bitter tears
And still I am waiting, and wishing somehow
I wish I knew then, what I know now
It's no bed of roses, it ain't no crown of thorns
Better than lonely, I've been there before
Gotta bad reputation, for playing with love
Gonna play again now, and beat the odds above
And still I am waiting, and wishing somehow
I wish I knew then, what I know now
It's no bed of roses, it ain't no crown of thorns
Better than lonely, I've been there before
Are you tired of being alone?
Or have you fallen out of love?
Do you care enough about yourself?
I have worn you're crown of thorns
It's no bed of roses, it ain't no crown of thorns
Better than lonely, I've been there before
Here I come, I'm on a run
Who wants to fight temptation that's no fun
C'mon and play the games, don't you feel no shame
That's what Eve said to Adam before she came
You can smile now cry later on
You know that it might be wrong
But it feels so good, like you know it would
There's damnation and disgrace, and guilt rears its ugly face
Yet you beg for more, just a little more
Stand in line, don't you lose your mind
Try like me to seek your pleasure three at a time
There's souls for sale, your gonna burn in Hell
And if tomorrow never comes, its just as well
You can smile now cry later on
you know that it might be wrong
But it feels so good, like you know it would
There's damnation and disgrace, and guilt rears its ugly face
Yet you beg for more, just a little more
Feel the pain! I feel it too
Have your hedonistic ways got the best of you
Play the games, don't feel no shame
That's what Eve said to Adam before she came
You work hard now, to put the food on the table
You're working for the man who don't even know your name
That's the way that it goes when you're down here
with the rest of us
You might lose now, your beautiful children
Your happy home yea, and your beautiful wife
That's the way that it goes when you're down here
with the rest of us
You'll suffer hard now, as you bury your loved ones
You'll suffer hard now, when you lose your best friend
That's the way that it goes when you're down here
with the rest of us
That's the way that it goes and I know how you feel
No ones immune now, to a world of problems
No ones exempt now, from a world of pain
That's the way that it goes when you're down here
with the rest of us
I try hard now, to do the right thing
Yet I wonder, why I still do what's wrong
That's the way that it goes when you're down here
with the rest of us
That's the way that it goes and I know how you feel
Under my thumb
The girl who once had me down
Under my thumb
The girl who once fucked me around
It's down to me
The way she does when she stole the truth out of me
The change has come, she's under my thumb
Under my thumb
The squirmin' dog who's just had her day
Under my thumb
A girl who has just changed her ways
It's down to me
The difference in the clothes she wears
Down to me, the change has come
She's under my thumb
Under my thumb
A siamese cat of a girl
Under my thumb
She's the sweetest, hmmm, pet in the world
It's down to me
The way she does as wash your soul out of me
Yeah that's calling under my thumb
Under my thumb
Her eyes are just kept to herself
Under my thumb, well I
I can still look at someone else
It's down to me
The way she comes when I tell here to laugh at me
Her eyes come keep it under my hump