LISTEN UP, SIT UP STRAIGHT, THAT扴 THE ONLY WAY YOU扡L GET A BREAK
SITTING STILL AIN扵 SUCH A BITTER PILL FOR GOODNESS SAKE
FOR 12 YEARS AND IT WON扵 BE THE LAST TIME
AND I SHAKE EVERY TIME THAT I THINK IT THROUGH
OBEDIENCE WAS THE GOLDEN RULE
AIM SO LOW THAT YOU CAN扵 MISS YOUR MARK
AND YOU PLAY THE PART SO LONG
YOU FORGOT WHAT YOU ARE
HAD SOME FRIENDS, PLAYED IT STRAIGHT, IN THE END THEY STARTED TO RESIST
THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD IT NEARLY BROKE THEIR WRISTS
AND NOW THOSE WRISTS ARE SLIT
AND IT HURTS EVERY TIME THAT I THINK IT THROUGH
THAT WE LEARN TO EXPECT TO LOSE
AND CAN YOU WALK AWAY CAN YOU WALK ALONE
CAN YOU RAISE YOUR FIST AND STAND UP ON YOUR OWN
CAN扵 LET THEM PULL THE STRINGS, THEY扸E HELD YOU WAY TOO LONG
CAN扵 LET THEM TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK