Drop

Paper thin promises prevail Picking up on the past detail Look at what came in the mail A third notice penalty fail Watch them dig a little hole for us Just because we're all causing too much fuss Don't expect to get what you must When there's no one out there you can trust And be sure to let them bitches know You got it figured out which way you'll go They don't even really know you so Pay them no mind if they ain't paying you dough But please know that there's more than that Spill out my heart and tip my hat And maybe even though the wallet ain't fat Don't really care cause that's not where it's at It didn't take long to figure that out Once through it one could conquer so much doubt So many heartaches, so many pains Like the ones in your wrists when the sky begins to rain When the keyboard calls you out to cyberspace With a blank expression set on your face Like a stored command awaiting its cue Took a whole lot of waiting to know what to do Took a whole lot of effort just to visibly flop Every time we ever let a fucking album drop Every time we ever tried to book a show In a town where there was no one we'd know So here's to the ones who will not give up Regardless of how much is in their cup Regardless of what other people say Keep doing your thing each and every day and Don't you ever stop Don't you let them win Always be yourself until you reach the very end Don't you ever stop Don't you let them win Always be yourself until you reach the very end The forced trauma, the big drama The your mama is out there getting bigger than Obama It's taking over in the bright of day And at night when the freaky fiends come out to play To keep us quiet, keep the real thought down Don't take kindly to it in this town Don't take it to the sheriff cause it's out of his hands And bleached free our blood in the promised land Dystopia won't have much longer to wait In the name of everything we're taught to hate In the name of the people we were taught to admire But were tossed like logs onto the fire That burns to keep the machine in control Of this thing that we like to call rock and roll It's more than a shame when you stop to think about All that's been done to shut us out from the conversation and the control But keep us around to mind our souls Enough to make it seem genuine As they push the same crap again and again So don't you ever stop Don't you let them win Always be yourself until you reach the very end Don't you ever stop Don't you let them win Always be yourself until you reach the very end Looking forward with my heart in the now Knowing there is no way to fully know how To force the greatest of false kings to bow To the truth and the work that comes with the vow So if you do so solemnly swear To grapple with the fact that life's not fair Only then is it possible to clear the air Speak your mind and make yourself aware Of whatever it is you need to find To relieve the stresses on your mind Leave those old ghosts back there to disappear Along with whatever else is you fear Not here trying to play like it is dope Just doing what it takes to offer someone hope In the event that you find it hard to cope Sitting on that branch holding your own rope Instead just hold on to your dreams They are more precious than they will ever seem Until you find yourself up at the top With nothing but the potential to drop So don't you ever stop Don't you let them win Always be yourself Until you reach the very end Don't you ever stop Don't you let them win Always be yourself Until you reach the very end Don't you ever stop Don't you let them win Always be yourself Until you reach the very end Don't you ever stop Don't you let them win Always be yourself Until you reach the very end