Clawfinger

Let's all pretend that we're stupid and dumb
and that nobody knows where it's all coming from
I've got a whole lot of questions that I'm never gonna ask
I don't want to know what's behind your mask
I've got a life of my own it's hard enough as it is
without having to listen to your personal biz
If we all keep quiet it could be ideal
'cos I don't want to know how you feel

Nobody nobody knows, nobody shows it if nobody knows it
Nobody nobody knows, nobody blows it if nobody knows it
Nobody nobody knows, nobody knows it until you expose it
Nobody nobody knows
so don't open your mouth if you don't know how to close it

It's a god damn pity I don't know what the use is
for all of your good for nothing lame excuses
It's complicated makes me frustrated
brings everything out in me I've always hated
Instead of pretending that we always agree
Why don't you just tell me what you think about me
because we all want to leave but nobody wants to go
'cos everybody knows we all know

Chorus

Everybody knows what I'm talking about
all the little white secrets that never come out
All the things that we do and the things that we say
in this stupid little game called life we play
I don't want to hurt you so I don't want to know
what you're thinking about and where you're going to go
I don't want to stick my nose in anybody's affairs
I don't want to know and who cares

Chorus

speak the truth don't you dare lie to me
I've seen it all before you disagree
the way you always attack all the things that you say
the way your turn your back and then you walk away
shut your mouth and open up your eyes
you better take your time and try to realize
that no one's free from sin and when I look at you
I scream within WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
you raise yourself up to a higher degree and look down in disgust at our misery
you're no better than your enemy
but it's easy to hate what you just can't be
don't deny the fact that you're a mortal man
you can't escape from death when it's close at hand
don't sit upon a pedestal and raise your voice
if you're to deaf to listen to the peoples
choice
truth tell me the truh the truth motherfucker
tell me the truth tell me the truth tell me the truth
the truth you sucker
you play us out and you take us all for fools
but I never understood who even made the rules
I'll make my stand against supermacy
cos hypocritical goverments threaten me
I know you ain't blind and I know you're aware
but your ego's to big for you to even care
the doors are wide open but your eyes are closed
you're unable to look any further than your nose
you open your mouth and all I hear is lies
you keep spreading your message that I despite
because the game you're playing is so easy to see
it's just another repeat of our history
you talk about peace it's a very strong word
it's always being said but it's never been heard
hi-tec weapons are here to reasure it
but I've never seen a time when they've done a shit for it
Truth.....
kick it to me now cos I just can't figure
take a small mistake and make a small one bigger
equality's a word have you ever even heard it
I guess not and you don't deserve it
turning your backs on the problems that surface
I get a feeling that you're doing it on purpose
your mide is SLIME so please resign
you can't control your own life don't try to tule mine
Truth

right from the start you know you put me in the dirt
I never even got a chance to get away
I take all the crap from your drool attack
the years fly and I get nothing to say
you expect me to be happy and to be satisfied
with the offer that you once had to give
you don't try to encourage anybody to develope
that's not the way that I want to live
do this
do that
come here
you twat I'm still here although I hate it
I wonder why I even care about a place like this
I don't know if I can take it
I've had it up to here with your shit and your piss
I've heard so much shit from the people I hate
that I really couldn't give a fuck
I've been down in the shit for so goddamn long
that everything looks like up
do this
do that
come here
you twat I'm still here.....
you see I'm sick and tired of being tied to the ground
my lunges they were made to shout
I'm stuck in the middle of a rosegrove maze
and I can't seem to find my way out
do this
do that
come here
you twat I'm still here.

I know you know I know you know
what is the truth what is the truth who knows
you know she knows they know we know
what is the truth what is the truth who knows
I do do you will you won't you
what is the truth what is the truth to you
will you won't you do you don't you
what is a lie gave it a try won't you I know nothing you don't know
don't get me wrong don't get me wrong
don't get me
love me shove me kiss me hug me
what is my love what is my love tell me
fuck me kick me suck me hit me
what is a fuck what is a fuck tell me
take it shake it bend it break it
what is my life what is my life take it
thrill me kill me fill me make it
what is the truth what is the truth fake it
see me be me hear me fear me
what is the truth is the truth near me
school me fool me rule me drool me
what is the truth what is the truth fool me
can you can't you do you don't you
hear my reply don't ask me why will you
help me leave me feed me bleed me
need me to lie what is a lie tell me
I know nothing.....
I know you know I know you know
what is the truth what is the truth who knows
he knows she knows they know we know
what is the truth what is the truth who knows
I do do you will you won't you
what is the truth is the truth to you
will you won't you do you don't you
what is a lie give it a try won't you
I know nothing.

all my disillusions are filling up my head
and all of my frustrations are lying in your bed
all my explanations just don't make any sense
leave me be babe can't you see the tensions to immense
you just can't understand me so you drag me to the ground
but I don't hear a single word
you just can't bring me down
so don't you dare to criticize the way I think and live
all you get is what I've got and what I what to give
I love you I hate you I kiss you I rape you
I cheat and deceive you I leave you
I love you I hate you I kiss you I rape you
and I cheat and deceive but I need you
you say you really need me and then you close the door
you say you want to leave me and then you beg for more
well I ain't sentimental so don't try to set a trap
cos everytime you hug me you stab me in the back
if you want my body then just make love to my mind
and don't try to hurt me cos I ain't the hurting kind
I told you that I loved you but you didn't cate at all
I needed you to touch me but instead you crushed my balls
I love you.....
I know I said I need you but that was just a lie
you asked me if I loved you but you never asked me why
so now you've got your answer and I hope you're satisfied
and don't you dare to tell me that you ever even tired
there's nothing I can give you that you ain't already got
cos even when you've got it all you say that I forgot
to give you all my loving and to give you all my time
there ain't enough for the both of us and right now I want mine
I love you.

I've been standing on the edge of the roof looking down
I've been looking at the people that are gathering around
I've been here for an hour or maybe even more
just looking at the people that I've never seen before
stupid little faces are all I can see
those silly little suckers are all laughing at me
no wills cheap thrills you're puppets to the master
your only satisfaction is my lonely disaster
you learned how to creep and you learned how to crawl
but you never really learned anything at all
when I was a boy everything was just fine
I learned how to talk and how to walk in line
I had to learn the rules that build our society
but I could never understand it didn't mean shit to me
everybody always told me I was out of my mind
but I never did kiss anybodys behind
I'm a lot older and I guess I should know
but I'm standing on the roof just watching the show
standing on the edge and my step belongs to me
and I'm telling you all I won't miss what I see
one foot over theres no time to turn around
both feet are over and I'm heading for the ground
I'm flying in the air and I can feel the cool breeze
the people on the pavement have gone into a freeze
no space no time it's like walking on the moon
my heart is still beating but It won't be soon
I can hear myself scream when I hit the street
I can't feel a thing from my head to my feet
I told you I would do it and I didn't even cry
I feel more alive dead then when I was alive

do you know how it feels to be down in the dirt
with a bullet in your breast and blood on your shirt
lying in a bloodpool down in a pit
covered with the corpse and the blood and the shit
how does it feel to have a gun at your head
when you know that you'd be much better off dead
looking right down through the barrel of a gun
don't try to tell me that you think it's fun
praying for your mercy don't say you see the light
what diffrence does it make if the good lord's right
at the end of the war the survivors are none
b'cos a war is a loss a war can't be won
you're just another soldier and you're doing the dying
you're a symbol of a nation so boy stop crying
hero of a war such a man so brave
a medal's worth nothing when you're lying in your grave
do you know the pain
marching into history marching into war
can you feel the shame
marching into misery you function as a whore
5 o'clock in the morning and they shout out your name
but they don't really carecos you all look the same
now this is the army and we train to kill
out job is to give you that fighting will
so get off your knees and stand straight like a man
do I have to tell you twice to make you understand
freedom has a price and that price is blood
so chase the motherfucker right down in the mud
do you know.....
warfair warfair warfair warfair
ignore all your feelings just go all the way
if you don't then death is the price you have to pay
this ain't peace and love no man this is war
don't even dare to ask what you're fighting for
just search and destroy never question a lie
you don't want to bite the bullet boy you don't want to die
don't try to tell me that you couldn't kill a mna
that's a load of fucking bullshit boy I know you can
do you know

there's a peddler a pusher standing on the corner
there's a junky on the street with some crack to warm her
down and out in the city she's working as a hooker
so the system took the freedom to overlook her
she don't exist that's made her feel the hate
she's just a victim of the world that we create
she didn't have a chance man she didn't want to do it
but she never got the choice so she just said screw it
she took it to the bottom just trying it all
knowing that nobody even cared at all
don't deny her needs take a look at yourself
before you start talking 'bout anything else
such a wonderful world such a wonderful world
there's a lower class family they're living in a vice
you know it ain't to bad but it sure ain't nice
four kids in a flat that was built for two
cockroaches on the floor so what they gonna do
rats in the cellar no water in the tap
the kids of today are growing up with this crap
a sweet loving mother she does everything she can
a father with a will he's a fighting man
he's lost his job and all the money's been spent
so tell me anybody who's gonna pay the rent
and you're all talking 'bout equality
this whole fucking world is insanity
such a wonderful world..... wonderful wonderful
meanwhile in a suburb some fancy boulevard
there's a couple in a house with a dog on guard
3 cars in the garage they keep everything inside
afraid of the violence afraid to go outside
money ain't funny if you're afraid to use it
you grip it to hard when you're afraid to loose it
working as a lawyer in some upperclass area
alone at home his wife goes into hysteria
a gun under her pillow to tense to relax
to rich to face reality to scared to face the facts
they stick to what they got and they try to make it pretty
hiding from the life that's going on down in the city
such a wonderful world.

I want to touch you but I don't possess the power
it turns me inside out to feel the pain of your distress
you push the needle deeper in your arm for every hour
I know your life was so beautiful but now it's turned into a mess
I've tried to understand you but the thoughts seems so unreal
that a person would forsake herself and try to break herself with pain
just like a child you're so innocent and you long so much to feel
but instead you push the needle deeper down your vein
sad to see you sad to see your sorrow
you know I've seen you in so many diffrent ways
the reflections of your agony are scared upon your face
warm the spoon just to numb yourself from much much better days
and you hope that someone else is there who might want to take your place
everything you scream I hear you thought you scream so silent
and you're longing for your babychild to be in a much better place
so addicted to your loneliness full of self destructive violence
you still try to love your child and see the smile opon it's face
sad to see you sad to see your sorrow.....
take away the pain and take away the sorrow
I cry in silence hoping you'll come through
take away the pain you could be dead tommorow
I wish that I could help you but there's nothing I can do
I WISH I COULD HELP YOU BUT THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO
I feel as if I'm by your side even though you're far away from here
the poison mingles with your blood and slowly satisfies you
but what I wonder most of all is if you really want to disappear
you keep struggleing with emotions mixed inside you
please don't disappear you know to many people love you
but you see you're still the only one that can ever dry your tears
so don't you rely on anyone below or up above you
you better grab your life and then get a grip before it disappears
sad to see you sad to see your sorrow

you're all so fucking hostile you're all so fucking mean
with your triple K complexion screaming keep our country clean
with your triple K superior picknick and your burning cross parade
you're all dressed up in white boys you're real American made
hypocrite that's the name you wear
but I really don't care what you say
no bullshit you're so full of it
it comes out of your mouth everyday
I don't care what you say I don't care what you say
you want to be somebody special so you take it to the extreme
waste a jew a black or two and wipe their race out clean
you practice on a target but your guns still full of lead
you hunt them down ten on one and you aim to hit the head
repulsive you really make me hate all the things you deny and you fake
primitive you show no respect for all the lives you take and forsake
I don't care.....
your mouths are so enormous and your dicks are just so small
you're just to dumb to realize you ain't got no brains at all
there ain't nothing in your deadheads that I could ever even understand
and you've still got the guts to tell us all that we should join the klan
I truly believe you're deaf dumb and blind
I believe you're unable to look
I truly believe you're really out of your mind take a look in the history book
I don't care.....

There's a nothing a god can give to me that i can't gice to myself
I put my beliefs in the things I believe and a god can take care of himself
there's not enough love in the world for me to think about wasting my time
It's not that I don't believe at all but I don't need a heavenly sign
I can achieve the things I need without getting down on my knees
I can respect you're religion but i don't want to pay your fees
I don't want to hear you talk about the things you think that i need
so don't help me back on my feet again until you can hear me pleed
Just look in the holy book of crooks and tell me what you can find
all the rules and the regulations made to manipulate your mind
don't pretend that you're blind just open your mind and study historical times
the bigger thew loss the bigger the cost the bigger the cross and its crimes

I don't believe in a god that I need to worship
I don't believe that I need to get down on my knees
I don't believe that a voice from above can help me
I only believe in what I can see and the things that I can achieve

Whatever belief you belong to there's still always a reason to doubt
and there's always another opinion as to what life is all about
there's always a bigger dimension and a different point of view
so I don't want to try to change you that decision is up to you
Whatever your final choice is and however you choose to live
you better be happy for what you can get and happy with what you can give
there's only one thing to remember there is only one thing you can do
and that is to do unto others as you'd have others do unto you

Chorus

Two sides two sides to every story
two stories more makes four new ones to choose
Four sides four sides to every story
four stories more makes eight new ones to choose
Eight sides eight sides to every story
eight stories more now which one should you choose
now which one can you use

Burn your bridges, bite your tongue
dig your own grave what's done is done
What's in your head what's on your mind
time will tell don't look behind
What I keep inside my head is stuck right on my mind
and time will tell if I should look behind

Hold your head up, hold your head up high
Hold your head up, hold your head up high
Hold your head up, hold your head up high
Hold your head up, put up or shut up

Two steps forward and one step back
the time will come when you lose track
Speak your mind or sell your soul
Stand tall or fall down in a hole
I've got to speak my mind before I sell my soul
I've got to stand for what I am before I fall

Chorus

It's to late I guess what's done is done
I'd rather dig myself a grave than bite my tongue
so I take two steps forward and then one step back
I'm not afraid of losing faith I'm scared of losing track

Chorus

Nobody is perfect but I?m pretty fucking close
And I?m here to give you all a heavy heavenly dose
I think you better listen ?cos I know who you are
And I think that you should treat me like a superstar
Because I?m more than just a human I?m a gift to all of you
And I?m here to make sure that my message gets through
I wonder if you?re really all as dumb as you look
Or are you smart enough to learn the rules in my book
I hope you understand that the knowledge I bring
Puts me in the position of a god or a king
?cos I?m blessed with the gift of the magic touch
and I wouldn?t say that I?m asking for to much
all you have to do is get down on your knees and pray
and I promise you the remedy is on its way
but you can never be like me so don?t waste your time
because I reign supreme and my position is divine

what?s wrong with being self possessed?
Nobody?s satisfied with being second best
I?ve got the gift and I know that I?m blessed
And I?ve got to get it off my chest

I?m the biggest the best better than the rest better than the rest x4

I?m not afraid of competition ?cos I know that I?m the best
And you haven?t got a chance to even pass my little test
Even if you wanted to you couldn?t pay the price
There ain?t no room for losers in my perfect paradise
?cos life is always based upon the weight of you success
so I?ll make sure that I get the most and nothing less
if I love myself then everyone will love me to
and there?s nothing you can do for me that I can?t do

what?s wrong with being self possessed?
Nobody?s satisfied with being second best
I?ve got the gift and I know that I?m blessed
And I?ve got to get it off my chest

I?m the biggest the best better then the rest better then the rest x4

So welcome to my kingdom and enjoy you little stay
Even if you can?t afford it I?ll still make you pay
So you better come and get it and enjoy it while you can
Don?t tell me that you?re dumb enough to think I give a damn
I couldn?t care less about what you achieve
And there?s only one thing that you have to believe
The only thing important that you have to understand
Is that no matter what you say it?s still a god I really am

I?m the biggest the best better than the rest better than the rest x8

Are you satisfied with everything the way it is
Are you stuck in the conformity of minding your own biz
Does a confrontation make you want to turn and run
and do you think about the things you'd like to have undone
Are you scared of looking back at all the things you've said
and do you keep the words you'd like to say inside your head
well nothing changes by itself without some kind of clash
and there's always gonna be some barriers to smash

Are you scared to be, scared of what you see
Are you scared to change, scared to rearrange
There's a chance that you never take the chances you get

If you never move ahead you'll keep on looking back
the only thing you're doing is just filling out the cracks
Another coat of artificial paint won't change a thing
unless the whole foundation gets a brand new colouring
What is there to lose except some insecurity
that you replace with faith to not be scared of what you see
'cos every little risk you take breaks down another wall
the biggest chance that you can take is just to let it fall

Are you scared to be, scared of what you see
Are you scared to change, scared to rearrange
There's a chance that you never take the chances you get
There's a chance you haven't taken any chances yet

Everyone is happy in your favourite dream
It's a pleasent suprise with all your favourite scenes
just like a beautiful day without a cloud in the sky
and the only thing to blind you is the sun in your eyes

When your body's asleep all your thoughts are awake
travelling through stories that your mind likes to make
take a look around,enjoy what you feel
is it just imagination or is everything real

don't wake me up i want to dreamdon't wake me up i want to dream
I want this dream to last foreverdon't wake me up i want to dream
I want this dream to last foreverdon't wake me up

The skies are getting cloudy there's a storm on the way
the vision's disappearing in a strange kind of way
the perfect little picture that you paint in your head
is a distant memory when you get out of bed

don't wake me up i want to dreamdon't wake me up i want to dream
I want this dream to last foreverdon't wake me up i want to dream
I want this dream to last forever
don't wake me up before i understand what everything means
why does somebody allways come and wake me up from my dreams
Chorus

How come all the things you say just don't make sense to me
Why do we spend so much time just refusing to agree
If you say you like something you know I'll say I don't
and when you want to do something that's fun you know I won't
Why is it always my turn to take care of this mess
I don't think it's fair to say I'm always doing less
You don't know what I do so I don't think you should moan
and if you're so much better you can do it on your own

Nobody loves me like I do, not even you
Nobody needs me the way I do, not even you
Nobody knows what I'm going through, not even you

You always make me feel like everything I do is wrong
and things would be much easier if we could get along
but every time I criticize you you overreact
please don't tell me one more time that opposites attract
that has to be the biggest fucking lie I've ever heard
Don't tell me to shut my mouth I haven't said a word
You're the one that started it and you know that I know
so what's the use there's no excuse you know that no means no

Chorus

Is there really any point in working this all out
all we ever do these days is fight and scream and shout
Maybe we should give it up and just call it a day
I can't think of anything I even want to say
I've done my share of caring and it isn't any good
I'm sick and tired of feeling like I've been misunderstood
so give me one good reason and I'll stay right here with you
I can't take another day I don't know what to do

Chorus

goddamn my man you see I can't understand
why you wanna say nigger to your brother man
talking black pride then you call yourself a nigger
don't bring yourself down cos it just don't figure
take a look at yourself and your history
you don't look like a goddamn nigger to me
it's a negative word and the white man made it
gave you a name to dominate and trade it
making blood money of his very own race man
and all of this because the colour of your face man

Nigger, Nigger, Nigger, Nigger

placed and educated in a neighbourhood of crime
taught from the beginning that you weren't worth time
liquor store and gun store next to one another
with only one purpose so you all kill each other
leaving one less problem to worry about
that's the way they do it this is how it turns out
and justice for all with the American government
I wanna know where all the goddamn money went
we didn't see it and it didn't do no good
I guess you couldn't give a fuck about a black neighbourhood

Nigger, Nigger, Nigger, Nigger
Nigger You're the real niggers, You're the real niggers
You're the real niggers, You're the real niggers

there's always gonna be fanatical minorities
the ku klux klan and fucked up authorities
conservative cunts and religious preachers
I don't care cos they ain't our teachers
living a life they say is free from sin
then they judge another person by the colour of their skin
I feel ashamed of myself I'm a white human being
surrounded by suckers afraid to be seeing
there ain't such a thing called superior race
and there ain't nothing special 'bout the colour of your face
you've got a one way ticket to the end of the stree

I'm the center of my own universe
and I'm sitting on top of my world
I'm the middle of my attention
and I'm the best joke I've ever heard
I'm the king of my own castle
and I'm the master of my own mind
I'm the best friend that I've ever had
the best friend that I'll ever find
I'm the nicest person I've ever met
the only person that I'll never forget
I'm the best sex that I've ever had
the one relationship I'll never forget

I can see them coming
I can see them coming
I can see them coming
I can see them coming

We want to lock you up, they want to lock me up
We want to put you away, they want to put me away
We want to shut you up, they want to shut me up
We want you out of the way, they want me out of the way

I'm the greatest star in my hall of fame
I'm the host of my own show
I'm the main character in my book
I'm the most humble guy I know
I'm the leader of my own army
I'm the f?rer of my chosen ones
I'm the atom bomb that'll blow my world
all the way to my kingdom come
I'm the god of my own bible
I'm the Jesus of my own cross
I'm the saviour of my own people
and I'm my own greatest loss

I can see them coming
I can see them coming
I can see them coming
I can see them coming

We want to lock you up, they want to lock me up
We want to put you away, they want to put me away
We want to shut you up, they want to shut me up
We want you out of the way, they want me out of the way

I think I'm going crazy
I think I'm going crazy
I think I'm going crazy
I think I'm going crazy I'm losing my mind

I was dreaming that I was caught up in the middle of a parade
but I wasn't paying attention to the statement being made
and when I looked up at a banner and saw just what it said
then I wished that I was somewhere else instead
Because the message on the banner was for white supremacy
and no matter how hard I tried it didn't make any sense to me
so I studied the people around me trying to think of what to say
but the only thing I could think of was to laugh and walk away

I was dreaming that I was talking to a man about his faith
and I was far away from home in some kind of exotical place
The situation was such that when I looked at my surrounding
I got nervous and my heart just started pounding
I realized that I was the only man that was Caucasian
All the people around me looked like oriental Asian
I was a legal alien in a difficult situation
but I could relate to the state I was in when I thought about
discrimination

Was I in the wrong place at the wrong time
or was I in the wrong state of mind

Wrong place, wrong time or wrong state of mind
Wrong place, wrong time or wrong state of mind
Was I in the wrong place at the wrong time
Wrong place, wrong time or wrong state of mind
Wrong place, wrong time or wrong state of mind

I was dreaming that I was at home and when I took a look around
it was as if the entire population had suddenly gone underground
I was standing all by myself and there was no one to be found
the only thing worse than a terrible noise is not even hearing a sound
There wasn't a trace of a human face as far as my eyes could see
I started to feel kind of lonely and I wanted some company
I had to make do with myself and the thought didn't appeal to me
'cos the only thing worse than to many people is feeling completely
lonely

Was I in the wrong place at the wrong time
or was I in the wrong state of mind

Chorus

Anybody could be related with a monkey in a tree
or an ancient tribe from Africa but that doesn't bother me
I've probably got lots of relatives that are Jews and nobody knows
Maybe that's the reason for the size of my big and beautiful nose
My family tree is a mystery that comes from all over the place
so tell me the logical definition of a perfect race
Some people are dressed in a darker tan and some have a lighter shade
and I can assure you nobody's sure exactly where they were made

Was I in the wrong place at the wrong time
or was I in the wrong state of mind

Chorus

I know the answers to the questions in your mind
I've been to the places that you couldn't even find
I seen all the things you never thought you'd get to see
I've been everyone you couldn't be
I've read all the stories and I know how they end
I've fixed all the broken things that you couldn't mend
I've taken all the chances that you never even took
and I've found the things you overlooked

I'm the answer to your questions, I believe when you're in doubt
I'm based on a rumour, I'm spread by word of mouth
There's no proof of my existence I'm a myth that you arouse

I'm your life and religion, your faith and your hope
Your drug and your addiction your injection of dope

I've met all the people that you never dared to meet
I've played all the games of life and never once been beat
I've walked upon the water without even getting wet
and there's not a thing that I regret
I've done everything that's wrong and made it right again
I've talked to all my enemies and turned them into friends
I've been crucified and resurrected from the dead
Do you believe a single word I've said?

I'm the answer to your questions, I believe when you're in doubt
I'm based on a rumour, I'm spread by word of mouth
There's no proof of my existence I'm a myth that you arouse

I'm your life and religion, your faith and your hope
Your drug and your addiction your injection of dope

I'm everywhere and nowhere I'm your saviour when you sin
I'm your great escape to higher ground when you give in
I'm everybody's scapegoat I'm a glimpse of clarity
Would you sacrifice yourself for me?

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