PLEASE LET THIS MATTER

And it wasn't for love that you went back home / it was the guilt in your throat like you swallowed a bone / they had all of your life to get it right / they had all that time just to change their minds / and you're grateful for the bus, its a place to sit down / like a spider in the winter trying not to be found / no use trying to heal when you're getting stepped on / no use selling your soul when you're getting passed on

Oh, you never seem to notice when I follow you home In the dark of your apartment when you think you’re alone What would it take? What else should I do? How far must I go to prove that I love you?

And I want a love that falls as fast as a body from the balcony And I want to kiss like my heart is hitting the ground I'm holding my breath with a baseball bat Though I don't know what I'm waiting for I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be

My boy, we don't see each other much My boy, we don't see each other much It'll take some time, but somewhere down the line We won't be alone

And every, everybody dies Fighting for their lives, just trying to survive Well now I know, I know why we say That there's a better place that waits beyond the grave, oh, oh

But I'm a creature Of a culture that I create I'm the last one on the dance floor As the chandelier gives way

The dirt above, the stars below, I watched your face dry cold amid the afterglow And when they think of you and me, it's clear if you're the doormat, I'm the hickory

In old Venezia I made my trade Selling marionettes in my ramshackle place On that hallowed night when I lost my life All I remember was the gleam of the knife I vanish with no traces I've got friends in low places I wasn't missed or mourned, my body never found But I made new friends here underground I was chosen for a second chance at life I am the watcher now I watch for all of time

Think about it this way: guided evolution This will be a new breed: cutting edge, but classic Fully complimentary, bold and self-sufficient Symbolizing freedom, and, of course, your product When the logo's finished, then we will unveil it Seven billion people instantly enlightened Everyone's rebranded, all the fighting's over Say goodbye to conflict, that design's rejected

Basing & harassing to prove that you're a man Screaming for your equal rights, an Aryan homeland Societies ill caused by the colored man? The Jew took your wealth? You need someone to hate to hide that you just hate yourself Fighting to preserve a nation? Insecurities When was this an Aryan nation?

Left your home town for somewhere new Don't be surprised now it's leaving you Another weekday night alone The rise of rent, the fall of home The fall of home Battery dies on your monthly call Budget cut at your primary school Another family friend fell sick Gave the fascists a thousand ticks

I am not awake I am not asleep I am not so shallow I am not that deep Do you wanna dance? Someone shut the door On the losing side Of some sort of war

Now, but I can't, and I don't know How we're just two men as God had made us Well, I can't, well, I can, yeah Too much, too late, or just not enough of this Pain in my heart for your dying wish I'll kiss your lips again

I was thinking people never change But there's a new taste of dread that I cannot explain And the thoughts that make up my life Get reflected in others from time to time Now I've got another question And if we run out of time, can we make an exception? Got a piece that needs completion And I want to hear more from you Here's what I'd like to do