OPERATION IVY lyrics page
JUNKIE'S RUNNIN' DRY
I always looked up to the ones who walked away, choosing themselves over preset ways of looking at a future that had no room for the questions they lived for. I always knew I never could have walked away myself. My self worth was beyond any help. And I didn't care to test it against the rejection I had seen before. But those I loved so much, they underwent a change. They're working 40 hours, they got caught in the game. Like junkies running dry, the vulnerability, they're always there on time. We're never satisfied like junkies running dry. This wonderful generosity A third of our lives to do what we please doesn't look so great to me, in fact it doesn't even look fair. They call it idealism and even I would have to agree with them. Except some of us gro up and it's there. I grow up too slow, I don't wanna go! But now I'm working just like everyone else, but I'll get out of here.
HERE WE GO AGAIN
It's not the end, it's the beginning. The ground is moist and it rained last night. Smells like smoke, and it smells so clean. The sun is shining down like a friendly white light. Here we go again. Analyzed the world I was born into but I never could understand. Knew I never wanted to grow up if that meant being a "man." Dominating strict competition is the meaning of our lives. Stomping on the weak keeps us the winner of the battle in our minds. Tensions in our lives that are attacking our minds unite themselves together to make our consciousness blind. Conditioned to self interest with emotions locked away. If that's what they call normal, I'd rather be insane. Relax yourself from giving what you want to do with your life. Ease up from giving up things like control of your own mind. If you never ask any questions than you're never gonna get no answers. You'll always be wondering what do you want while you keep getting older faster. Here we go again-another test of manhood, just when you thought you'd won. Here we go again-the more we keep competing, the more the battle's just begun.