I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (the center),not falling down (of calms within the eye) (for me and no one else) I'll bleed, (for no one),the demons, (but myself),that pull me down I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (by myself),not falling

I don't know why they say grown men don't cry I pulled into the shopping center And saw a little boy wrapped around the legs of his mother Like ice cream melting, they embraced Years of bad decisions running down her face All morning I'd been thinking my

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Pushing little children, With their fully automatics, They like to push the weak around, They like to push the weak around. Push the weak around, Beyond the Staples Center you can see America, With its tired, poor, avenging disgrace, Peaceful, loving

Don't call me daughter, not fit to The picture kept will remind me Don't call me The shades go down Alone, listless Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room Young girl, violence Center of her own attention The mother reads aloud, child tries to

Fly away on my zephyr We'll find a place together I feel it more than ever And in this perfect weather Take a look It's on display for you Coming down No, not today In the water where I center my emotion

I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (the center),not falling down (of calms within the eye) (for me and no one else) I'll bleed, (for no one),the demons, (but myself),that pull me down I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (by myself),not falling

Without you here I'm upside down Without you here honey I'm a melody Without you here everything's in black and white Living in a world that can't hear sound If these boots could fit a railroad track I'd be gone and never look back If my thumb could flag

Where's that space of fear you hide? Have you gone way beyond the center Out there in space I know you need to get even Tell me the one about the hand that holds you down Because the bruise on your face, it always seems to stay around And tell me the one

Why is everything so heavy? I know I'm not the center of the universe But you keep spinning 'round me just the same So much more than I can carry I keep dragging around what's bringing me down If I just let go, I'd be set free And I drive myself crazy