Are you the one From my side of town Maybe, maybe It's hard breathing in It's hard breathing out Lately, lately LouderLouder, harder, better As good as it ever gets

Over the river and through the woods We'll do a little what we want After one long week of doin what we should There's a bonfire burning Got Bocephus blaring LouderLouder than allowed out in our neck of the neighborhood If you wanna see follow me over the

Louder than the DJ LouderLouder, louder, louder than the DJ Faster, faster, faster than the airwaves Someone said a long time ago Rock 'n' roll would never grow old She still got the fire left in her bones The lights go down, the crowd explodes The party's

Are you the one From my side of town Maybe, maybe It's hard breathing in It's hard breathing out Lately, lately LouderLouder, harder, better As good as it ever gets

The action, louder than the words But the action speaks louderlouder The action speaks louderlouder than the words You know the action speaks louderlouder than the words Remember when we first met I was so excited just to get To know you, to know you I was just a little

You're loud, I'm louderlouder You're weak, I'm power Go ahead and try to paint me red Spin doctor, shit talker I make the rules, you ain't got nothing on me Don't think your straw man means a damn thing to me Sleep walker, fear monger Cause I'm like no one

Light up, light up As if you have a choice Even if you cannot hear my voice I'll be right beside you dear LouderLouder, louder And we'll run for our lives I can hardly speak I understand Why you can't raise your voice to say I'll sing it one last time for you

When I was young Pain more painful Laughter much louderlouder Yeah, when I was young The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls, I had a bad yen

This makes as much sense as a frog on a chain A leper knocking trees down with his fist Twisting my ear like I'm a school yard churl You know I want to sit beside that long-legged girl Wearing overalls and daddy's boots and mom's old coat Let's sing one

Down they come, the swarm of locusts Skies above converge to choke us Feast of souls consume the harvest Forming clouds, their shadow shrouds LouderLouder the tattered wings they sound Young and old, suffer unto the locust Descending down Sweet caress grazes