PRISON LYRICS

1. Hurt

("I'm Jesse. Last year I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer, but I'm still alive."

"My name is Daniel, I've been diagnosed with bipolar depression since I was five years old, but I'm still alive."

"I'm Courtney. I was sexually, mentally, and physically abused, but I'm still alive."

"I'm Ryan. I underwent heart surgery at twenty years old, but I'm still alive."

"I'm Gil, and I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of four, but I'm still alive."

"I'm Samantha, and three years ago, I tried to take my own life, but I'm still alive."

"I'm Jacob, and every day I struggle with mental illness and grief, but I'm still alive."

"I'm Christina. I survived an abusive relationship, and my brother and my best friend died on the same day, but I'm still alive."

"My name is Robert. I was in a mentally-altering car crash, but I'm still alive."

"I'm Paul. My best friend committed suicide in February of 2019; I tried one month later, but I'm still alive."

"I'm Sierra, and I have endured two counts of rape, two counts of molestation, and more, but I am still alive." "I'm Marissa, and I was raped by someone who I called a friend, but I'm still alive." "[…]")

2. Pray for Me

("I'm Jesse, and I've survived […]")

Huh huh

Pray for me – feel
Pray for me

Huh – locked inside this prison
Hurt
Locked inside this prison
Hurt – rghh!

("I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood
running from the wounded. I have seen children starving. I have seen the
agony of mothers and wives.")

3. Wage War

("I hate war.")

Hurt, hurt, hurt (hurt)

(Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh!)
(3x)
(Huh! Huh!) Oh!

We are a temporary plague
In an eternal nightmare
We're bred to hate, but we ignore the pain we cause
And pretend to fight fair
FEED, feed the war machine
Until we've no arms left to bear,
Then we feign regret and pray to any god
That our trivial lives are spared, BUT…

Everything you know and love will die (because)
Everything you swear by is a lie

We fight for PEACE, we kill for PEACE,
Yet we embrace war
WAR, WAR,
War is what we live for
We fight for PEACE, we kill for PEACE,
Yet we embrace war
WAR, WAR
Let's start another war

You're starting a war,
You're starting a war,
You're starting a war,
You're starting a war that you can't win

Ooh!

("Everything you know and love will die.")

(Oh!) (Rghh!)
(Uh!)
(Oh!) (Ah! Ah!) (Oh!) (Ah! Ah!)
(Oh!) (Ah! Ah!) Uh!

We are a temporary plague
In an eternal nightmare
We're bred to hate, but we ignore the pain we cause
And pretend to fight fair
Start a war
You've started a war
You've started a war that you can't win

We fight for PEACE, we kill for PEACE,
Yet we embrace war
WAR, WAR,
War is what we live for
We fight for PEACE, we kill for PEACE,
Yet we embrace war
WAR, WAR
Let's start another war

Fight, kill, start a war
Fight, kill, start a war

4. Still Alive

The last time we listened,
The last time we listened to you,
We decided to forfeit,
But now we're here, and we've got something to prove

NO, we will never die
NO, we will never die
NO – let me hear your voices
One more time
NO, we will never die
NO, we will never die
NO – we're screaming this
'Til we're buried alive – I said I'm…

Still alive
Yeah, I'm still alive
You know I'm still alive,
And I'm not giving up without a fight

It's time to let go
It's time to let go of you
We're just sick of the torment;
It's too much after all we've been through

You can't tell me I'm terminal,
('Cause I'm not done here yet)
You can't force me to burn it all,
('Cause we're not done here yet)

Kill me if you can, kill me if you can
Kill me if you can, 'cause you know you can't
Kill me if you can, kill me if you can
Oh! Yeah, you know you can't

Still alive
Yeah, we're still alive
You know we're still alive,
And we're not giving up without a fight

And I've stared death
In both of her eyes
And I've cried my way
Through my sweet goodbyes
And I've tried suicide
And made up my mind
I'd rather stand up and live
Than lay down and die

Still alive
Still alive
Oh! You know we're still alive

5. Mental Illness

("Don't think too much. Feel. Feel. You'll go insane if you think too much.")

Mental illness is not a name
To be abused for fortune or fame
Mental illness is not a game
There are no winners – don't bother to play

Hurt, hurt
Hurt, hurt

Of all the approaches that you could have chosen
(That you could have chosen),
This has got to be the lowest of the lowest
(Of the lowest)

(Huh) I bet you think that you've seen it all,
But you don't know the half, 'cause all you do is
Play the part
But we can see right through your lifeless act

Anxiety is not a calling card (calling card)
Have you ever had a suicidal thought?
And depression is not a fashion statement;
It's just a matter of time until you get caught

So, don't pretend
To understand (Ohhoohoohoohh)
You can't pretend
To understand (Ohhoohoohoohh)

(Oohhoohhoohhooh
Oohhoohh)

You want to see crazy? I'll show you crazy
I've been diagnosed with everything in the book
But you – night after night, living a fictional life you don't believe in
It's going to catch up with you one of these days
You can only fake it for so long
You can only lie to so many kids
Karma bows to no man
Do it!

Don't pretend to understand
Those scars are painted on
Don't pretend to understand
You're not fooling anyone

Mental illness is not a trend
You want to tempt fate? Go right ahead
Mental illness is not a fad
You want to taunt death? You'll wish you never had

("- lovin', baby.
Don't you weep, pretty baby.
Don't you weep, pretty baby.")

6. You and Me and the Devil

("You and me and the Devil makes three.
Don't need no other lovin', baby.")

I am alone, and I can feel it
Hurt, hurt, hurt – do it

Hurt, hurt – game on

Dear Devil, is it safe to assume
That I'm the only one in this room?
Yes, these destitute thoughts, well, they always consume
What's left of my psyche just seconds too soon
(I can't stand idly by,
No
I can't stand idly by
And watch you people drop like flies)

I can't stand idly by
And watch people drop like flies
From the fabric of my life
When I've spent twenty years trying to recognize them

I have no home
Where do I go?

Where do I go?

You take your leave of absence
Go ahead and fall away (fall away)
You found your reason to exit
Now I can't think of a reason to stay

Dear Devil, is it safe to assume
That I'm the only one in this room?
Yes, these destitute thoughts, well, they always consume
What's left of my psyche just seconds
Too soon
Yes, it's always just seconds too soon

Now you and me and the Devil makes three,
And I don't mind the company,
But I can tell this ain't a dream,
'Cause I'm wide awake, so this one's gonna-
You and me and the Devil makes three,
And I don't mind the company,
But I can tell this ain't a dream,
'Cause I'm wide awake, so this one's gonna hurt

Rghh! Ha ha!
Now it's just you and me and the Devil
Now it's just you and me and the Devil, so this one's gonna-

7. Hell on Earth

One morbid, festering heap
Of ignorance and waste
What better way to reconcile
Than to throw it all away? (You say)
No recourse, no recovery
For the solar system's stain
But I'm putting in all the work,
Yet no one knows my name,

But you'll know my name

I search for the silver lining
On the billowing mushroom cloud
That envelops the entire planet;
Mother Earth's entrancing shroud

I breathe
In my final breath – uh!
I breathe,
I breathe in my final breath as I watch it…

Burn, burn, burn
Hell on Earth ("Prolonged exposure to fallout will result in certain death.")

Burn, burn, burn
Hell on earth

Isn't this what you wanted?
Isn't this what you said in your prayers?
Isn't this what you asked for?
Isn't this what you taught to your kids?

Your wish (your wish)
Is my command
I hold the world
In the palm of my hand

Burn

(Careful what you wish for) (Careful what you wish for)
[14x]

8. Obituary's Son

(Careful what you wish for) (Careful what you wish for)
[11x]

Obituary's son

Will anyone miss me when I'm gone?
Will anyone mourn obituary's son?
I'm in a glass house with no stones to throw,
So I use my fists (so I use my fists)
Even blood itself has a home,
So I kiss my wrists

You wouldn't believe me if I told you what I've seen
No amount of water can wash these blood-soaked hands clean

(Oh!) (Sometimes I want to, sometimes I want to)
Sometimes (Sometimes I want to, sometimes I want to)

I want to rid the earth
Of any semblance of me

Sometimes I want to
(Sometimes I want to)
Sometimes I want to
(Sometimes I want to)

Sometimes I want to disappear (Sometimes I want to, sometimes I want to)
Silently (Sometimes I want to, sometimes I want to)

I want to disappear; let me disappear, let me disappear
I want to disappear; let me disappear, let me disappear
I want to disappear; let me disappear, let me disappear
I want to disappear; let me disappear, let me disappear

Well it hurts to laugh, and it hurts to cry,
And it hurts to look another man in the eyes,
And it hurts to live, o', God, but it hurts even worse to die
Sometimes I can't believe I'm still alive

(Will anyone miss me?
Will anyone mourn?)

Will anyone miss me when I'm gone?
(I won't be)
Another suicide, another life undone
(Obituary's son)
But I turn away the loaded gun
Another dance with death, another battle won
(Obituary's son)

But I'm still alive, so take your hands off me
But I'm still alive and kicking, so take your hands off me,
So take your hands off me

("I'm so glad you're home. Please, talk to me. Talk to us. Are you...OK?
Can you talk? Will you talk?"
"I don't want to talk right now."
"I understand that. You can't…shut me out that way. You have to talk about it. You don't have to lock me out."
"No, I don't want to talk about it."
"Not right now, you don't. I get that. But in order to have to talk about it…with me, or your friends, or Dad-"
"OK, I get it. You're not gonna talk to me about it. I don't want to hear about it."
"Look. You can't just un-involve yourself that way."
"Well he can't scare us to death in the middle of the night and make us go pick him up. We thought you were dead."
"That's…that's not what I wanted to get across right now. He's alive. I want you to know that I'm here."
"I know that you're here."
"I've always been there."
"No. He obviously doesn't do anything is work here every single day, and he still goes off and does something."
"OK, are you serious?"
"Yes, I'm serious! You need to learn how to grow up and be a man! There are other children with their own problems just like everybody else has.")
"Are you serious? OK. OK. OK."
"You know, we help him out. We do everything for him. It's time that he learned, you know, maybe this is a way to cope."
"Stop."
"We can start giving back."
"Just stop."
"You know, you guys can figure this out."
"No, we can't."
"I am…I am not gonna have this conversation with you guys."
"It's not- […]"
"Figure it out yourself."

"OK, listen to me. You mean the world to me. I want you to feel that way about yourself. I love you. Dad loves you. He just can't talk about this.
He can't get that close to his own child."
"He has no idea how to feel."
"I know that, and I want to. I want you to know that I love you and Dad loves you. Do you know that? Do you know it?"
"Yeah."
"Without you…I can't- I don't wanna- either- I love you."
"I love you too.")







PRISON LYRICS