The Living End

The Living End The Living End Lyrics
1.Closing In


2.Prisoner of Society

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

Let's go

Well we don't need no one, to tell us what to do
Oh yes we're on our own and there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you, to tell us what to do

We don't refer to the past, we show it what we've done
Our generation gap means the war is never won
The past is in your head, the future's in our hands

'Cos I'm a brat and I know everything
And I talk back 'cos I'm not listening to anything you say
And if you count to three, you'll see it's no emergency
You'll see I'm not the enemy just a prisoner of society

Well we don't need no one, to tell us what to do
Oh yes we're on our own and there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you, to tell us what to do

'Cos I'm a brat and I know everything
And I talk back 'cos I'm not listening to anything you say
And if you count to three, you'll see it's no emergency
You'll see I'm not the enemy just a prisoner of society, alright

Well we don't need no one, to tell us what to do
Oh yes we're on our own and there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you, to tell us what to do

We don't refer to the past, we show it what we've done
Our generation gap means the war is never won
So we don't need no one like you, to tell us what to do

'Cos I'm a brat and I know everything
And I talk back 'cos I'm not listening to anything you say
And if you count to three, you'll see it's no emergency
You'll see I'm not the enemy just a prisoner of society

Society, society, society
Society, society, society, society


3.Save The Day

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

So here I come to save the day
A regular Joe now on parade
(They say)
It's the only way
(But they)
They only want it when it's there

So here I come to save the day
The future's here and the past is yesterday
(They say)
It's the only way
(They say)
They only want it when it's there

When it's there
We're not goin' on a holiday
We do a lot of work but we don't get paid
Stand up, don't walk away
Take your pride and swallow, swallow
Take your pride and swallow, swallow

Life's full of much unwanted waste
Crime pays and the junkies walk away
(But for)
Husband and the good son
(They speak)
Ill at ease but they dare not run

They dare not run
We're not goin' on a holiday
We do a lot of work but we don't get paid
Stand up, don't walk away
Take your pride and swallow, swallow
Take your pride and swallow, swallow

We're not goin' on a holiday
We do a lot of work but we don't get paid
Stand up, don't walk away
Take your pride and swallow, swallow
(We're not goin' on a holiday, hey)
Take your pride and swallow, swallow
(Stand up, don't walk away, hey)
Take your pride and swallow, swallow
(We're not goin' on a holiday, hey)
Take your pride and swallow, swallow
(Stand up, don't walk away, hey)
Take your pride and run


4.All Torn Down

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

I see the city and it isn't
What it used to be
A million houses goin'
Up and down in front of me
No time to let the concrete set
Before it's broken up again
Don't care if it's historic
Don't really care at all

A hidden landscape
On the brink of any development
A protest rally never
Satisfied with development
Both strivin' for a perfect world
Each havin' their own opinions
And so the city grows
It grows on and on

All torn down
All torn down
All torn

I see the city and it's grown
Into a big machine
The streets are freeways
And the parks are just a memory
No time to let the concrete set
Before it's broken up again
Don't care if it's historic
Don't really care at all

All torn down
All torn down
All torn
You got no reason
You got no reason
You got no reason
You got no reason
No

I see the city and it isn't
What it used to be
A million houses goin'
Up and down in front of me
No time to let the concrete set
Before it's broken up again
Don't care if it's historic
Don't really care at all

All torn down
All torn down
All torn
You got no reason
You got no reason
You got no reason
You got no reason
You got no reason
You got no reason
You got no reason
You got no reason
No

You got no reason
(You got no reason)
(You got no reason)
You got no reason
(You got no reason)
(You got no reason)
You got no reason
(You got no reason)
(You got no reason)
(You got no reason)
(You got no reason)


5.Second Solution

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

Standin' on a street light, tryin' to get away
Guilty, guilty, I hear what you say
Countin' down the hours but I haven't got the time
23rd precinct jumping on the line, on the line

And what I wanna know
Is will I get death row
Or is there a second solution?

What I wanna say
Is will I die today
Or will I get second solution?

It was never meant to end this way
One shot violence, I hear what you say
Standin' on a street light, tryin' to get away
Guilty, guilty, I hear what you say, what you say

And what I wanna know
Is will I get death row
Or is there a second solution?

What I wanna say
Is will I die today
Or will I get second solution?

Standin' on a street light, tryin' to get away
Guilty, guilty, I hear what you say
Countin' down the hours but I haven't got the time
23rd precinct jumping on the line, on the line

And what I wanna know
Is will I get death row
Or is there a second solution?

What I wanna say
Is will I die today
Or will I get second solution?

Second solution
Second solution
Second solution
...


6.West End Riot

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

There's a kid who was born and was raised in the west
There's a kid from the east that never really fit in with the
rest
Every week they would meet in the street with their friends
With the guns that they made and the caps that they stole
They would fight to their death

This time we'll have victory
Last time ended in defeat
Our town becomes a battleground
Battleground, battleground

West end riot, West end riot
We'll be here next Saturday
With our guns and our heads held high
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry this time

See a bum on the street that you think you recognize
Young kid never looked so bad when he was only 4 foot high
6 o'clock runnin' home, I don't wanna be late
Another Saturday of sun and war shared with our mates

This time we'll have victory
Last time ended in defeat
Our town becomes a battleground
Battleground, battleground

West end riot, West end riot
We'll be here next Saturday
With our guns and our heads held high
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry

Boys will be boys playin' up and making lots of noise
Never used to talk about the future
Never thought that we'd have to care so
West end riot

There's a man that was born in the west workin' at a factory
There's a man from the east who now runs the whole company
How they've grown on their own, not like the kids they used to
be
Saturdays of sun and war are just fond memories

West end riot, West end riot
We'll be here next Saturday
With our guns and our heads held high
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry this time


7.Monday

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

Monday, a day like no other
Monday, was their last day
Some say, life is a struggle
Some say, life should be easy

One day, in a peaceful village
School day, in working Dunblane
One man, could change their whole world
One man, is all it took for

No school today
It's just a memory
One mind gone wrong

I don't wanna play on Monday
I don't wanna play on Monday
Pinned to my memory
Not just another Monday
It seems like such a lie

Change of plans on a rainy day
A new lesson to be learnt today
Pack up your guns and your soldiers too
Because one sick mind depends on you

No school today
It's just a memory
One mind gone wrong

I don't wanna play on Monday
I don't wanna play on Monday
Pinned to my memory
Not just another Monday
It seems like such a lie
Lie, lie

Playin' quietly
Along came destiny
No, I, I don't wanna play

No school today
It's just a memory
One mind gone wrong

I don't wanna play on Monday
I don't wanna play on Monday
Pinned to my memory
Not just another Monday
It seems like such a lie
Monday, it seems like such a lie
Monday, it's just a lie


8.Trapped

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

Here it comes again
Don't let it pass you by
Like the city bound train
You know it's up to us
To lead the way
And march toward victory

Standin' on the right side
Who knows what's right?

Here it comes again
Don't let it pass you by
Like the city bound train
You know it's up to us
To lead the way
And march toward victory

Standin' on the right side
Who knows what's right?
Right?

Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
I'm not sure if we'll
Ever make it out of here alive
Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
Time is almost up
But the war has just begun

We're stuck inside a place
And soon we'll have to face
The outside world
The anger on the street
Begins to raise some heat
And we're almost out of time

Standin' on the right side
Who knows what's right?
Right?
Right?

Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
I'm not sure if we'll
Ever make it out of here alive
Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
Time is almost up
But the war has just begun
(Yea)
(Yea)
(Yea)

Standin' on the right side
Who knows what's right?
Right?
Right?

Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
I'm not sure if we'll
Ever make it out of here alive
Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
Time is almost up
But the war has just
(The war)
(Has just)
Begun


9.Sleep On It

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

The afternoon just slips away
'Cause it's the end of another day
And as the sky turns from blue to black
Time again for the image is back

So I don't know what's right
Screaming at you in the middle of the night
Can you help me please? Can you help?

Don't you sleep on it the walls are closing in
This time you feel you'll know it's not right
Now I know

Far away from reality is a lock that holds no key
The strangest dream I ever had, wake up call
Never seemed so bad, don't know what's come
Over me, some say that it's destiny


10.Have They Forgotten

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

One soul
One life
One soul, one life, one meaning

One soul, one life, one meaning
As far as we know
So why the hell should we be grieving?
I don't know, a house without no hope

They say there's nothing we can do
Just stand back
But while the government comforts you
And says, 'Let's be patient'
One more cell becomes vacant

Have they forgotten what it's all about?
Sometimes I wonder, can't work it out
An equation with no answer
Have they forgotten what it's all about?

One soul, one life, one meaning
As far as we know
So why the hell should we be grieving?
I don't know, a house without no hope

Have they forgotten what it's all about?
Sometimes I wonder, can't work it out
An equation with no answer
Have they forgotten what it's all about?

Too many times, we don't react
Too many things, oh that's just crap
And if you cannot see, the effect it has on me
You're blind

Have they forgotten what it's all about?
Sometimes I wonder, can't work it out
An equation with no answer
Have they forgotten, what it's all about?


11.Growing Up (Falling Down)

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

I'm lying on my head
No, I'm not in my bed
Just checkin' out the world
From a different angle
That's what happens when you
Trip on your blindness
Always seems for some reason
That it is happening to me

Why is it so? And why don't I know?
Why is it so? I can't see the obstacle in front of me
The obstacle in front of me

Christ, I'm falling down again
It happens to me now and then
I'm growin' up yea, growin' up yea
I won't let it fade away
I promise to be strong and brave
Growin' up yea, growin' up yea
Growin' up yea, growin' up yea
Growin' up yea

Open up your eyes and
Maybe then you'll realize
The truth is in the thoughts you hold
And not the obstacle in front of you

Why is it so? And why don't I know?
Why is it so? I can't see the obstacle in front of me
The obstacle in front of me

Christ, I'm falling down again
It happens to me now and then
I'm growing up yea, growing up yea
I won't let it fade away
I promise to be strong and brave
Growin' up yea, growin' up yea
Growin' up yea, growin' up yea
Growin' up yea, growin' up yea
Growin' up yea

Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down

I'm lying on my head
No I'm not in my bed
Just checkin' out the world
From a different angle

Why is it so? And why don't I know?
Why is it so? I can't see the obstacle in front of me
The obstacle in front of me

Christ, I'm falling down again
It happens to me now and then
I'm growing up yea, growing up yea
I won't let it fade away
I promise to be strong and brave
Growin' up yea, growin' up yea
Growin' up yea, growin' up yea
Growin' up yea, growin' up yea
Growin' up yea, growin' up yea

Falling down
(Growin' up yea)
Falling down
(Growin' up yea)
Falling down
(Growin' up yea)
Falling down
(Growin' up yea)
Falling down
(Growin' up yea)
Falling down
(Growin' up yea)


12.Fly Away

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

I've told myself
So many times
Not to turn into the type
But I've found
Is it too late?
Has my time come?
Sometimes I think I'm losin' it
Am I the only one?

Understandin'
More like demandin'
Where do the gray skies end?

So should I stay or fly away?
The wings that I begin to grow
Well surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there

Oh yet again
Thought I was right
But as usual I end up
On the wrong side of the fence
Is it too late?
Has my time come?
Sometimes I think I'm losin' it
Am I the only one?

Understandin'
More like demandin'
Where do the gray skies end?

So should I stay or fly away?
The wings that I begin to grow
Well surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there
Oh yea

Understandin'
More like demandin'
Where do the gray skies end?

So should I stay or fly away?
The wings that I begin to grow
Well surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there

Well surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there


13.Bloody Mary

Lyricist:Chris Cheney

Well, there's no time to stop her now
Mary's gonna get away somehow

Still just a game but I ask her to remain
Still just a game but I ask her to remain
That Mary, Mary

Twenty three seconds on the floor
Is all she needs and not a minute more

Still just a game but I ask her to remain
Still just a game but I ask her to remain
That Mary, Mary
Tonight, night, night

Well, there's no time to stop her now
Mary's gonna get away somehow
But somehow

Still just a game but I ask her to remain
Still just a game but I ask her to remain
That Mary, Mary

You'll die tonight
Night
Night
Night
Night
Night


14.I Want A Day

Lyricist:Scott Owen

Ten fifty, three minutes till, till eleven
I don't want the alarm again
Nine thirty, three minutes till
On the way to work, not smiling

I know, time to go to punch my card in
Today, just another day at eleven
Gotta have so much to tidy up
Too much too soon

(I wan' a day)
Where I don't have to get up
Sometimes I'm sick of being in a rut
(I wan' a day)
Where I don't have to go to work
This low life job makes me feel like a jerk

So dirty, burnt fingers to the bone
Not fair to be left in this job all alone
No help, no, no credit for making sure
This evil machine doesn't stop

I know time to go to punch my card in
Today, just another day at eleven
Gotta so much to tidy up
Too much too soon

(I wan' a day)
Where I don't have to get up
Sometimes I'm sick of being in a rut
(I wan' a day)
Where I don't have to go to work
This low life job makes me feel like a jerk

Am I going to spend
Every day of my life livin' this way?
(No way)
(Yeah)

(I wan' a day)
Where I don't have to get up
Sometimes I'm sick of being in a rut
(I wan' a day)
Where I don't have to go to work
This low life job makes me feel like a jerk

(I wan' a day)
Where I don't have to get up
Sometimes I'm sick of being in a rut
(I wan' a day)
Where I don't have to go to work
This low life job makes me feel like a jerk