Battle Hymns

The Suicide Machines Battle Hymns Lyrics
1.Black & White

Some persecute their brothers because of
The color of their skin, oh yeah
Well that's wrong
We know it all too well
But i guess it doesn't matter to some

Get it through your head
Its a black and white world
But you're really know different from me
Get it through your head
Its a black and white world
But you're really no different from....

Some walk around, never knowing
They only listen to what they've been told
They walk around blind for years
'cause they're only seeing
What they've been shown, yeah

Well, colors are deceiving
But if you open your mind
To see whats right
Wipe the anger from your eyes
And take a look you'll find

Chorus

Some walk around, never knowing
They only listen to what they've been told
They walk aorund blind for years
'cause they're only seeing
What they've been shown, yeah

Sometimes it's hard, yeah
'cause there's so much trouble
In the world today
We stereotype the masses
And everybody's saying
You've got to do it my way

Chorus


2.Confused

Skyscraper so call said
They're choking out the sun
And we're all so paranoid of everyone
There's no trust, no love
No future for mankind
If this life's about getting ahead
I'll just stay behind
Poisoned clouds raining down from above
Don't know what we're thinking
In a life there's no love
Let's start a war for financial stability
This world has become our graveyard
And still we can't see
Politicians reigning down from above
Don't know what we're thinkin
In a life there's no love
Let's start a war for financial stability
This world has become our graveyard
And still we can't see
What do we learn?to kill better
What do we learn? to kill better
What do we learn? to kill better
What do we learn? 1-2-3 war!
Learn from history to kill better
(times 3)
Disconnected since birth
Success is weighed by your worth
What is economics?
Its the power and who has got it
Words i don't understand
Progress means to rape the land
Really does history teach?
Circles, cycles, leach
Poisoned clouds raining down from above
Don't know what we're thinking
In a life there's no love
Let's start a war for financial stability
This world has become our graveyard
And still we can't see
Politicians reigning down from above
Don't know what we're thinkin
In a life there's no love
Let's start a war for financial stability
This world has become our graveyard
And still we can't see
What do we learn?to kill better
What do we learn? to kill better
What do we learn? to kill better
What do we learn? 1-2-3 war!
Learn from history to kill better
(times 3)


3.Ddt

Destroy the world without a thought
Destroy our lives with your bug bombs
In our food and in our blood
Chemical death to the corporate slut

Pollute the earth with pesticides like ddt
Money, power, profit,
Gain is all you can see
Everyone pays when we take that route
Dirty water, overcrowded
It's time to take a time out

Keep your head
Use your voice
Speak your mind
You've got a choice
If no one cares
Then nothing gets done
If no one speaks
What's done is done

Pollute the earth with pesticides like ddt
Money, power, profit,
Gain is all you can see
Everyone pays when we take that route
Dirty water, overcrowded
It's time to take a time out

Destroy our world!
Destroy our world!
Destroy our world!
Destroy our world!
Destroy our world!
Destroy our world!
Destroy our world!

We destroy our world!!


4.Empty Room

Let your accusations fly
When you find the need to lie
To explain why i am here
You've got nothing better on your mind
You make excuses for everyone
While we're just having fun
You should mind your business
We will mind our own
Let your accusations fly
Let your accusations fly
Let your accusations fly
Hours in an empty room
Just sitting here scratching the walls
Not knowing who my friends are
Who i could even trust at all
Memories of days gone by
Yet still i'm feeling the same
You talk shit about me
But i don't even know your name,no

Let your accusations fly
When you find the need to lie
To explain why i am here
You've got nothing better on your mind
You make excuses for everyone
While we're just having fun
You should mind your business
We will mind our own
Let your accusations fly
Let your accusations fly
Let your accusations fly
3rd generation rumor information
The story changed a million times
Join and be complacent to any conversation
The only feelings hurt are mine
Don't know the whole story
This shit is getting boring
Don't even have your own mind
Adopting other peoples opionions
Just makes it easy to fit in
You know we're victims of another lie
You said you would say it to my face
But i know that's a lie
So we'll save conversation for another time
Everybody is avictim of someobody's lies
But a lie is a lie
But a lie is a lie


5.Face Another

Still i'm having a hard time, but i'm keeping the pace
Can we all keep up with this world's rat race?
Climb out of bed and just help add to the fray
You've got to stand and face another day, yeah

I know i said it! there ain't no easy way out
Unless you find some motivation
You won't regret it!
It's getting harder every day

Know what to do, but it ain't getting done
No one ever said it was so hard
Been there before and i'll be there again
Try to find the strength to walk away

I think i read it! it said you try and try again
But i'm still stuck in the same place
I hope you're listening!
But you're just staring
Into space

Know what do do, but it ain't getting done
No one ever said it was so hard
Been there before and i'll be there again
Try to find the strength to walk away

Know what do do, but it ain't getting done
No one ever said it was so hard
Been there before and i'll be there again
Try to find the strength to walk away


6.Give

I've got a million things going around in my head
And i never really paid attention to what you said no
And now i wish that i would have said goodbye,
But its much too late, and all i do is give and all you do is
take

Chorus
You've gotta look before you leap
And take a good look at your so-called friends
Yeah, thats the company you keep
You've got words coming at you from all directions
You gotta look before you leap
And take a good look at your so-called friends
Yeah, thats the company you keep - they got the words, oh yeah

There's a lot of things that were never said
And if we'd grown up faster then i would have stood up
But-i should have cut you loose a long time ago,
But its much too late
And all i do is give and all you do is take

Chorus

Well, there never was a time when you didn't try to lord me
over,
Never was there a time when i felt bad for you
Whenever you had the chance, the way i see it
You tried to screw me over
Never was there a time when i wasn't there for you

Chorus

They keep flying their flags
But they're never gonna understand


7.Hating

second verse: you have this:
Prejudice! our nation's
Biggest sickness
Is taking place before our very eyes
I'm just as guilty as the nexy and
That i'll try to change
Unfortunately, some aren't so
Easily persuaded so we....

Should be:i'm just as guilty as the next and...

Next verse:you have this:
This doesn't have to be a physical war
No!
Reverse the ignorance
To which we were born
And yes, this may become
A violent fight
And we may never win but no one
Cna ever say we didn't try
So we.....

Should be:and we may never win, but no one can ever say we
didn't try


8.High Society

You took me home and
You spent a half an hour on the phone
You kept me waiting for such a long time long time!
The things you say to try to make me think
That you had been around
You'd like to think that you had been down

I never can find the words to tell you
What i really think about your
Lies, lies, lies,
I never can find the words to tell you
You talk about high society
When life is really low you see
Not high, high, high

Why do you do the things you do to me?
I don't know but i think
You've got it in for me
Why do you do the things you do to me?
I don't know but i think
You've got it in for me

Said 'we're in love'
And you wanted to take me
To the country club
All i could think that
'that would be sad' said 'that's okay,'
And i had to tell you,
'maybe some other day
I'd really like to meet your new dad'

Chorus

Why do you do the things you do to me
I don't know, but i think
You've got it in for me
Why do you do the things that you do to me
I don't know, but i think
You've got it in for me

I never can find the words to tell you
(repeat 3 times)


9.Hope

I'm trying to find my way home to you
I'm gonna wipe all your tears away
Ignorance and hate are killing this world
So where's the change?
It'll happen someday

Oh- i try not to give up hope
That one day things will get better
We're all gonna be together -
May not be sunny weather

Don't give up hope

Its never been a question of 'this is alright'
'cause we're not gonna have it
All that i cna do is hope against hope
We'll set it right
'cause we're killing each other

Oh- i try not to give up hope
That one day things will get better.
We're all gonna be together -
May not be sunny weather

Don't give up hope

Well i don't know what to say,
But you've turned
Me inside and out
And i don't know what to do
But i'm young and so are you so,

Oh- i try ;not to give up hope
That one day things wil get better
We're all gonna be together-
May not be sunny weather

Don't give up hope


10.Independence

It took some time
But now i can see my faults
And i've made up my mind now
See how the water falls
It's so personal
That i could not come to terms wiht
The choices that i've made
Well, it seems i'm here to stay...

The waves are strong
But they won't pull me down
I know right from wrong
And that's the strength i've found
It's been a while
But i think i've got it now
The waves are strong but they won't pull me
Down

Down on myself for doing things
I said i'd never do, well
I've made mistakes, yeah
All part of growing up its true
We see eye to eye
But there was no way for me to know
Until i tried i've seen the lies
I know which way to go

Foget what i've learned lear to forget
I never wanted this
I'm happy with the way it was
With success that i have earned comes hatred
I never wanted this
I really never wanted this
Down
The waves are strong
But they won't pull me down
I know right from wrong
And that's the strength i've found
It's been a while
But i think i've got it now
The waves are strong but they won't pull me
Down


11.In The End

What you see isn't what you feel
And what you see isn't always true
Sacrifice waht you think is real
For the sake of being cool
What you believe you took from someone else
What you think and what you feel
Sacrifice what was in last year
For a fucking better deal

Try looking from a different point of view
Two sides to every story, which one is true?
When you're on the outside looking in....

Stereotypes, well i've heard a few
But i guess that, that its nothing new
People always judging you
But never judge themselves
Being cool, well you've gotta be different
Being different means being cool
It's alright to be different
Until something else is cool

Try looking from a different point of view
Two sides to every story, which one is true?
When you're on the outside looking in
It's all just fashion in the end

Throw away orginality- for the sake of fashion
Sacrifice a friend ot move ahead, ahead
One day i hope that you'll look back
'cause you'll change again
And that's a fact
Then who will catch you when you fall? fall!
Oi!
Oi!, oi!
Oi!
When you're on the outside looking in
It's all just fashion in the end
Try looking from a different point of view
Two sides to every story which one is true?
When your on the outside looking in
Its all just fashion in the end


12.Jah!

Jah

Jah!


13.Numbers

Typewriters bang,
Everyday it is the same
Fact is
These people are going insane
They got sad eyes, no reply
They've been doing this shit all day
And they don't know why

They don't know the way
That's probably why they're going insane
They can't think with all those numbers (times 3)

Numbers-
There's too much on the line for numbers-
There's too much emphasis on numbers-
There's too much on the line for numbers-
There's too much emphasis on

Go!

Machine goes ping, telephone rings
Yeah all his life
He's been doing the same thing
Got sad eyes, no reply
I've been doing thi shit all day
And i don't know why

They don't know the way
Thats probaly why they're going insane
They cna't think with all those numbers (times 3)

Numbers
There's too much on the line for numbers
There's too much emphasis on numbers
There's too much on the line for numbers
There's too much emphasis on
Go!
Stop!


14.Pins And

How come! every time it seems that
You make up your mind
You change it every time
I'm sorry! if what i say offends you
It seems that's nothing new
Nothing new at all

Next time i'll try to remember
To walk on pins and needles
When i'm around you
Maybe next time there will be a better way
Maybe there won't even be a next time
Maybe you should call me
When you're over it

How come! it seems to me that
You always have to be the center of attention
Next time! you feel the need
To take out your frustration
Then don't bother
Bother calling me

Next time i'll try to remember
To walk on pins and needles
When i'm around you
Maybe next time there will be a better way
Maybe there won't even be a next time
Maybe you should call me
When you're over it


15.Punk

Punk


16.Sides

You're on your side, and you think that i'm on mine
This ridiculous abstraction is all in the mind
You know we don't evern know
What we're fucking fighting for
And so we turn our head 'cause we choose to ignore then
We collide over stupid fucking sides
Blow our cool over different states of mind
We collide over stupid fucking sides
Swallow our pride because of what our friends think

We turn our heads when we should've turned the other cheek
Are we afraid of the prospect of peace?
There's things like love, respect, and minds open wide
So we don't need jerks who take stupid fucking sides then

We collide over stupid fucking sides
Blow our cool over different states of mind
We collide over stupid fucking sides
Swallow our pride because of what our friends think

Sometimes i just don't know what you're thinking
And other times, well i just don't care
I'll throw you a line, and save you from sinking
Because you waste a lot of time on you side

We collide over stupid fucking sides
Blow our cool over different states of mind
We collide over stupid fucking sides
Swallow our pride because of what our friends think

Swallow our pride because of what our friends think
...who gives a fuck about what our friends think


17.Someone

Oh yeah
I've been running all my life
And i face the world alone
When i'm around some people, i wish they'd just go home.
I just don't get it
Is there something wrong with me?
If i look inside, maybe then i'll see that

I'm looking for someone yeah
I'm looking for someone who feels like i do
I'm looking for someone yeah
I'm looking for someone who feels like i do

I've learned to disappear
And i've learned to hide my pain in a fucked -up world
Where there's too much hate
I just don't get it
Is there something wrong with me?
If i look inside maybe then i'll see that

I'm looking for someone, yeah
I'm looking for someone who feels like i do
I'm looking for someone, yeah
I'm looking for someone who feels like i do

Well i think i've gotta find a better way
I think i've got to find a way to make them stay,
'cause everybody's leaving all the time
Everybody's leaving and i don't know why, yeah

Balance is the key but i take it to extremes
I can think of all the ways
But i can't find the means when the world dictates,
I'll never get what i need
If i open up my eyes, maybe i'll see that

I'm looking for someone, yeah
I'm looking for someone who feels like i do
I'm looking for someone, yeah
I'm looking for someone who feels like i do
Feels like i do
Feels like i do
Oh yeah


18.Speak No Evil

And i worked so hard to get ahead
Just to fall behind
I've fallen so far behind that i cna't see the top
What if i'm afraid, should i be ashamed
Or do i work hard to prove that they're wrong

Well, i know who i am but i sure don't know you
I sure know your kind, cause there's toomany of you
You judgmental eyes seem to speak without words
Why you condemn when you don't understand?

Why can't you speak the truth?
We speak our minds-fact without fiction
Why can't you see the truth?
Open your mind, learn for yourself
Make up your mind, we know that actions
Speak louder than words
Why won't you hear the truth?
No one can make up your mind, but you
Too many things we think that we don't say
Why cna't you speak you mind? your poisned ideas
Is what's keeping us back
Maybe it is a lack of something called respect
Something i wish you had, but never will
Well you think that you're better, i think you're wrong
Two bull headed people just can't get along
The results of your actions effect everyone
Why you condemn when you don't understand
Why can't you speak the truth?
We speak our minds-fact without fiction
Why can't you see the truth?
Open your mind, learn for yourself
Make up your mind, we know that actions
Speak louder than words
Why won't you hear the truth?
No one can make up your mind, but you
You


19.Step One

Compssion is at a stand still
Desensitized this day, never know
If we will make a change this way
I'm gonna try this time
Can you try this time?
We're gonna try this time
Don't wanna cry this time

The factories down the river
They illuminate the sky
Homeless people shiver
Profit is the reason why
You try to fight the symptoms
But you don't fight
The disease
In some sense, you've done something
But it is you conscience
That you please

Progress, greed, their war machines
You've done
I've done
We've done nothing

So desperate to say something
But it's all just empty talk
Talk and talk but do nothing
While resources they exhaust
Poisoned air, polluted seas
Cancered bodies, burning trees
Sometimes i don't understand
War, death, disease, famine

Progress, greed, their war machines
You've done
I've done
We've done nothing
Progress, make way, make way for
Progress, make way, make way for
Progress
Progress-greed!


20.Strike

The division of society into two separate classes
There are those of us who work and we make up the masses
Slaving for the corporations raking in the profit
Someone's got to take a stand, someones got to stop it
Organize discontent and strike against the system
That oppresses you and depreciates the value of our work
Realize what is meant, cause you don't really need them
Underestimate thepower of peole who have been hurt

Unite and you will find that strength is truly found in numbers
And you possess the power ot destroy those that you work under
Their machine won't operate unless it has an operator
We're unknowingly convicted to a life of hard labor

They don't care about you, your best interests aren't in mind
They're concerened with capital broadening class lines
Broken by the bastards that regulate your wages
Poverty is our crime and employment is our cage

Its 1998 and the time has come to order
The rich are getting richer
While the poor are getting poorer
Economic warfare, but the ones who did this
Turn the table on survival of the fittest

We're gonna pull the red carpet out from under their feet
We're gonna pull the red carpet out from under their feet
We're gonna pull the red carpet out from under their feet
We're gonna pull the red carpet out from under their feet
Strike!


21.Sympathy

One track minded you
Bad habits are killing you
Reaching out cause you need a friend
Keep coming up with the same old problems

You keep running into the same old walls
You want to climb over
But you're scared you'll fall
You're reaching out cause you need a friend
But next time i see you
Will it happen again

I'm out of sympathy
I already know your promises are empty
Gonna try to help you find your way
Gonna try again to make you change
I don't know why itry
Cause it's the same old story everytime and
Now it's clear to me what you really are

So quick to point the finger
For the mistakes you made
You think you've got the answers
The only thing you've got are problems

You keep telling me
You've got nothing to lose
Maybe that's because you just lost it all
You want to tell me different
But that's something that i've heard before

I'm out of sympathy
I already know your promises are empty
Gonna try to help you find your way
Gonna try again to make you change
I don't knwo why i try
Cause it's the same old story everytime
And
Now it's clear to me
What you really are
Hey!


22.What You Say

I don't need your criticisms
I don't want you idealisms
Sick and tired of your empty promises
I don't care what you say

The things that you say to me carry no weight
Yu turn it around on me with what you say
Everything has to be always your way
That's how it seems to me
That's what i say

I don't care about your virtues
I don't care about your standards
Can't be yourself cause you're too lame to be
I don't care what you say

The things that you say to me carry no weight
Yu turn it around on me with what you say
Everything has to be always your way
That's how it seems to me
That's what i say

Why do you always have to make problems?
Think about the words you say
Before you open your mouth and spit 'em out
Feel the pain of words

I don't need your criticisms
I don't need your idealisms
Sick and tired of your empty promises
I don't care what you say