LISTEN UP, SIT UP STRAIGHT, THAT扴 THE ONLY WAY YOU扡L GET A BREAK 

SITTING STILL AIN扵 SUCH A BITTER PILL FOR GOODNESS SAKE 

FOR 12 YEARS AND IT WON扵 BE THE LAST TIME 

AND I SHAKE EVERY TIME THAT I THINK IT THROUGH 

OBEDIENCE WAS THE GOLDEN RULE 



AIM SO LOW THAT YOU CAN扵 MISS YOUR MARK 

AND YOU PLAY THE PART SO LONG 

YOU FORGOT WHAT YOU ARE 



HAD SOME FRIENDS, PLAYED IT STRAIGHT, IN THE END THEY STARTED TO RESIST 

THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD IT NEARLY BROKE THEIR WRISTS 

AND NOW THOSE WRISTS ARE SLIT 

AND IT HURTS EVERY TIME THAT I THINK IT THROUGH 

THAT WE LEARN TO EXPECT TO LOSE 



AND CAN YOU WALK AWAY CAN YOU WALK ALONE 

CAN YOU RAISE YOUR FIST AND STAND UP ON YOUR OWN 

CAN扵 LET THEM PULL THE STRINGS, THEY扸E HELD YOU WAY TOO LONG 

CAN扵 LET THEM TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK