I used to think my thoughts made me mad - then I realized I was just mad, with thoughts

Taught my hands to speak my mind - the inside of a fist is soft

Had 6 strings to take my mind off of things - to ventilate hostility with positivity

And control my aggressive tendencies - cause what I am is what you hear

It's a piece of me to outlive my flesh - and continue my bloodline

Like a child, yet complete in it's form - like a child, but you can't mold it wrong

An angry kid becomes an angry man

And the pendulum swings like a thinking mind

The pendulum swings and it passes time

Like a mood it swings me wide

Until I've lost my balance and fallen to it

Like a mindquake it puts me through it

Like a hand shake it greets me

As it cheats me of a content life

And in the end we bend to make amends

Before your own angst eats ya

And to those that made winter so cold

I hope your food repeats ya

And in my darkest room I feel my way through - guided by a short leash

Made of sound to keep down - the part of me I fear

It's a piece of me that puts my flesh to the test - gives it power

And devours my awareness - of what's waiting under my skin

It's a piece of me to outlive my flesh - and continue my bloodline

Like a child, yet complete in it's form - like a child, but you can't mold it wrong

An angry kid becomes an angry man

And the pendulum swings like a thinking mind

The pendulum swings and it passes time

Like a mood it swings me wide

Until I've lost my balance and fallen to it

Like a mindquake it puts me through it

Like a hand shake it greets me

As it cheats me of a content life

...And in the end we bend to make amends

'Cause any one of us can blow up

And so I'm not covered in your food before ya do

I really hope ya throw up

An angry kid becomes an angry man

And the pendulum swings like a thinking mind

The pendulum swings and it passes time

Like a mood it swings me wide

Until I've lost my balance and fallen to it

Like a mindquake it puts me through it

Like a hand shake it greets me

As it cheats me of a content life

...And in the end we bend to make amends

'Cause any one of us can blow up

Since I'll be there to collect my share

I'd like to see ya throw up