The Beigeness

Who's bad? said the kiddie in the jacko hat To the kiddie in the rooney shirt, dragging back The curtains in the room in that daddy's flat A young girl heard the truth in an alley cat Howling on the roof next door Imagine that All your idols were just like you Nothing's beyond you Do what you want to Do it if you feel that it wants you, too Look, true never meant nothing more than it means right now When everything's fake. But you in your deepest reaches keeping secrets Know what it takes to make a meaning Means something I'm moving through A space that some can't see I know this space exists So do you, if your heart beats The oldest groove Life is huge But we have shrunk it We've made it small We use to walk tall But who cares, right? We're having a ball! Them things you don't show, I can see Them things you don't say, speak to me Them things you hide ain't hiding No firm ground, but we ain't sliding Them things that haunt you, let them be That thing you weep for, leave it All life is forward, you will see It needs you to need it Go ahead keep it in 'til it withers you Move fast, don't stop, you've got things to do Tell yourself "ah it's them man, it isn't you" Nod your head and believe that until it's true You can tell it not to show its face When you are trying to hold your space But it's in you, deep in your sinews And it comes out on the coldest days See the kid with the memory he cant shake See the man with the lover on his mind See the lady with the guilt and the heartache See the woman trying to battle with time See the man with blood on his hands See the girl with her hands on her hips Everybody say nothing, stay bland If you don't show it then it don't exist, right? Them things you don't show, I can see Them things you don't say, speak to me Them things you hide ain't hiding No firm ground, but we ain't sliding Them things that haunt you, let them be That thing you weep for, leave it All life is forward, you will see It's yours when you're ready to receive it You're so focused on finding the differences You ignore the bonds that binds us Got my hand on my heart when the rhythm hits It's looking for us but can't find us In the valley of vanity, viciousness Full schedules and empty containers We're kissing the coshes that cripple us Enjoying the beigeness Do it your way and they'll find you ridiculous Pick apart your behavior Their scorn ignites what inhibits us And then we hate ourselves And our fear pickles us Sitting in jars 'cause it's safer Some of us are happy to live with it But some of us know it's against our nature Them things you don't show, I can see Them things you don't say, speak to me Them things you hide ain't hiding No firm ground, but we ain't sliding Them things that haunt you, let them be That thing you weep for, leave it All life is forward, you will see It's yours when you're ready to receive it