First Song, Part 2
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⏱️ 3:15 duration
🆔 ID: 19933968
📜 Lyrics
I took the needle out of my arm about
A year ago today,
And every day since then I've been taking
The needle out of my brain.
So when I'm staring down at my hands I can't explain
Just what it is that I'm thinking of,
Except thank god that all my veins have to pump is my blood.
I've done you so much wrong I can't believe
You would still talk to me.
And I say so much bullshit I can't believe
That anyone around me can breathe.
I know that it's a little dramatic,
But the word for not changing is "death."
So I'm getting better, my friends, but please don't hold your breath.
I met a man in rehab the first time,
An organizer in prison.
He lived in Chicago when the cops shot Fred Hampton,
But he was just a kid back then.
Justice doesn't flow from police guns,
I'm reminded of that all the time.
As long as there is a law, peace will be a crime.
What the news calls economics,
I still call it violence.
If your god is a judge or a jailer,
I'm still an atheist.
But I try to have faith in the things that will happen;
I get saved from myself when i do.
So maybe "god" isn't the right word, but I believe in you.
A year ago today,
And every day since then I've been taking
The needle out of my brain.
So when I'm staring down at my hands I can't explain
Just what it is that I'm thinking of,
Except thank god that all my veins have to pump is my blood.
I've done you so much wrong I can't believe
You would still talk to me.
And I say so much bullshit I can't believe
That anyone around me can breathe.
I know that it's a little dramatic,
But the word for not changing is "death."
So I'm getting better, my friends, but please don't hold your breath.
I met a man in rehab the first time,
An organizer in prison.
He lived in Chicago when the cops shot Fred Hampton,
But he was just a kid back then.
Justice doesn't flow from police guns,
I'm reminded of that all the time.
As long as there is a law, peace will be a crime.
What the news calls economics,
I still call it violence.
If your god is a judge or a jailer,
I'm still an atheist.
But I try to have faith in the things that will happen;
I get saved from myself when i do.
So maybe "god" isn't the right word, but I believe in you.
⏱️ Synced Lyrics
[00:16.02] I took the needle out of my arm about
[00:24.01] A year ago today,
[00:27.66] And every day since then I’ve been taking
[00:31.53] The needle out of my brain.
[00:35.22] So when I’m staring down at my hands I can’t explain
[00:38.84] Just what it is that I’m thinking of,
[00:41.67] Except thank god that all my veins have to pump is my blood.
[00:52.06] I’ve done you so much wrong I can’t believe
[00:56.76] You would still talk to me.
[01:00.18] And I say so much bullshit I can’t believe
[01:03.94] That anyone around me can breathe.
[01:06.98] I know that it’s a little dramatic,
[01:10.16] But the word for not changing is “death.”
[01:13.03] So I’m getting better, my friends, but please don’t hold your breath.
[01:29.10] I met a man in rehab the first time,
[01:36.14] An organizer in prison.
[01:39.05] He lived in Chicago when the cops shot Fred Hampton,
[01:42.11] But he was just a kid back then.
[01:45.94] Justice doesn’t flow from police guns,
[01:49.19] I’m reminded of that all the time.
[01:53.21] As long as there is a law, peace will be a crime.
[02:11.16] What the news calls economics,
[02:14.86] I still call it violence.
[02:18.43] If your god is a judge or a jailer,
[02:21.75] I’m still an atheist.
[02:24.92] But I try to have faith in the things that will happen;
[02:28.66] I get saved from myself when i do.
[02:32.29] So maybe “god” isn’t the right word, but I believe in you.
[03:05.04]
[00:24.01] A year ago today,
[00:27.66] And every day since then I’ve been taking
[00:31.53] The needle out of my brain.
[00:35.22] So when I’m staring down at my hands I can’t explain
[00:38.84] Just what it is that I’m thinking of,
[00:41.67] Except thank god that all my veins have to pump is my blood.
[00:52.06] I’ve done you so much wrong I can’t believe
[00:56.76] You would still talk to me.
[01:00.18] And I say so much bullshit I can’t believe
[01:03.94] That anyone around me can breathe.
[01:06.98] I know that it’s a little dramatic,
[01:10.16] But the word for not changing is “death.”
[01:13.03] So I’m getting better, my friends, but please don’t hold your breath.
[01:29.10] I met a man in rehab the first time,
[01:36.14] An organizer in prison.
[01:39.05] He lived in Chicago when the cops shot Fred Hampton,
[01:42.11] But he was just a kid back then.
[01:45.94] Justice doesn’t flow from police guns,
[01:49.19] I’m reminded of that all the time.
[01:53.21] As long as there is a law, peace will be a crime.
[02:11.16] What the news calls economics,
[02:14.86] I still call it violence.
[02:18.43] If your god is a judge or a jailer,
[02:21.75] I’m still an atheist.
[02:24.92] But I try to have faith in the things that will happen;
[02:28.66] I get saved from myself when i do.
[02:32.29] So maybe “god” isn’t the right word, but I believe in you.
[03:05.04]