Standard (EADGBE)
ITS AS SIMPLE AS FEAR, AS DISTURBING AS HATE, ITS A FRAGILE AS HUMILITY
ITS THE WAY THAT WE DEAL WITH WHAT WE TRULY FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING WE SEE
RALLY ROUND A CAGE
OR ACT YOUR AGE
LIKE AGE OLD METHODS WE SCRATCHED FOREVER IN A PRISON WALL
WE KNOW WHAT WERE CAPABLE OF BUT WE DONT SEEM TO CARE AT ALL
RALLY ROUND A CAGE, AND DONT MAKE A FUSS
RALLY ROUND A CAGE, WHO AM I IF IM NOT AWARE THAT IM ONE OF US?
ITS A QUESTION OF TRUST
RALLY ROUND A CAGE, CRINGE AT THE PAPER THEN PLACE THE BLAME ON THESE DAYS
AS IF WE DONT KNOW WHAT WEVE SEEN UNLESS WE VIEW IT ON THE BIG SCREEN
UNDERSTAND ITS NOT GETTING BETTER AND ITS GROWING OUTSIDE
A PRICE PAID IN FULL FOR THE CONSCIENCE THAT LIED
ALL THE BILLBOARDS IN THE WORLD CANT COVER OUR EYES
I DONT UNDERSTAND
DONT TREAD ON ME
BUT WE ACT LIKE WE DIDNT KNOW, THEN KIDS SHOOT KIDS OR COMMUNITY DEFIES ITS ROLE
THEN OF COURSE ITS EVERYONES FAULT EXCEPT ANYONE WE MIGHT KNOW
TELL ME ARE THE COLORS OF THE FLAG MUCH PRETTIER TO SEE
WHEN VIEWED FROM THE REQUISITE COMFORT OF THE KNEES
WERE THE LOYAL LITTLE CHORUS STILL SINGING OUT PLEASE
I CANT UNDERSTAND
DONT TREAD ON ME
ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE PINK SLIPS, FOUR
WHERE FAMILY VALUES ARE A VALUE MOST CANT AFFORD
RALLY ROUND A CAGE, TO THE NEW HIT SONGS
RALLY ROUND A CAGE, CALLED HOW CAN WE BE WRONG
RALLY ROUND A CAGE CMON DO THE GOOSE STEP TO A STATE-SUBSIDIZED SING-ALONG
WITH ONE SIDE YANKING A LINE CALLED DAMAGE CONTROL
WHILE GROANING CUZ THEY FELT THAT THE NATIONAL RAZOR WENT DULL
BUT THE OTHER IS A PLACE I CALL HOME
WHERE SOLIDARITY IS SELDOM SHOWN
WHERE TAXES PAID IS LIKE GETTING SPADE TO A DOG WITH A THRIFT-STORE BONE
THIS ISNT ME, THIS ISNT ME,
THIS ISNT ME, IT COULDNT BE, THIS ISNT ME
THIS ISNT ME, IT COULDNT BE, THIS ISNT ME
THIS ISNT ME, IT COULDNT BE, IT WILL NEVER BE.