John Reuben - Defensive Offender lyrics
[John Reuben - Defensive Offender lyrics]
Did it make you feel good to break me down?
Did it make you feel good to take me down?
Was life getting to you? Was it
All you knew to do?
What kind of comfort did you feel
By making me less than you?
Did it make you feel good to
Know that your attempt to
Bring me down was beginning to
Control my perception of self?
And that's what you wanted, right?
To manipulate my thinking and dominate
What I feel like
Tap into my thinking, tap into my will
What causes human motives to be so ill?
You pushed a man looking to make him react
Then you stand there smirking
Satisfied that I snapped
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
Did it make me feel good
To break you down huh?
Did it make me feel good
To take you down huh?
What did it do for me to
Put your respect on the line
By taking yours did I find it to build mine?
Hold my head high from the outcome
How come when I'm doing things
I used to run from? Scrap the pitchfork
Horns and animated terror
Looked in the mirror and found
Evil standing right there
I guess this is the point when
You see Satan in you
No form of retaliation was worth hating you
I take that view and then I eat my words too
I guess all along, I was no better than you
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
Some want peace and some want war
So many hate without knowing what for
Some are naturally rich but spiritually poor
Some have so much, but would kill for more
Some are unsure, so they front hardcore
And try to dominate those
That make them insecure
And I've been on both sides before
A defensive offender stripped down
To the core
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
'Cause, I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
And you're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
Did it make you feel good to take me down?
Was life getting to you? Was it
All you knew to do?
What kind of comfort did you feel
By making me less than you?
Did it make you feel good to
Know that your attempt to
Bring me down was beginning to
Control my perception of self?
And that's what you wanted, right?
To manipulate my thinking and dominate
What I feel like
Tap into my thinking, tap into my will
What causes human motives to be so ill?
You pushed a man looking to make him react
Then you stand there smirking
Satisfied that I snapped
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
Did it make me feel good
To break you down huh?
Did it make me feel good
To take you down huh?
What did it do for me to
Put your respect on the line
By taking yours did I find it to build mine?
Hold my head high from the outcome
How come when I'm doing things
I used to run from? Scrap the pitchfork
Horns and animated terror
Looked in the mirror and found
Evil standing right there
I guess this is the point when
You see Satan in you
No form of retaliation was worth hating you
I take that view and then I eat my words too
I guess all along, I was no better than you
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
Some want peace and some want war
So many hate without knowing what for
Some are naturally rich but spiritually poor
Some have so much, but would kill for more
Some are unsure, so they front hardcore
And try to dominate those
That make them insecure
And I've been on both sides before
A defensive offender stripped down
To the core
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
'Cause, I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
And you're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some identity
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me
We're just flesh and bone
Looking for some security
I'm no better than you
You're no better than me