Streetlight Manifesto - A Moment of Silence lyrics
[Streetlight Manifesto - A Moment of Silence lyrics]
A moment of silence, please
For those who never get the chance
They show up to the party but
They're never asked to dance
The losers, the liars, the bastards
The thieves the cynicists
The pessimists and those that
Don't believe in nothing
I never met a loser that I
Didn't see eye to eye with, i declare
I stare into your eyes but you look
Right past me into the air
What's it like to stand in your shoes?
To have never felt the
Belt of somebody's abuse?
I take the bottle and I tip it
To all my heroes that have passed
Alas, you have left us but
Your stories they will last
Uninspired by the recruiting call
Independent we stand, independent we fall
How long do you think you
Can go before you lose it all?
Before they call your bluff
And watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like
To think I had control
At some point but I let it
Go and lost my soul
Sit tight but the revolution's years away
I'm losing faith and I'm running
Low on things to say so I guess I have no
Choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite
Oh! To have died that night
I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the
Reaper tipped the hourglass
The final mayday of our sinking
Ship had come and passed oh! To the west
You don't know what it is you're running from
And everybody's laughing loud
Your last chance to make your
Mother and your father proud
A moment of silence, please
For those who never get the chance
They show up to the party but
They're never asked to dance
The losers, the liars, the bastards
The thieves the cynicists
The pessimists and those that
Don't believe in nothing
"A pox upon your house, upon your family
And everyone you ever knew and
Everyone you'll ever meet"
I bet they think we wish
We joined when we could
But we do what we want
We don't do what we should
Now everybody's laughing because
They're thinking they're
In on something I don't get don't forget
I connect and I heard every word you said
Like a child who believes he was wronged
If you hate me so much
Then stop singing my songs
How long do you think you
Can go before you lose it all?
Before they call your bluff
And watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like
To think I had control
At some point but I let it
Go and lost my soul
Sit tight but the revolution's years away
I'm losing faith and I'm running
Low on things to say so I guess I have no
Choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite
Oh! To have died that night
I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the
Reaper tipped the hourglass
The final mayday of our sinking
Ship had come and passed oh! To the west
You don't know what it is you're running from
And everybody's laughing loud
Your last chance to make your
Mother and your father proud
For those who never get the chance
They show up to the party but
They're never asked to dance
The losers, the liars, the bastards
The thieves the cynicists
The pessimists and those that
Don't believe in nothing
I never met a loser that I
Didn't see eye to eye with, i declare
I stare into your eyes but you look
Right past me into the air
What's it like to stand in your shoes?
To have never felt the
Belt of somebody's abuse?
I take the bottle and I tip it
To all my heroes that have passed
Alas, you have left us but
Your stories they will last
Uninspired by the recruiting call
Independent we stand, independent we fall
How long do you think you
Can go before you lose it all?
Before they call your bluff
And watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like
To think I had control
At some point but I let it
Go and lost my soul
Sit tight but the revolution's years away
I'm losing faith and I'm running
Low on things to say so I guess I have no
Choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite
Oh! To have died that night
I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the
Reaper tipped the hourglass
The final mayday of our sinking
Ship had come and passed oh! To the west
You don't know what it is you're running from
And everybody's laughing loud
Your last chance to make your
Mother and your father proud
A moment of silence, please
For those who never get the chance
They show up to the party but
They're never asked to dance
The losers, the liars, the bastards
The thieves the cynicists
The pessimists and those that
Don't believe in nothing
"A pox upon your house, upon your family
And everyone you ever knew and
Everyone you'll ever meet"
I bet they think we wish
We joined when we could
But we do what we want
We don't do what we should
Now everybody's laughing because
They're thinking they're
In on something I don't get don't forget
I connect and I heard every word you said
Like a child who believes he was wronged
If you hate me so much
Then stop singing my songs
How long do you think you
Can go before you lose it all?
Before they call your bluff
And watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like
To think I had control
At some point but I let it
Go and lost my soul
Sit tight but the revolution's years away
I'm losing faith and I'm running
Low on things to say so I guess I have no
Choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite
Oh! To have died that night
I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the
Reaper tipped the hourglass
The final mayday of our sinking
Ship had come and passed oh! To the west
You don't know what it is you're running from
And everybody's laughing loud
Your last chance to make your
Mother and your father proud