Up Front

we are all lost within ourselves so we search and hope to find out the truth but it's so much easier said than done and we're all climbing trees that have branches that break and looking for roads we can take to get somewhere before someone else gets wherever...

I don't hold grudges, I never did but that's just the way that I choose to live if people would learn to forgive and forget fighting and violence would no longer be a threat tell me - do you think it's cool to beat up kids who are smaller than you it's s...

All you talk about is you, But we've got better things to do. You're proving that you're tough and s***, But we're for real and don't forget. We're fun, you're not, We play, we fight, You're off, we're not, That chip is all you got! You go out and figh...

Clenched Fists, Black Eyes You say you're scared, we're not to blame 'Cos mindless violence ain't our claim, A new breed's here, we're gonna stay, And break down all your shallow ways 'Cos we are the new kids, We've got our heads, We'll keep on fighti...

Some year's gone by but I believe - Still! And in my heart I still feel - Real! I'd rather die before I'd call it quits Cos I can't feel the way that you feel A commitment, that will remain inside Just something I will never forget Don't tell me, that i...

every day I try to see every path in front of me and yet I wonder what is the key there must be something to set me free daybreak it's in my sight now I find and now I see the problem lies deep in my mind and in the distance I see a crack of light daybreak...

a scratch on the surface biting words reply to no one at all falsehoods misconceptions minds at war two views that never meet devotion dedication blindly eyes will see but look right through are we bound by stability or scattered by our own sightlessness impe...

Overhead look at blue what a sky so high above I try to reach inside to know how high I dare to go maybe it's just gravity that's going to keep me in my place there's so much s***e to fill but i've still got this weight understand the things we see but they...

well I guess it's not important to you it's not your blood that's going to spill it's not your life that's going to end at least you'll get a good meal tonight it's killing and robbing and taking away it's murder by some other hand digest rotting flesh I'd ra...

you've got a mind like a no-fingered hand that wants to hold a key for a lock on a door to a room without a g****** thing inside except for an old teevee that only shows maude you're a hole in a bag and a car that's out of gas and a tree that never grows and...

Hey it's 1984, With a glimpse of what's in store, It looks like things are up to us, No talk, just action in the streets, That's what it's gonna take, No calm youth in the U.S.A. It's summertime, American riot! I can't complain, unless I try it! The he...

falling from the heights you never even knew you were afraid of been blinded by the light you didn't even think you'd ever see have you ever been locked inside an empty room with all the windows left wide open will you be landing on the only s***e that's bein...

finding the nearest egress without an answer to any question and digest the nearest food to give hunger the middle finger and godless because religion is like fire to a forest and more of all this nonsense will make the legless run like hell hearing the greate...

You wanna be the way I am but you could never understand you shave your f***** head then you turn your back on your best friends It's not just in my head it's in my heart-- it's in my heart and you're not gonna tear this one apart The way you look it...

falling from the heights you never even knew you were afraid of been blinded by the light you didn't even think you'd ever see have you ever been locked inside an empty room with all the windows left wide open will you be landing on the only s***e that's bein...

we are the days of a life the brilliance of things that exist and when we fall we get up and we start to move again I doubt there's ever been a greater gift given to anyone but just a little time would help us out a lot and just a little more so we could get o...

are we individual absolutely animal bodies moving dream of one another reaching for each other with the thought of awaking always searching for some self-reflection of what the others say is all that's remaining that's what it's like being only human beings bo...

well I guess it's not important to you it's not your blood that's going to spill it's not your life that's going to end at least you'll get a good meal tonight it's killing and robbing and taking away it's murder by some other hand digest rotting flesh I'd ra...

guess we've got a brand new line coming out this year the same old make and model they didn't look good the first time around so how the hell do they expect to impress taught by who was in the know back in '88 it's almost been a decade now it's time for all t...

Excuse me, just wait one sec, have you ever really listened to a thing we've said, You're not convinced that we could ever be a major force, But just another youth subculture with a different song, But for others, there's this other side, not really lookin...

You think and guess but you have yet to be right you looked and searched but I guess you lost your sight my vision is clear and I can see through you I guess you'll never know what it means to be true you wonder why I refuse to join in it's really simple...

you choose to see life through alcohol and drugs abuse their purpose, it seems so fun for us the fight has just begun to spread our word to everyone we're trying to do all that we can we're always aware - we're one step ahead so sick of you and all your...

one day I had more than I could take of this world it hated and cursed me and laughed at everything I did so then I got on a s***eship and then I launched it I looked out the window and laughed when I saw the world explode there are outer s***es everywhere th...

perennial propriety all composure must be kept this enclosure is a little constricting all the odium dodges what the self is telling it to believe a tendency to be quite tenable all intentions are well meant this amenity is a little capricious solely based up...

There's something in the air, y'know we breathe it every day A hatred twisting deeper, razor sharp it cuts its way A poison we're to swallow, I tried it once, I didn't like the taste Say Mother Earth I love you, as I watch you go to waste And we'll sing......

it's unbelievable all the things that have never really happened the sucker punches get me while I'm blinking what the hell was I thinking maybe there was something in my eyes again I guess it seems I'm seeing things again and will I really have to wait for th...

I guess the others turned their backs on what they now call s***, It doesn't really matter cuz it's their words I forget, If 'core is dead, they've moved along and now they're rockin' out, But I have doubts they ever knew just what it's been about But I s...

what a day to be beneath a sky with stars or the sun inside the great big everything outside of everyone and if it wasn't for the pain I'd walk until I couldn't even walk anymore and if I had the time on my hands I'd take myself everywhere and then back nobo...