Dag Nasty Album

Ghosts

swirling all around you

now I don't know what to do

and I don't know how to feel inside

I wish I could get off this ride

everything I do, everywhere I go

I see a memory of what we used to know

I'm seeing ghosts everyday

they're no more real than the lies you used to say

and I'm not scared for me

I'm scared for you

but your ghosts won't let me be

so maybe I'm dead too

and I tried and tried but I just can't hide

wish I could sleep tonight

everything I do, everywhere I go

I see a memory of what we used to know

I'm seeing ghosts everyday

they're no more real than the lies you used to say

can I escape?

well not today

and I still see them even though I moved away

it's a bitter shade of gray

and it leaves a bitter taste

everything I do, everywhere I go

I see a memory of what we used to know

I'm seeing ghosts everyday

they're no more real than the lies you used to say

everything I do, everywhere I go

everything I do, everywhere I go

everything I do, everywhere I go

everything I do, everywhere I go

I'm seeing ghosts

Look back on what they told you

and see what truth can't hide

the government controls you and brother that's not just a line

but don't trust them to tell you what is right

no one can tell you how to live your fucking life

question priorities

don't trust the majority

question priorities

don't trust the majority

even when you're a minority of one

now some will try to dictate and tell you what to say

they say that they control you but don't give yourself away

but don't trust them to tell you what to say

burn free and bright and walk your path today

question priorities

don't trust the majority

question priorities

don't trust the majority

even when you're a minority of one

Look back on what they told you

and see what truth can't hide

the world want to control you and brother that's not just a line

but don't trust them to tell you what is right

no one can tell you how to live your fucking life

question priorities

don't trust the majority

question priorities

don't trust the majority

even when you're a minority

when you're a minority of one

So tired of trying to keep up with someone else's pace

you got a new tattoo, but the same old face

complacency is the enemy and I've been acting old

there's got to be more to life than doing what we're told

you can't bottle this - it always slips away

shut out - of a dream we had not long ago

there's nothing to prove, nothing to show

we've been told all this before

so why am I still keeping score

constraints are all around you every single day

when you're feeling overloaded you can't run away

and everywhere you go there's another wall in life

no matter where you look there's no end in sight

you can't bottle this - it always slips away

shut out - of a dream we had not long ago

nothing to prove, nothing to show

we've been told all this before

and I'm still keeping score

I understand you've got pressure's

but I can't accept your reaction

it's been a long road

is it all a distraction?

birth, school, work, death

these are things we all have to accept

and sometimes it feels like you're hitting a wall

I can't make sense of it all

shut up!

it's another time and another place

get a different view and a brand new take

it's a brand new day, it's a brand new day

brand new day

it's a brand new day

brand new day

Now you really should be above all this

but in fact I can't avoid your Judas kiss

and I keep turning the other cheek for you to slap me down

it hurts when the knife's in deep, but I won't make a sound

turn off the song of broken days

burn through another masquerade

and I don't see it all as a blaze of glory

fidelity is a timeless thing

I hold it dear - it's what I'm offering

it's priceless like a matter of faith

time to pass it on hold the light in the darkness until it's gone

turn off the song of broken days

burn through another masquerade

and I don't see it all as a blaze of glory

and I keep turning the other cheek for you to slap me down

it hurts when the knife's in deep, but I won't make a sound

broken days in the hourglass

broken days in the hourglass

broken days in the hourglass

broken days in the hourglass

Mobilize, it's to realize

energize, it's time we justify

this time around, there's no slacking

no wasted moments, or useless spaces

the nameless faces who try to put us down

they're still here, but they don't run this town

your words

launched a battle cry

we're here to prove you wrong

this is our town

this is our song

mobilize, it's time to realize

energize, I think it's time to justify

we never guessed we'd be put down

for moving out from under covered ground

we forged a path all our own

and we won't forgive your hostility

your words

launched a battle cry

we're here to prove you wrong

this is our town

this is our song

your words

launched a battle cry

we're here to prove you wrong

well where were you in '82?

we weren't aware of the battle lines

so they were the saints and we were the sinners?

that's fine

now it's our time

we're justified

incinerate the pictures we once had
I guess it's over with you
obliterate
every morning since we met
and every nighttime too
explosive
is how I feel when I hear your name
in my head now
won't you get it out
won't you tell me
that you're feeling sad
won't you tell me so I feel so bad
tell me tell me
that you cried and cried
but please don't tell me any of your other alibi's

see your face
in my head now
won't you get it out

see your face
in my head now
won't you get it out

(spoken part )
you know...you left me for dead...no matter how hard you try...I'll still be standing
here...bloodied and battered...but I'll be standing...tired, dejected...but I'll be
standing...

So sorry you think I'm not the best

I didn't know I had to pass your fucking test

you're throwing darts

but what a price I'm paying for all the stupid thing you're saying

you write in cheap shots everyday

did you think I won't hear what you say?

it's pathetic - you never got the point

I shouldn't let my nose get out of joint

this is serious, it's not a game

poured it on, and still you say we're lame

a sad state we're in we worked so hard to make this real

I didn't think that you came with the deal

faceless, nameless, safe behind a screen

but did you ever stop to think what words could mean?

it's pathetic - you never got the point

I shouldn't let my nose get out of joint

this is serious, it's not a game

poured it on, and still you say I'm lame

it might be stupid, might be naive

but there are some things we can all believe

throwing darts again

throwing darts again

and I know to you I'm just a name but I wonder if you'd feel the same

everything I stand for, you never got

so here I am with my heart exposed, take your best shot

just put me up against the wall

take off my blindfold

put on yours

line up - fire

you're throwing darts again and again and again

Detonate this illusion

wave a white flag, now I see

capitulate, I surrender

wave a white flag, when will I be free?

I never wanted to believe what you told me

I thought I knew best, I was so sure

all the doorways you held open for me I just said thanks

thought I was too pure

all the time I wasted gone

I can see it now, I can see it now

detonate this illusion

wave a white flag, now I see

capitulate, I surrender

wave a white flag 'til I'm free

detonate this illusion

detonate this feeling inside

capitulate, I surrender

wave a white flag, when will I be free?

life goes in cycles of highs and lows that's only something that time can show

I've been up and now I'm down but I'm hoping we could rebound

o.k. here it is - I'm sorry I made mistakes, I'm not the only one

I broke it down - can we build it back again? can we build it back again?

detonate this illusion

wave a white flag, now I see

capitulate, I surrender

wave a white flag, when will I be free?

it's an illusion

detonate this feeling inside

it's an illusion

wave a white flag now I'm free

wave a white flag now I'm free

detonate this feeling inside me

I've been thinking up a storm but it doesn't mean my thoughts are clearing

burning rage will keep me warm but you're too gone to hear it

burning but I hesitate to burn this final bridge

yearning for a better way than to say 'to hell with this'

I'm twisted again

doubled in pain

a shell of myself is all that will remain

everyday there's something new it just goes on and on

I try to take a different view still I'm doing something wrong

burning but I hesitate to burn this final bridge

yearning for a better way to say 'to hell with this'

I'm twisted again

doubled in pain

a shell of myself is all that will remain

bills spilling out onto the floor welcome to life my friend

working but there's so many more will this shit never end?

too much responsibility I just can't take much more

and when you act so cold it just points me to that door

I'm twisted again

I'm twisted again

doubled in pain

a shell of myself is all that will remain

He looks back to the days when the lyrics and chords meant everything
these days he stares at the screen so complacent and without dreams
change, but he can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
he needs goods and services for which he pays a premium
just a display for his neighbors dot-comers who earned a fortune
change, but we can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
take us to our cubicles today
and it's the hell we make o.k.
nobody cares, nobody cares, no one cares about the average man
burnt toast at 6 a.m. it's not gourmet, but it's adequate
waste away precious hours in front of the flat screen monitor
change, but you can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
take us to our cubicles today
and it's the hell we make o.k.
nobody cares, nobody cares, no one cares about the average man
just when you think you've got everything you've got nothing at all
take us to our cubicles today
take us to our cubicles today
take us to the hell we made
take us to the hell we made
can we escape? can we escape?
how can we escape the hell we've made?
can we escape? can we escape?

This is the voice of something to believe in

a tattered flag, a change of a season

everybody hooked on negativity

won't you come along

so many people full of disillusion

it's time to re-think, make a new conclusion

I'm wasting

I'm wasting away

you get one shot - what you gonna' do?

so here's a call from a voice to you and me

let's take a break from yawning apathy

turn on, tune off, use your energy, just answer a call

where are you ever really going here?

is the destination ever clear?

I'm wasting

I'm wasting away

you get one shot - what you gonna' do?

the answers they offered - they never touched me and until I find one, I'll never really be free

so where's the voice of something to believe in

a tattered flag, a change of the season?

everybody adrift in negativity

won't you come along

I'm wasting

I'm wasting away

you get one shot - what you gonna' do?

you get one shot - what you gonna' do?

you get one shot - what you gonna' do?