Operation Ivy Album

authority is wrong, authority is right
authority is wrong, authority is right
humanity in turmoil in the circular fight

outside and far beyond these walls we've built
I've learned to see the beauty we've killed

I hate you, you hate him
I hate you, you hate him
unfocused hatred seeks a victim
outside and far beyond these walls we've built
I've learned to see the beauty we've killed

outside, I'm looking in, I'm uncertain
outside, I'm looking in, I'm uncertain

the world is black, the world is white
why think one way, why see the light
outside and far beyond these walls we've built
I've learned to see the beauty we've killed

the world is black, the world is white
the world is black, the world is white
why think one way, why see the light

outside and far beyond these walls we've built
I've learned to see the beauty we've killed

outside, I'm looking in, I'm uncertain
outside, I'm looking in, I'm uncertain

Last night I and said she couldn't sleep
and scary things and images
The things that we perceive, the things that we beleive
The voice inside my head that says that we have been deceived.

a thousand years ago
**completely unintelligible line**
even though we're animals
**another unintelligible line**

the world is black, the world is white
the world is black, the world is white
I'm looking in, I'm uncertain

outside and far beyond these walls we've built
I've learned to see the beauty we've killed

outside, I'm looking in, I'm uncertain
outside, I'm looking in, I'm uncertain

I'm old enough to know the score
I'm yound enough to want more more more
There's a demon deep inside of me
Some times I let the old boy run free
Don't think twice when the sun goes down
I'm troublebound
Try to make a living during the day
Deep in the night I throw it all away
There's a demon deep inside of me
Sometimes I let the old boy run free

sometimes I unwind, look back to the passing of time
sometimes I feel, those days become unreal
our lives are fashioned by things that come from outside
control so indirect we don't even realize

someday my instincts will be things I can trust
someday too much conditioning could make me self destruct
someday I'll fall back on values I've created in time
someday I'll have the chance to take back what's mine

sometimes I say, it's just gonna be that way
sometimes I hear, my own words come out unclear
our lives are fashioned by things that come from outside
control so indirect we don't even realize

it wasn't my decision, I was a victim of circumstance
it wasn't right, I knew I never had a chance
my anger grew so fucking large it almost overcame
my independence almost got lost to the violence chain
pieces of a machine called education (I was desparate) I plea for peace
victim of the cycle of intimidation (I was separate) I plea for peace
they'll find you (running hiding)
way down inside you
and I plea for peace
certain jocks sought control instead of escape
from pain inside, with stupid violence formed by hate
power and strength, but no power in their own lives
ignorance with the knowldge they're always right
(S.A.G. break)