your valley is our volcano
shivers down their spines
with every chord you hit
you can make a crowd forget
and they swear
that when you sing your words
its as sacred as birth
the lies you wrote have become anthems
how they mend their broken hearts
and the lines you stole from story books
that choke in your voice
how it sells them every word of it
we have heard that with a little work
your cathartic verse
will rid all the pain from earth
scream your words in their cars
and help them figure out who they really are
and to blame their fathers
can this pull up the anchor
so you can drift away
say something you honestly mean, but
you will never let it
'cause youre a hit in shopping malls
youre the shit that makes us all want to quit