The Beigeness

Who's bad? said the kiddie in the jacko hat
 To the kiddie in the rooney shirt, dragging back
 The curtains in the room in that daddy's flat
 A young girl heard the truth in an alley cat
 Howling on the roof next door
 Imagine that
 All your idols were just like you
 Nothing's beyond you
 Do what you want to
 Do it if you feel that it wants you, too
 Look, true never meant nothing more than it means right now
 When everything's fake.
 But you in your deepest reaches keeping secrets
 Know what it takes to make a meaning
 Means something I'm moving through
 A space that some can't see
 I know this space exists
 So do you, if your heart beats
 The oldest groove
 Life is huge
 But we have shrunk it
 We've made it small
 We use to walk tall
 But who cares, right? We're having a ball!
 Them things you don't show, I can see
 Them things you don't say, speak to me
 Them things you hide ain't hiding
 No firm ground, but we ain't sliding
 Them things that haunt you, let them be
 That thing you weep for, leave it
 All life is forward, you will see
 It needs you to need it
 Go ahead keep it in 'til it withers you
 Move fast, don't stop, you've got things to do
 Tell yourself "ah it's them man, it isn't you"
 Nod your head and believe that until it's true
 You can tell it not to show its face
 When you are trying to hold your space
 But it's in you, deep in your sinews
 And it comes out on the coldest days
 See the kid with the memory he cant shake
 See the man with the lover on his mind
 See the lady with the guilt and the heartache
 See the woman trying to battle with time
 See the man with blood on his hands
 See the girl with her hands on her hips
 Everybody say nothing, stay bland
 If you don't show it then it don't exist, right?
 Them things you don't show, I can see
 Them things you don't say, speak to me
 Them things you hide ain't hiding
 No firm ground, but we ain't sliding
 Them things that haunt you, let them be
 That thing you weep for, leave it
 All life is forward, you will see
 It's yours when you're ready to receive it
 You're so focused on finding the differences
 You ignore the bonds that binds us
 Got my hand on my heart when the rhythm hits
 It's looking for us but can't find us
 In the valley of vanity, viciousness
 Full schedules and empty containers
 We're kissing the coshes that cripple us
 Enjoying the beigeness
 Do it your way and they'll find you ridiculous
 Pick apart your behavior
 Their scorn ignites what inhibits us
 And then we hate ourselves
 And our fear pickles us
 Sitting in jars 'cause it's safer
 Some of us are happy to live with it
 But some of us know it's against our nature
 Them things you don't show, I can see
 Them things you don't say, speak to me
 Them things you hide ain't hiding
 No firm ground, but we ain't sliding
 Them things that haunt you, let them be
 That thing you weep for, leave it
 All life is forward, you will see
 It's yours when you're ready to receive it