Survival/Freedom (Respect) Lyrics

Your fight or flight

Survival, survival

Survive this

Your fight or flight

Survival, survival

Survive the moon

Your fight or flight

Survival, survival

Survive the flesh

Your fight or flight

Survival, survival

Survive this

No I'm not a sacred tree of

The many merry bees

No, you have to be kidding

It a hopeless sugar pill for the homeless

And a suit for the sick

Don't tell me, don't tell me

What I am

I'm not a secret fantasy

More like a singed feeling

Number 853 exiting

To the bottom of the well

Don't tell me, don't tell me

What I am

A slumbering sycophant

Is not who I want to be

Don't be me

I am free

No, I'm not a thousand sons

I'm just the only one

I'm not even listening

I am phosphorous and evergreen

Collecting dust

On a rusty shelf

Don't tell me, don't tell me

What I am

No matter how many times I try

I still blink like bats

And am hollow inside

I sit with the rats

And hear them say

"You're on your way"

But, don't tell me, don't tell me

What I am

A dancing deliriant

Is not who I want to be

But it's got all I really need

I am free

So I tripped the power lines

And ran into the ocean

Opened this painted box

Found some strange portion

And I carved out the heavy heart

With a needle full of emotion

I called out the oligarch

Now I'm in devotion

And I'm learning to fly

I'll eat you alive

And I broke the seamstress's mind

With a half-cracked smile

And I heard my monster cry

So I passed him the bottle

And I told him not to try

That's gotten me so little

I forgot all his promises to me

Now hear my ass rattle

And I shriek and I bite

I'll eat you alive

Cause I fight for the restless urn

I fall for the cupboard

Stuck my head in the freezer

Slid down from the gutters

Now I'm wearing the suit of God

And I'll have no more fevers

Take from only what I've got

Be the star-child of Never

With your feet in the sky

I'll eat you alive