What They Want Lyrics

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to look so rigid

You put yourself out and all I did

Was stand there'n looking timid

I had, devils on my shoulders listen

You can hear them whisper

Always tryna twist the system

But those eyes, even now I somehow miss em

I woulda cried had I known back then

That I coulda just kissed him

Why does it go this way

We waste our days

Stavin off change

Cause what other people say

Gets stuck inside our brains

And starts molding us like clay

Till' nothing's left but what they want

An ornamental vase

But I don't buy it

I'm just so tired

For a little bitta peace I pray

I worry, about the way we treat these children

I reckon they serve their time in school

Like their stuck in prison

But don't worry, nothing beats the way we chip em

Holes on a shoulder meant holster

the world we've ridden

But those eyes, even now they haunt my feelings

A poor little kid so bright but he's ricocheting

off the ceiling

Why does it go this way

We waste our days

Stavin off change

Cause what other people say

Gets stuck inside our brains

Starts molding us like clay

Till nothing's left but what they want

An ornamental vase

But I don't buy it

I'm just so tired

For a little bitta peace I pray

Blind, stuck inside

Full of lies

Wonder whys

I coulda cried

Wanna sigh

Say goodbye

Taking all my precious time

Generational divide

No amount of getting high

Will fix the way they raped my mind

I'm sorry, the truth came too belated

Live as a monster, with the kinda hunger

Can never be sated

Am I changing? You're telling me it's not too late then

Scream as I sink my teeth in the beast

Will it finally cease shakin'

Death throes, stuck inside a nightmare wakin

Nobody knows if the lights on

Every single seat looks taken