Will not
Will not
Will not back down now
I've got no place else
To run and hide to

Have come
Have come
Have come to far to buckle now
Can't lay this one down to the likes of you
And I don’t say that with some bullshit sense of pride
But I need you to know that I am not done screaming
About whether or not
Your foot has the right
To be in some kids face

Will not
Will not
Will not back down now
I've got no place else
To run and hide to

Have come
Have come
Have come to far to buckle now
Can't lay this one down to the likes of you

And if that's the case than I say arm us all
And we'll get this asshole contest
Right under way
But it would be just like you
To drag your keyboard to a gunfight
And so long after the smoke had cleared I stood there all night
If you had so much to say
Instead of running home lion-tail between your legs
Crying about some little needle
Stuck in your paw

I don't give a fuck if my words have grown old
I've never been so willing to see a relationship fray
I don’t give a fuck how thin this ice has become
I'm stomping on it
I’m stomping on it anyway


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    this song is amazing live. i just saw them a few days ago at chain and this was one of the most powerfull songs of the set.

    hamstermoshon July 03, 2006   Link
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    this song is amazing live. i just saw them a few days ago at chain and this was one of the most powerfull songs of the set.

    hamstermoshon July 03, 2006   Link
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    big time

    n5383234on June 02, 2008   Link
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    big time

    n5383234on June 02, 2008   Link

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