(Now I can see your pain, I'm sorry
Goodbye, I cry so hard
Now I can see your pain, I'm sorry
Goodbye, I cry tonight)

The necks of this youth
With their necks through this noose
We're told lies like it's truth
And we suspect that it's you
So you strap them with the AK
It's motherfucking mayday
They swear I'm fucking crazy
Ain't nothing gonna save me

I'm breaking, I feel it
I'm naked, I'm kneeling
I'm shaking, I'm reeling
My God I keep bleeding
I watch the world die through crimson eyes
I cry it turns to night
I die, I see the light
And now I'll say goodbye

Now I can see your pain, I'm sorry
Goodbye
I cry so hard
Now I can see your pain, I'm sorry
Goodbye
I cry tonight

If I could take all this pain away
Use the rage of our youth today
Whose to say that it's you to blame
It's the people above you
The ones who say that they love you
Look what the world has come to
So now it's time to say 'Fuck you'

If you care then they drug you
And no one's there when they numb you
Fill you with terror and crush you
Pretend they care as they shove you

So you look to me to find the truth
And what I say is what you do
But everyone you look up to
Is really as fucked-up as you

Time is getting shorter
With these enforced disorders
And we get blamed and pushed around
So who's the fucking villain now?

Now I can see your pain, I'm sorry
Goodbye
I cry so hard
Now I can see your pain, I'm sorry
Goodbye
I cry tonight

We can't stop now
We're so close now
'Cause these times are almost over
I won't give up
So God, save us
It feels like we're getting closer

We can't stop now
We're so close now
'Cause these times are almost over
I won't give up
So God, save us, wow

Now I can see your pain, I'm sorry
Goodbye
I cry so hard
Now I can see your pain, I'm sorry
Goodbye
I cry tonight

Goodbye
I cry tonight

I'll cry tonight
I cry tonight


Lyrics submitted by Arian Caldon, edited by RainB0WShine

Pain Lyrics as written by George Arthur Ragan Aron Erlichman

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    this song is so amazing i think it's all abou the government sucking so bad "Time is getting shorter, With these enforced disorders, And we get blamed and push around, Whose the fucking villian now?" almost like they're saying we have to stop he government(s) from binging the world to an end

    rymolidon June 01, 2008   Link

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