Don't know if I believe in god
But sometimes I pray
Because the way I was raised
Keeps me afraid

A scientist that has to have his way
I subsist of a steady diet of shame

I hope I can forgive me
For having the nerve to exist
I hope someone can help me
Make some sense of this

I work a ten hour grave
From nine to seven
And I can't fall asleep
Until eleven past eleven

There's no drug that I can take
That will keep me from being awake
Past my, past my bedtime


Truckers are the blood in the veins of the body of America
States are the arms and the legs and the brains and the eyes

There's a disease spreading from organ to organ
And you are the white blood cell that fixes the problem

You don't know your own power
You don't know what you're worth
You don't recognize your valor
And until you do, nothing you do will matter


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  • +4
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    I like to think the line goes "...spreading form organ to Oregon..." Anyone else feel this way?

    NeonFlame126on January 31, 2012   Link
  • +1
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    I want "eleven past eleven" to be a Defiance, Ohio reference!

    mudswipeon May 01, 2014   Link
  • 0
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    good.

    oceanbreathesaltyon October 13, 2009   Link
  • 0
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    hellz yeah

    Dasuitekillaon October 23, 2009   Link
  • 0
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    Of A scientist that has to have his way I subsist of a steady diet of shame

    yeah im listening to it right now lol

    lolrusD9on May 19, 2010   Link
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    I've listened to it five times today.

    feveron October 14, 2010   Link

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