It's not what I took from you
It's not what I stole
We are born like this

The time has come to change this
To stretch the thought a mile
We've lost that kind of spirit

We want it back today
The time is right to change this
To make the life we know
They took what we were given
We'll get it back again

Somewhere, someone's god is laughing
It's not what I gave to you
It's not what I sold
We are born like this
It's not what I took from you
It's not what I stole
We are born like this

You try your best to mock me
You're always in my way
You've lost what you've been given
You'll get it back today
The time has come to change this
To make the life we know
They took what we were given
You'll get it back again

Somewhere, someone's god is laughing
It's not what I gave to you
It's not what I sold
We are born like this
It's not what I took from you
It's not what I stole
We are born like this

Somewhere
You're floating high you're not living, we are
Somewhere, someone's gun is some's gun is laughing


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    sounds like a group of people,,,like social outcasts or sumn...gettin together and like fighting back,,,iwinder what was in his mind when adam (?) wrote this song

    shanimal_caton February 03, 2007   Link

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