Hold them down, our bleeding suspects
Just because
Just cause?
Just who are you
By candlelight burn, burn, burn baby
Burn, burn whose turn
Who gets a taste today?

We've done nothing wrong
But we've done nothing
We can't look away but we're just looking
It's second nature to say,
We've done nothing wrong

Turn them off, our blacklist singers
Don't ask why
Don't cry; don't make a scene
On 45 spin, spin, spin give in
Spin, spin, who wins?
Who's not afraid to play?

We've done nothing wrong
But we've done nothing
We can't look away
But we're just looking
It's second nature to say,
We've done nothing

Done nothing but take what's handed down,
Said nothing but what's approved to shout
We want to know that we can own the cake we're eating,
Then spit it out
Out

Hold them down, our bleeding suspects
Turn them off, our blacklist singers

We've done nothing wrong
But we've done nothing
We can't look away
But we're just looking
It's second nature to say:
We've done nothing wrong


Lyrics submitted by _valerie, edited by Mellow_Harsher, damienpearse

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    this song is easy if you just pay attention to the words while not listening to the song.

    what i get from it is america. us as americans being those who just "want to know if they own the cake" taxpapers, homeowners, ect. with the war in iraq there has at least trippled the amount of silent protesters at every event. not just random punks, but middle and even upper middle class. these people are not standing for whats going on. though they are just "looking in" and "can't just look away".

    ect.....

    drewtronon October 18, 2004   Link

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