Bat your eyes, girl
Be otherworldly
Count your blessings
Seduce a stranger
What's so wrong with being happy?
Kudos to those who see through sickness, yeah

Over and over and over and over
And ooh-ooh-ooh

When she woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning
"Don't ever let life pass you by"

I suggest we
Learn to love ourselves
Before its made illegal
When will we learn? When will we change
Just in time to see it all come down

Those left standing will make millions
Writing books on the way it should have been

When she woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning (warning)
"Don't ever let life pass you by"

Floating in this cosmic Jacuzzi
We are like frogs oblivious
To the water starting to boil
No one flinches, we all float face down

When she woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning (warning)
"Don't ever let life pass you by"
Pass you by, oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh


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Warning Lyrics as written by Michael Einziger Brandon Boyd

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    im pretty sure 10:24 is like 4:21 (backwards without 0) as in one minute past 4:20...4201...close enough...they have some obsession or something with 421..im positive it has nothing to do with that 9-11 shit (no sympathy for 9/11!!!!). and im positive its not some random number...or who knows, maybe it is when brandon thinks the world will end. personally i dont give a fuck.

    Darkness_5555on May 01, 2003   Link

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