It's coming around again
They're letting it out again, again
It's coming around again
They're letting it out again, again
It's coming around again
They're letting it out again, again
It's coming around again
They're letting it out again

When it comes, it comes abrupt
And it feels, it feels like trading brains with an imbecile, for real
Yes, I feel emphatic about not being static
And not buying philosophies that are sold to me at a steal

Just when you thought it was safe to think
In comes mental piracy
I know what I'm looking for cannot be sold to me
I wish they all would stop trying
'Cause what I want (what I want)
And what I need (and what I need)
Is and will always will be free, now

It's coming around again
They're letting it out again, again
It's coming around again
They're letting it out again

When it comes, it comes unannounced
And it feels like a matador is taunting me
With his reddest red cloth and I am the bull
Yes I feel emphatic about not being static
And not eating the bullshit that's being fed to me no more
'Cause now I'm full

Just when you thought it was safe to think
In comes mental piracy
I know what I'm looking for cannot be sold to me
I wish they all would stop trying
'Cause what I want (what I want)
And what I need (and what I need)
Is and will always will be free, now

It's coming around again
They're letting it out again, again


Lyrics submitted by Idan, edited by DkrANGEL, Paul123456

When It Comes Lyrics as written by Brandon Charles Boyd Alex Katunich

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    i love the way this song is written.. 2 many ppl dont' realize that they r being sucked into being someone that truly isn't them.. ppl r 2 fake and superficial.. they think that everything can be bought.. and that everything should be taken at face value.. isn't honesty and personal freedom worth ne thing these days.. we're being taught 2 value things that r completely unrealistic.. when will the world wake up and realize what is really happening 2 them.... bravo 2 incubus 4 bringing it 2 our attention.. someone has 2..

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