Alright.
This right here is going out to all you outcasts, outsiders and outlaws out there tonight.
It's going out to everybody that's ever been locked out or held down or kicked around.
It's going out to all the white trash out there. All the wasted youth.
Everybody that ever felt like they never had a chance.
The world we live in is going straight to hell. The fellows i know, there's no way to turn.
We're all living in exile.

I'm in exile
I been livin' in exile
I'm in exile
I been livin' in exile

I been hangin' on the corner, starin' at the night sky,
and watchin' the cars drive by.
Their faces stare but they don't see me
as I think about the past and I wonder why.(I wonder why!).
A side of life they'll never see has passed before my jaded eyes(my eyes!)
I'm on the outside lookin' in
I hold the burning tears inside my heart
I been runnin', I been runnin' with the hunted, I been runnin' for my whole life
I'm in exile
And I got nothin' but a hope inside, in my heart where hope has died
I been livin' in exile
Tears and pain like a stinging rain, have passed before my eyes
I'm in exile
I been runnin', I been runnin' with the hunted, I been runnin' for my whole life
I been livin' in exile
Forsaken!
Forgotten!
If you haven't been there then you'll never understand
I've stolen, I've lied, I've traded my pride,
'cause I never had a helping hand
They'll steal your innocence and they'll take away your soul
I've stolen, I've lied and there were times when there wasn't anyplace to go
So let's go!
I been runnin', I been runnin' with the hunted,
I been runnin' for my whole life
I'm in exile
And I got nothin' but a hope inside,
in my heart where hope has died
I been livin' in exile
Tears and pain like a stinging rain,
have passed before my eyes
I'm in exile
I been runnin', I been runnin' with the hunted, I been runnin' for my whole life
I been livin' in exile
How many tears have our mothers cried?(In exile)
How many of my kind have died?(in exile)
So I stand here to spit in your eye
and tell you your society is nothing but lies
They lock us up and hold us down,
just another wasted youth, another dead end town
I been waiting so long
I been waiting so long
I been waiting and now my hope is gone
There's gotta be something more than this
There's gotta be something that I missed
I'm in exile
I'm in exile
I'm in exile(There's gotta be something more than this)
I'm in exile
I'm in exile
I'm in exile
I'm in exile
I'm in exile(There's gotta be something more than this)
I'm in exile
I'm in exile
I'm in exile
I'm in exile(There's gotta be something more than this)
I'm in exile
I'm in exile
Yeah! I've been living in exile
I been runnin', I been runnin' with the hunted, I been runnin' for my whole life
I'm in exile
And I got nothin' but a hope inside, in my heart where hope has died
I been livin' in exile
Tears and pain like a stinging rain, have passed before my eyes
I'm in exile
I been runnin', I been runnin' with the hunted, I been runnin' for my whole life
I been livin' in exile
How many tears have they torn from my eyes?(exile)
How many times will we be denied?(exile)
They lock us up and they hold us down,
just another wasted youth, another dead end town
I been waiting so long
I been waiting so long
I been waiting now my hope is... gone

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    this song is fucking amazing..i can relate to it 100% ...blood for blood is great...

    skwAdon June 07, 2002   Link
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    BLOOD FOR BLOOD FUCKING ROCK!!!!

    Skankin'InThePiton June 22, 2002   Link
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    Yeah I definatly can relate to what he's saying. About 90% of the time I feel like an outcast, outsider, and/or white trash and honestly it does feel like I'm living in exile. No one seems to really see it or really care if the outcasts and shit are feeling left out. Oh fucking well on their part then. We're gonna continue doing what we do best..... which is fuck shit up. And no one is gonna tell us no. This song makes me proud to be an outsider and/or outcast. I makes me realize that this is who I am and the fucks of society better learn to accept it because they can't change me unless the kill me.

    Kabooks1212on June 30, 2002   Link
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    it just makes fucken sence!

    RapisCrapon August 11, 2002   Link
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    i think one of the reasons that this song is so great is because almost everyone can relate to it. almost eveyone has felt like theyve been "held down and kicked around" not to mention that its a kick ass song.

    wavescrashedblueon September 14, 2002   Link
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    Whoever put this song on to this site is a dumbass who fucked up half the lyrics. Moron.

    SwornEnemyon October 18, 2002   Link
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    favorite band of all time

    xSHARPxon March 16, 2007   Link

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