you were the one,
you were my everything
never apart,
no one in-between
then one day,
when you went your own way
you felt justified,
and i was mortified
but today…
you are just a picture
and a thousand memories
is all i take with me
‘cuz your smile
is just too much to see
you’re just a thousand memories
fantasies, broken dreams
reveries, sordid histories
following my heart,
laden with reaction,
without calibration or design
committed to a trial,
a life of understanding
can’t somebody show a sign to you
for me to see if you only knew
that you were the one
you were my everything
never apart,
no one in-between
then one day,
when you went your own way
you felt justified,
and i was mortified
but today…
you are just a picture
and a thousand memories
is all i take with me
‘cuz a picture is worth
one thousand memories

i heard them say that the meek shall reign on earth
phantasmal myriads of sane bucolic birth
i’ve seen the rapture in a starving baby’s eyes
inchoate beatitude
the lord of the flies
so what does it mean
when your mind starts to stray?
kaleidoscopic images of love on the way
brother you’d better get down on your knees and pay
1000 more fools are being born
every fucking day

they try to tell me that the lamb is on the way
with microwave transmissions
they bombard us every day
the masses are obsequious
contented in their sleep
the vortex of their minds ensconced within
the murky deep

i can’t believe it
the way you look sometimes
like a trampled flag on a city street, oh yeah
and i don’t want it
the things your offering me
symbolised barcode quick id, oh yeah

cause i’m a 21st century digital boy
i don’t know how to live but i got a lot of toys
my daddy’s a lazy middle class intellectual

my mommy’s on valium, so ineffectual
ain’t life a mystery yeah?

i can’t explain it
the things your saying to me
its going yayayayayayaya oh yeah

cause i’m a 21st century digital boy
i don’t know how to read but i got alot of toys
my daddy’s a lazy middle class intellectual
my mommy’s on valium, so ineffectual
ain’t life a mystery yeah?

tried to tell you about no control
but now i really don’t know
and then you told me how bad you had to suffer
is that really all you had to offer?

cause i’m a 21 century digital boy
i don’t know how to live but i got alot of toys
my daddy’s a lazy middle class intellectual
my mommy’s on valium, so ineffectual

cat’s foot, iron claw (21st century digital boy)
neuro-surgeons scream for more (21st century digital boy)
innocents raped with napalm fire (21st century digital boy)
everything i want i really need (21st century digital boy)

21st century schiziod boy
21st century video boy
21st century digital boy
21st century sofa boy

well, it was punk-fifteen in the morning
and it was time to stand my ground
and as the gawks and stares bombarded me
you know, i didn’t even hear a sound
no one gave a damn
if i was there or away
if i died and went to hell,
they’d throw a party on my grave
and they’d all say
"this kid is just a fool, he’ll never be cool
they might as well just ship him off
to some other school"
plain destitute
just a little too guilty, just a little too soon
that day was just like any other day
no work, and no pay
i knew that paradise was some other place
and i’d get there another day
i will find it before i expire
‘cuz i’ve got the desire
well, it was punk-fifteen in the evening
and it was time to set the town on fire
i saw my boots and my hair
as reflected in the mirror
reveal a streetkid named desire
i didn’t give a damn
because i was just dying to be
and as the hollywood street scene
left its mark on me
i changed from a boy into a man
i said "never again!"
i stuck out my chin when i should have ran
shit in the fan
i was driven so hard
by the sound of my heart
but that day was just like any other day
no work, and no pay
i knew that paradise was some other place
and i’d get there another day
i will find it before i expire
‘cuz i’ve got the desire
when the walls surround
in deeper shades of blue
and there’s no voice of reason inside you
and you search for meaning
on an empty shelf
then you’re always dreaming
of somewhere else
today is just like any other day
no fear, no restraint
i know that paradise is some other place
and i will get there another day
you can come with me,
no conditions or fares
somehow, somewhere,
i will find it before i expire,
‘cuz i’ve got the desire

i’m going for a walk
not the after dinner kind
i’m gonna use my hands
and i’m gonna use my mind

and who the hell are you to tell me what to do?
you can’t even tie your own haggard shoes
your closet is a mess, and your backyard’s falling down
and i have no grand ideas or intentions of sticking around

so i’m going for a walk
not the after dinner kind
i’m gonna use my hands
and i’m gonna use my mind
i’m gonna build a world
independent and exempt
all alone i’ll be an empire
with no mortgage and no rent

and i don’t need to live in your stinking zoo
you can’t even feed the animals donated to you
your storage sheds are ramshackled, flies decorate the walls
and you expect me to die here in this shit-filled tiny stall?

and i know you’re watching everything i do
call me threat to your children call me socially unglued
call me master of insanity, unable to relate
call me lazy, bane, and filthy
call me monstrous reprobate

i’m going for a walk
and there’s nothing you can do
‘cuz i don’t have to live like you

i’m going for a walk. (repeat)