Butterflies
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When I was younger I chased butterflies
But now I look around and realize
That there are no butterflies around here anymore.
Now there's more people everywhere,
And on ground that once was bare
they've built condos and shopping malls.
And on streets I walked where the sun shined,
Shadows grow as buildings climb,
And I get older getting colder everyday.
The concrete stretches for miles-
They put it up in different styles,
But it still looks pretty ugly to me...

What a pity,
They've fucked up this city
Where I grew up.
Now it's grown too big 
And there's no room left for me.

Maybe it was just cuz I was younger,
But people here seemed friendlier,
And life was so much simpler
When I was growing up.
People closed up as a defense,
Protecting what little space they had left,
And now everyone's uptight and tense.
The city's bleakness makes people numb-
Sounds and lights and escape 
From having to deal with anyone.
I want to live in a place where 
I can see a smile on the face
Of someone passing by and say "hi"...

Now I need to find a place
Where I can grow and climb
And I can chase
Butterflies again.


Situation
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I look at you - you look afraid
I'd like to ease you mind
But I speak, you turn away
I know we're supposed to fear each other
But I feel no fear
I'd like to take away your nervousness
But I can't get near.

And, every situation becomes 
An uncomfortable confrontation
Between two minds 
Unthinking as to why
There's this nervousness between us
And I wish we'd been simply taught to trust
Cuz every man is my brother
And I must treat him as such.

So come on down man
And take a look at who I am
Or are you afraid to find
A part of yourself
Inside of someone you don't understand?
I would think that to be the case
Cuz you got the same eyes
And I got the same face
We got the same blood 
And we got the same flesh
So take you hate and give it a rest.


Easy Answers
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Downplaying our power as individuals
While satisfying our need to feel
Like we know right from wrong
They're capitalizing on our
Feelings of powerlessness, stringing
Us along with their easy answers...
It's really sad how some people will 
Manipulate your emotions at the
Same time demanding your devotion
You compromise until you open your
Eyes and find something you don't
Believe in...
Well, I don't need "something to
Believe in", I can live with my own
Laws.  I can make my own decisions
Without the banners of their cause.
I don't need a group to guide me, I 
Think that I can decide the way
To act on how I feel without
Rallying behind the appeal of their 
Easy answers.
There's no easy answers at all.


Inspiration
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Negativity's too enchanting
Cuz the world seems so depressing
But I know it can't always be
Can't always be that way
I get caught up in my situation
But I know my life's just begun
We all need...
Inspiration
And the thought of a hundred million smiles
And a hundred million buildings burning to the ground
From a hundred million miles away, I can hear the sound
Of a hundred million burning definitions
And a hundred million dead restrictions
And a hundred million minds set free
From the chains put there a generation before
I can see the world falling to it's knees
Screaming please someone help me
No I can see, we've destroyed ourselves with certainty
And this machine will crumble and fade
To a hundred million miles away
Where there's someone just like me
Thinking everything will be o.k.
From a hundred million miles I can see a man
And I know he understands
Saying your chains are your own
It's your mirror, so smash it.