Album: Cage the Elephant (2008)
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  • Woke before the morning sun
    I found it tucked beneath the hills
    I sat and watched it rise
    It hit the sky and burst to flames
    The lotus flower's
    Got me thinking 'bout the way that we live
    I got this feeling
    It's gonna stop

    Driven by religion
    Running backwards down a one way road
    A course collision, split decision
    Tryin' to save your soul
    Manifest Destiny
    Is just a fancy word for murder
    I got this feeling
    It's gonna stop

    A billion faces running 'round my head
    All got opinions but they don't mean shit
    Keep droppin' bombs until the whole world's dead
    They said it's all been done and it's all been said
    They'll turn this message into a pop movement
    A fascist statement, call it politics
    You can mark my words they'll put a spin on it
    They'll say it's all been done

    Look outside the box my friend
    Your heart's been dead since who knows when
    It seems we've missed the mark
    Lost all hope and given in
    Pack up the suitcase
    Take that handkerchief then wipe off your chin
    The fear that drives you
    Needs to be stopped

    A billion faces running 'round my head
    All got opinions but they don't mean shit
    Keep droppin' bombs until the whole world's dead
    They said it's all been done and it's all been said
    They'll turn our message into a pop movement
    A fascist statement, call it politics
    You can mark my words they'll put a spin on it
    They'll say it's all been done

    Fell into a daze
    And found my mind was gone and laid to waste
    A battleground indeed
    Where holy wars have taken place
    I saw the sun set, watched it travel down
    And tear you through the ground
    The hate the drives us
    Needs to be stopped Writer/s: Brad Shultz, Daniel Tichenor, Jared Champion, Lincoln Parish, Matt Shultz
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Joel2point0 from Nashville, TnI love this band.
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