They said, "Stay down, you're beat"
But just like old Luke said
You're gonna have to kill me, huh
(Go) stay down, you're beat (you're gonna have to kill me)
Stay down, you're beat (you're gonna have to kill me)
Stay down, you're beat (you're gonna have to kill me)
Stay down (I won't stay down 'til I'm dead)
Stay down, you're beat (you're gonna have to kill me)
(You're gonna have to kill me)
'Cause we won't stay down 'til we're dead
What we got here?
All the kiddies wanna be an original
A rebel (in a war) or even a criminal
I never been allowed to be anything but
A twisted fuck, scrapped at a door that's been shut
All my life, I've wasted years
Now the years have wasted me
I choked on my pride, and I spit out my broken teeth
Too old to die young and too late to die cool
The ones drink the acid, but we won't stay down 'til we're dead
Hey, punk, you still try to be hard? (Shut the fuck up)
Hey, punk, you still try to be dark? (Shut the fuck up)
You think you know about death? (Shut the fuck up)
The shit I've done and seen would shut you the fuck up
The truth is we speak for the weak
For those that were broken and those that were beat
And if I die today, all I can say is that I lived life free
But don't you dare follow me
Hey, kid, you don't have to be strong
You don't have to be hard
You don't have to be mean
I know that you have been scarred
I know you felt so weak
I know you've lived in fear
I know you cried with shame
Well, brother, I have been there
Drugs are great, but they cannot save you
Some people try to kill the pain, but they cannot heal you
I know that hope is a bitch and she will drain you
All I can tell you, kid, is I've been there before
Too many times, so let's go
I've been there before, brothers and sisters
Believe it
Let's go!
Pick it up
Lord have mercy
Too many years I was living to die
Walking amongst the dead
Back through the other side
We walk the line
And they say you've gotta fall to rise
Boy, I fell so far
I flew above the sky
I crossed the line
I was living to die for so long
Begging to die
But maybe now I can carry on
And they say you've gotta fall to rise
Boy, I fell so far
I almost crossed that line
Boy, I fell so far
I flew above the sky
One, two, three, four (go)
You're gonna have to kill me
'Cause I won't stay down 'til I'm dead, huh
Somebody oughta stop this thing
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