Metamorphosis Exploration on Deviation Street Jam

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Someone told me times are changing But looking all around it seems the same Someone told me times are changing But looking all around it seems the same Buying, selling, running, hiding Wondering if our world has any shame [Verse 2] Looking from my window Blank faces queue for something new to come Looking from my window Blank faces queue for something new to come But nothing ever changes And their dreams all wither in the sun [Instrumental Break 1:55 - 5:09] [Verse 3] I've been called a deviant since before I knew what that word meant But looking back, deep down There was always something I dug about myself Enough that I didn't care if I didn't fit in in certain ways Enough not to become someone else Just to make a few popular friends [Verse 4] Outcast among outcasts, but I was always comfortable there Being a reject cuts two ways, I rejected most of school And straight people and what they had to offer I knew there was more out there [Verse 5] I came alive at age 7 in '65 From the moment I heard rock 'n' roll I liked my brain feeling wild I learned quick that love songs And the magic of capitalism were all one big lie Even as a punk, before that, a long-haired freak I knew most importantly of all that I was me I've been called a baby, a faggot A burnout, a freak, a sellout, sued by sellouts for not selling out But there are times when I can't worry About what anyone else thinks I just gotta do what's right on Deviation Street Yeah, Deviation Street means keeping a healthy distance From your own scene Not worrying about bullshit, knowing what's actually real Being wickedly proud Even among your peers of being really, really weird [Verse 7] I stood up to my own scene before, probably do it again I don't care what the internet says about me I'm comfortable in my own skin [Bridge] Sure it's been pretty lonely at times Wishing someone out there likes more of the stuff that I like That 10 cent Stooges Funhouse album no one would buy Inspired me to follow the dreams That send chills down my spine Down my spine, down your spine, hell yeah [Verse 8] It blows me away that anyone would still care what I make What I do, or what I have to say It's an honor and a privilege and its own kind of pressure To always measure up to something I'd actually like if someone else did it [Chorus] Go the extra mile, make it as good as I can Keep on walking down Deviation Street Go that extra mile down Deviation Street Try like hell to break new ground on Deviation Street Keep exploring and creating new Deviation Streets And let that trail and horizon of hardcore, territorial pissing Do for others somewhere way out there What Deviation Street does for me [Instrumental Break 9:26 - 10:28] [Verse 9] Never have had more inspiration than [?] If it wasn't for the people who are willing to be called deviants We would still be living in caves We would still be living in caves [Instrumental Break 10:51 - 11:48] [Verse 10] When the music's over, when the music's over, yeah Music's over, turn out the lights Go out at night, start a few fires Look at the sky [Verse 11] Like the look on Richard Benjamin's face At the end of Bunny Lake is Missing Yeah that face, and smile, ha ha ha Why sit in hell when you can sabotage Why sit in hell when you can sabotage Why sit in hell when you can sabotage, oh yeah [Verse 12] The music's never over, no A prank a day keeps the dog leash away [Refrain] On Deviation Street, on Deviation Street [Instrumental Break 13:34 - 15:20] [Outro] We are the people who harvest your children Lead them astray from the lessons you taught them We are endangering civilization We are beyond rehabilitation We are the people who creep in the night We are the people who hide from the light Metamorphosis exploration Metamorphosis exploration If it weren't for the people Who weren't afraid to be called deviants We would still be living in caves