Manifesto (Live)

Lyrics

Let's get one thing straight: Bob Dylan never played here Joni Mitchell never sang here Dr. King never preached here This is a new stage This is a new space And even if they had What would it matter anyway? 'Cause the ghosts of the past Cannot bring me any luck All that matters is tonight All that matters is tonight And tonight all that matters Is whether or not I suck 'Cause it doesn't matter all the hype you heard Or the fact that you may or may not have heard any hype It doesn't matter what record label I'm on Or the fact that I may or may not be on a record label at all It doesn't matter what the paper said Or the fact that the papers may have been defeated And it doesn't matter what Twitter said, oh 'Cause the revolution will not be tweeted, yeah All that matters is right here All that matters is right now All that matters is right here And I might be sleeping on your couch tonight I'm not sure if they told you yet I know you want me to be more famous than that Ah, but fame ain't got nothing to do with it 'Cause I'd rather sleep on your couch and eat your cookies Than sleep alone in some hotel room and not have any cookies at all I came here to meet you I came here to sing to you I came here to meet you So let's get one thing straight: Bob Dylan never played here Leonard Cohen never sang here Woody Guthrie never preached here This is a new stage This is a new scene And if my generation is going to make any impact at all There's one thing we need to believe: We need to believe that the songs that we write can be better Than the songs that were written by the legends of our past We have to believe that the music that we make Has the potential to be better than the music that was made By the legends of our past Otherwise what's the point? And I hope it's okay that I said that I hope the older generation ain't pissed It's just that I want a summer of love too I want a renaissance I want ours to be the best I know this town's conceited as hell I know it sounds like blasphemy to say That we could be better than the Beatles, and Dylan, and Beethoven Oh I'm not saying that it's me All I'm saying's that I'm trying Me and my friends we are trying Every night we are trying Thanks for coming and watching me try