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von Streetlight Manifesto

You.
You try.
You try to get by.
"You′re never going to pull it off"
"You shouldn't even try"
"You′re a wet cigarette"
"You're always second best"
But they're never going to give a shit about anybody but themselves.
So you fight.
For them to realize.
There′s more to life there′s more to you there's more than meets the eye.
And when you′re done, the battle's been won.
You sit back you smile and this is what you hum, you hum:
Whoa
Whoa


You.
You try.
You try to get by.
"You′re never going to pull it off"
"You shouldn't even try"
"You′re a wet cigarette"
"You're always second best"
And they're never going to give a shit about anybody but themselves.
You fight.
For them to realize.
There′s more to life there′s more to you there's more than meets the eye.
And when you′re done, the battle's been won.
You sit back you smile and this is what you hum, you hum:
Whoa
Whoa

The years go by.
The time it does fly.
Every single second is a moment in time that passes oh, so quick and it seems like nothing but when you′re looking back well it amounts to everything.
I've got myself.
I′ve got my friends.
I've got my little family but that's not where it ends.
This one goes out to you.
It goes out to everyone.
It′s in the name of honesty because life has just begun

Whoa
Whoa

Look around little brother can you tell me what you see?
You′re a big boy now so take responsibility.
You never had it hard but now it's getting tough so you whine whine whine and you say you′ve had enough.
You say I'm full of shit?


That I′m a hypocrite?
I shouldn't talk when I can′t take the advice that I give?
Well maybe you're right but open your eyes:
The main difference here is that I try try try.
Whoa
Whoa

Whoa
Whoa

We wanted to get it right for once.
Plus it helps me sleep at night knowing blood, sweat, and tears
Were put into a record as opposed
To making people pay thirteen bucks for a record
And they only get flashy new cover art.
This release is a preemptive strike, I guess.
Whatever you want to call it, it'll piss people off,
And that, at the end of the day, is all that really matters.

If there′s one thing I can′t stand it's when a CD is re-released
Untouched sonically, with a new cover and maybe a live video,
And kids are duped into buying this new edition of something they already have.
I was upset when I was told the guys were going to do this for Keasbey,
So I offered to re-record it because I′ve always thought
It sounded like pure garbage sound-wise.
Plus the budgets we get are laughable, particularly for a band with seven musicians to record.
So we used some of our own money and took our time with this one.
I'll tell you right now, we have no intent on hiding our intentions.
We wanted to prevent the re-release of Keasbey untouched
As well as get the record to sound how it should have sounded originally.
For that we sacrificed months of our time and our money,
And now we feel what we have is worth paying for.
Although, truth be told, I don′t care if a single record is sold,
As it is indeed old music, and kids have a right to know
What it is and to decide whether or not they'll pay for it.
Do I think it′s worth thirteen dollars?
Yes, very much so, but that's my opinion.
What other people decide, that's their own opinion.
We′re going to keep doing what we do whether or not a single record is sold.