I don't have to tell you things are bad, everybody knows things are bad Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job The dollar buys a nickel's worth Banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter We know the air is unfit to breathe; our food is unfit to eat We sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today We had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes As if that's the way it's supposed to be, we know things are bad, worse than bad: They're crazy! Caught in a mental dystopia and it's got no end in sight (no end in sight) And just in case you're wondering, no, the kids are not alright (you got it) Giving love to my art but it's unrequited Quite a few hearts who'd rather die than fight it (woah-oh) Despite it all we're holdin' on but for how long (oh, yeah) Yo, just another night in a heartbreak city Watchin' all the lights flicker out, what a pity It's a cut-throat, come-and-go time that we're livin' in Ridin' on a slow boat to dippin' out n' giving in Quittin' time, maybe it's a new-age, crazy ain't it? History repeated with a fresh new coat of paint, it's Time and time I hear the same sung tragedy Target the young minds and tell 'em what they have to be Somethin' to be said about the shit we're told When you're in your early twenties and you feel like you're gettin' old Plenty of proof that, yeah, the world is cold But we forget about it, drowning in the stuff we're sold A band made to own overblown expectations Struggling just to make conversation Dark room, light head, vision turning black and red What do they they want from me? I guess we better play dead Stifle the heartache, I'm not asleep, not awake Not a real, not a fake, all I know is give and take Workin' hard, no breaks, keep it together If I close my eyes then I could sleep forever In a world set in motion by avarice and greed Ain't no wonder we go under if we can't succeed 'Cause though I tend to bleed, I beg and plead with myself And no, I'm not the first fallin' victim to mental health Callin' on somebody, anybody, save me! All in all, even my devotion's kinda wavy Generation made emotions, still they say we're lazy Navigate the maze, though they're lookin' at us crazy But part of getting older I suppose with time If your make and your model is a different kind, like mine Outside, the weather's been perfectly fine But the storm rages on in my mind Caught in a mental dystopia and it's got no end in sight (no end in sight) And just in case you're wondering, no, the kids are not alright (you got it) Giving love to my art but it's unrequited Quite a few hearts who'd rather die than fight it (woah-oh) Despite it all we're holdin' on but for how long (oh, yeah) So wish I may and wish I might I know there won't be sleep tonight We're all aboard the same train rolling towards a brighter life Careful who you trust in a world of facades and fraudulent promises of hopes and dreams Some cannot cope in a world that won't stay true to what it, true to what it seems Just another day here in pseudo-utopia Sooner or later, the devil takes hold of ya Big money schemes keepin' everyone suspicious Nobody wants to fall behind, everyone's ambitious Kinda sad, no one really wants to be a mom and dad Ya sit 'em real still with medication and iPads And everybody needs a pill 'cause everybody feels bad Really feelin' down without the gadgets we wish we had Someone's got a new car, someone's got a new wife Someone's got it made, man he's gotta have a good life Maybe it's a masquerade, you ever thought about it? You don't see the strife on the inside, your vision's clouded No doubt about it, that no matter how you slice it The way ya livin' life is never gonna be the right fit And you can try to fight it, but you might get your mind split Tryna to get straight to the bottom of it And there's a lot of 'em who quit and get their hats hung Never did I ever think I'd see 'em kick it so young Gears in your head might turn a different direction It doesn't mean you're broken, embrace imperfection It's hardly ever spoken, 'cause the pharm' needs protection But a closer inspection yields a corporate infection Correction: Maybe I'm just outta my mind I've heard a million times that overthinking's a crime "I'm making good art, from the heart, startin' today" I said Sounded real easy when I heard it inside my head Let it spread, all our existential dread Like, does music even matter once you're buried and dead? A younger me who believed in the strength of humanity Learned the profanity, accepted insanity Thousands of miles away, believin' a plan to be Doesn't make it any less depressing and sad to see Caught in a mental dystopia and it's got no end in sight (no end in sight) And just in case you're wondering, no, the kids are not alright (you got it) Giving love to my art but it's unrequited Quite a few hearts who'd rather die than fight it (woah-oh) Despite it all we're holdin' on but for how long (oh, yeah) So wish I may and wish I might I know there won't be sleep tonight We're all aboard the same train rolling towards a brighter life Careful who you trust in a world of facades and fraudulent promises of hopes and dreams Some cannot cope in a world that won't stay true to what it, true to what it seems Caught in a mental dystopia and it's got no end in sight And just in case you're wondering, no The kids are not alright Giving love to my art but it's unrequited Quite a few hearts who'd rather die than fight it Despite it all we're holdin' on but for how long Just another night in a heartbreak city