They never noticed me, I’m less than wallpaper, Not even the fly on the wall knows my name. Some people say the whole world flies by, But not when you’re on the outside looking in. It’s a high school dance, and you sat there all night, No courage to move, no spark to incite (ignite). Who needs hell when there’s high school life? A factory of heartbreak, shame, hatred, and strife. Chorus Boom, ba-ba-boom, Boom, ba-ba-boom, Can you hear the revolution brewing in the room? Boom, ba-ba-boom, Boom, ba-ba-boom, A lonely heart can become a ticking tune of doom. Verse 2 Parents, don’t shut your eyes. Parents, don’t cover your ears. The handbook lies kids operate without gears. Grinding through a system that’s bursting at the seams. The dumb are get dumber, dragging down the rest. The quiet ones are hiding what they never confess. They’re fed a steady diet of violence and fear, While the media sells outrage year after year. Inside their heads dark movies start to play, And nobody notices they’re slipping away. Bridge Mama, Papa, where are you? Where’s the moral compass that was meant to guide them through? This adolescent jungle, this social zoo, They’re searching for a map, but none of them have you. Final Chorus The drumbeats of the end are driving through the child, The demons start dancing, wild, wild, wild. Ride it high to the crack of the trigger, Chaos arrives and the headlines get bigger. Boom, ba-ba-boom, Boom, ba-ba-boom. The story never ends when the bodies are entombed. The sadness lingers on, long after the gloom— Like driving home after a holiday goodbye, Watching memories fade beneath an empty sky. Oh bye… da-da-da-da-da… When alienation says hi. Someone else is saying goodbye (in a river of tears)
