Brotherhood Lyrics

all songs written by Dave Smallee, except Stand Proud by Jon Anastas, and Circle Storm by DYS
WOLFPACK
March the streets
30 or 40 strong
United against
A world that's wrong
The numbers shock you
It's the truth
A mini-army
Of angry youth
Wolfpack! Don't give us any shit
Wolfpack! Or you're gonna get hit
Wolfpack! It's a unity ideal
Wolfpack! Better believe it's real
Fucking proud
To be a part of this
Every kid is my brother here
Shoulder to shoulder
Or back to back
We're united
It's the year of the pack!
Wolfpack! Don't give us any shit
Wolfpack! Or you're gonna get hit
Wolfpack! It's a unity ideal
Wolfpack! Better believe it's real


OPEN UP
Punk's dead -
Just the newest trend
Rank on their looks
But at gigs call them friend
It's cool now to put it down
What you were last week
Gets a peer police frown
You used to talk about open minds
Was all that a lie,
Or have you just grown old?
Look like you want
But don't tell me how to live
It's you who says looks don't matter


MORE THAN FASHION
More than X's on my hand
More than being in a straightedge band
I see no good in my mind getting fucked
A needless vacuum, I won't be sucked
Straight Mind
Razor Edge
Firm footing on a social ledge
"A party's no fun if there's no brew"
I can only feel sorry for you
'Cause I've had a blast all my life
Never needed any puke-filled strife
Straight Mind
Razor Edge
Firm footing on a social ledge
It's a way of life that says I don't need
Hangovers, freak-outs or expensive weed
Rather buy a record any day
My mind is here, not far away
Straight Mind
Razor Edge
Firm footing on a social ledge
CIRCLE STORM
The confrontations
Between black and white
Race makes no difference, we must unite
Fight against the social norm
Fuck with one, feel our circle's storm
Fight - Against the social norm
Fight - And feel our circle's storm
Bootboys skinheads all the same
Stress our cause, that's out aim
Our noisy protest will go on
Until the day that we have won


CITY TO CITY
It's begun -
No turning back
City to city
We're fighting back
Haven't changed the world
But we've made a start
We're digging in and fighting smart
And like a plague,
We'll continue to spread
Fight their values until they're dead
We're serious and we won't go away
We fight for a better world - today
Laugh or frown, it's all the same
Won't play by your rules
'Cause we hate your game


(THE GIRL'S GOT) LIMITS
The girl's got limits
But I'm gonna make her mine
The girl's got limits
But it's gonna take time
Gonna gonna get you baby
You know I'm gonna get ya


BROTHERHOOD
Best years of your life
You know it's true
You're like a brother to me
I'm like one to you
We've had some great times
And despite the bad
I know that these years
Are the best that I've ever had
Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Brotherhood
True 'til death
Beyond the bullshit politics
Or the gossip on the scene
We're like brothers deep down
Clowning around or thrashing mean
Best years of our life
We know it's true
The Boston Brotherhood
Is me and you
Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Brotherhood
True 'til death
YELLOW
So tired of all the lies
Can't see so open your eyes
We talk about everyone else
Let's stop and improve ourselves
Backstab blood flowing free
It's him or her or them or me
Like vultures preying on the dead
Can't leave anything unsaid
Say hi when someone's here
They leave smile turns to sneer
We're free to stab and spit and spout
More pointless shit
No point and no good at all
We're cool 'cause someone else is small
If we've nothing better to do
Then I'm sorry for me and you


STAND PROUD
Reject us now
Drink your drink
Close your mind
Don't have to think
It's not my place
To tell you what's best
But you've changed
Just like the rest
Stand Proud and never give in
Your excuses wear thin
If we fight with a cause
Our lives are no loss
I don't care
If you hate my kind
It was my decision
It was my mind
No one to pressure
I had the choice
United together
Youth with a voice


INSURANCE RISK
I'm 17
But I'm not a legal man
I'm left to puzzle out your adult world
The best way I can
I can't look to you,
A world clawing for security
If I have to be like that
I'll keep my immaturity
You pay more for insurance costs
Minor one day, man the next
A whole new twist in a well-worn text
Buy guns, have sex
It helps cover the shaft
As an added bonus
Look forward to the draft
You pay more for insurance risks
But for now I'm 17
And I salute your mixed up laws
The more I look
The more I laugh at all the flaws
Don't take a chance on me, society
Make sure I can't buy booze
I don't want it anyway
So guess what, guys
You lose
ESCAPE
World get away from me
I want you far away from me
Confusion's gone
Blackness reigns
There's no more hurt
No more pain
Leave me alone
'Cause I don't want to know
Gonna go in my room
Close the door behind
Alone world I'm your loser
But you were wrong and so was I
So is everything
So is everybody
'Cause there's no point in this
No point in the void you call my soul
Dreams turned into nightmares
Dreams are dreams
Crawl into blackness
Come - scream into my mind


(lyrics to song not on record)
Changing times
Changing world
I know that this is true
But I just can't accept it, man
'Cause look at me and you
We made our vows so firm one time
And we vowed they'd never die
But in these changing times
They've changed
So were those vows a lie?
I'd hate to say that it's growing up
But you know, it just might be
'Cause you know it hurts
When you lose the past
A past that you still love
Oh, no, it hurts
Just because it's gone
And 'cause we gave our hearts
To that love
So what do we do now I say
'Cause honestly I don't know
It hurts
And though other kids might laugh
I can't hide it with a show
So we move on to another plane
We can't cling here any more
Encourage the younger ones we see
Dreaming what we've dreamed before

Department of Youth Services



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