Nowhere Kids

Album: Amaryllis (2012)
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  • All it takes is a main attraction
    Scattered bones underneath the fashion
    Lower life on a higher plain
    That's what you want
    That's what they're givin' away

    Photogenic, come and get it
    You can have it
    Take it all!
    Schizophrenic, so sadistic
    I don't know, I don't know
    Politicians, in condition
    Dyin' for a curtain call
    Counter culture, full of vultures
    Bet you think I'm what!

    We're goin' all out
    But get 'em up, get 'em up
    And if they wanna take a picture
    Tell 'em I don't give a fuck!

    No one needs you after all
    That little social scene
    It's just a hate machine
    No one's here to take your call
    And now your self esteem
    Ain't what it used to be

    You've inspired
    The breath of ignorance
    The death of innocence
    Guess who's back and mad as hell
    The nowhere kids that wished you well

    Nowhere!
    Kids
    Nowhere!
    Kids
    Nowhere!

    The new face of an old distraction
    Another victim with the same reaction
    A catastrophic contradiction at best
    I know you're hanging onto zeros
    'Cause you got nothing left

    Photogenic, come and get it
    You can have it
    Take it all!
    Schizophrenic, so sadistic
    I don't know (I don't know)
    Politicians, in condition
    Dyin' for a curtain call
    Counter culture, full of vultures
    Bet you think I'm what!

    We're goin' all out
    But get 'em up, get 'em up
    And if they wanna take a picture
    Tell 'em I don't give a fuck!

    No one needs you after all
    That little social scene
    It's just a hate machine
    No one's here to take your call
    And now your self esteem
    Ain't what it used to be

    You've inspired
    The breath of ignorance
    The death of innocence
    Guess who's back and mad as hell
    The nowhere kids that wished you well

    Nowhere!

    No one needs you after all
    That little social scene
    It's just a hate machine
    No one's here to take your call
    And now your self esteem
    Ain't what it used to be

    You've inspired
    The breath of ignorance
    The death of innocence
    Guess who's back and mad as hell
    The nowhere kids that wished you well

    Nowhere! Kids
    Nowhere! Kids
    Nowhere! Kids
    Nowhere! Kids
    Nowhere! Kids
    Nowhere! Kids

    Nowhere! Writer/s: BRENT SMITH, DAVE BASSETT, ERIC BASS
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Evan Bucsis from Stamford High SchoolLove this song I wasn't expecting the F word in this song. Love the rest of the song
  • Richard from New JerseyDidn’t he use profanity on “Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide” off the 2008 record The Sound of Madness?
    “She’s a looker just like Anna nicole
    Oh no, f--k the silver let’s go straight for the gold”
    He also curses of “Sound of madness” and “The Energy”. So this isn’t the first time he curses
  • Logan from Sk Canada Hell yes this is so dam true. Kids ain't do s--t anymore. They can't get off there dam video games for a second.
  • Zero from The Abyss, NjUhh, sorry, that last post made me sound like an @$$. But seriously, every word of this song is true. I'm actually guilty of it too. As a kid in the 90's I would never go outside I would just play video games all day. We even had a nice pool in our backyard and I would never go in. Once I get hooked on something, I can't stop (good thing I never took up drugs, eh?). So I guess this has been going on with kids longer than most seem to think. Although specifically they're talking about facebook and texting and the like. Anyway I'll shut the hell up now and let someone else talk. PEACE!
  • Zero from Nowhere, NjHey, I'm on a computer right now! this song is about me! Actually, I don't spend most of my day on a computer, It's just a rainy night and and I don't feel like playing guitar cuz I played all day already, but someone was going to point out the irony sooner or later....
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