American Life Do I have to change my name? Will it get me far? Should I lose some weight? Am I gonna be a star? I tried to be a boy I tried to be a girl I tried to be a mess I tried to be the best I guess I did it wrong That's why I wrote this song This type of modern life Is it for me? This type of modern life Is it for free? So I went into a bar Looking for sympathy A little company I tried to find a friend It's more easily said It's always been the same This type of modern life Is not for me This type of modern life Is not for free American life [American life] I live the American dream [American dream] You are the best thing I've seen You are not just a dream [American life] Do I have to change my name? Will it get me far? Should I lose some weight? Am I gonna be a star? American life I tried to be a boy Tried to be a girl Tried to be a mess Tried to be the best Tried to find a friend Tried to stay ahead I tried to stay on top Fuck it Uh, fuck it I'm drinkin' a soy latte I get a double shoté It goes right through my body And you know I'm satisfied I drive my Mini Cooper And I'm feeling super-duper Yo they tell me I'm a trooper And you know I'm satisfied I do yoga and pilates And the room is full of hotties So I'm checking out their bodies And you know I'm satisfied I'm diggin' on the isotope This metaphysics shit is dope And if all this can give me hope You know I'm satisfied I got a lawyer and a manager An agent and a chef Three nannies, an assistant And a driver and a jet A trainer and a butler And a bodyguard or five A gardener and a stylist Do you think I'm satisfied? I'd like to express my extreme point-of-view I'm not a Christian and I'm not a Jew I'm just living out the American dream And I just realized that nothing is what it seems [American life] [I'm the American dream

Hollywood Everybody comes to Hollywood They wanna make it in the neighborhood They like the smell of it in Hollywood How could it hurt you when it looks so good? Shine your light now This time it's got to be good You get it right now, yeah 'Cause you're in Hollywood There's something in the air in Hollywood The sun is shining like you knew it would You're riding in your car in Hollywood You got the top down and it feels so good I lost my memory in Hollywood I've had a million visions, bad and good There's something in the air in Hollywood I tried to leave it but I never could Music stations always play the same songs I'm bored with the concept of right and wrong 'Cause you're in Hollywood 'Cause you're in Hollywood In Hollywood Check it out, this bird has flown Push the button Don't push the button Trip the station Change the channel

I'm So Stupid 'Cause I used to live In a fuzzy dream And I wanted to be Like all the pretty people I'm so stupid 'Cause I used to live In a fuzzy dream And I used to believe In the pretty pictures That were all around me But now I know for sure That I was stupid Please don't try to tempt me It was just greed And it won't protect me Don't want my dreams Adding up to nothing I was just looking for Everybody's looking for something Stupider than stupid Stupider than stupid Everybody's looking for something Everybody's stupid, stupid Everybody's looking for something Everybody's stupid, stupid Everybody's looking for something Everybody's stupid, stupid Everybody's looking for something Everybody [everybody]

Love Profusion There are too many questions There is not one solution There is no resurrection There is so much confusion And the love profusion You make me feel You make me know And the love vibration You make me feel You make it shine There are too many options There is no consolation I have lost my illusions What I want is an explanation And the love profusion You make me feel You make me know And the love direction You make me feel You make me shine You make me feel You make me shine You make me feel I got you under my skin I got you under my skin I got you under my skin I got you under my skin There is no comprehension There is real isolation There is so much destruction What I want is a celebration And I know I can feel bad When I get in a bad mood And the world can look so sad Only you make me feel good

Nobody Knows Me I've had so many lives Since I was a child And I realize How many times I've died I'm not that kind of guy Sometimes I feel shy I think I can fly Closer to the sky No one's telling you how to live your life But it's a setup until you're fed up This world is not so kind People trap your mind It's so hard to find Someone to admire I, I sleep much better at night I feel closer to the light Now I'm gonna try To improve my life No one's telling you how to live your life But it's a setup until you're fed up It's no good when you're misunderstood But why should I care what the world thinks of me Won't let a stranger give me a social disease Nobody, nobody knows me Nobody knows me Nobody knows me Like you know me Nobody knows me Nobody knows me Like you know me   I don't want no lies I don't watch TV I don't waste my time Won't read a magazine Nobody knows me Nobody knows me Nobody knows me Like, like you know me Like you know me Like you know me Like you know me Like you know me (Its no fun but the damage is done Don't want your social disease Don't want your social disease)

Nothing Fails I'm in love with you, you silly thing Anyone can see What is it with you, you silly thing Just take it from me It was not a chance meeting Feel my heart beating You're the one You could take all this, take it away I'd still have it all 'Cause I've climbed the tree of life, and that is why No longer scared if I fall When I get lost in space I can return to this place 'Cause, you're the one Nothing fails No more fears Nothing fails You washed away my tears Nothing fails No more fears Nothing fails Nothing fails I'm not religious But I feel so moved Makes me want to pray Pray you'll always be here I'm not religious But I feel such love Makes me want to pray [I'm not religious] [But I feel so moved, mmm] [I'm not religious] [Makes me wanna pray] [I'm not religious] I'm not religious, but it makes me wanna pray [But I feel so moved, mmm] Makes me wanna pray [I'm not religious] I'm not religious, but it makes me wanna pray [Makes me wanna pray] Makes me wanna pray [I'm not religious] [But I feel so moved, mmm] Makes me wanna pray [I'm not religious] [Makes me wanna pray] Makes me wanna

Intervention I got to save my baby Because he makes me cry I got to make him happy I got to teach him how to fly I want to take him higher Way up like a bird in the sky I got to calm him down now I want to save his life And I know that love will change us forever And I know that love will keep us together And I know, I know there is nothing to fear And I know that love will take us away from here Sometimes it's such a pleasure Sometimes I wanna tear it all down It's easy to be lazy And hard to go away from the crowd I know the road looks lonely But that's just Satan's game And either way my baby We'll never be the same In the blink of an eye everything could change Say hello to your life, now you're living This is it from now on It's a brand new day It was time to wake up from this dream [from this dream] And I know [And I know] that love [that love] will change us forever And I know [And I know] that love [that love] Will keep [that love] us together [that love] And I know [And I know] that love [that love] will change us forever And I know [And I know] that love [that love] will keep us together And I know [And I know], I know [I know] there is nothing to fear And I know [And I know] that love [that love] will take us away from here

X-Static Process I'm not myself when you're around I'm not myself standing in a crowd I'm not myself and I don't know how I'm not myself, myself right now Jesus Christ will you look at me Don't know who I'm supposed to be Don't really know if I should give a damn When you're around, I don't know who I am I'm not myself when you go quiet I'm not myself all alone at night I'm not myself, don't know who to call I'm not myself at all I always wished that I could find Someone as beautiful as you But in the process I forgot That I was special too I always wished that I could find Someone as talented as you But in the process I forgot That I was just as good as you

Mother And Father There was a time I was happy in my life There was a time I believed I'd live forever There was a time I prayed to Jesus Christ There was a time I had a mother It was nice Nobody else would ever take the place of you Nobody else could do the things that you could do No one else I guess could hurt me like you did I didn't understand, I was just a kid Oh mother, why aren't you here with me No one else saw the things that you could see I'm trying hard to dry my tears Yes father, you know I'm not so free I've got to give it up Find someone to love me I've got to let it go Find someone that I can care for I've got to give it up Find someone to love me I've got to let it go Find someone that I can care for There was a time I was happy in my life There was a time I believed I'd live forever There was a time I prayed to Jesus Christ There was a time I had a mother It was nice My mother died when I was five And all I did was sit and cry I cried and cried and cried all day Until the neighbors went away They couldn't take my loneliness I couldn't take their phoniness My father had to go to work I used to think he was a jerk I didn't know his heart was broken And not another word was spoken He became a shadow of The father I was dreaming of I made a vow that I would never need Another person ever Turned my heart into a cage A victim of a kind of rage I gotta give it up Find someone that I can care for Find someone that I can care for I've got to let it go I've got to give it up Oh mother, oh father I've got to give it up I gotta give it up

Die Another Day I'm gonna wake up, yes and no I'm gonna kiss some part of I'm gonna keep this secret I'm gonna close my body now I guess, die another day I guess, die another day I guess, die another day I guess, die another day I guess I'll die another day [Another day] I guess I'll die another day [Another day] I guess I'll die another day [Another day] I guess I'll die another day Sigmund Freud Analyze this Analyze this Analyze this I'm gonna break the cycle I'm gonna shake up the system I'm gonna destroy my ego I'm gonna close my body now Uh, uh I think I'll find another way There's so much more to know I guess I'll die another day It's not my time to go For every sin, I'll have to pay I've come to work, I've come to play I think I'll find another way It's not my time to go I need to lay down Another day

Easy Ride I want the good life But I don't want an easy ride What I want is to work for it Feel the blood and sweat on my fingertips That's what I want for me I want to know everything Maybe someday I will What I want is to find my place Breathe the air and feel the sun on my children's face That's what I want I go round and round just like a circle I can see a clearer picture When I touch the ground I come full circle To my place and I am home I am home I want to let go of all disappointment that's waiting for me What I want is to live forever Not defined by time and space It's a lonely place That's what I want I go round and round just Round and round just