You end up spending all your fight to keep your place under the light   In front of new kids who don't seem concerned   So we must teach them what we've learned   When you're DIY you don't have to apologize, you can cut the ties   When you're DIY there's no need for compromise, you can be yourself      They can't take it away: Punk will scream what corporate rock can't say      It never works to play their game, things always turn out the same   Times have changed but it's still not funny   They turn rebellion into money      When money's involved, morals are pliable   You can't be punk and commercially viable   No message survives, once it becomes buyable   If you want to make a difference keep it DIY-able      It's time to give a second thought to what's been gained   And now what's been lost, once punk was young and dangerous   But now that's all been taken from us   By an industry a billion dollars strong   That still has nothing on an old school singalong   We can fight, and we can win, it's time we start this over again