I can't stop staring at myself   My face reflected in this empty plate   I can't decide if it's the devil   Or if it's just something I ate      'Cause he's been down there all morning   He's patiently waiting at my gate   He's throwing rocks at my window   "Hey, won't you come on out and play with me?      And every day when I get up   I see folks trading in their crowns   For all these paper or plastic lives   An opiate for the masses hounds      And pride like a vestige of lives lost   The stench of the old folks coming around   Now with the news I heard today   I can't tell if this world is lost or found      You go, I'll be waiting here   And I'm awake, no I cannot sleep   So I'll sit upon this, rock is you   I ain't standing up for nothing      I've never seen my congressman   But I can't deny that he exists   'Cause I've seen his legislation pass   I've seen his name on the ballot list      The same I can't deny this fallen world   Though not my home, it's where I live   How can I preserve and light the way   For a world that I can't admit I'm in      'Cause I know who I say you are   But these crows can't be made to stop   So I'll sit denying by this fire   I ain't standing up for nothing      Lack of interest leads to   Lack of knowledge leads to   Lack of perspective leads to   Lack of communication leads to      Lack of understanding leads to   Lack of concern leads to   This complacency denotes   This approval denies the truth      But I can't stop staring at myself   It's my face reflected in this empty plate   And I know that it's the devil   So you lead, I'll be close behind      So you speak, I'll hang on your words   You've got to lift me from this hardened tree   'Cause I ain't standing up for nothing