I used to think my thoughts made me mad - then I realized I was just mad, with thoughts   Taught my hands to speak my mind - the inside of a fist is soft   Had 6 strings to take my mind off of things - to ventilate hostility with positivity   And control my aggressive tendencies - cause what I am is what you hear      It's a piece of me to outlive my flesh - and continue my bloodline   Like a child, yet complete in it's form - like a child, but you can't mold it wrong      An angry kid becomes an angry man   And the pendulum swings like a thinking mind   The pendulum swings and it passes time   Like a mood it swings me wide      Until I've lost my balance and fallen to it   Like a mindquake it puts me through it   Like a hand shake it greets me   As it cheats me of a content life      And in the end we bend to make amends   Before your own angst eats ya   And to those that made winter so cold   I hope your food repeats ya      And in my darkest room I feel my way through - guided by a short leash   Made of sound to keep down - the part of me I fear   It's a piece of me that puts my flesh to the test - gives it power   And devours my awareness - of what's waiting under my skin      It's a piece of me to outlive my flesh - and continue my bloodline   Like a child, yet complete in it's form - like a child, but you can't mold it wrong      An angry kid becomes an angry man   And the pendulum swings like a thinking mind   The pendulum swings and it passes time   Like a mood it swings me wide      Until I've lost my balance and fallen to it   Like a mindquake it puts me through it   Like a hand shake it greets me   As it cheats me of a content life      ...And in the end we bend to make amends   'Cause any one of us can blow up   And so I'm not covered in your food before ya do   I really hope ya throw up      An angry kid becomes an angry man   And the pendulum swings like a thinking mind   The pendulum swings and it passes time   Like a mood it swings me wide      Until I've lost my balance and fallen to it   Like a mindquake it puts me through it   Like a hand shake it greets me   As it cheats me of a content life      ...And in the end we bend to make amends   'Cause any one of us can blow up   Since I'll be there to collect my share   I'd like to see ya throw up