Somebody told me that I'd always have to bow   If that was true I would have fallen apart by now   The more you think, the less you act their way   So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress      Never reason with a fool, but is that unkind   Looks like I've lost my mind once again   I know it all sounds so contrived, but it's got to me   You know I've got to be more than this      Don't frown, don't scorn   'Cause I walk a different street to you   You look so worn, I bet that life has has got you down   But it will never get to me      Somebody told me that I'd always have to bow   If that was true I would have fallen apart by now   The more you think, the less you act their way   So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress      And I feel the way you hold, hold me back from this   Chances that I've missed, now they're gone   Apathy is all I sense, the feeling's too intense   Sitting on the fence, can't decide      Don't frown, don't scorn   'Cause I walk a different street to you   You look so worn, I bet that life has got you down   But it will never get to me      Somebody told me that I'd always have to bow   If that was true I would have fallen apart by now   The more you think, the less you act their way   So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress      All these words that I can't afford, never feel another day   All these times that I need more, make me take away   Tell me now, can you hear the sound of all these people falling down   Growing back into the ground, make me smile again      All these words that I can't afford, never feel another day   All these times that I want more, make me take away   All these words that I can't afford, I'll never feel another day   It makes me take away      Somebody told me that I always have to bow   If that was true I would have fallen apart by now   The more you think, the less you act their way   So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress      You make me smile again   You make me smile again, yeah   You make me smile again