it goes job after job after blow to the self value   he doesnt get along with powerful people   the mind is a box kept locked   inside is the pride and the ego and he cant find the keyhole   compensates with alcohol and hate   and contimplates weither or not he wants to be awake   bounce around the words, all the nouns and verbs   but better late then never doesnt work for work   cant hold employment, cant hold a girl   but he can hold a weapon and keep this whole world steppin   another angry arrogent american   one frustrated step away from where you stand   put your hands up for fear or fear itself   or write it off as balances and cheques   or take the sign out the window and change it to say you want to help   maybe we can talk him into walking up these steps      (chorus x2)   keep looking up   try to count them   how many left   look em up   one at a time   until your out of breath   one foot infront of the other   right, left   you can spend your whole life   climbing these steps   (brother)      for every boy that she allows to step on her heart   she comes one step closer to findin what she needs   the sad part is shes still stuck somewhere behind the start   still doesnt know what it takes to make it leave   that tattoo bleeds upon the paid dues   break the rules, to balance the odds, challenge her god   the untrained eye thinks shes got it all together   but the first time i seen her smile i knew better   right down the letters, piece them in order   make sense out of a sentance, give the picture a border   got to sort through the images that clutter the soul   but the photo got fried cause the shutter didnt close   over exposed, too many steps, too soon   killed the pain with a jameson under a blue moon   she climbs, she cries, she waits   how many more can she take before her legs break      (chorus x2)   keep looking up   try to count them   how many left   look em up   one at a time   until your out of breath   one foot infront of the other   right, left   you can spend your whole life   climbing these steps   (sister)   (dont stop)