What is the measure of the common man?
No deeds to share,
Gifts to compare.
When all I have it rests in on ticking hands,
I have my ways
Descent delayed.
And I have tried to make you see
A brighter hue,
But deep down, I know, I'll be
Forever blue.
And there's a blackness inside me
That's breaking through,
But deep down, I know, I'll be
Forever blue.
Nobody wants to learn a thing these days,
An endless coil
Of waste and toil.
Empires are built upon the ashes of
The weak and frail
Those doomed to fail.
And I've been trying to set free
A lighter hue,
But deep down, I know, I'll be
Forever blue.
And there's a blackness inside me
That's breaking through,
But deep down, I know, I'll be
Forever blue.
My colors will release the bonds again,
I'm growin into all I could have been.
All of these changes that you see,
Maybe it's all just chemistry?
You've made a monster out of me,
Baby, it's all just chemistry.
It's all just chemistry.
I'm gonna burn it all.