i was hanging upside down from the overpass waiting to discover something about the world i couldn t get with the programme and i couldn t listen to them it was like trying to think in reverse and i don t want to slide into apathy and i don t want to die in captivity but these monsters follow me around hunting me down trying to wipe me out wipe me out wipe me out wipe me out yeah i was hiding away underwater waiting for distance and buying some time trying to be two hundred thousand years younger so i could excuse myself from humankind cause i don t want to be a container or a bastard with a ten page disclaimer but these monsters spin me around get me down just try and shut me out shut me out shut me out shut me out hold it in your head hold it in your head hold it in your head believe and make believe and make believe  verse 2 i was hiding away underwater waiting for distance waiting for time pre chorus 1 and i don t want to slide into apathy and i don t want to live in captivity ooo ooo shut me out shut me out shut me out1