once you recognize the truth tell me what do you do it s inside of me and its inside of you addicted to the sickness it s an actual fact all i know is i hope we re better than that all i know is i hope we re better than that we try to lend a hand to help our fellow man we cooperate enough to stay alive but what is said and done it s all about number one and devotion to the trinity of me myself and i once you recognize the truth tell me what do you do it s inside of me and it s inside of you addicted to the sickness it s an actual fact all i know is i hope we re better than that i remember once this guy made my girl cry so i went to get a hammer to break his knees nothing came of it except just macho bullshit or expression of the symptoms of the naked ape s disease and the nightmare keeps repeating while the consciences are sleeping untroubled and unclean this cool girl that i know went and had a baby an amazing leap of faith and when i see them she lets me hold the kid a while and i watch the baby smile i thought i d outgrown hope but what i see there gives me reason once you recognize the truth tell me what do you do it s inside of me and its inside of you addicted to the sickness its an actual fact all i know is i hope we re better than that all i know is i hope we re better than that oh we re better than that oh we re better than that all i know is i hope we re better than that