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This is our town, this is Friday night

Dressed in our rags and our rage and our best

Piercing eyes looking for something - anything, just anyone.

Stare across the floor as they begin to dance

Missing all the rhythms and the chosen right steps

 And we laugh and we drink in our corner again

 We're better than them

 Divided we were born, divided we live

 Divided we fall, divided we die

 Still we tell ourselves over and over again

 We're better than them

 With our hunger and our hatred, we all walk this town

 With our fear and our weakness - just holding on

 With our doubt and our emptiness and this cold, cold frown

 We've got to be so important, we'll put the whole damn world down

 And we build the walls that we can hide behind

 And our finest weapon is our poisoned pride

Here in this town where the jealousies burn

 We're watching you

 'Cause truth is only what we need it to be

 To bring us survival through each and every day

 When nowhere is safe and nowhere is home - just be cool

 And what was she wearing and what did he say?

Who goes with who and what did they do?

 We tell ourselves over and over again

 We're better than them

 With our hunger and our hatred, we all walk this town

 With our fear and our weakness - just holding on

 With our doubt and our emptiness and this cold, cold frown

 We've got to be so important, we'll put the whole damn world down

 Divided we were born, divided we live

 Divided we fall, divided we die

 Still we tell ourselves over and over again

 We're better than them