For And Against

There's something happening in my home town
Folks are building up things they used to have torn down
My granddaddy used to say the neighbours should have a key to your front door
So how come now that I'm a man this ain't the sort of place he laid his life down for?

Well who are you and where do you come from?
There's a darken night there and sometimes in the day do you miss the sun?
Do you feel like it's easier to choke?
Like breathing's just a trick to make you feel a part of something
Like everything's a trick to make you feel a part of something

To feel your head, hit your heart, hear yourself scream
Still alive but set up to die
For and against the same thing
The wind it blows, the ocean throws, the world waits sleeping
Inside this cage, ancient heart
For and against the same thing
The way you move against my skin gives me meaning
The way we were is the way we are
For and against the same thing

There's something happening in my home town
Folks are hearing voices but they never make no sounds
Do you feel like it's easier to choke?
Like breathing's just a trick to make you feel a part of being

Knocked down, set back up, knocked down again
Knocked down, set back up, knocked down again

To feel your head, hit your heart, hear yourself scream
Still alive but set up to die
For and against the same thing
The wind it blows, the ocean throws, the world waits sleeping
Inside this cage, ancient heart
For and against the same thing
Like the way you move against my skin gives me meaning
The way we were is the way we are
For and against the same thing
The way we were is the way we are
For and against the same thing
Yeah the way we were is the way we are
For and against the same thing