Song Lyrics

Ever wondered what Derek was going on about onstage during songs? Between songs is a different animal altogether, but at any rate, here for your reading pleasure (hopefully) are all the song lyrics that have you vexed.

ADHDAD

I love you more than ice cream
I love you more than figs
I love you now that you’re little
And I’ll love you when you’re big

These are the days that you need me
And you know I’m always here
To teach you the things that you need to know
And wipe away your tears

You’re my Parker boy
You’re my pride and joy
Playing with your toys
From Houston to Hanoi

You’re my little guy
Reaching for the sky
looking oh so fly
with your red hair and your blue eyes

Stomping through the continents
And making your own way
Remember me when you blaze your trail
And I’ll be with you on that day

Who knows what adventures will find you
And what challenges in store
Just when you’ve got it all figured out
You’re scratching your head more

You’re my Parker boy
You’re my pride and joy
Playing with your toys
From Houston to Hanoi

You’re my little guy
Reaching for the sky
looking oh so fly
with your red hair and your blue eyes

Stay wild
Stay hungry
Stay humble
And make me proud

Fight fair
Fight what’s wrong
Fight injustice
Play it loud when you sing your song

You’re my Parker boy
You’re my pride and joy
Playing with your toys
From Houston to Hanoi

You’re my little guy
Reaching for the sky
looking oh so fly
with your red hair and your blue eyes

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Full Body Freakout

Throat full of gravel
Banging your gavel
You don’t know the first thing about me

Ivory castle
Never heard of a hassle
No clue how hard living could be

The world’s on it’s ass
Someone better think fast
We’ve got a brain dead captain
What’s the worst that could happen?
And I don’t wanna stick around and find out
But I can’t jump ship because I don’t have the clout

You win at all costs
That’s what makes you the boss
You don’t care whose head you step on

Soon the time will be done
When you can buy everyone
You won’t always be Teflon Don

The world’s on it’s ass
Someone better think fast
We’ve got a brain dead captain
What’s the worst that could happen?
And I don’t wanna stick around and find out
But I can’t jump ship because I don’t have the clout

Here comes a full body freakout
try not to shriek out
We’re in for stormy weather
But we’ll make it through together

And someday the sun will peek out
Meantime you and I better speak out

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Gatekeeper

Nobody has all the cool toys you do
You lord it over everyone you try to exclude
look in the mirror if you can face the truth
You, even you used to be a newbie too

Gatekeeper
Let people like what they wanna like
Gatekeeper
Why don’t you shut up and get a life
Gatekeeper
Let people like what they wanna like
Gatekeeper
Why don’t you shut up and get a life

Sodium pentothal lasso of truth
Toxic masculinity has gotten into you
You pissed in the pool so no one else can swim
No other way to say it, your thinking is dim

Gatekeeper
Let people like what they wanna like
Gatekeeper
Why don’t you shut up and get a life
Gatekeeper
Let people like what they wanna like
Gatekeeper
Why don’t you shut up and get a life

There’s no room to treat her like she’s less than
Just so you can feel like you’re more of a man
There’s no room to treat her like she’s less than
Just so you can feel like you’re more of a man

Gatekeeper
Let people like what they wanna like
Gatekeeper
Why don’t you shut up and get a life
Gatekeeper
Let people like what they wanna like
Gatekeeper
Why don’t you shut up and get a life

There’s no room to treat her like she’s less than
Just so you can feel like you’re more of a man
There’s no room to treat her like she’s less than
Just so you can feel like you’re more of a man

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Get Hyped

Let’s get hyped for the end of time
Just sitting in the basement writing dope rhymes
Are we gonna survive? Does it even matter?
What’s left of the world after all this chatter?

Cuz life ain’t about
Keeping score
And life ain’t about
More more more

Cuz life ain’t about
Keeping score
And life ain’t about
More more more

The end is nigh, and I’ve got nothing to believe in
Except the guns and the cash stockpile that I’m receivin’
Armageddon it all, everybody duck and cover
Safe and sound in your underground bunkers

Cuz life ain’t about
Keeping score
And life ain’t about
More more more

Cuz life ain’t about
Keeping score
And life ain’t about
More more more

Scoff all you want
You can call me a bore
But someday you’ll be facedown
Dead on the floor
Here comes a preachy punk rock song kicking down your door

So In the meantime…

Road signs with question marks
Backstabbers and loan sharks
You don’t have to hide in the dark
Open up your mind, your fire needs a spark

Cuz life ain’t about
Keeping score
And life ain’t about
More more more

Cuz life ain’t about
Keeping score
And life ain’t about
More more more

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Hate Myself

Some. days. I. just.

Hate myself hate myself
Wish I could remake myself
Hate myself hate myself
Wanna recreate myself

Hate myself hate myself
Wish I could remake myself
Hate myself hate myself
Wanna recreate myself

What do I know?
My opinion means squat
Holding on for dear life
To the one life that I’ve got

So easy to lose sight
Of the love that’s all around
When the sea changes,
waves are crashing, pushing me down

Will I ever be enough?
Will I find where I belong?
Just to get what I need
I’m working twice as hard and long

While the man on top
Has his boot up on my throat
I don’t wanna strike it rich
Just to survive life on my own

By now I oughta be this
and I oughta do that
I need to buckle down
and I’ve gotta cut the fat

I oughta make this
and I shouldn’t take that
Feeling like a number
Racing like a rat and now I…

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Holding Steady

You think you’re such a savage
But you’re just acting petty
And you’re holding steady!

How come you all call this a party
But nobody’s having fun?
Well I don’t want none!

If you can pair it down to two extremes
Well, then you must be so much smarter than me

Or maybe then I’ve got it all wrong
I should watch more TV news and write less songs

If the game’s divide and conquer
Both sides have perfect aim
we love to be the prey

When politics is the new religion
The dogma’s fear and hate
Only the rich are saved

If you can pair it down to two extremes
Well, then you must be so much smarter than me

Or maybe then I’ve got it all wrong
I should watch more TV news and write less songs

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Imbalance

I’m not a robot
I won’t turn for every curve that I see
I won’t be a slave
To the image you’re projecting on me

It’s not what we thought when we were kids
It’s not the only thing that makes the world go round
Everybody needs to get their heads screwed on
It’s not impossible, a balance can be found

What are you trying to sell me?
A sandwich or a prostitute?
Even if it bit you in the face
You wouldn’t know what good taste constitutes

It’s not what we thought when we were kids
It’s not the only thing that makes the world go round
Everybody needs to get their heads screwed on
It’s not impossible, a balance can be found

Decide on your own standards
You don’t have to sink to the standard you’ve been given
What on earth could be worse
Being told what to see or what you should believe in?

It’s not what we thought when we were kids
It’s not the only thing that makes the world go round
Everybody needs to get their heads screwed on
It’s not impossible, a balance can be –

It’s not what we thought when we were kids
It’s not the only thing that makes the world go round
Everybody needs to get their heads screwed on
It’s not impossible, a balance can be found

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My Lullaby

You’d sing “you are my only sunshine” as you’d gently rock me to sleep
I knew you’d never kid a kid when you said that you would always be there for me
Growing up, it was only you and me at home, just us against the world
Sometimes when things were hard to understand, you’d ease my mind with this priceless pearl

You’d sing:

Rest your head – things will look better in the morning
Go to bed, tomorrow is another day

Years later, when I struck out on my own you / didn’t understand that it was my time
It was hard to tell you over the phone / that every little thing would turn out fine
Now today, it seems that I’m all grown up / with a wife and a child of my own
I’ll remember you when singing to my sunshine / a mother’s love is an unending song

You’d sing:

Rest your head – things will look better in the morning
Go to bed, tomorrow is another day

You’re my safe place
You’re my sweet song
You’re my lullaby
(My lullaby)

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Nobody Cares

Here comes another year of writing songs that no one will hear
I ask myself why I still do this when I look in the mirror

I’d take a bullet for so many people in this town
But when I ask them for some help they all just keep looking down

But I’m still gonna play (I’m still gonna play)
Cuz I still wanna play (I still wanna play)
Even if there ain’t no more glory days.

And I’m still gonna care even if nobody’s there
And I’ll still be there even if nobody cares
And I’m still gonna care even if nobody’s there
And I’ll still be there even if nobody cares

Honestly if I think about it for more than a minute
This scene might be better off without me in it

Enemy or family, Don’t care what you say
I’m gonna keep on doing this my own way

But I’m still gonna play (I’m still gonna play)
Cuz I still wanna play (I still wanna play)
Even if there ain’t no more glory days.

And I’m still gonna care even if nobody’s there
And I’ll still be there even if nobody cares
And I’m still gonna care even if nobody’s there
And I’ll still be there even if nobody cares

Do I care too much?
Am I running out of luck?
Do I care too much?
Am I getting out of touch?

Do I care too much?
Should I go home and give up?
Do I care too much?
Do they all just think I suck?

I care too much

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Open Hands

Caterpillar stomach
waiting to explode
Promises dreamt of, to always
Have and to hold

It will feel so good to forget
So good to finally understand
Hopes will arise, at last justified
Greeted with soft open hands

A two way stop
a caution light
Proceed toward me
Put up a fight

It will feel so good to forget
So good to finally understand
Hopes will arise, at last justified
Greeted with soft open hands

Give me space
A chance to grow
Show me grace
so that I’ll know

God gave me to you
No second thoughts
No turning back and
wanting not

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The One

This is not the end – it’s the beginning
Gravity will set your world to spinning, Your
Universe is now set to expand toward
The one you’re waiting for

Others used to say you were too selfish
No room in your heart, how could loved ones tell you this?
Changing for the best, here comes your grand tour
The one you’re waiting for

One who looks up to you
Little one who needs you there
A calling to live up to
A Savior’s love you’re called to

Hold him by the hand
Teach him to be a man

The woman by your side taught you to be strong
Love is here and fear won’t be hanging around long
Now you’ve never wanted anything more
Than the one you’re waiting for

You can be his shield from the world’s hatred
Arm him with a sword to fight for all that’s sacred, show
What it means to live a life that’s been reborn
The one you’re waiting for

One who looks up to you
Little one who needs you there
A calling to live up to
A Savior’s love you’re called to

Hold him by the hand
Teach him to be a man

One who looks up to you
Little one who needs you there
A calling to live up to
A Savior’s love you’re called to share

One who looks up to you
Little one who needs you there
A calling to live up to
A Savior’s love you’re called to

Hold him by the hand
Teach him to be a man
Help him to understand
His part in a greater plan

Now it’s all talk talk talk
Til it’s coming around

And if you don’t hear me
Just listen up for the sound

Of little footsteps running
Up to your heart’s door

It’s the one you’re waiting for
It’s the one you’re waiting for
It’s the one you’ve been waiting for

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Ride or Die

I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry sorry sorry
feels like all I ever say

All I do is wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong
every minute every hour every day

Ride or die might mean I die
Ride or die might mean I die
Ride or die might mean I die
Inside

I offered up my innocence
You paid me back in scorn
But a blanket apology
is anything but warm

When you put me in the grave
Put your ear down to the ground
Listen really closely
and you might just hear this sound

I’m Sorry

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