What Makes Us Tick

(álbum: State Of The World Address - 1994)

What makes us tick?
Are we mentally sick?
Feelings inside that drive us like pride
Or emotional scars from our friends that have died
What makes us build walls so incredibly high?

They exceed the ceiling
From the terrified feelings
Which we often repress
And end up depressed

Some vent it as rage
It's the fashion these days
In a twisted society, we drown in anxiety
Has push come to shove?
Have we killed the dove?
Are we caught in a fit?
What makes us tick?

Has man gone insane?
Are we feeling the strain?
We must dig and must pick
As to what makes us tick?
Has push come to shove?
Have we killed the dove?
Are we caught in the thick
What makes us tick?

Can you feel the pain that I feel? (No!)
So let me tell you about what is real (Go!)
The pain inside, it kills me, I cry (So!)
What is it that makes us tick?

Can you hear the cries that I cry? (Why?)
Leave me alone, I'm ready to die (Die!)
For me I lie to myself, I deny
Just what is it that makes us tick?

Can you feel the pain that I feel? (No!)
So let me tell you about what is real (Go!)
The pain inside, it kills me, I cry (So!)
What is it that makes us tick?