I wanna be better than oxygennSo you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the kneesnI wanna speak louder than RitalinnFor all the children who think that they've got a diseasenI wanna be cooler than tvnFor all the kids that are wondering what they are going to benWe can be stronger than bombsnIf you're singing along and you know that you really believenWe can be richer than industrynAs long as we know that there's things that we don't really neednWe can speak louder than ignorancenCause we speak in silence every time our eyes meetnnOn and on, and on, and on it goesnThe world it just keeps spinningnUntil i'm dizzy, time to breathenSo close my eyes and start again anewnnSometimes at night the evening noons follows after menWaits for me there in the window beside my bednAnd dad watches like a shadow of apathyn‘Cause fear is a weapon it keeps me from looking aheadnUntil I whispernJust as these blankets cover menThe future is meant to benNothing can stop it’s a factnI look for heroes and my search for identitynAnd none of them seemed to be quite what they want me to think nThey put together just like parts in a factorynThey built personalities and sells them on tvnI go and meditate for days in my closetnTo shut out these profitsnWho show me the ways how I should bennOn and on, and on, and on it goesnThe world it just keeps spinningnUntil i'm dizzy, time to breathenSo close my eyes and start again anewnnIf i'm afraid to catch a dreamnI weave your baskets and i'll float them down the river streamnEach one i weave with words i speak to carry love to your reliefnnI wanna be better than oxygennSo you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the kneesnI wanna speak louder than RitalinnFor all the children who think that they've got a diseasenI wanna be cooler than t.v.nFor all the kids that are wondering what they are going to benWe can be stronger than bombsnIf you're singing along and you know that you really believenWe can be richer than industrynAs long as we know that there's things that we don't really neednWe can speak louder than ignorancenCause we speak in silence every time our eyes meetnnOn and on, and on, and on it goesnThe world it just keeps spinningnUntil i'm dizzy, time to breathenSo close my eyes and start again anew