A suicide pact, a lit cigarnAnd a new way to sing alongnIn a dying culture that feeds on the blindnAnd waits for the lethal sicknessnnThere's a boy out back with a gun to his chestnLike it's the only way to relieve stressnThen the culture dies and it leaves us blindnIn the wake of our resistancennBoy, if you step outsidenYou'll never make itnThe world could be a bitter place sometimesnIt's better just stay insidennBoy, if you step outsidenYou'll never make itnThe world could be a bitter place sometimesnIt's better just stay insidennA case of hard facts and no one knowsnNot a damn thing can be exposednIn this world of ours where we're living in hopenDespair is where we keep our wishesnnNot alone or afraid, but afraid to recitenThe words you hear and the wrongs you rightnThe world is ours but we're only in chargenOf our lives and how we live themnnBoy, if you step outsidenYou'll never make itnThe world could be a bitter place sometimesnIt's better just stay insidennBoy, if you step outsidenYou'll never make itnThe world could be a bitter place sometimesnIt's better just stay insidennToday's abusednWhat is there for younJust rise above the fewnThat lay in stonenTrying to obtain an idol to betraynnBesidesnThere's so much on the linenDon't take a step backnNot one more step backnnBoy, if you step outsidenYou'll never make itnThe world could be a bitter place sometimesnIt's better just stay insidennBoy, if you step outsidenYou'll never make itnThe world could be a bitter place sometimesnIt's better just stay insidennBoy, when you step outsidenYou gotta face itnThe world could be a bitter place sometimesnBut you're gonna be just fine, you're gonna be just finennYou're gonna be just finenYou're gonna be just finenBoy, don't step outsidenBoy, don't step outside