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Stay in line, young man
We've got rules, you understand,
and it takes just one bad apple to spoil the bunch
Sameness is the key
Pride in mediocrity
And we can't afford to have you singled out

Suffer obedience
My chance to jump the fence
I will not be broken down
I will stand firm in my ground
Color inside the lines
Exile the brightest minds
I can see right through your plot
I am alive while you are not

We serve a common good
Your father always would
I am one and I am strong
I can see I don't belong
We have you on file
Come now, we don't beguile
I will hold on to myself
I give in to no one else...

I thought I'd change the world in a day
It doesn't work that way
I know I've made a mark on the world
if I should die today

Don't exceed your peers
Son, we know your worst fears
This will hurt us more than it hurts you
We have set no trap
Add a feather to your cap
Listen, we all like things just the way they are

Suffer obedience
My chance to jump the fence
I will not be broken down
I will stand firm in my ground
Color inside the lines
Exile the brightest minds
I can see right through your plot
I am alive while you are not

We serve a common good
Your father always would
I am one and I am strong
I can see I don't belong
We have you on file
Come now, we don't beguile
I will hold on to myself
I give in to no one else...
no one else...

I thought I'd change the world in a day
It doesn't work that way
I know I've made a mark on the world
if I should die today