UNIFORM

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There was a sense of disappointment

As we left the mall

All the young people looked the same

Wearing their masks of cool and indifference

Commerce dressed up as rebellion

 

'Cause we're so handsome

And we're so bored

So entertain us, tell me a joke

Make it long, make it last

Make it cruel, just make me laugh

We can't be hurt

We can't be hurt

 

Drink to forget your blues on the weekend

Think about more things to buy

The TV taught me how to sulk

And love nothing

And how to grow my hair long

 

'Cause we're so handsome

(We're so handsome)

And we're so bored

(We're so bored)

So entertain us

(Entertain us)

Tell me a joke

(Tell me a joke)

Make it long

Make it last

Make it cruel

Just make me laugh

We can't be hurt

We can't be hurt

We can't be hurt

 

So why do you go picking

Fights that you'll lose?

(When you have entertainment)

(When you things to pass the time)

 

So why do you go thinking

Thoughts that are above you?

(You can be happy, just play dumb)

(You can be happy, just play dumb)

 

Well I was brave and unique

intelligent, a snowflake

I could have been a hero

No-one can be trusted

Over the age of 14

 

Tattoo our arms

Converse shoes

Cynical

(We still do it)

We tell ourselves we're different

I've gotten so good at lying to myself

 

(Oh)

All my pain and honour is used up

(Oh, oh, oh)

All my guns are rusted

 

So when you gonna realise

Those are not your wrongs to right?

Have another line

Have another drink

(Pop songs won't change the government,

the government)

 

I am a martyr, I just need a motive

I am a martyr, I just need a cause

I'm a believer, I just need a moment

I'm a believer, I just need a cause

 

We're finding it hard to break the mould

We're finding it hard to be alone 

We're finding it hard

To have time by ourselves

We have nothing at all to say

 

Uniform

Uniform

Uniform

 

There was a sense of disappointment

As we left the mall

All the young people looked the same