Sometimes I Feel Like

Bad Religion · No Control [1989]

There's a specter in the corner of an illustrated page and

A lonesome muted stripling with a rapt remedial gaze

The poverty of his language and the wealth of his emotion

Bring him endless murky musings and unexpected frustration



Angst and madness weave the fabric of his life

Tomorrow might be better but right now it feels like



There's a panther wild and proud behind the doors of a redolent cage and

An undeveloped intellect filled with impotent and static rage

And don't think you're exepmt if you earn a good weekly wage

'Cause your neighbor's going crazy and insanity's contagious



I know there's so much you want to say but your tongue gets in the way

And sometimes it feels like



I know there's so much you want to say

and the tumbrel of your mind gets in the way

It's the same for everybody to degrees

We all get that foggy freeze

And sometimes it feels like