Better Than Them

This is our town,

this is Friday night

dressed in our rags

and our rage and our best

piercing eyes looking for something,

anything, just anyone



Stare across the floors

they begin to dance

missing all the rhythms

and the chosen right steps

and we laugh and we drink

in our corner again

we're better than them

we're better than them



Divided we were born,

divided we live

divided we fall,

yeah, divided we die

still we tell ourselves

over and over again

we're better than them

we're better than them



With our hunger and our hatred

we all walk this town

with our fear and our weakness

just holding on



With our doubt and our emptiness

and this cold, cold frown

we got to be so important

we'll put the whole damn world down.



And we build the walls

that we can hide behind

and our finest weapon

is our poisoned pride

here in this town

where the jealousies burn

we're watching you



And truth is only

what we need it to be

to bring us survival

through each and every day

where nowhere is safe

and nowhere is home

just be cool



And what was she wearing

and what did he say

who goes with who

and what did they do?

yeah, we tell ourselves

over and over again

we're better than them

we're better than them



With our hunger and our hatred

we all walk this town

with our fear and our weakness

just holding on



With our doubt and our emptiness

and this cold, cold frown

we got to be so important

we'll put the whole damn world down.



Divided we were born,

divided we live

divided we fall,

yeah, divided we die

still we tell ourselves

over and over again

we're better than them

we're better than them



we're better than them

(we're not like them!)

we're better than them...