striking back for the last   heart attack   first you tip the scale   then they tip it back   this escalating trend   will never end   if they take from you   then you take from them      with less concern   for what is fair   to an unconsidered   blame you bear   this escalating trend   will never end,   if they take from you...   you take from them again      waking up from a dream into another day   never taking to heart all of the words they say   it so hard to believe if you never see   that the truth is split on the in-between   waking up from your dream into another day   never taking to heart all of the words they say   it so hard to believe because the truth is this:   what hatred breeds you must resist      Who was the first   and who was the last   did you count yourself   or omit the past   this basic concept   begins again   when your actions flow   from the hate within?      waking up from a dream into another day   never taking to heart all of the words they say   it so hard to believe if you never see   that the truth is split on the in-between   waking up from your dream into another day   never taking to heart all of the words they say   it so hard to believe because the truth is this:   what hatred breeds you must resist      I don't understand   why do you try   to make hatred and intolerance seem justified   I don't understand your prejudice and lies   tear down your ignorance open your eyes      if the heart is rich   then what you think you are   in your core beliefs   should not become a sword   this basic concept   is where it ends...   if you close your heart   then you begin again      I don't understand   why do you try   to make hatred and intolerance seem justified   I don't understand your prejudice and lies   tear down your ignorance open your eyes      waking up from a dream into another day   never taking to heart all of the words they say   it so hard to believe if you never see   that the truth is split on the in-between   waking up from your dream into another day   never taking to heart all of the words they say   it so hard to believe because the truth is this:   what hatred breeds you must resist      waking from your dream state   waking to the truth