I was walking alone on the ocean   I felt a fever burning up all I am   'Cause if there's one thing I can't stand   It's standing next to my fellow man      It's about to break      For the social worker at the needle exchange   For the soft medicated and the hard deranged   For the lesbians at the bakery   Saying do you really hate me      It's about to break   Break like a fever      People looking for themselves inside of mirrors   For not knowing why you're here   For public appearances on the verge of tears   When you're all played out on greed and fear      Stand up and let me get a look at you   Can we all take a wider view      For the evangelist with a stinger missile   Weapons hot thinking this will   We won't make them follow orders   For doctors without borders      It's about to break   Break like a fever      When I see your face   I want to be in the human race   You're beautiful it's true,    I want to be beautiful like you      For the teenage mother with the baby asleep   For Africa where life is cheap   For losing faith in who you're going with   America fades into myth