Recipe for Hate

[Verse 1: Greg Graffin]

I was born on Planet Earth

The rotating ball where man comes first

It's been around for a long, long time

But now it's time to watch it die

[Verse 2: Eddie Vedder]

I saw a man on my big blue screen

He ruled the world economy

He said the rich would never concede

But some day soon, he'll be put to sleep

[Verse 3: Greg Graffin]

I've seen the light of the forest green

And adaptations of the deep blue sea

And who knows who is the fittest?

They will all soon be put to rest

[Bridge: Greg Graffin & Eddie Vedder]

On a plunging flight (On a plunging flight)

And we're sitting in the pilot's seat

In the midst of life

People on a dark horizon

Praying somebody will save their lives

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro: Greg Graffin & Eddie Vedder]

I was born on Planet Earth

At a drastic time full of plastic mirth

And everyday I've seen increasing signs

And you would too, if you'd open your eyes

You had a chance, you did not try

So now it's time to watch it die

Now it's time to watch it die!

[Verse 1]

There's an old man on a city bus holding a candy cane

And it isn't even Christmas

He sees a note in the obituary that his last friend has died

There's an infant clinging to his overweight mother in the cold

As they go to shop for cigarettes

And she spends her last dollar on a bottle of vodka for tonight

[Chorus]

And I guess it struck a nerve

Like I had to squint my eyes

You can never get out of the line of sight

Like a barren winter day

Or a patch of unburned green

Like a tragic real dream

I guess it struck a nerve

[Verse 2]

Every day I wander in negative disposition

As I'm bombarded by superlatives

Realizing very well that I am not alone

Introverted, I look to tomorrow for salvation

But I'm thinking altruistically

And a wave of overwhelming doubt turns me to stone

[Chorus]

And I guess it struck a nerve

Sent a murmur through my heart

We just haven't got time to crack the maze

Like a magic speeding clock

Or a cancer in our cells

A collision in the dark

I guess it struck a nerve... one, two!

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

I try to close my eyes

But I cannot ignore the stimuli

If there's a purpose for us all, it remains a secret to me

Don't ask me to justify my life

[Chorus]

'Cause I guess it struck a nerve (It struck a nerve!)

Like I had to squint my eyes

You can never get out of the line of sight

Like a magic speeding clock

Or a cancer in our cells

A collision in the dark

I guess it struck a nerve

[Verse 1]

Suddenly, it came to me

A potent dosage of reality

I saw myself in the broad daylight

And it made me think about life

I am not the kind of guy

Who nods his head with closed eyes

I scoff at labels, defy censuses

And despise group mentality

[Chorus]

All along, I thought that this was only human

But I know now that I'm in the minority

I'm lookin' in, lookin' in

Lookin' in, I'm lookin' in (Ah)

[Verse 2]

Now I think in relation to

My fellow man and what he strives to do

We fail to see there's no compromise

Our evolution is our demise

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

One day, you may find that you are also one of me

A complex microcosm of the human race

Observing those around us, desiring to belong

Behind the guise of salvation, we suffer along the way, yeah

We're lookin' in, lookin' in

Lookin' in, we're lookin' in

Lookin' in, lookin' in

Lookin' in, we're lookin' in

[Verse 1]

Take those potatoes out of your ears

Listen to the warnings, verify all your fears

There's a world outside that's ready to blow

And we're all to blame when it finally explodes

[Pre-Chorus]

You gotta listen up

Gotta listen to what they're sayin' to you

Gotta listen up

And think about what they're telling you

[Verse 2]

Temperature is rising above the odorous rain

Well maybe it's a light of what we throw away

If we don't reuse what's around and free

Our kids can't throw away their comic book fee

[Pre-Chorus]

You gotta listen up

Gotta think about what I'm tellin' you

Gotta listen up

And think about what I'm sayin' to you

[Chorus]

They're the modern day catastrophists

They've got practical solutions

They're the self-appointed righteous pragmatists

And they know fifty ways to save the world

[Verse 3]

What makes you think you can cure our disease?

Maybe it's just a biology

Maybe it's time to make room for another species

Delete the 21st century

[Pre-Chorus]

You gotta listen up

Gotta think about what they're sayin' to you

Gotta listen up

And think about what they're tellin' you

[Chorus]

They're the modern day catastrophists

They know all the right equations

They're the self-appointed righteous pragmatists

And you too can be one of the few to save the world

[Pre-Chorus]

But you gotta listen up

And think about what they're tellin' you

Gotta listen up

And do exactly what they tell you to

[Outro]

They're the modern day catastrophists

Modern day catastrophists

Modern day catastrophists

Modern day catastrophists

Modern day catastrophists

Modern day catastrophists

Modern day catastrophists

Modern day catastrophists

[Verse 1]

Come let us make bricks and burn them hard

We'll build a city with a tower for the world

And climb so we can reach anything we may propose

Anything at all

[Chorus]

Build me up, tear me down

Like a skyscraper

Build me up, then tear down

These joining walls

So they can't climb at all

[Verse 2]

I know why you tore it down that day

You thought, that if you got caught, we'd all go away

Like a spoiled little baby who can't come out to play

You had your revenge

[Chorus]

Build me up, tear me down

Like a skyscraper

Build me up, then tear down

These joining walls

So they can't climb at all

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Well madness reigned and paradise drowned

When Babel's walls came crashing down

Now the echoes roar for a story writ

That was hardly understood

And never any good

[Chorus]

Build me up, tear me down

Like a skyscraper

Build me up, then tear down

These joining walls

So they can't climb at all

[Outro]

Build me up

Build me up

[Skit]

(Turn the lights off!) Hi! Welcome to Stealth! This is a strong narcotics stronghold. This weekend, I will spend over 800 million dollars on drugs. First, I will continue pushing a narcotics for all low income people not now covered, and soon after that, we can get rid of each and everyone of them. And I'm doing what I think is right, and they will certainly deserve it. Goodnight! *audience cheers and claps*