Pearl Jam - Swallow My Pride (Green River tune) lyrics

Those cries, those lies

That tell the truth

Life's intention to open

One's eyes and see it end

Those tries to attempt

To abuse and hinder minds

Accusation for a crime

That's left only justice to blame

World's weak shelter

There's no security

How can I trust

This world that's turned

My life into an irony

This worthless earth

It's infidelity and treachery

Unjustifiable way to

Prove itself a failure

Piece of mind, serenity

Turns to insanity

I've been created

Into a person I

Never thought could exist

No need for thought

It's just plain stupidity

It's so unjust

They've chosen me to die

I ask why me

False truth can't be

World's proven itself

To be nothing but misery

My conscience

Once clear and so free

Has been incarcerated

By our laws of inequality

Not care, not fair, not free

[lead: Paul]

I've been threatened by my own

Ability to live

To end it all inside my head

Is nothing much to give

Immortal lies deface

My sentence document

I plead for understanding

Of this life I resent

Why...

[lead: Paul]

Why... Me...

My liberty been taken away

Laws lack of respect

My trust a revolt or

Mishap meant to be

My mind corrupts for a lie

Left only to infect

My life's just a lifeless irony

To end it all

I've abandoned reality

How can I trust

This world that's turned

My life into an irony