Throw Away the Script

Seen all the films, read all the books
It's the way you look
It was written that you'd wear that kind of shirt
Feel that kind of hurt
Rebel in school, text book excitement
Follow the rules, so cool
Too cool to handle
Burn both ends of someone else's candle
So act it out
It's the safest form of danger
Pull one point on another friend
Impress another stranger
Lay out your worn out line, it'll last you all night long
Keep you feeling something special
Keep you young and keep you strong

When will you throw away the script?
When are you gonna throw away the script?
When will you throw away the script?
When are you gonna throw away the script?

So cool
A hundred thousand misfits
They don't fit the same description
Your sexuality's compulsory
And your medicine's on prescription
You like a little bloodshed
If the stains aren't on your coat
But the dagger on your t-shirt
Is pointing at your throat

And he says
(Go round and round, you look so good
Go round and round, you look so bad)
You wanna feel
You wanna do it
You really wanna believe it
You wanna see it
You're moving round in circles and…
Lose another brain cell
Lose another year
You say you want some changes made
But you sit around and sneer

When will you throw away the script?
When are you gonna throw away the script?
When will you throw away the script?
When are you gonna throw away the script?

Maybe those cheap seventies paperbacks told the truth
The cartoon rebel burns brighter
And instant image of flaming youth , g ets you nowhere,
Gets you nowhere, gets you nowhere

And still you've known the situation
Stand alone, stand alone
Still you've got the guts to face it
Stand alone, stand alone
But if you start at this chapter
You can't re-write the ending
Cause there's only one ending
There's only gonna be one ending

Will you throw away the script?
When are you gonna throw away the script?
When will you throw away the script?
When are you gonna throw away the script?

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