10 And pretend you're outwitting death.
11 We don't believe it makes any sense,
12 To hide from all your nightmares,
13 And just hope against hope that they don't come true,
14 While the dreams you could dream are fading away.
15 We don't believe it makes any sense,
16 To lie in the dark and pretend it's a joke,
17 Because you didn't make the rules.
18 We don't believe it makes any sense,
19 To libel our race anymore:
20 We sought for power and we got it;
21 Now let's learn how to use it and live.
22 And we don't believe it makes any sense,
23 To scavenge the past for reasons to quit:
24 We made our own bed with capable hands;
25 Now let's get out from under the covers,
26 And go forth with pride and courage,
27 To meet a brand-new day.
CHAPTER 341 The way of the punks is coming next,
2 aAnd it's not entirely new,
3 But it starts with learning as much as we can,
4 About what has happened before,
5 We want to be more, not less than the dead,
6 But we're not afraid to join them,
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7 Because we believe there's more to life,
8 bThan merely not dying for years and years.
9 We've learned to believe in lots of things,
10 Including some things you scorn.
11 We believe in being cheroes,
12 Or trying, anyway,
13 dFor the more we give, the more we get,
14 And the prize is eself-respect,
15 Which we now know we need,
16 For without it we're fnothing at all.
17 We believe in the gquest,
18 For new answers and ways,
19 hNo matter how much they cost,
20 Because we're alive while we're seeking,
21 And idead when we settle for less.
22 We believe in a spirit who wishes us well,
23 And wants us to learn how to reach him,
24 Because he has answers, new ways and new meanings,
25 We couldn't have dreamed of before.
CHAPTER 351 The way of the punks is the way of the earth,
2 And it has its rocks and chasms.
3 Sometimes we feel jsmall and not up to the task,
4 kBut we all have to start where we are,
5 And do what we can in the here and now,
6 lTrusting that others are trying,
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