I get it, it will never be worth your time
You’re just so proud of what you’ve done
Artists starved of color, a palette of black or white
We must pick one
We cause our own effects
Cause and effect, cause in effect
We don’t mean to be direct
Cause and effect, cause in effect
It won’t go to your head
Believe me that’s the truth
You tie the knot but hang it loose
You say rock and roll is dead
Well that’s just your excuse
Because I’d rather die with it than let it become my noose
I won't let it become my noose
We cause our own effects
Cause and effect, cause in effect
We don’t mean to be direct
Cause and effect, cause in effect
They’ve taken art into their beds
That was your excuse, because you don’t want the truth
You’ll take the blame for making money off the dead
When your life is in a coffin
I’d rather die with my integrity than have it be abused
We cause our own effects
Cause and effect, cause in effect
We don’t mean to be direct
Cause and effect, cause in effect
I won’t let it become my noose
I won’t let it become my noose
