"There Will Come a Day" lyrics

I wrote this song in '94 (no I didn't, I wrote it in early 2008). It's about specific people who I feel do not deserve any respect at all, however, in general, it is about people who abuse those less fortunate than them for no reason. There are millions of innocent kids every day that we watch get taken advantage of and many of us, myself included, are too weak to put a stop to it. However, as a guy named 'Jesus' (I think) once said, '...and the meek shall inherit the earth'. Someday, these kids will be rewarded for their suffering. The music, you will find, is a combination of influences, sometimes blatantly stealing from the Arrogant Sons of Bitches, Bomb the Music Industry!, and Streetlight Manifesto. Coincidentally, these are my favorite bands! Hell yeah!

Every time I look at you
The clearer it is, the clearer it becomes
That you're nothing but a selfish soul
And I can't wait 'till your judgement day does come
I'm glad I'm not 'perfect'- perfect like you
It makes me wonder
If you'll ever face the truth
And I bet it kills you to know that you've been figured out and
When it comes to your life-long show
The set is broken and the script's been burnt now

Well aren't you lucky?
You'll never know what it's like on the other side
Well yes I've been there
But I've learned 'sometimes you gotta just stop and sigh
...and wonder why'
And though I haven't seen the worst
I can't just stand by
And watch the innocent get hurt
And I want you to know
You're so easy to see through
Popularity comes and goes,
But guilt is bound to stick to you

We all know how things turn out
We all know how things turn out

In the end,
There's gonna be a twist of fate
There's redemtion at the pearly gates
I can't wait
There will come a day

In a time when conformity is how we judge beauty
It's a constant contest
Winner takes home her ego in a treasure chest
You'll regret and forget why you threw away your common sense
But it will be too late
You sway in the breeze
How did you ever get so weak

We all know how things turn out
We all know how things turn out

In the end,
There's gonna be a twist of fate
There's redemtion at the pearly gates
I can't wait
There will come a day

And the ones who took the abuse
From all of their pain will be loose
If the world is anything but cruel

In the end,
There's gonna be a twist of fate
There's redemtion at the pearly gates
I can't wait
There will come a day

And I bet it kills you to know
That you've been figured out and
'It's just not fair, It's just not fair'
Well now you know