Come Gather Round

[Verse 1]
Come gather round and listen, if you can get that near
If not, we'll use a microphone so that all poor souls can hear
And hold hands in a circle, or stare bored straight ahead
Rejoice in your rebellion, or wish you were in bed

[Verse 2]
Come gather round and listen, or watch it on the screen
The campfire burned out long ago, and the songs all got obscene
And left us with some rich kids trying hard to be sincere
Why don't you let it fly straight out the other
After going in one ear?

[Chorus]
Come gather round (Come gather round)
From the kings and the queens on down (Come gather round)
If you listen close, you can hear the sound (Come gather round)
Of a human voice saying, "Come gather round"
Come gather round

[Verse 3]
So listen to my story, I haven't yet begun
We have to cut through so much crap just to have a little fun
And who are "we" now anyway to even earn the name?
We're so convinced we're different that it makes us all the same

[Chorus]
Come gather round (Come gather round)
From the kings and the queens on down (Come gather round)
If you listen close, you can hear the sound (Come gather round)
Of a human voice saying, "Come gather round"
Come gather round

[Bridge]
Don't fall for the new maturity
It ain't real
But they just call it "Integrity"
Please don't grow up
Please blow up your TV

[Verse 4]
Come all you desperate rebels and hang your heads in shame
For those who live in self-contempt with just themselves to blame
For those who can who do nothing
For those who can't who succeed
To cry out "Bloody murder" in the moment that they bleed

[Chorus]
Come gather round (Come gather round)
From the kings and the queens on down (Come gather round)
If you listen close, you can hear the sound (Come gather round)
Of a human voice saying, "Come gather round"
Come gather round (Come gather round)
From the kings and the queens on down (Come gather round)
If you listen close, you can hear the sound (Come gather round)
Of a human voice saying, "Come gather round"
Come gather round (Come gather round)

[Outro]
Come gather round (Come gather round)
Come gather round (Come gather round)
Come gather round