"Primary Colors"

I don't want to follow the fashion
Or the course the river flows
Does it mean anything to you, to you
Or is it just easier to do

Cause we're counter-culture, counterfeit
Encounter vultures and play dead
We turn away just to return to it
The pile of bile we used to sit

And life isn't a party
Life isn't a rave
Life isn't a glow stick show
It's a battle every day
And I wanna rejoice
I wanna see every shade
Instead of a few select colors
With few select others

We're laughably cool
We're topical fools
Strategically schooled
To be safe and pretend
Socially segmented
Boxed up and represented
Solidly cemented
In every passing trend

Alive
I want to be alive
Not in what's comfortable or cool
Alive
What we've wanted all this time
But we keep following the same rules

And life isn't a party
Life isn't a rave
Life isn't a glow stick show
It's a battle every day
And I wanna rejoice
I wanna see every shade
Instead of a few select colors
With few select others