[Verse 1]

I don't like the world quite the way that it is

So I keep talking about all the things you won't fix

I'm impatient, a rock in the mud

Truth is, change isn't change 'til the changing is done

[Chorus]

I don't wanna make you mad

I don't wanna make you mean

I don't wanna pull you down

I don't wanna cause a scene

I just wanna know right now

Is it all a big machine?

Are we in a crowded hell?

Is heaven all a brilliant scheme?

[Verse 2]

All those questions have answers that no one can find

Always gatekeeping gospels until the right time

So I sit in your silence, my senses all stoned

Is your truth really truth once the damage is done?

[Chorus]

I don't wanna make you mad

I don't wanna make you mean

I don't wanna pull you down

I don't wanna cause a scene

I just wanna know right now

Is it all a big machine?

Are we in a crowded hell?

Is heaven all a brilliant scheme?

[Bridge]

It's not the world I thought I knew at seventeen or twenty-two

I spilt my beer, I lost my purpose

Cleaning up was never worth it

Part the seas and call a truce

It's hurting me, I'm hurting you

You're looking down, you talk in cursive

You know me, I never learned it

[Chorus]

I don't wanna make you mad

(It's not the world I thought I knew at seventeen or twenty-two)

I don't wanna make you mean

I don't wanna pull you down

I don't wanna cause a scene

I just wanna know right now

(I spilt my beer, I lost my purpose)

Is it all a big machine?

Are we in a crowded hell?

(Cleaning up was never worth it)

Is heaven all a brilliant scheme?

I don't wanna make you mad

(Part the seas and call a truce)

I don't wanna make you mean

I don't wanna pull you down

(It's hurting me, I'm hurting you)

I don't wanna cause a scene

I just wanna know right now

(You're looking down, you talk in cursive)

Is it all a big machine?

Are we in a crowded hell?

(You know me, I never learned it)

Is heaven all a brilliant scheme?