Everything and Nothing

By Mudvayne

On L.D. 50

Released on August 22, 2000

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[Verse 1]

We swallow your spit

Steal acceptance lend denial

Telling me that my life is free and boundless

Then I'm forced to stay between the lines

They construct death to demolish life

Plant the seeds to harvest loss

Found empty truth is full of

Lies! Lies! Lies! Lies!


[Verse 2]

We're hoping for despair, starvation's gluttony

Subtle chaotic peace, war divided unity


[Pre-Chorus]

Pro-life, pro-choice

Blinded insight

Left wing, right wing

Black, white

Leaders following


[Chorus]

I am everything I am nothing

I am everything I am nothing

I am everything I am nothing

I am everything I am nothing


[Post-Chorus]

I am everything

I am nothing

I am everything

I am nothing


[Refrain]

(Stop fucking with me, I'm the accused I'm not the enemy)

I'm not a fucking machine

(You're so confused no way you could enlighten me)

I'm not a fucking machine

(No freedom trapped in slavery, deceitful honesty)

I'm not a fucking machine

(Motherfucking human, not a machine)

(Stop fucking with me, I'm the accused I'm not the enemy)

I'm not a fucking machine

(You're so confused no way you could enlighten me)

I'm not a fucking machine

(No freedom trapped in slavery, deceitful honesty)

I'm not a fucking machine

(Motherfucking human, not a machine)


[Interlude]

It’s all right to be afraid (Lay your hands upon me)

But sometimes that’s what it takes for us to change

No power before the blacks and grays that shade our fate

They shape our lives in constrictive space (In search of answers inviting)

And hope prays we’ll count the days

Then we play our life like it’s some kind of fucking game

Point your finger at them and we’ll be the ones to assert the blame (Constant struggle inside me)

So sorry you’ll be the one to absorb the tears, your fears

The loss is stacked up like you carried bricks for years

(Guide me through this nothing that's everything)

Once again you put your life on the line against the fate of time


[Bridge]

Praying for the end of time

Praying for the end of time

Praying for the end of time


[Chorus]

I am everything I am nothing

I am everything I am nothing

I am everything I am nothing

I am everything I am nothing


[Post-Chorus]

I am everything

I am nothing

I am everything

I am nothing


[Refrain]

(Stop fucking with me, I'm the accused I'm not the enemy)

I'm not a fucking machine

(You're so confused no way you could enlighten me)

I'm not a fucking machine

(No freedom trapped in slavery, deceitful honesty)

I'm not a fucking machine

(Motherfucking human, not a machine)

I'm not a fucking machine

(Stop fucking with me, I'm the accused I'm not the enemy)

I'm not a fucking machine

(You're so confused no way you could enlighten me)

I'm not a fucking machine

(No freedom trapped in slavery, deceitful honesty)

I'm not a fucking machine

(Motherfucking human, not a machine)

I'm not a fucking machine