You end up spending all your fight to keep your place under the light In front of new kids who don't seem concerned So we must teach them what we've learned When you're DIY you don't have to apologize, you can cut the ties When you're DIY there's no need for compromise, you can be yourself They can't take it away: Punk will scream what corporate rock can't say It never works to play their game, things always turn out the same Times have changed but it's still not funny They turn rebellion into money When money's involved, morals are pliable You can't be punk and commercially viable No message survives, once it becomes buyable If you want to make a difference keep it DIY-able It's time to give a second thought to what's been gained And now what's been lost, once punk was young and dangerous But now that's all been taken from us By an industry a billion dollars strong That still has nothing on an old school singalong We can fight, and we can win, it's time we start this over again