Fourteen

It only hurts when they talk about it
   Talk about it
   Behind your back

He says we've got to get thinkin' about it
Thinkin' about it
Oh, how can it be
How can you feel so lonely

      Fourteen is the number, needs to be purified,
      Fourteen is a sweet, sweet age
      Fourteen is the number, needs to be sanctified,
      Fourteen haunts your nightmares.

It's so ugly
They're not a thing of the past
And now their future is crossed
Because we're fourteen
Fourteen is the number

   It only hurts when they speak
   Speak it aloud
   Right in your name

He says we've got to turn it around
Turn it around
But how can we
The whole system, the ignoring

      Fourteen is the number, needs to be purified,
      Fourteen is the unholy age
      Fourteen is the number, needs to be sanctified,
      Fourteen will be you and you.

      Fourteen is the sentence, needs to be glorified,
      Fourteen will be you and you.