Lyrics:

This is the ninth track off of Filter’s 1999 release “Title Of Record”

D'arcy Wretzky from The Smashing Pumpkins is on background vocals during the chorus
I cross the oceans, I cross the seas
I cross the mountains, like a new disease
I cross the borders, I cross the line
Never to see the light 'til the end of time

I've seen the canyons, I've seen the cities
I've seen the prisons that take such pity
When it comes to you, when it comes to me
It's just money that sets you free

(Hey, my children)
What seems important won't last forever
(Hey, my children)
What seems important won't last forever

Take a look at the Earth from a plane
You'll see the Earth cut up and in pain
Take a look at LA from the sky
What you see should make you cry

(Hey, my children)
What seems important won't last forever
(Hey, my children)
What seems important won't last forever

I'm the scum of the earth
I'm the scum of the earth
I'm the scum of the earth
I'm the scum of the earth
I'm the scum of the earth
I'm the scum of the earth
I'm the scum of the earth
I'm the scum of the earth
I'm the scum of the earth
(I am a cancer) I'm the scum of the Earth
(I am a cancer) I'm the scum of the Earth
(I am a cancer) I'm the scum of the Earth
(I am a cancer) I'm the scum of the Earth
I am humanity (I'm the scum of the Earth)
I am humanity (I'm the scum of the Earth)
I am humanity (I'm the scum of the Earth)
I am humanity

(Hey, my children)
What seems important won't last forever
(Hey, my children)
What seems important won't last forever
(Hey, my children)
What seems important won't last forever
(Hey, my children)
What seems important won't last forever