But in all your acquisitions you will soon be swept away
I maintain against the grain
I maintain no discomfiture my path again renewed
Against the grain
That's where I'll stay
Against the grain
Swimming upstream
That's where I'll stay
That's where I'll stay
Against the grain
There ignored and defeated by the government
I maintain against the grain
The flow is getting stronger with small increments of time
Swimming upstream
Against the grain
This lulling sense or purpose will destroy us rapidly
There's a common consensus and an uncomfortable cheer
A reverberating chorus that anyone can hear
I seek a thousand answers I find but one or two
Swimming upstream
Against the grain
I maintain against the grain
I maintain against the grain
Swimming upstream
Here labeled as a lunatic sequestered and content
It sings, 'Leave your cares behind you just grab tenaciously'
Against the grain
That's where I'll stay
There's an oriented public who's magnetic force does pull
You need all that the other has your right to seize the day
Against the grain
But away from the potential of the individual
And eddies of new ideas are increasingly hard to find
