Long before the living past Had ripped it all apart Something still remained until It flashed back to the start Where it stands, nobody saw Behind the blackest eyes Show them how you're stronger now It pays to advertise wisely Day after day You in my head I said some things I shouldn't have said For reasons unknown That I now forget I gave you no love Which I now regret
What I'd give to hear again Those everlasting songs Why did all the accidents Contrive to fall at once Only day after day You in my thoughts I never knew Time was so short For once in my life I wasn't alone With blood on my hands How could I have known
Used to be the great white hope Once I walked on water Now I barely stay afloat Balance out of order With every sympathy worn away Who can I return to now? For the time that I have left I scan that cold horizon Searching for a kindred soul Someone to rely upon We disconnected in Heaven sent Sheltered in dead air Heat in everywhere
The sky lights up above America The world is lost but loves America When the eyes of children See the ones left standing And the rest begin to finally understand The hand of God defends America And who would not defend America?
We've got light on our side We ring pole position So praise the Lord And raise the ammunition high Raise it high
Hide where you can We will shoot you where you stand
I've walked a million miles Upon an open road And once in every while Without the will to carry on I was helping too long (?) One location
An old familiar tale A glory to behold A work of genius The greatest story ever sold As you sign on the line As you do what you're told All you sell is your soul
I've been this way before I've seen it many times Collision on the track The picture turning into thought No one dares to look back Best you start to prepare For the harvest ahead All you lose is yourself
I'm brought to life With a series of shocks I realize that you are gone from my life And still I cling To the fear of the dark Don't follow them for they don't care how you are
And I'm finding A way of being Accepting life all alone And I'm hoping I'll wake up seeing A way to live on my own
It wasn't hard To believe in the lie Although I've come to know it wasn't my fault Why does the world continue to spin While everything around me grinds to a halt
And I'm finding A way of being Accepting life all alone And I'm hoping I'll wake up seeing A way to live on my own
Mine is a real fine line I get harder the higher I climb Shine like a star so bright Anybody can see any time
No one will want to follow This will be gone tomorrow We enter an age of permanent doubt Where we communicate without words But I must be heard So I cut through the smoke and the noise
Mine is a real fine line It imagines it's one of a kind
Goodbye to all expression Farewell to superstition We enter an age of permanent doubt Where we communicate without words
And the noise expands As it covers the lie of the land Shine like a star so bright 'Til we shut out the light Put out the fire Cut through the smoke and the noise
Lately I've been talking to myself Been remembering, and doing little else The road ahead Is anything but clear Last time around, where did we go from here?
What about some golden hours I was alive, certainly you were wrong Anyone can be pursuaded Given the time, we all scream alone What about this good for nothing Season again, everything's come and gone And I can't believe that I'm not watching you I'm in a sorry state Return to ordinar