Once, long ago, you and I traced an outline A perforated edge and other details I can hardly bring to mind
We saw, we saw it all clearly, we thought it, we thought it all in reach We faded and wasted ourselves, in dim light chasing highs
And when it all fades, can you say it was worth the wait? When it's hard to feel a thing and your vacant eyes keep saying
Save yourself now 'cause I'm riding this out to the end And I don't want no one around when I go down So save yourself now 'cause I'm riding this out to the end To the end
Too high to keep climbing up, so I sit and stay Miles and miles away
But don't come to me with your placards and your common phrases I'm cutting our losses here, my friend, in a countdown to the end
Still severing ties when even my silences seem to speak violence I've been building my cage, I'm going down with the ship, so loosen your grip
Save yourself now 'cause I'm riding this out to the end And I don't want no one around when I go down So save yourself now 'cause I'm riding this out to the end To the end
Dropping off one by one, when you won't stand to bend the bars We're left screaming from the outside
Show me a sign, show me a sign I'll find a way, I'll find a way
Save yourself now 'cause I'm riding this out to the end And I don't want no one around when I go down So save yourself now 'cause I'm riding this out to the end To the end
So save yourself now 'cause I'm riding this out to the end And I don't want no one around when I go down So save yourself now 'cause I'm riding this out to the end To the end...