You're looking for a way out, I can feel it Come on, show me where it hurts, maybe I can heal it Your feelings are your own, now you keep them under lock and key You've got me driving through the streets for an answer to the mystery The world's still awake on Charleston Avenue Outside that vacant starlight motel I see you Laughing with your girlfriends Not a care in the world Not a burden on your mind It was a matter of time There's a panic in this house and it's bound to surface Just walking through the front door makes me nervous It's creeping up the floorboards, got me wondering where I stand I cannot put out the fire, I've got a book of matches in my hand When we first met, headstrong and filled with doubt Made just enough, hustling tables, that summer to take you out I was falling back on forever When you told me about your heart You laid it on the line Laughing with your girlfriends Not a care in the world Not a burden on your mind You're hanging on the line! It was just a matter It was a matter of time We'd find ourselves a place, we belong in this forever Ain't that what it's all about? Make the promise and keep it Come hell or high water We'd figure it out It was the night, it was the moon It was the green grass in the garden The victory and the sin I know you're weary, look at me Flailing in the corner Here's the towel Go on, throw it in It was a matter of time Can't you see that it's tearing me up inside? Look what's laying at our feet That's the wreckage of broken dreams And burned out halos And it's here on our street

Someday, someway You'll realize that you've been blind Yes darling, you're going to need me again It's just a matter of time Go on, go on 'Til you've reached the end of the line 'Cause I know you'll pass my way again It's just a matter of time After I gave you everything I had You laughed and called me a clown Remember, in your search for fortune and fame What goes up must come down I know, I know That one day you'll wake up and find That my love is a true love It's just a matter of time Someday and someway Girl, you'll realize that you've been blind Yes darling, I know you're gonna need me again It's just a matter of time After I gave you everything I had You laughed and you called me a clown But remember, in your search for fortune and fame What goes up must come down I know, I know That one day you'll wake up and find That my love was a true love It's just a matter of time

Look me in the eyes Tell me you're not lying to me See through your disguise You can't keep on hiding from me Time to make it right So why are you still sayin' I'm wrong? Well, it's only a matter of time to set it straight Time to tell the world that you've been lying on my name Doing what you want and think you're gonna get away Well, I'll leave it up to fate for now But it's only a matter of time An eye for an eye, you'll go blind And when did you stop being kind? You twisted your words like a knife Well, I'm sure that you're hurting inside But why would you make your pain mine? You're making me pay for your crimes Darling, I'll be fine But it's only a matter of It ain't over yet You can't tear me down and act like I will just forget When karma comes around, then you'll be drowning in regret But it's not about revenge tonight No, it's only a matter of time An eye for an eye, you'll go blind And when did you stop being kind? You twisted your words like a knife (oh) Pick myself up off the floor, you can't hurt me No more of this endless charade I'm not playing your game You can say what you like Doesn't mean that you're right Are you glad you got that out? Do you feel better now? Do you feel better now, now? Time, an eye for an eye, you'll go blind When did you stop being kind? You twisted your words like a knife Well, I'm sure that you're hurting inside But why would you make your pain mine? You're making me pay for your crimes Darling, I'll be fine But it's only matter of time

And I met the seventh son He came for everyone The day he heard the lightning in the field I've heard him clear his throat A fork within the road That night the tallahatchie took the wheel I've been throwing knives to see just where they'll land Now my world is in your hands Send in the congregation Open your eyes, step in the light A jukebox generation Just as you were The voice upon the stage Is a heart inside a cage And it's singing like bluebird in the round There's mystery in this wood And ghosts within these roots And a tangle deep beneath this southern ground I've been going through life making foolish plans Now my world is in your hands Send in the congregation Open your eyes, step in the lights A jukebox generation Just as you were Just as you were Just as you were And you need blind faith No false hope No false hope Do you have blind faith? No false hope No false hope Where is your blind faith? No false hope No false hope Open your eyes Open your eyes Step into the light! Open your eyes Step into the light! The sound becomes Congregation A congregation A congregation And there In the singing like a blue bird in the round

Wake up, it's time We need to find a better place to hide Make up your mind I need to know, I need to know tonight Sweet and divine Razor of mine Sweet and divine Razorblade shine Patience my dear We could spend a lifetime waiting here Maybe this time I hope I get the chance to say goodbye Sweet and divine Razor of mine Sweet and divine Razorblade shine Day after day Cutting away Day after day But anyway Wake up, it's time We need to find a better place to hide Make up your mind I need to know, I need to know tonight Sweet and divine Razor of mine Sweet and divine Razorblade shine

Crazy but I'm relieved this time Begging for sweet relief of blessing in disguise Dying behind these tired eyes I've been losin' sleep, please come to me tonight Hands on a miracle I got my hands on a miracle Leave it or not, hands on a miracle And there ain't no way, let you take it away Everything that we survived It's gonna be alright, just lucky we're alive Got no vision I've been blind Searchin' everywhere, you're right here in my sights Hands on a miracle I got my hands on a miracle Leave it or not, hands on a miracle And there ain't no way, let you take it away Hands on a miracle I got my hands on a miracle Leave it or not, hands on a miracle I got my hands on a miracle And there ain't no way, let you take it away Take it away