Doing the same thing every day I'm so tired I don't want it anymore I want to sleep A perfect way where you don't wake up but you don't die You just simply lie without drowning anymore I don't want to be here But I don't want to not be here Suicide; it won't happen But then neither will life without drowning anymore

I still remember all those haunting dark shadows I had lost faith in life Then there was you You took me out of the gutter, my friend You cheered me up when I was down-hearted You gave me back my dignity I don't know what to do My friend, now I've lost you I'm drowning in the rain That's pouring out my broken heart I'm drowning in the rain That's fallin' since we had to part I have to face my destiny My life is all in vain A thousand tears I cry for you I'm drowning in the rain Now I recall all the hard days and sorrow That we have been through You taught me to smile And save my tears for a rainy day You took me out of the back-streets forever You made me feel a beauty queen I don't know what to do My friend, now I've lost you I'm drowning in the rain (I'm drowning in the rain) That's pouring out my broken heart I'm drowning in the rain (I'm drowning in the rain) That's fallin' since we had to part I have to face my destiny (I have to face my destiny) My life is all in vain (My life is all in vain) A thousand tears I cry for you (Aaaaaaaaaah) I'm drowning in the rain I'm drowning in the rain (I'm drowning in the rain) That's pouring out my broken heart I'm drowning in the rain (I'm drowning in the rain) That's fallin' since we had to part I have to face my destiny (I have to face my destiny) My life is all in vain (My life is all in vain) A thousand tears I cry for you (Aaaaaaaaaah) I'm drowning in the rain

Trouble with the world is we're too busy to think about it, all right Why is there a rebel flag hanging from the state house walls? Tired of hearin' this shit 'bout heritage not hate Time to make the world a better place Why must we hate one another? Well, no matter what, we gotta live together Just 'cause you don't look like me, tell me, what do you see? When we pass on the street, what do you wanna see? Peace is coming, that's all I got to say Wanna turn and run away They're just telling you how they see it Right or wrong, they don't care, you wish that they would quit Drowning in a sea of tears Hatred trying to hide your fears Living only for yourself Hating everybody else 'cause they don't look like you Nanci singing it's a hard life wherever you go About some fat racist living in Chicago Trying to teach his kids to hate everyone Well, tell me, why is that something you wanna teach your son? Why must we hate one another? When the people in the church, they tell me you're my brother You don't walk like me, said you don't talk like me Saying "Go back to Africa," I just don't understand Drowning in a sea of tears Hatred trying to hide your fears Living only for yourself Hating everybody else 'cause they don't look like you Not like you Drowning Yeah, I'm trying to be someone that he could look up to, but When I walk down the street, tell me, what do you see? I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man No, I'm not like you, why do you hate me so? I don't know, I don't know, I don't know Hating everybody else 'cause they don't look like you Oh, drowning Hating everybody else 'cause they don't look like you Drowning

Splintered piece of glass falls in the seat, gets caught Broken windows, open locks, reminders of the youth we lost In trying so hard to look away from you We followed white lines to the sunset Crash my car everyday the same way Time to let this pass (The time it takes, the time it takes to let go) Time runs through our veins (It starts and stops and starts and stops again) We don't stand a chance in this threadbare time (The time it takes, the time it takes to let go) Time to let this pass (The time it takes, the time it takes to let go) Staring at the setting sun No reason to come back again The twilight world in blue and white The needle and the damage done I don't want to feel this way forever A dead letter marked return to sender Broken watch you gave me turns into compass It's two hands still point to the same time 12:03 Our last goodbye So push the seats back a little further I can see the headlights coming So push the seats back a little further Roll the windows down and take a breath I can see the headlights coming They paint the world in red and broken glass Time to let this pass (The time it takes, the time it takes to let go) Time runs through our veins (It starts and stops and starts and stops again) We don't stand a chance in this threadbare time (The time it takes, the time it takes to let go) Time to let this pass (The time it takes, the time it takes to let go) Staring at the setting sun No reason to come back again The twilight world in blue and white The needle and the damage done I don't want to feel this way forever A dead letter marked return to sender Spinning hubcaps set the tempo For the music of the broken window Cameras on the cameras click We open up the lens and can't stop Staring at the setting sun No reason to come back again The twilight world in blue and white The needle and the damage done I don't want to feel this way forever Lights are on, and the cameras click We open up the lens (to broken glass) Staring at the setting sun (and it's over) No reason to come back again (in a flash) The twilight world in blue and white (and I'll never) The needle and the damage done (ever understand) I don't want to feel this way forever (understanding) A dead letter marked return to sender (in a car crash, in a car crash) In a crash

You spurn my natural emotions It makes me feel like dirt and I'm hurt Then I start a commotion I run the risk of losing you and that's worse Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone You shouldn't fallen in love with I can't see much of a future Until we find out what's to blame? What a shame and we won't be together much longer Unless we realize that we are the same Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone You shouldn't' fallen in love with Disturbed my natural emotions It makes me feel like dirt and I'm hurt Then I start a commotion Only end up losing you and that's worse Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone You shouldn't fallen in love with Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone You shouldn't fallen in love with Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone Ever fallen in love, in love with someone You shouldn't've fallen in love with Ever fallen in love, in love with someone You shouldn't've fallen in love with

In the circuit The frequency's breaking up The speakers can barely move This is not a test Tune to the broadcast Witness the jet lag Look in the mirror Adjust the V-hold Shatter the lens Pull out the shards Choke on her words Caught in your throat How long can the wheels maintain a spin at this velocity? On every block, a reminder You can't stop this intersection At every turn Dead forests of tenements rise like antennas The miles are adding up and the days are counting down Cut the jet black from my hair Before we're bathed in the dawn of New Year's Day I will change back to myself in the flame We burn like the paper hearts of dead presidents But we're too lost to lose hope Maybe the night seems so dark because the day is much too bright For us to see We are cured, we are cured (Shatter the lens, swallow the shards) We are cured, we are cured (choke on her words) Caught in your throat That's the sound of music from another room The piano player hangs from piano wire But the player piano carries on Sit back and tune to the broadcast Witness the jet lag Shatter the lens Pull out the shards Choke on her words Caught in your throat This is not a test, this is not a test Shatter the lens Pull out the shards Choke on her words Caught in your throat As the language dissolves And the sentence lifts A slow alphabet of rain is whispering "Aabcttipacbdefg..." Since I replaced the 'i' in live with an 'o' I can't remember who you are But tomorrow I'll be you Just pick up the phone I'm calling from your house In your room In your name Lying in your bed Following your dreams I listen to your voice get caught in my throat As I sing "This is just a dream" on New Year's Day We will change back to ourselves In the flame we are cured We are cured, we are cured

In the veins of of the ultraviolet light The phosphor is starting a fire Shooting up in the iodine It's turning on Rupture the wall around my heart I feel so lost I've been shaking You can't save me Forget what the doctor said Every bird in mid-flight Is calling out your name Before it hits the window And it sings the rapture Without a second opinion The chemicals saturate to counteract the code Through the double helix we are twisting Too scared to let this go Someone call the head nurse She's coming to the capitol To wrap us up and throw us in the dirt With a dream that's turning off Rupture the wall around my heart I feel so lost I've been shaking You can't save me Forget what the doctor said Every bird in mid-flight Is calling out your name Before it hits the window And it sings the rapture We're coming to the capitol We are coming to the capitol The distance between us will rupture Coming to the capitol In our hearts the disease won't touch us Coming to the capitol Love, now it's too late to turn this off Alone is all we are Even when we feel this close It's just a lie we believe These are the words that escape from our lungs Rupture the wall I've built around my heart I've been shaking You can't save me I'm turning off We can't find a way Out of this moment We're lost in a dark hallway

Standing on the edge of the Palisades' Cliffs In the shadow of the skyline very far away Like a lightning rod that couldn? t pull the storm from me I was 5 years old, my best friend's older brother died He fell from these cliffs The river washed him away, the current pulled him downstream And our lives float in the headlines, so we park these cars Parent? s garage listen to the lullaby Of carbon monoxide War all of the time In the shadow of the New York skyline We grew up too fast, falling apart Like the ashes of American flags If the sun doesn't rise We'll replace it with an H-bomb explosion A painted jail cell of light in the sky Like three mile island nightmares On TVs that sing us to sleep They burn on and on like an oil field Or a memory of what it felt like To burn on and on and not just fade away All those nights in the basement The kids are still screaming On and on and on and on War all of the time In the shadow of the New York skyline We grew up too fast, falling apart Like the ashes of American flags And we? re blowing in the wind We don? t know where to land So we kiss like little kids We used to be very tall buildings We? ve been falling for so long Now your eyes are a sign on the edge of town They offer a welcome when you are leaving War all of the time In the shadow of the New York skyline We grew up too fast, falling apart Like the ashes of American flags The pieces fall it? s like a last day parade And the fires in our streets start to rage So wave to those people who long to wave back From the fabric of a flag that sang, "Love all of the time" War all the time, war all the time All of the time War all the time, war all the time All of the time, all of the time War all of the time, war all of the time War all of the time, war all of the time