Long and cold breathe the nights This sacred bin is our TV for the night, The flames swallow all that we discard. Thrown amongst the burnable Are the stories many tell to warm the eyes And the hearts of the starved. The new fish on the line reels in And wants to know about the man who had everything In the palm of his hand but then lost it all, 'Cause the whirlwind of his greed Swept away the only love he had. The cold exposed my battle-scars, The nights unfolded feeding hearts Of strangers who were eager to believe. But I can never find a way Of shedding light on the darkest days, So I'll just sit here waiting for you. I'll just sit here waiting for you. As the glowing embers shield the frost And the bitterness hits our silhouettes, My mouth is the only thing that thaws, From the heated, angry, sorry tales That resonate this hollow empty jail. Never finding the door 'Cause somebody stole the light from me, And I couldn't see. There was no end in sight for me To escape this criminal embrace, So now I melt in the arms of a fire that's dying. The cold exposed my battle-scars, The nights unfolded feeding hearts Of strangers who were eager to believe. But I can never find a way Of shedding light on the darkest days, So I'll just sit here waiting for you. I'll just sit here waiting for you.

Oh, what have we here, he must be three or four Checking out of the booth on his way back to war And he's not looking for a father or a mother Just a seven year old brother On this match line border camp of refugees I am the one who will remember everything I am the one who will remember everything So where are we now, he must be five or six Just running around, hungry kids, sharpen sticks And he will grow with pain, and fear, and jealousy Taking in by school of zealotry Who trained orphans to make orphans evermore I am the one who will remember everything I am the one who will remember everything I am the one who will remember everything I am the one who will remember everything We drink the smoke, we ride the noise We drink the smoke, we ride the noise And you say it's necessary And you forget the ordinary

Whiskey Man's my friend, he's with me nearly all the time He always joins me when I drink, and we get on just fine Nobody has ever seen him, I'm the only one Seemingly I must be mad, Insanity is fun If that's the way it's done Doctors say he just a figment of my twisted mind If they can't see my Whiskey Man they must be going blind Two men dressed in white collected me two days ago They said there's only room for one and Whiskey Man can't go Whiskey Man will waste away if he's left on his own I can't even ring him 'cause he isn't on the phone Hasn't got a home Life is very gloomy in my little padded cell It's a shame there wasn't room for Whiskey Man as well Whiskey Man's my friend, he's with me nearly all the time He always joins me when I drink, and we get on just fine Just fine

Imagine a man Not a child of any revolt But a plain man tied up in life Imagine the sand Running out as he struts Parading and fading, ignoring his wife Imagine a road So long looking backwards You can't see where it really began Imagine a load So large and so smooth That against it a man is an ant Then you will see the end You will see the end Imagine events That occur everyday Like a shooting or raping or a simple act of deceit Imagine a fence Around you as high as prevention Casting shadows, you can't see your feet Imagine a girl With long, flowing hair And the body of chalky perfection and truth Imagine a past Where you wish you had lived Full of heroes and villains and fools And you will see the end You will see the end And you will see the end You will see the end Oh yeah Imagine a man Not a child of any revolt But a man of today feeling new Imagine a soul So old it it is broken And you know your invention is you And you will see the end You will see the end You will see the end You will see the end Oh yeah