Tighten the Noose - Wayne Murray, Andrew Britton & Elmore King

(Well, our) souls are all mistaken in the same misguided way We all end up forsaken, we're just choosing our own way The future now incinerates before our very eyes And leaves us with emptiness of no more tries (Well, our) visions of glory now have spiraled down the drain The best of our intentions now come crashing down in flames The depths of our despair we are unable to contain It's shallow living The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising A truth appalling Our maker comes a calling The noose is falling And enemies are rising (Well, the) tracers from yesteryear are burning in the dust Your bruises are reminders of naivety and trust You're only feeling stronger 'cause your body's getting numb Now I lay you down, put the coins in your eyes And blow the candles out The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising A truth appalling Our maker comes a calling The noose is falling And enemies are rising The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising A truth appalling Our maker comes a calling The noose is falling And enemies are rising No more! (No more!) No more! (No more!) Nothing! No more! (No more!) No more! (No more!) Ever! No more! No more! The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising A truth appalling Our maker comes a calling The noose is falling And enemies are rising The noose is falling And all my friends are crawling The noose is falling And enemies are rising