did you see the boy, the frozen sky 
skating on the ice, a sudden cry 
he fell down, a hole in the ice 
he disappeared, there was trouble in paradise 

so you were there, couldn't lend him a hand! 
too far away, the lie of the land 
shocked by struggle, you justify 
a dozen times you fell that fools lullaby 

if your head gets too big 
you'll end up in a parade 
so you better go home 
when curiousity killed the mouse 
and all the eyes fall down 
the party's reached it's end 

did you hear the bang, just down town 
a car-accident, upside down 
as fast as you can, won't miss the mess 
how many dead, enough to impress 

so you were then, didn't step aside 
when help arrived, you parasite 
left for dead now, you smell the glory 
never seen that much blood, for your fishermanstory? 

why do only stories that are sad 
keep the attention high, and others are denied 
a missing link in life 
a dark basement in our mind 
or are we party blind 

did you see the fire burn in your neighbourhood 
did you see the fire burn you'd better turn 

so you were there, you rattlesnake 
but you arrived just a minute too late