We took the highway till the road went black We'd marked truth or consequences on our map A voice drifted up from the radio Some other voice from long ago Who'll be the last to die for a mistake? The last to die for a mistake? Whose blood will spill? Whose heart will break? Who'll be the last to die for a mistake? The kids asleep in the back seat We're just counting the miles, you and me We don't measure the blood we've drawn anymore We just stack the bodies outside the door Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes? The last to die for our mistakes? Whose blood will spill? Whose heart will break? Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes? The sun it sets in flames as the city burns Another day gone down as the evening turns And I hold you here in my heart as things fall apart A downtown window flushed with light and faces of the dead at five I see her martyr's silent eyes petition the drivers as we pass by Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes? The last to die for our mistakes? Whose blood will spill? Whose heart will break? Who'll be the last to die? Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes? The last to die for our mistakes? Tyrants and kings both meet the same fate strung up at your city gate Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes?