As if on cue They lit a firework The sky reeled back And I ran fast to get to you I think you knew Before the war began What loving to run towards Something can do to a man Fall over the edge Learn to live while falling Every life is a path worth following When you put into words It's comfortingly bland There's so little left to understand When we're strung up, hanging From the knots we've allowed We call up our angels to cut us down If you could be proud of anything you've done What would it be? Then you disappear and we are up in the clouds I feel the tension shock right through my body I am wide awake Trippin' meant for me I thought one day I thought I'd find a hole In my own backyard I'd never seen before Follow it down Underneath that fence Come back up on the other side Live another life Break down the door, it's yours for the taking I held it back until you stopped asking My eyes are blurred, the clock is ticking I'm coming up short in a life worth nothing I hear women in my head with ordinary names That ring like magic to somehow function in my brain Your hands were warm though you came in from the cold I took one and held it and suddenly I started to shake Shake Shake Shake Sha-ake I feel it break, I feel the weight Of anger, pain and sorrow Breaking out of me The flags are raised We fought with no more advice And no tomorrows This is destiny Memories of the best regrets I played my song in every single way Every note of the symphony Men will fence with the best of grace And it's pleasantries to the bottom of the page I'm sorry