So we held on to the railway 
As they stood up on the bench 
They said you'll hear it loud and clear 
If you don't flinch 

It's a brilliant piece of action 
It's a shudder then a thought 
It's like a life in technicolor 
Like the life you said we'd bought 

Where all the highways are deserted 
All the way to point alcaire 
We heard it howled across the airwaves 
With these drums and these guitars 
We're never high above the ocean 
We're just crawling underground 
All the highways are deserted man 
I can hardly feel the neck 
On my guitar 

And once the whole world was so barren 
They said there ain't no coming back 
To call it pale and unforgiven 
A bit of noise and a long ghost track 
And when they left us in the rubble 
We looked around at what we had 

And all the highways are deserted 
All the way to point Alcaire 
We heard it howled across the airwaves 
With these drums and these guitars 
We're never high above the ocean 
We're just crawling underground 
All the highways are deserted man 
I can hardly feel the neck 
On my guitar