We all sit on the curb 
And we stare at the rain in our boots 
The car, the clouds, the sky 
While Ishmael wraps himself in the sheet again 
He'll clench the fists and close his eyes 
I don't know how many times 
I can loan him my cigarettes 
When I don't even know if he's alive 
Do prophets lie? 
It makes us feel less so purified

And my closet's filled with 
All these endless accoutrements 
These shoes, these scars 
These shirts, these ties 
And these things I say to make myself feel good again 
I'll speak, I'll write, I'll laugh, I'll lie 
I can't bear to sit here and drink myself sick again 
Another night 
When everything I know was just a lie 
And I don't even know where I'll sleep tonight 

I got nothing to do but stare at these walls 
And take some time to screw my head on right
We all ended up alone, wasted here at Silver Lake 
We'll work, we'll feed, we'll change, we'll try 
I can't make any sense of this or you or anything 
I'm wide awake, and all our parents lied
It's not alright, and all our words collide 
Awake all night