Well I admit to the mistakes At least privately, in takes Theres another one
And I'd say we'll be okay But thats a lie man, I mean hey We're all dying young
It's not a wish, although it seems It's more like a terrifying dream And I'm serious
It's either whisky or a bong or a car crash or a bomb I'm serious
Because the only thing I think When I wake up in my bed And my stomach turns As these pages turn Is the world buring? Is it only in my head?
On the screen on the T.V. On the scene in front of me With all the white noise And the static and stark little screams This is war, this is death This has really been a bet On the winning side The winning side The winning side The winning side
And i'm sitting in a train Over Brooklyn in the rain All by myself
When a thought occurs to me That all these people want to be Just somewhere else
Like everyday it's just a loss Spent arguing with your boss Over a coffee break
Well the same is true for me I mean one more indignity And I'm going to break
Because the only thing I think When he walks out on the screen He says the sky falls And your duty calls Man, it takes some balls To be so obscene
On the screen on the T.V. All the scene in front of me With all the white noise And the stark little screams This is war, this is death This has really been a bet On the winning side The winning side The winning side The winning side The right side The right side Well they shipped you off And your parents cried It all falls away so quietly When you wake up to reality
A reality What's reality What's reality What's reality It's a fucking play
Well I've got a brother in Iraq And I've got no way to get him back Like all those people in the sands Buried in Afganistan I got a child in a crib I got a father in a bib I got no pills I got no skills I got no idea what I did I just wonder every second Every minute that passes by Are we living, are we dreaming, are We winning where we die In the cloud of dust In a mushroom burst In a series of dead With ? first
All alone in a hospital bed Wondering what we might have done instead
With a life time a life time
Well we paid our dues and we did our time But, please tell me exactly what was our crime When I stand, struck by this farthing lie I'm losing sight I'm losing ties I hope you choke On all your lies