Endgame
And on that day they'll tell youThat life hummed on with no clueThe warning signs were all dismissed or shouted downSo it goesThe kings all failed to tell usThe madmen failed to sell usOn what would then become the only life we know
Were they burning signal firesTo guide us to the fields?Or building funeral pyres?The outcome of a final appeal
The city lines are downThe kerosene's run outThe fracturing of all we relied uponLets shed this unclean skinAnd start to feel againCause all the shouldersOn which to cry are gone
The paranoia gripped usThe rain turned engines to rustThe panic set in like a cancer to our heartsSpreading throughWe bet on finite geniusOr prayed for gods to save usBut there was no antidoteDisease tore us apart
We left bodies in the fieldsSo numb that we forgot how to feel
The city lines are downThe kerosene's run outThe fracturing of all we relied uponLets shed this unclean skinAnd start to feel againCause all the shouldersOn which to cry are gone
He looked at the fields and then his hands,"All I need is what I have."Then fell a tear of happinessOh...She watched the world crumble away"Is this the end of yesterday?""Lord, I hope so," is all he said
Gone are the old guardsGone are the cold, cold warsWeightless we go forthOn wings of amnesty
All we relied on now
The city lines are downThe kerosene's run outThe fracturing of all we relied uponLets shed this unclean skinAnd start to feel againWith no more shouldersShoulders to cry on now
No more, no more(The weight that we once felt is gone)No more, no moreNo more, no more(The weight that we once felt is gone)The weight that we once felt is gone