You're always saying that there's something wrongI'm starting to believe it's your plan all alongDeath came around, forced to hear its songAnd know tomorrow can't be depended on Seen the home inside your headAll locked doors and unmade bedsOpen sores unattendedLet me say just once that I have faced it, a life wasted, I'm never going back againI escaped it, a life wasted, I'm never going back againHaving tasted, a life wasted, I'm never going back again The world awaits just up the stairsLeave the pain for someone elseNothing back there for you to findOr was it you who you left behind? You're always saying you're too weak to be strongYou're harder on yourself than just about anyoneWhy swim the channel just to get this far?Halfway there, why would you turn around? Darkness comes in wavesTell me, why invite it to stay?You're one with negativityYes, comfort is an energyBut why let the sad song play? I have faced it, a life wasted, I'm never going back againOh I escaped it, a life wasted, I'm never going back againHaving tasted, a life wasted, I'm never going back againOh I erased it, a life wasted, I'm never going back again

I felt the earth on Monday, it moved beneath my feetIn the form of a morning paper laid out for me to seeSaw his face in a corner picture, I recognised the nameCould not stop staring at the face I'd never see again It's a shame to awake in a world of painWhat does it mean when a war has taken over?It's the same everyday in a hell manmadeWhat can be saved and who will be left to hold her? The whole world, world overIt's a world wide suicideThe whole world, world overIt's a world wide suicide Medals on a wooden mantle, next to a handsome faceThat the president took for granted, writing checks that others payAnd in all the madness, thought becomes numb and naiveSo much to talk about, nothing for to say It's the same every day and the wave won't breakTell you to pray, while the devil's on their shoulderLaying claim to the take that our soldiers saveDoes not equate and the truth's already out there The whole world, world overIt's a world wide suicideThe whole world, world overIt's a world wide suicide Looking in the eyes of the fallenYou got to know there's another, another, another, another, another way It's a shame to awake in a world of painWhat does it mean when a war has taken over?It's the same everyday and the wave won't breakTell you to pray while the devil's on their shoulder The whole world, world overIt's a world wide suicideThe whole world, world overIt's a world wide suicide The whole world, world overIt's a world wide suicideThe whole world, world overIt's a world wide suicide

Consider me an objectPut me in a vacuumFree of all conditionsFree of air and friction Yeah, I'll be hanging upside downAnd there I will swing for all eternity Feel it risingYeah, next stop fallingFeel it risingComatose, with no fear of falling Consider me an abscessLeave me in my vacuumBlood on all the pistonsRunning my transmission Feel it risingYeah, next stop fallingFeel it risingComatose, with no fear of falling Feel it risingYeah, next stop fallingFeel it rising High above, I'll break the lawIf it's illegal to be in loveLeave the hatred on the cross Yeah, I'll be hanging upside downAnd here I will swing for all eternity Feel it risingYeah, next stop fallingFeel it risingComatose, with no fear of falling Feel it risingYeah, next stop fallingFeel it risingSomething never thought you'd be part of

Big man stands behind an open doorSaid, "Leave your lady on the cement floor." Got some kicks, want to take a ride?I said, yeah!Take your pick, leave yourself behindI said, yeah! I've no fear but for falling downSo look out below I am falling nowOh please understand, I just need my friendA way, a way, a way home Tried to walk, found a severed handRecognized it from the wedding band Said it's okay, do you want some more?I said, yeah!You'll see dragons after three or fourI said, yeah! Understand I'm not falling downI said, look around, the rooms taller nowI can't close my eyes, 'cause I see the soundIn waves, in waves, lets me stay calm If I don't lose controlExplore and not explodeA preternatural other planeWith the power to maintain Like a tear in all we knowOnce dissolved we are free to growWhat is human, what is more?I'll answer this when I get home

There is a marker, no one sees it 'cause of sandThat has covered over all the messages it keptFrom misunderstanding what original truth wasAnd now expanding in a faith, but not in love What went wrong?Walking tightrope high over moral groundSeeing visions of falling up somehowOh do come down with the livingLet what is living loveSo unforgiving, yet needing forgiveness first God, what do you say? Those undecided needn't have faith to be freeAnd those misguided, there was a plan for them to beNow you got both sides claiming "Killing in God's name"But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently What goes on?Walking tightrope high over moral groundWalk the bridges before you burn them downDo come round with the livingLet what is living loveUnforgiving, yet needing forgiveness first God, what do you say?God, what do you say? I feel a sickness, a sickness coming over meLike watching freedom being sucked straight out to seaAnd the solution? Well, from me far would it beBut the delusion is feeling dangerous to me What goes wrong?Walking tightrope high over moral groundSeeing visions of falling up somehowOh, do come down with the livingLet what is living love, unforgivingYet needing forgiveness first Oh, what do you say?God, what do you say? What do you say? Calling out, calling outCalling out, calling out

Why deny all the troubles when combinedWith the missing links, it don't feel like home nowThat you're gone, all the troubles suddenly explained infinitumYou're always wishing and never here at home, you All the dreams we shared and lights we turned onBut the house is getting darkAnd I don't want to know your pastBut together share the dawn And I won't need nothing else 'cause when we're deadWe would've had it allAnd I wouldn't falling from the sky, tell youParachutes have opened now Heaven knows if there's a ceilingCome so low with the kneelingPlease know that, that I got All the friends I'm needing, before my lights go outAs the doors are closing now And far away will be my homeAnd to grasp this, I don't know But I don't needFurther back and forth, a wave will break on me todayAnd loveWish the world could glow again with loveOne can't seem to have enough And warBreak the sky and tell me what it's forI'll travel there on my ownAnd loveWhat a different lifeHad I not found this love with you

He's got a big gold ring which says "Jesus Saves"And it's dented from the punch thrown at work that dayWhen he smashed the metal locker where he kept his thingsAfter the big boss say, "You best be on your way" So this life is sacrificeOh yeahJumping trains just to survive Well his wife and kid's asleep but he's still awakeAnd his brain weighs the curse of thirty bills unpaidGets up, lights a cigarette he's grown to hateThinking if he can't sleep, how will he ever dream again? So this life is sacrificedOh yeahTo a stranger's bottom lineOh yeah I've seen the light, oho oh oh oho oh ohI'm scared aliveNearly deadOho oh oh oho oh ohhI've seen the lightStill alive YeahSo this life is sacrificedOh yeahWas a dream that had to dieOh yeah I've seen the light, oho oh oh oho oh ohI'm scared aliveNear to deathOho oh oh oho oh oh I've seen the lightScared aliveOho ohhh ohhhhh oooohooooI'm here to dieHere to dieScared aliveHere to dieHere to dieScared of life

I used to be crustacean, ohIn an underwater nation, yeahAnd I surf in celebration, ohOf a billion adaptations, yeah yeah Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big waveGot me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave I feel the need planted in meMillions of years agoCan't you see the ocean's size? Defining time and tide arisingArms laid upon meBeing so kind to let me ride I scream in affirmation, ohOf connecting dislocations, yeahAnd exceeding limitation, ohBy achieving levitation, yeah Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big waveGot me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave I feel the need planted in meMillions of years agoCan't you see the ocean's size? Defining time and tide arisingArms laid upon meBeing so kind to let me ride Got me a rideGot me a rideOh

No more upset morningsNo more tired eveningsThis American dreamI am disbelieving When the gas in my tankFeels like money in the bankGonna blow it all this timeTake me one last ride For the lights of this cityThey only look good when I'm speedingI wanna leave 'em all behind me'Cause this time I'm gone Long goneThis time I'm letting go of it allSo long'Cause this time I'm gone In the far off distanceAs my tail-lights fadeNo one thinks to witnessBut they will someday Feel like a question is formingAnd the answer's farI will be what I could beOnce I get out of this town For the lights of this cityThey have lost all feelingGonna leave 'em all behind me'Cause this time I'm gone Long goneYeah, this time I'm letting go of it allSo longLong gone, I'm letting go of it all'Cause this time I'm gone If nothing is everythingIf nothing is everything, I'll have it allIf nothing is everythingIf nothing is everything, I'll have it all I am gone

I have faced itA life wastedI'm never going back again Having tastedA life wastedI'm never going back again I escaped itA life wastedI'm never going back again