Temptation, illusion The visions that keep you up all night Nightmares in color And daydreams in dull black and white Everyone's staring at you They'
Our heads are cracked and our skin is peeling And blood is splattered on the ceiling These awful looks seem so funny Run along now sonny What are we
Try to explain but they'll never understand Try to defeat them but they've got the upper hand You've got to give it all to the man Knock at the door
Medicate yourself, You'll feel much better Take those drugs again, They'll take you higher Smoke your cigarettes for stress Drink more just to feel less
Why do you go off and on your own? What'cha lookin' for, where did you go? Won't you come back, won't you come back home? I've almost given up, now that
The fortune teller drops his books And searches for some better hook To try on someone not as wise as you A renegade in cheap cologne With a mishap's
You're so covetous So avaricious You covet empty tokens and false treasures I'm a bust And I'm a fraud Full of lust and aimless save for seeking pleasure
Directly outside turdy locks I gave a hand to broken clocks and fixed them What a drip, man Erected outside tower blocks Were raising hands for choking
Funny funny funny little go getter It's funny funny get's me home for free In my funny funny little love letter It's funny funny gives me hope for free
It gives me time to think To play around with notes That I retrieve from the kitchen sink It makes me stop and see It gives me opportunity To seek, destroy
I'm going to find myself some brand new lungs Because these ones are black and tired I'll use them well and mind my health And think nothing but good
Lovely sons and daughters This ole life can get you down As the days shrink one inch shorter Keep your eyes glued to the ground Now tuck your wings
She?s an effortless amnesiac She don?t listen to what she?s told Is it all an act, is she playing you? You can?t really say, you don?t know She?s always
I came upon a row of pretty houses So still and secretive and nearly perfect Said to myself ?it may be worth it? Thought to myself ?maybe you?ll be worthy
