Want you notice you're losing focus
They mean to choke us
It could be wrong alright
We live together in life to sever
We don't know whether
It could be wrong alright

Lately I've learned to watch my back
Look out the window and I see a ghostly face
No eyes, no lips, no skin at all
Just a secret stirred in and out of space
So we can talk about some gangsta shit
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
It's dangerous I know

World's getting fatter on baby batter
So what's the matter?
It could be wrong alright
Shall I continue the beast within you?
What a week we've been through
It could be wrong alright

Lately I've learned to watch my back
Look out the window and I see a ghostly face
No eyes, no lips, no skin at all
Just a puff of smoke in an empty space
So we can talk about some gangsta shit
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
It's dangerous I know
(Dangerous I know)

We can talk about some gangsta shit
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
It's dangerous
We can talk about some gangsta shit
Violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
Well it's dangerous I know

Lately I've learned to watch my back
Look out the window and I see a ghostly face
No eyes, no lips, no skin at all
Just a secret stirred in and out of space
So we can talk about some gangsta shit
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
It's dangerous I know
(Well it's dangerous)
Lately I've learned to watch my back
Look out the window and I see a ghostly face
No eyes, no lips, no skin at all
Just a secret stirred in and out of space
So we can talk about some gangsta shit
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
Well it's dangerous I know

Do what you want me to do
Say what you want me to say
I smile when you give me the cue
I'll play like you want me to play
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
So how come the road never clears?
How come it's always so cold?
I guess there's no way out of here
Unless I reshape to your mold
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free

Paint by number
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?

Let's take it down another notch
Dim all your brightest ideas
Just a little snip to the crotch, now watch
That ought to set you at ease
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free

Paint by number
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?

I'm gonna let it shine!
C'mon J, let it shine

Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free

Paint by number
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
Oh, paint by number
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
(Here we go)

Looking in the mirror do you find
You can see the road you've left behind
Almost to the point of no return
You can feel the fire start to burn

I believe in chanting what you start
You get the body, play the part
Almost to the point of no return
Yeah, you can feel the fire start to burn

All those pretty pictures in your head
Of a life you thought was better dead than alive
Put a bullet in your soul
But I don't do that no more
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
(Got to do just what you must before your body...)
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust

I believe the time has come to stop
You can tell me now you never dropped
Almost to the point of no return
You can feel the fire start to burn
All those pretty pictures in your head
Of a life you thought was better dead than alive
Put a bullet in your soul, yeah
But I don't do that no more, no
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
(Got to do just what you must before your body...)
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust

All those pretty pictures in your head
Of a life you thought was better dead than alive
Put a bullet in your soul, yeah
But I don't do that no more, no more, no
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
(Got to do just what you must before your body...)
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
(You got to)
Just what you must
(You got to)
Body turn to dust
(You got to)
Just what you must
Body turn to dust
(You got to)
Just what you must
(You got to)
Your body turn to dust
(You got to)
Oh, yeah
Body turn to dust
(You got to)
Oh, yeah, yeah
(You got to)
Body turn to dust
Body turn to dust
(You got to, you got to, you got to)
Body turn to dust
Oh yeah, yeah
Body turn to dust

He can't get in, he can't get out
It starts to spin, he rounds about
So you're leaving town
I watch you turn the bend
But the earth is round
You'll be back again

The name of us is this, my love

We gotta get out of here
Methinks the end is near
We gotta get out of here
Methinks the end is near

The name of us is this: broadway alien
The game is to exist because we can
The name of us is this: the alien
The game is to exist at all, my love

Hahahahahahaha

A domicile, but the truth remains
She picks apart my brains
Oh so strange

We gotta get out of here
Methinks the end is near

The name of us is this: broadway alien
The game is to exist because we can
The name of us is this: the alien
The game is to exist at all, my love

(So you're leaving town)
So you're leaving town
(Watch you turn the bend)
Watch you turn the bend
(But the earth is round)
But the earth is round
(You'll be back again)
You'll be back again

Wake up
And let's get out of here
Methinks the end is near

The name of us is this: broadway alien
The game is to exist because we can
The name of us is this: the alien
You know the game is to exist at all, my love

My love
My love
My love

The name of us is this: the alien
The game is to exist at all, my love

You call me baby
You call me baby

Did you ever feel so small
In the face of it all
That if you cut yourself in two
There'd be nothing left of you?
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't get us back together again
It's an eight mile trek
Towards the back of the bus
Where there's an empty seat
Somebody saved for us saying
Hey (hey) you (you), what do you do
When you're all stuck up
And your bones stick through?
It's the longest haul
An even longer fall
From the top of the line
To the place you crawl saying

You call me baby
I could believe in you now
It's only me trying to get by
In this city tonight
Because I know it's right, yeah
One day you will all wake up
From the American dream
American dream

Late at night you go to bed
Don't be so sure you're not dead
In the morning when you wake
Better check the space that you take up
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't get us back together again
On a sick television
That's coughing up blood
And it stains every life, and it's starting
To flood, saying hey (hey) you (you)
What do you do when you're all stuck up
And your bones stick through?
It's an eight mile trek
Towards the back of the bus
Where all the hoes hang out
To be the first to touch, saying...

You call me baby
I could believe in you now
It's only me trying to get by
In this city tonight, yeah
Because I know it's right

Ever wonder what you are
Besides the sum of your sensation?
Black and starless night
You know my mind is under
Constant renovation, revelation
Leaving on the light
We are the children of an age
Of ancient, faceless information
Don't forget to write
You know I'd grow up
But I don't think I could stand the elevation
I'm afraid of heights
One day you will all wake up
From the American dream
American dream
What am I, yeah, yeah?
[scat]

All the king's horses
(You call me baby)
And all the king's men
Couldn't get us back together again
(You call me baby)
You call me baby
You call me baby
Do it my way
You call me baby
You call me baby
I could believe in you now
You call me baby

Hell's not hot
It's so cold that it burns
So I'm watching the pot
Until the fire returns
Voices of those familiar
Whisper "I'm sorry my son
If the devil ain't already killed you
Thy kingdom may never come"
Yeah
So what do you think
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Never a drop in the well

One by one the guilty trudge
All in single file
One by one they leap from the ledge
One by one they land in the pile
And they wait for the fireworks to start
They wait in the darkness alone
If the devil had half of a heart
Oh, then he might just come back home

So what do you think
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Never a drop in the well

Well I hope you don't
Think me ungrateful
But I can't think of what
Could be worse
Than to sit all alone on a bed
Made of stone
Watching the shadows rehearse
See, Hell ain't no place
Where they melt you down, no
In fact it's so cold that you learn
Oh, to sit with your sins
'Til a new day begins
And the devil returns

So what do you think
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Never a drop in the well
Yeah
So what do you think
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Oh, never a drop in the well

Never a drop in the well
Oh there's never a drop in the well
Well there's never a drop in the well
Never a drop in the well
Never a drop in the well

When we get together
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can't fight this feeling for long

And when they tell you
That you don't need eyes to see
You pack up your bags, check your price tags
Looking back at me
You know the truth, know it well
You cannot lie
What about your friends?
What about all the loose ends to tie?
When we get together
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can't fight this feeling for long

And it's just the system trying
To bring another good man down
Act like you miss him
Yes it all comes back around
You know the truth, know it well
You cannot lie
What about your friends?
What about all the loose ends to tie?

When we get together
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can't fight this feeling for long
When we get together
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can't fight this feeling for long
When we get together
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can't fight this feeling for long
I can't fight this feeling for long
I can't fight this feeling for long
I can't fight this feeling for long
I can't fight this feeling for long, long, long, long,
la, la, la, long!

Do what you want me to do
Say what you want me to say
I smile when you give me the cue
I'll play like you want me to play
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
So how come the road never clears?
How come it's always so cold?
I guess there's no way out of here
Unless I reshape to your mold
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free

Paint by number
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?

Let's take it down another notch
Dim all your brightest ideas
Just a little snip to the crotch, now watch
That ought to set you at ease
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free

Paint by number
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?

I'm gonna let it shine!
C'mon J, let it shine

Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free

Paint by number
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
Oh, paint by number
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
(Here we go)

Amaze disgrace
How sweet the sound
Of footfalls in
The underground
And rise my children
Come and play
The perfect earth
She's been blown away
And don't you fear it
When you hear it
Stirring down below
Don't you get that's
How it lets itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to
Hide our screams
Amaze disgrace
Oh how sweet it is
Your life's blood bleeds
Along your wrist
And rise my children
Come and see
The perfect earth
Catastrophe
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to hide our screams
It was a night like tonight
So many years ago
I was drawn towards the light
Held on too tight, could not let go
And rise my children come and play
The perfect earth, she's been blown away
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
(Stirring down below)
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
(Self into your soul)
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
(Stirring down below)
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to
Hide our screams
Amaze (disgrace)
(Amaze disgrace)
Amaze...

Life's not fair
I love you but I just don't care
I promise but I do not swear, swear
Calling on the phone is what you do
Yeah, yeah

We try most of all to get things done
We try most of all to change our world
When the joke wears thin
I wonder, have we been the same?

Life's not fair
I love you but I just don't care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Doodoodoodoodoodoo

We try most of all to get things done
We try most of all to see how it is
When the joke wears thin
I wonder, have we been the same?

Life's not fair
I love you but I just don't care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do
Doodoodoodoodoodoo

Throw me a line, reach out in time
To a place where the rivers run dry
Light up your soul, you never know
Beautiful sky in this twilight of the banks, it shan't be long
Light up your soul, you never know

Life's not fair
I love you but I just don't care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Life's not fair
I love you but I just don't care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do
Doodoodoodoodoodoo, yeah
Life's not fair
I love you but I just don't care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Doodoodoodoodoodoo
Life's not fair
I love you but I just don't care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Doodoodoodoo
Life's not fair
I love you but I just don't care
Well I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Life's not fair