Round here we talk just like lions but we sacrifice like lambs
She parks her car outside of my house and
[Incomprehensible] sleeping children better run like the wind
Why? I don't know
Well, I walk in the air between the rain
Mama's little baby better get herself in
She says she's tired of life
Out of the lightning
And says she's thinking of jumping
Will you catch me? 'Cause I'm falling down on you
And she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
Where? I don't know
Maria says she's dying
Round here something radiates
Then she looks up at the building
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late
She says, "It's only in my head"
She says, "Shh, I know it's only in my head"
You catch me if I'm falling, you catch me if I'm falling
I said I'm under the gun round here
I, I can't see nothing, nothing round here
Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
Round here we always stand up straight
Through myself and back again
Just like she's walking on a wire in the circus
And in between the moon and you, angels get a better view
She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
Out of the lightning dream
Through the door, I hear her crying
Round here we're never sent to bed early and nobody makes us wait
She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right
Round here we all look the same
Takes her clothes off, says she's close to understanding Jesus
But the girl on the car in the parking lot
Round here, hey man, got lots of time
Round here she's slipping though my hands
She must be tired of something
Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"
Says, "Man, you should try to take a shot
And she knows she's more than just a little misunderstood
Round here she's always on my mind
Round here we're carving out our names
Oh man, I said I'm under the gun round here
