Look out your window
They're chasing shadows in the dark
Wake me up, wake me up
Where the things that they promised are not a gift
Running down creation
If man falls through the mirror of a lake
They fish him out quick and they call him a fake
There must be something better than this
Tie him up high till his bones break
So erase the tape on that final ape running down creation
Like bodies falling from a constellation
Saw a cross in splinters
I thought I heard somebody laugh
They're counting widows
Every woman sold into shame
Every man, a crawling king snake
They tell you it's all for your own protection
So count your blessings when they ask permission
What do we have to do to send the river in reverse?
An uncivil war divides the nation
Till you fear your own reflection
Dig me out of the trench of winter
There must be something better than this
Wake me up with a slap or a kiss
What would I take in exchange for my soul?
'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse
To govern with money and superstition
Another shovel on the graveyard shift
Are your arms too weak to lift?
Wake me up, wake me up with a slap or a kiss
I felt the truce of spring
What do we have to do to send the river in reverse
Every girl, a half a heartbreak
But the times are passing from illumination
Here comes the flood if you catch my drift
Wake me up with a slap or a kiss
There must be something better than this
To any son without a name
I felt a sliver of glass
Wake me up, wake me up
'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse
Wake me up with a slap or a kiss
Wake me up, wake me up
Give him all the temptations he can take
Would I notice when it was sold?
