Step out the front door like a ghost
Into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white
And in between the moon and you the angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right
I walk in the air, between the rain, through myself and back again
Where? I don't know
But Maria says she's dying, through the door I hear her crying
I don't know
Round here we always stand up straight
Round here something radiates
Verse
Well, Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
It's like she's walking on a wire in the circus
She parks her car outside of my house and takes her clothes off
Says she's close to understanding Jesus
And she knows she's more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous
Round here we're carving out our names
Round here we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions but we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she's slipping through my hands
Bridge
Ohhh, sleeping children better run like the wind
Out of the lightning dream
Mama's little baby better get herself in
Out of the lightning
She says, "It's only in my head"
She says, "Shhh, I know it's only in my head"
(Again, the gist)
I said, "Did you think that you were dreaming?"
I said, "No"
"Did you think that you were dreaming"
I said, "No"
"Did you think that you were dreaming"
I said, "Sometimes I don't know"
Break
There's a girl on the corner out in the parking lot
She says, "Come on, now come on, just take a shot"
She says, "Can't you see me, can't you see me
Can't you see my walls are tumbling down
Can't you see my walls are crumbling down
Can't you see my sun stop spinning around
Can't you see the sky turn black and brown
Can't you see the moon is flashing around
Can't you see me, can't you see me
Can't you see,"
"No!"
Said, there's a girl on the car in the parking lot
She said, "Why don't you take a shot?
Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"
As she looks up at the building, she say's, "I'm thinking of jumping"
She says she's tired of life, she must be tired of something
Round here she's always on my mind
Round here, hey man, we've got lots of time
Round here we're never sent to bed early and nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late
I can't see nothing, nothing round here
So catch if I'm falling, catch me if I'm falling
Catch me 'cause I'm falling down on you
Outro
And I said I'm under the gun round here
(Yet again, you get the gist)
Man, I said I'm under the gun round here
I can't see nothing, nothing
Round here