This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Maybe I was missing something initially
And maybe eventually it will all make sense
Snakes against angels and stairways to heaven
I'm shaking all over and I can't control it
Did you think it was easy? And nearly fall into it?
Wonder if you see it beyond the lip service
Try to accept that it's hard enough
Turning rough
Every day could be our last
Could it, darling, coming fast
Time won't slow for anyone
Out on the tracks at a quarter to one
I accept that it's not as impossible as it sounds
Impossible the more the barrier
Going down with the ship
Make a smile with the family
There aren't any lifeboats to heaven around here
Just misguided people and Russian roulette
Mistaking kindness for weakness
Thinking like giants and acting like children
Strangers in a hurry
Every day could be our last
Could it, darling, coming fast
Time won't slow for anyone
Out on the tracks at a quarter to one
You set me on fire then watch me fly
You can see how I burn, you can feel how I try
You're my number one puncher, my number one fist
You're my heaven in my heartbeat and my one true bliss
So let me down on the floor, I can't take anymore
From the snakes against angels and stairways to heaven
Inordinate faces and a couple of dice
I'm shaking all over and I can't control it
Every day could be our last
Could it, darling, coming fast
Time won't slow for anyone
Out on the tracks at a quarter to one
And maybe eventually it will all make sense
Snakes against angels and stairways to heaven
I'm shaking all over and I can't control it
Did you think it was easy? And nearly fall into it?
Wonder if you see it beyond the lip service
Try to accept that it's hard enough
Turning rough
Every day could be our last
Could it, darling, coming fast
Time won't slow for anyone
Out on the tracks at a quarter to one
I accept that it's not as impossible as it sounds
Impossible the more the barrier
Going down with the ship
Make a smile with the family
There aren't any lifeboats to heaven around here
Just misguided people and Russian roulette
Mistaking kindness for weakness
Thinking like giants and acting like children
Strangers in a hurry
Every day could be our last
Could it, darling, coming fast
Time won't slow for anyone
Out on the tracks at a quarter to one
You set me on fire then watch me fly
You can see how I burn, you can feel how I try
You're my number one puncher, my number one fist
You're my heaven in my heartbeat and my one true bliss
So let me down on the floor, I can't take anymore
From the snakes against angels and stairways to heaven
Inordinate faces and a couple of dice
I'm shaking all over and I can't control it
Every day could be our last
Could it, darling, coming fast
Time won't slow for anyone
Out on the tracks at a quarter to one
Lyrics submitted by smallwonderrobot
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