This place is a prison
And these people aren't your friends
Inhaling thrills through $20 bills
And the tumblers are drained
And then flooded again and again
There are guards at the on-ramps
Armed to the teeth
And you may case the grounds
From the Cascades to Puget Sound
But you are not permitted to leave
I know there's a big world out there
Like the one that I saw on the screen
In my living room late last night
It was almost too bright to see
And I know that it's not a party
If it happens every night
Pretending there's glamour and candelabra
When you're drinking by candlelight
What does it take to get a drink in this place?
What does it take, how long must I wait?
And these people aren't your friends
Inhaling thrills through $20 bills
And the tumblers are drained
And then flooded again and again
There are guards at the on-ramps
Armed to the teeth
And you may case the grounds
From the Cascades to Puget Sound
But you are not permitted to leave
I know there's a big world out there
Like the one that I saw on the screen
In my living room late last night
It was almost too bright to see
And I know that it's not a party
If it happens every night
Pretending there's glamour and candelabra
When you're drinking by candlelight
What does it take to get a drink in this place?
What does it take, how long must I wait?
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28, edited by straightconcrete
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I agree with everything ribena_wrath said except I think when he says "I know there's a big world out there like the one I saw on the screen in my living room late last night it was almost too bright to see" to me that mean that he know there's something better out there. Like when he says it was almost too bright to see. I think he feel like it unattainable which is why at the end of the song it seems to me that he just gives up and has another drink.