[Verse 1]
Do you really believe that you can never be sure?
They're leaving bodies in stairwells
Washing up on the shore
Do you really expect us to care what you're waiting for?
When you're high in your castle, keeping an eye on the door
The door, the door
[Pre-Chorus]
If I only see what I can see
I know it isn't there
And if only need what I can keep
I know it isn't fair
[Chorus]
Oh, baby
You can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
Oh, I will stop at nothing
And you can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
No, I will stop at nothing now
[Verse 2]
Do you really believe that you are one of a kind?
If you don't have a heart I can offer you mine
Do you really expect that you will always be fine?
When you're high on your throne
And never toeing the line, the line, the line
[Pre-Chorus]
If I only see what I can see
I know it isn't there
And if only need what I can keep
I know it isn't fair
[Chorus]
Oh, baby
You can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
Oh, I will stop at nothing
And you can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
No, I will stop at nothing now
[Bridge]
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
[Chorus]
Oh, baby
You can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
Oh, I will stop at nothing
And you can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
No, I will stop at nothing now
[Refrain]
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
[Outro]
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
Do you really believe that you can never be sure?
They're leaving bodies in stairwells
Washing up on the shore
Do you really expect us to care what you're waiting for?
When you're high in your castle, keeping an eye on the door
The door, the door
If I only see what I can see
I know it isn't there
And if only need what I can keep
I know it isn't fair
Oh, baby
You can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
Oh, I will stop at nothing
And you can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
No, I will stop at nothing now
Do you really believe that you are one of a kind?
If you don't have a heart I can offer you mine
Do you really expect that you will always be fine?
When you're high on your throne
And never toeing the line, the line, the line
If I only see what I can see
I know it isn't there
And if only need what I can keep
I know it isn't fair
Oh, baby
You can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
Oh, I will stop at nothing
And you can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
No, I will stop at nothing now
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
Oh, baby
You can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
Oh, I will stop at nothing
And you can look away
While they're dancing on our graves
But I will stop at nothing
No, I will stop at nothing now
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
Lookin' away, you're lookin' away
From all that we've done
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I have no idea what this song was specifically written about but it definitely has political undertones. To me its about people in positions of power where they be CEO, President, King, Senator who choose to ignore problems or push solutions aside that don't fit their agendas or the agendas of those that make contributions to them. Even when these issues get so serious they lead to the deaths of others they still sit in their ivory towers seemingly ambivalent to the problems facing the people they are supposed to care about.