All the Children

Calling, mama
Time stands still
When you're always underage
So we learn to fake it
Like actors on a stage
And everyone we knew
Told us just what to do
And how to feel about it
All our illusions fell
We knew them so well
Until we learned to doubt all of it
All the children know
If you jump you fall
And if you jump too high
You fall harder than before
And all the children say
Why'd you let me down?
Tell me, when you going to come around?
I can't live my life underground
Tell me, when you going to come around?
Calling, mama
Calling, mama
Calling, mama
Calling, oh oh
Calling, mama
Blue lights and shadows
We grew up way too fast
They stole our future
But they can't steal our past
Everyone knows
That's where you go
If you have to run now
If I'm not back by dawn
Tell them I'll be gone
And I'll stay gone somehow
All the children know
If you jump you fall
And if you jump too high
You fall harder than before
And all the children say
Why'd you let me down?
Tell me, when you going to come around?
I can't live my life underground
Tell me, when you going to come around?
Hold your tongue, hold your tongue
Hold your tongue, hold your tongue
Hold your tongue, hold your tongue
Hold your tongue, hold your tongue
Stop staring, stop staring
Stop staring, oh, stop staring
Stop staring, stop staring
Stop staring, oh, stop staring
Stop staring, stop staring
Stop staring, oh, stop staring
At everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone
All the children know
If you run you fall
And if you run too fast
You'll fall harder than before
All the children say
Why'd you let me down?
Tell me, when you going to come around?
I can't live my life underground
Tell me, when you going to come around?
Calling, mama
Calling, mama
Calling, oh oh
Calling, mama