And on that day they'll tell you
That life went on with no clue
The warning signs were all dismissed or shouted down
So it goes
The kings all failed to tell us
The madmen failed to sell us
On what would then befall the only life we know
Were they burning signal fires
To guide us to the fields
Or building funeral pyres
The outcome of a final appeal
The city lines are down
The kerosene's run out
The fracturing of all
We relied upon
Let's shed this unclean skin
And start to feel again
'Cause all the shoulders on which to cry are gone
The paranoia gripped us
The rain turned engines to rust
The panic set in like a cancer to our hearts
Spreading through
We bet on finite genius
And prayed for gods to save us
But there was no answer, so
Disease tore us apart
We left bodies in the fields
So numb that we forgot how to feel
The city lines are down
The kerosene's run out
The fracturing of
We relied upon
Let's shed this unclean skin
And start to feel again
'Cause all the shoulders on which to cry are gone
He looked at the fields, and then his hands
"All I need is what I have"
Then fell a tear of happiness
Oh, she watched the world crumble away
"Is this the end of yesterday?"
"Lord, I hope so" is all he said
Gone are the old guards
Gone are the cold, cold wars
Weightless, we go forth,
On wings of amnesty.
All we relied on now
The city lines are down
The kerosene's run out
The fracturing of all
We relied upon
Let's shed this unclean skin
And start to feel again
With no more shoulders, shoulders to cry on now
No more, no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
The weight that we once felt is gone.
Lyrics according to album booklet:
And on that day they'll tell you That life went on with no clue The warning signs were all dismissed or shouted down So it goes The kings all failed to tell us The madmen failed to sell us On what would then befall the only life we know
Were they burning signal fires To guide us to the fields Or building funeral pyres The outcome of a final appeal
The city lines are down The kerosene's run out The fracturing of all We relied upon Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again 'Cause all the shoulders on which to cry are gone
The paranoia gripped us The rain turned engines to rust The panic set in like a cancer to our hearts Spreading through We bet on finite genius And prayed for gods to save us But there was no answer, so Disease tore us apart We left bodies in the fields So numb that we forgot how to feel
The city lines are down The kerosene's run out The fracturing of We relied upon Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again 'Cause all the shoulders on which to cry are gone
He looked at the fields, and then his hands "All I need is what I have" Then fell a tear of happiness Oh, she watched the world crumble away "Is this the end of yesterday?" "Lord, I hope so" is all he said Gone are the old guards Gone are the cold, cold wars Weightless, we go forth, On wings of amnesty.
All we relied on now
The city lines are down The kerosene's run out The fracturing of all We relied upon Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again With no more shoulders, shoulders to cry on now
No more, no more No more, no more No more, no more The weight that we once felt is gone.