Breathless- Waiting on a Wire

WAITING ON A WIRE

your tireless work counts for little here
it's so unbelievable
all's fair with favor for a favor
& they must surely know
& they should really know

running on on & on & on on on running on on & on
running on on & on & on on on running on on & on
running on on & on & on on on running on on & on
running on on & on & on on on running on on & on
running on on & on & on...

I'm all out of humor & ready to rest
new price of freedom seems more than than I've got
strange how the new rule seems destined for no goal
and what's this sound ringing in our ears?
it's just the sound of the wars we don't want to fight for
power hungry star eyed prefects
shoot blindly from their desks
pushing the wheel in a backwards motion
leading us all somewhere
but it's nowhere
nowhere but over the edge
& they must surely know
they should really know
it's nowhere in particular
nowhere in particular
but swinging on a pocket watch
it's guns that keep me from sleep

all out of humor - ready to rest
& rest