[Verse 1}

The night falls hard on sunken dreams

The sorry splendor rots and gleams

Patrons bark and angels jeer

The band plays loud and they don't hear

All they love is black and white

Don't see the color of the light

Lost their spirit and bled their souls

With crimson shovels digging holes

{Chorus]

Oh you know I don't really wanna live in this strange world

(I need somebody beside me)

To live in this strange land

(I need somebody to hide me)

Away from these cruel times

(don't tell me to hold out for a miracle)

I've been here for so long

Somebody just come and take me where the skies are blue

When you just want to fly away it's the sky blues

[Verse 2]

Men and horses line the street

Corrupted lives left incomplete

Afraid of shadows on the wall

Cast by the fingers of the tall

Suits of power, white and black

Bring velvet ruin on their backs

And through the laughter and the moans

It’s just the thieves that feel at home

{Chorus]

Oh you know I don't really wanna live in this strange world

(I need somebody beside me)

To live in this strange land

(I need somebody to hide me)

Away from these cruel times

(don't tell me to hold out for a miracle)

I've been here for so long

Somebody just come and take me where the skies are blue

When you just want to fly away it's the sky blues

[Bridge]

I need to get higher

High above and far away

Keep the clouds so dark and grey

Below me

I need to get farther

And find a place to start again

To laugh at jokes and play pretend

I wonder where you are

I'm empty

And floating like I'm deep in space

Away from every kind of place

Come find me

But sadly

The feeling ends, I'm falling now

I'm fading back into the crowd

I've only come so far

[Verse 3]

The band is tired, their throats are dry

But still they play, I wonder why

They see those shadows on the wall

The cracks run deep as pieces fall

Can we divine a better end

And be a better kind of friend

If not I doubt we shall survive

I just want the truth to come alive

{Chorus]

Oh you know I don't really wanna live in this strange world

(I need somebody beside me)

To live in this strange land

(I need somebody to hide me)

Away from these cruel times

(don't tell me to hold out for a miracle)

I've been here for so long

Somebody just come and take me where the skies are blue

When you just want to fly away it's the sky blues