Past the beaten, broken, abandoned houses It's sink or swim; Taping up your knuckles And climbing back into the ring. For a workman's wages Slugging it out in St. Louis; Life is not your own Without the chances that you take Lost in darkness, maps unfolded on midnight's moonless night; Laughing, I... Turned on the lights. Eventually we'll all lose every Single thing we love And a heart that's beating Is chained and cheated By every single desire. But we can beat death while we're still alive Sometimes White german shepard, trailer park, Dirt yard and a chain-link fence. My dad never learned to bend, Now he's a broken scarecrow in tornado winds With two-by-four shingles transformers scattered in gravel, evening rain Life is not your own without every single mistake that you've made And vision isn't sight to see what's inside; We all keep a blind eye; Searchlights turned outward To an endless sea of change Eventually we'll all lose every Single thing we love And a heart that's beating Is chained and cheated By every single desire. But we can beat death while we're still alive Sometimes