Ignore the clocks ticking and chiming I warn you don't ever take their bait Round here it don't matter what the time is Because round here it's always too late Some towns chew you up This one digests you slow You might as well just give up It'll never let go I've been searching all evening For a game that ain't rigged There's only one way of leaving Get a shovel and dig Welcome to the upside down Welcome to the inside out You won't find many new ideas in this town No one ever thought to try one out They built things to last They didn't build them to work The funny thing about the past It has a tendency to lurk Around every corner And down every drain Rising up to warn you Again and again Welcome to the upside down Welcome to the last silver of soap There ain't a lot of optimism floating araound Even the circling vultures have given up hope We've got low expectations And high rates of tax Blood is spilt on occasion But soon dries in the cracks It's one long wrong foregone conclusion This is no longer about fathers and sons More about worlds that are starting to shrink Weeping mothers givin suck to their young Tender as scabs picked down to the pink This tale is tired of the telling It don't want to unfold It's sobbing and yelling To never ever be retold While the promises pile up But nobody's counting The rivers turn to slop That ain't fit to drown in Welcome to the upside down Welcome to the shadow of the doubt The house lights have faded now But that don't mean you can just sit this one out Everyone here is so proud And here is so prone No matter how big the crowd We still feel alone How did it ever come to this? How did it ever come to this?