I\'d been worried for a while,
I told you I loved you,
That God loved you too,
That you were in danger.
Oh, what did I do wrong?
What did I do wrong?
I didn\'t want to lose my son
To the wandering lust of youth,
I fear that I have.
I fear that I have already.
I found your final letter
You left it on your dresser.
Wrote nothing but your name,
Nothing less than when you came
Into this world.
What did I do wrong?
The preacher says you\'re up in heaven
And he\'s lying with his eyes again.
There was nothing you could do, he says,
Nothing you could do.
I wonder then,
Who needed saving?
And it\'s easy to sleep soundly,
The earth circled by the sun.
And it\'s easy to give graces
With the devil and the gun.
And it\'s easy to be happy
When nothing is wrong,
But harder still when religion kills
Oh God who needed saving?
Who needed saving?
And what good is all this love?
What good is eternity?
Without everyone?
Without everyone?
And where are you now my son?
If you\'re somehow in hell,
I\'ll be with you soon,
I know we will meet there.
I know we will meet there.
I know we will meet there.
I know we will meet there.
I know we will meet there.
', 'I\'m a beautiful weapon,
I\'m a death streaked sky,
And tomorrow\'s just another word for your day to die.
You\'ve seen god kill men, girl,
But I\'ve watched men kill more.
And bombs can\'t bring peace, but love,
Love can start a war.
Hear the rifle fire,
Howling like a monster.
She screams, "Please deliver me,"
He drops a match and shivers.
"Don\'t worry," smirks the captain,
As the flames flare higher,
"We\'re innocent and ignorant,
Another sinister shade of gray."
When they cut our lovers down in line,
Won\'t you light a fire for yours and mine?
When they cut our daughters down in line,
Won\'t you light a fire for yours and mine?
If you cut my lover down in line,
God, I\'ll watch your ashes smolder.
I\'m a horror and a hero,
I\'m a beautiful fury,
I\'m another bloodstained goddamned page in the book of history
I\'m another bloodstained goddamned page in the book of history
So tell me where I can find the white flags in the windows.
Show me where your faithful hide, your children and your widows.
When they cut our lovers down in line,
God I\'ll watch your ashes smolder.
When they cut our lovers down in line,
God I\'ll watch the ashes smolder.
Daughter of mine,
Daughter of mine,
Do you think you could forgive me my crimes in love and war?
They\'re more than I can remember but, lord I can\'t forget.
And my blood still runs a fever, my crimes in love and war.
Do you think she would forgive me my crimes in love and war?
Do you think you would forgive me my crimes in love and war?
You know those days when it feels like every light is flickering out?
And this place seems alright until you find yourself stumbling in the dark?
And you\'re sure that your world will come undone.
You wonder why you bothered to show up in the first place.
On those days I know I\'ll find the stars behind your eyes still shining, your eyes are still shining.
So despite the dark, the murderous,
The broken hearts, the hypocrites,
The liars and their loveless kiss
I still believe.
And the hardest part of closing your eyes, you\'ll see the things that keep you up at night.
And our friends with their lonely drunken smiles say that
Every day is just another schedule, I wish I were forgetful.
We could drink down the same old gin and sorrows,
Drown ourselves like everyone else and wait for tomorrow, another bored tomorrow no,
Your fingerprints circling my shoulder blades, I know we\'ve found a way to make today last forever.
So despite the dark, the murderous,
The broken hearts, the hypocrites,
The liars and their loveless kiss,
I still believe.
I still believe in miracles.
Strike a match and make your wish,
Light a candle, take a risk,
And ask me why I still insist
That I believe in miracles.
I still believe in miracles I do.
And I know that you\'ve seen
The difference between
The world that you dream of and
The world that you see.
So how on earth could you believe in miracles,
After all there is to see?
How on earth could we believe in miracles?
I\'ll tell you I know that I\'ve seen there ain\'t no difference between
The girl that I dream of and the one that I see,
And if you wonder why I believe in the things I do, well,
I believe in miracles all because of you.
So despite the dark, the murderous,
The broken hearts, the hypocrites,
The liars and their loveless kiss,
I still believe in miracles.
I still believe in miracles.
I still believe in miracles.
I still believe in miracles.
Strike a match and make your wish,
Light a candle, take a risk,
And ask me why I still insist
That I believe in miracles, I do.
After all there is to see,
I still believe.
After all there is to see,
I still believe in miracles.
And as you lie awake at night,
Your lover\'s breath beside you,
You\'re dreaming of the future, babe,
He\'s dreaming of your eyes.
And I know you wonder why, well
Everybody dies alone.
I know you\'ve cried, you\'ve been polite
You\'ve lied, well yeah who hasn\'t right?
You try to hide but the words still find you slow, well
Everyone dies alone
And the passions of your younger loves
Vanish day by day.
What really tears you up inside
Could you bear to have them stay?
And I know you\'ve heard them say, well
Everybody dies alone.
The hands you shake, the smiles you fake,
The friends you make to stave away the fear,
That dear loneliness you hold, well
Everyone dies alone
Oh and the clock don\'t chime forever,
Sounding out and counting down the twilight of your life.
The only thing that\'s worse than the dark you seem to dread
Is living only looking toward, forward to your end.
Oh and I know you wonder why, well
Everybody dies alone.
Oh and I know you wonder why, well
Everybody dies alone,
So take my hand and I\'ll take yours,
I\'ll hold you till you hit the floor.
It binds us at the core, we all know, well
Everyone dies alone.
I\'ve got a heart of steel, so why do I feel something tugging me?
Snagged on barbed wire, God how I\'m tired of dragging your memories around.
And I swore I\'d never let you catch me like this again,
Like some broken man, lovesick, quick to cave in and cry
God, blow out the sun,
Smash my head or shoot me dead
But leave the music on.
Don\'t let me stop to think,
Or I\'ll start to fall apart.
So much for my heart of steel,
My heart of steel.
And its true that the dead are never buried
When lovers come and go, no.
The ghosts that I haven\'t gotten over
Are still alive in my heart of steel.
I\'ve got a heart of steel, it\'s peeling in pieces like teardrops they fall to the floor.
I\'m lust soaking, rust choking, trusting myself not to let your scent into my body
And into my soul, clamoring desperately, searching for comfort, for meaning,
And for release, unceasing deceivers are screaming
Shoot out all the lights,
Feel me up and lay me down,
Don\'t look me in the eye.
A means to an end,
Why can\'t it ever be that easy?
For my heart of steel,
My heart of steel.
And its true that the dead are never buried
When lovers come and go, no.
The past might have been but always is today,
I started out okay but
The faces of all my ghosts
Remind me of you
When I close my eyes.In the dark I try to imagine
Through the passion of a stranger
A girl I once knew,
Who I keep in my heart of steel,
Who\'s carved in my heart of steel,
In my heart of steel.
Oh and watch me raise the dead
Through photographs and wordplay
And violet perfume.
And in the dark I feel it on my skin
Through the sweat and desperation,
A memory of you.
Who I keep in my heart of steel alone,
Who I keep in my heart of steel.
Who I keep in my heart of steel alone,
Who I keep in my heart of steel.
And its true that the dead are never buried
When lovers come and go.
No, its true that the dead are never buried
When lovers come and go...no.
Whoever said that lightning never strikes twice
In the same place was most unwise.
Cause in my head, there\'s a storm that keeps forming.
Seems so familiar to my mind.
Once again, there are miles spanning
Between me and the girl that lies
Next to me in my dreams, just silhouettes and memories.
And it\'s like all those nights that we dreaded seeing sunlight.
Constant like the waves of the ocean
That plague the sands where I bury my feet.
I stare out at the endless horizon
Where I hope you\'re looking back at me.
On these shores where we first united,
Building castles to rule the sea.
I\'d stop the tide by your side and conquer this divide.
Speed up time with my mind till our continents collide.
With every flash of lightning that ignites the sky,
With every flash of lightning inside my mind,
With every flash of lightning that shines in your eyes,
It always strikes twice.
Whoever said that lightning never strikes twice
In the same place was far from right.
But in my head there\'s a storm that\'s subsiding.
The past is gone, but the future\'s bright.
I survived the typhoon with my rhythm and blues.
Holding a match to the bridge and now I\'m lightning the fuse.
It\'s gonna burn at both ends and I\'ll let gravity choose
To grant you heaven or hell, six feet under you fell.
And when you rise from the grave, you know it\'s time rebel.
Because you cannot betray without a soul to sell.
I\'ve got an army of rock \'n\' roll soldiers
Ready to charge on my every command.
They listen with guitars on their shoulders
To every lyric from this pen in my hand.
I won\'t jump in the line, a politician\'s design
To control your mind, close your eyes, make you blind.
So I\'ll kindly decline to surrender by spine.
I\'d rather wash out bloodstains than the thoughts from my brain.
So I\'ll start a campaign with a platform to entertain.
Now the world is my stage, a throne to rule my domain.
I\'ve got an army of rock \'n\' roll soldiers,
Ready to charge on my every command.
They listen with guitars on their shoulders
To every note blasting out of my amp.
Come on join the brigade,
No, don\'t be afraid.
Deep down we\'re all renegades
With emotional grenades.
And there won\'t be a parade
Following this crusade
Cause the religion of music has no god which to pray
I\'ve got an army of rock \'n\' roll soldiers,
Ready to charge on my every command.
They listen with guitars on their shoulders
To every lyric from this pen in my hand.
I\'ve got an army of rock \'n\' roll soldiers,
Ready to charge on my every command.
They listen with guitars on their shoulders
To every note blasting out of my amp.
I\'ve got an army of rock \'n\' roll soldiers,
Ready to charge on my every command.
They listen with guitars on their shoulders,
I want the world in the palm of my hand.
There\'s a storm coming in, there\'s a storm coming in on the highway, yeah,
There\'s a storm coming down on the highway towns tonight.
And all that matters now, matters now, we gotta find a way outta here, yeah,
Gotta find a hole to hide in gotta find a way to disappear
Oh I been waiting I been waiting for the rising tide, yeah,
But I wasn\'t waiting for the streets to flood tonight.
And all that matters now, keep your cool, pray you been devout, yeah,
Keep your head above the water and hope you don\'t bleed out.
There\'s a storm coming in, there\'s a storm coming in on the highway, yeah,
And all the roads are jammed with a thousand worn-out wombs,
While all the young lovers are drowning in the alleyways,
And all the drug dealers are mourning for the dead.
Oh and I hear, and I hear the thunder roaring, yeah,
I see the rain fallin, I feel the fools\' blood flow,
And you think you gonna get through all of this intact, yeah?
Well the god you love, he ain\'t never coming back.
There\'s a storm coming down in the future that is the now, yeah.
There\'s a storm coming down in the past that was your home.
Keep your head above the waves and pray you find some mercy, yeah,
But keep your head above the water and hope you don\'t bleed out.
Keep your head above the water and hope you don\'t bleed out.
So you climb the clocktower alone and you meet
The man you always feared you would be
Still a boy and his mistakes
He can\'t forgive her or forget her face
These private wars we\'re waging
These tired smiles we\'re faking
These broken souls we bear into the night
We\'ll take another shot of forget-me-not
And another drink, if we could do it all again
If we could do it all again
So you spend another night alone with friends
With practiced and predictable ends
It\'s love as time apart
Another compromise of the heart
And love is just another fight but is it one we want to win?
And if we could repeat it all, would we believe in us again?
Or would we find ourselves at some new end?
Passive he sits, but aggressive his rage
As he hears of the story of being betrayed
Like a rising tide with a merciless wave
It crashes upon him and suppresses the flame of love
Turn on the headlights to guide him back home
Signal the sirens with the red lights of hope
Whisper the secrets that nobody told him
Relight the fire and bring him in from the cold
She holds in her hand, his heart and his blood
But she clenches her fist to keep out the world
For she blinds him with darkness of disloyal love
And waits for forgiveness that will undoubtedly come
He wanders the streets of the city he knows
Blaming himself for his sorrows and woes
Well denial\'s a weapon when out of control
But you can\'t escape truth when it swallows your soul