Invisible String

He said I'm off to fight a war

She went down to her knees on the kitchen floor

And said son, won't you stick around a little more?

He said I'm doing this all for you

In his baseball cap and combat boots

His mom couldn't tell if he was twelve or twenty-two

They talked all night till she passed out

He opened the back door as the rain came down

And went off to be a man or something

Does anybody really know a goddamn thing?

Cause I want answers

Every time I ask why I hear silence ring

We can't fathom being

Stuck in a world so big

Hurtling through space on an invisible string oh

Could anybody really know a goddamn thing?

She said I want to turn him in

But who knows if they'll believe me or him?

And it sucks to tell the whole world all about my sins

Well her best friend smiled and said I know

But baby this is his crime it was never yours

And the hardest moves they'll unblock the biggest doors

So they walked on up in the broad daylight

To the front of the station holding hands real tight

And set off to draw a line between wrong and right

Does anybody really know a goddamn thing?

Cause I want answers

Every time I ask why I hear silence ring

We can't fathom being

Stuck in a world so big

Hurtling through space on an invisible string oh

Could anybody really know a goddamn thing?

He said it's all the same to me

I could stand up and fight or just let it be

Bulldoze a forest or plant a thousand trees

She just laughed and said you fool

Go ahead let darkness get the best of you

But I'll Seize each day, there are so precious few

Like an alarm went off, he woke right up

Couldn't believe he let himself get so numb

And went off to find a cause or something

Does anybody really know a goddamn thing?

Cause I want answers

Every time I ask why I hear silence ring

We can't fathom being

Stuck in a world so big

Hurtling through space on an invisible string oh

Could anybody really know a goddamn

Could anybody really know a goddamn

Could anybody really know a goddamn thing?