Running on Nothing

How could we be so blind to the effects each time?

Why keep on watching when you know the end?

Why make this journey again and again?

We know it's just pain and lies

Let's watch, feign surprise

Afraid to admit that it's all a facade

You wind up alone in spite of what they laud

Well I been marchin', so long

I towed that line, so strong

I kept holdin' until it tore me apart

A hand thrust in my chest and ripped out my heart

So, mother, may I please submit

The notion that I no longer believe in this shit?

Lay me on the consummation bed

A fatal blow driven to the maidenhead

We're runnin on nothin'

But the fumes of our dreams

At another point in my life

That was good enough for me

Short plume, fades fast

The petals fall and crash

Well, I believe one could put it best

We spend most of life dealin' with the mess

The saddest joy is that I concede

But the bitter resolution is why I secede

Sick of fallin' from the lowest low

The higher the height, the further you go

Pull myself back to bended knee

Just an emotion, it hurts physically

Swans mate for life or so I've heard

Which is fitting, because that shit's for the birds

We're running on nothin'

But the fumes of our dreams

At another point in my life

That was good enough for me

They leave, it hurts

If you see it comin', it's worse

Stiff upper lip try to carry on

Let's pretend this shit is makin' us strong

And we only can take so much

Before all our sense of decency is finally crushed

And all that's left is a dried-out husk

With the belief that love isn't gonna save us

We're runnin on nothin'

But the fumes of our dreams

At another point in my life

That was good enough for me

Those better days ain't gonna come

Those better days have passed us by

Those better days have all run out

'Cause those better days were a lie

Fall

Fall

Fall

Fall