It felt strange in a lot of ways

To put on a smile and go out in public

With these guns pointed at my face

And all these bombs that we're all just holding onto

And I believed a lot of things

When my hair was short in the days of yore

But in a day or two I'll meet the stranger whose flashing grin sends me to hell with his rifle

I raise my fist in the air

With my fingers folded

Around the hilt of the blade

Blessed by the blood of another empty bed

I have one 'cause you have one

Nuclear fission

Aggressive regression

We kill each other in the street

That's just the way that it's got to be

Return to dust

Return to where we came from

When the power goes out

That's how you'll know it's all going down

I was up at night

Just waiting for a call

I misunderstood the consequences

When you went to the drawer

Pulled out the heater

Slipped out the window

So you could go meet 'em

In this living room

Where your laughter once lived

I'm haunted by the silence