Step out the front door like a ghost
Into the fog where no one notices
The contrast of white on white
And in between the moon and you
The angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right
I walk in the air between the rain
Through myself and back again
Where? I don´t know
Maria says she´s dying
Through the door I hear her crying
Why? I don´t know

Round here we always stand up straight
Round here something radiates

Well Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
She said she´d like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
It´s like she´s walking on a wire in the circus
She parks her car outside of my house
Takes her clothes off
Says she´s close to understanding Jesus
And she knows she´s more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal when she´s nervous

Round here we´re carving out our names
Round here we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions
But we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she´s slipping through my hands

Ohhh....
Sleeping children better run like the wind
out of the lightning dream
Mama´s little baby better get herself in
out of the lightning

She says "it´s only in my head"
She says "Shhh I know it´s only in my head"
She said "did you think that you were dreaming?"
I said "no"
"Did you think that you were dreaming"
I said "no"
"Did you think that you were dreaming"
I said "sometimes I don´t know"

There´s a girl on the car out in the parking lot
And she says "come on, ya know come on just take a shot
Can´t you see me
Can´t you see me
Can´t you see my walls are tumbling down?
Can´t you see my walls are crumbling down?
Can´t you see my sun stop spinning around
Can´t you see the sky turn black and brown
Can´t you see the moon is flashing round
Can´t you see me
Can´t you see me
Can´t you see me
No

There´s a girl on the car out in the parking lot
"Can´t you see my walls are crumbling down?"
Then she looks up at the building
Says she´s thinking of jumping
She says she´s tired of life
She must be tired of something

Round here she´s always on my mind
Round here hey man got lots of time
Round here we´re never sent to bed early
and nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late
I can´t see nothing.. nothing round here
So will you catch if I´m falling
Will you catch me if I´m falling
Will you catch me cause I´m falling down on you
I said I´m under the gun round here
Man I said I´m under the gun round here
And I can´t see nothing
Nothing round here