[Verse 1]I laid on the floor and I looked at the TVThe people were angry, the popcorn was freeIt's been a long time since I've been in the real worldYou'll have to tell me what it's like[Verse 2]We started in rags and we ended in bondageWhen I woke up on wednesday it all stayed the sameI got on a plane, just away for the weekendHalf a year later I never returned[PreChorus]I'm a parenthesisYou arе a satelliteWe havе been circling moments of impactSpending our days at the Chelsea Hotel writing tomes of American historyJust because we hit the ground, doesn’t mean we can run...[Chorus]My soul was the price I paidForty bottles in the back of a basementIt don't matter, we can't be savedWe came and we left our markYou be human and I'll be on the clockIt don't matter if it all gets lost[Verse 3]I stood in the crowd and I covered my faceThe people were tired, the anger was freeI slept through the outrage and woke up acceptingThe radio laughed and the poets retired[Verse 4]I have been thinking when I'm trying not toI woke up on Wednesday and went back to sleepI was young for a moment, I still rememberI wasn't worth it but I wasn't wrong[PreChorus]I'm a parenthesisYou are a satelliteWe have been circling moments of impactSpending our days at the Chelsea Hotel writing tomes of American historyJust because we hit the ground, doesn’t mean we can run...[Chorus]My soul was the price I paidForty bottles in the back of a basementIt don't matter, we can't be savedWe came and we left our markYou be human and I'll be on the clockIt don't matter if it all gets lost[Coda]We all got lostWe all got over itWe made it back to TexasWe made it out aliveWe all got lostWe all came up emptyWe almost made it okayWe made it back to Texas
