Through smoke and mirror
I saw you covered in the dark
As if you weren't there
Your mind consumed with visions far away
Little heart
You're running
On a nuclear highway
You're chasing
A dream, a place outside of here
On this day
Keep running, running that way
Keep running
Oh keep running
Oh
This is just a moment
A place that's somewhere in between
Where you've been
And what you'll be
A sword in stone
Yet to be freed
Keep on beating
Little heart
Oh
You're running
On a nuclear highway
You're chasing
A dream, a place outside of here
On this day
Keep running, running that way
Keep running
Oh keep running
Keep running
Oh do I have a story for you
A little while back I met the girl from the valley
She could've told me mars
'Cause she was a kinda wacky
She wrote this story
'bout the end of the world
Where people turn into fish
She made a lot of paintings
Some 'bout swirls and frogs
But her true martian roots
Were revealed on a wall
A self portrait that was painted green
Geez you'd think she'd be a little more discreet
When all I've known is darkness
How do you raise the sun
When all I see is monochrome
How do colors burst from your bones
A little while back I met the girl from the valley
She could've told me mars
'Cause she was a kinda wacky
She wore space boots
She dubbed clogs
But I knew they were up to martian law
She told me that she sweats
A lot more than everyone
And really needs prescription strength antiperspirant
But I'd imagine that that human suit
Is quite an oven
When all I've known is darkness
How do you raise the sun
When all I see is monochrome
How do colors burst from your bones
When all I've known is darkness
How do you raise the sun
When all I see is monochrome
How do colors burst from your bones
The girl from the valley
Or so she says
How did she get that starlight
In her eyes
The red curtain
Rides the wind
Points us to the end
You know I can’t understand
The way things began
Feelings
Just chemicals
In our heads
And your smile
Isn’t anything anything
In the end
Run with me
The curtain is fallin’
Down a reach of stairs
Run run to fade
To freedom
I wish I never knew this
All these lies
All these lies
The fine print of your madness
I wanted to fly
With you
Nothings gonna bust you out
Nothings gonna be a standard
This day and age
No ones gonna help you out
No ones gonna be your friend
This day and age
I’m sorry to say
No ones gonna be your lover
This day and age
Not sure when this started
This day
This
Look at those faces
Look at them smile
The mountain we’re standing on
Is a far cry from the bottom
Ohh
Singing ohh
Singing ah ah ah
Sing my baby home
Look at those faces
Look at them cry
The mountain we’re standing on
Is a far cry from the bottom
Is the magic wearing off?
'Cause I see a modern world
One where jackals take the lost
And you fumble girl
In a haze
What you do to me
No one knows
And I remember how it was
Before it all went down
Before it all went down
Just the two of us
Crashing to the ground
Crashing to the ground
And I missed it when you spoke
About finding truth in times like these
Is someone listening?
Lighting pieces of your life
Oh chemical girl
Can't decide
What you do to me
No one knows
And I remember how it was
Before it all went down
Before it all went down
Just the two of us
Crashing to the ground
Crashing to the ground
Ground
Oh everything went wrong
Everything went wrong
Everything went wrong
And I remember how it was
Before it all went down
Before it all went down
Just the two of us
Crashing to the ground
Crashing to the ground
Ground