'Cause you know the truth hurts But secrets kill Can't help thinkin' that I love it still Still here, there must be something real 'Cause you know the good die young But so did this And so it must be better than I think it is Gimme those eyes, it's easy

We ain't ever gettin' older I know it breaks your heart Moved to the city in a broke-down car and And I, I, I can't stop (can't stop) No, I, I, I can't stop (can't stop) So, baby, pull me closer In the backseat of your Rover That I know you can't afford

And there's nowhere to hide You run to the back and you cover your ears In your darkest hour We will never, never know And in your life, there comes the darkness This spacecraft blocking out the sky But it's the loudest sound you've ever heard Now we're

(Africa, Africa) So what you know about Yo, in case you ain't know I go by the name of Akon and I'm from Home of the Goree Islands I'm from Senegal, West-side So I'ma share with you where I'm from And how I was comin' up So what you know about the

When I make it shine Leave it all to me I know, you see Somehow the world will change for me And be so wonderful

Underneath we're all the same I've been around a while I know wrong from right And since a long time ago Things been always black and white Just like you can't judge a book by the cover We all gotta be careful

Don't you know that the kids aren't all, kids aren't alright And in the end I'd do it all again I think you're my best friend When it rains it pours Stay thirsty like before I'll be yours Stuck in the jet wash Bad trip I couldn't get off

'Cause you've been running circles 'round My mind, turning me inside out And I fell for you but hit the ground 'Cause the only love I've known has let me Down and I need lifting up Now you ain't here I'm sleeping rough And I'm praying I can pray enough

Till everything is normal now, I know If that's what's normal now And they will break down When they get excited, they try to hide it Look at those normals go I've never really ever met a normal person And they will break you down I don't want to know Do

We are the Edema Ruh We know the songs the sirens sang See us dream every tale true The verse we leave with you will take you home One by one we light the candles of this show One by one, enter the theatre of the primal birth Silently watch the planetary