Some kind of monster Are we the people? This is the voice of silence no more We the people This monster lives This is the cloud that swallows trust This is the black that uncolors us

Paints a trace of sadness Sweet, sweet is the night When the day is done and there's nowhere to run And the people of the city have all lost and won In your city dress you stand and stare And you smoke another cigarette and comb your hair And the light

Without you, But I have to And we know it's never simple, Never a clean break, no one here to save me But I have to, People are people, You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand,

See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years Well it's been so long It's been so long Just be still with me I've been putting out fire (it's been so long, so long, so long) Colder than the moon And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline

We could be heroes We could be heroes, me and you We could be Everyday people do everyday things but I Can't be one of them I know you hear me now, we are a different kind We can do anything All we're looking for is love and a little light Love and a

We can send this bitch up, it can't go down Memories don't live like people do They always 'member you Whether things are good or bad It's just the memories that you have Reliving the past Rock star bitch call me Elvis M.O.B, she call me selfish

And I can't tell you why I can't tell you why Every time I try to walk away Something makes me turn around and stay Look at us baby, up all night Tearing our love apart Aren't we the same two people who live Through years in the dark?

Take me for what I am Who I was meant to be And if you give a damn Take me baby or leave me Every single day I walk down the street I hear people say, "Baby so sweet" Ever since puberty Everybody stares at me

And make you want to run away But as we grow older Things can go bad Because people are lonely Fade, fade, fade The horizon has been defeated By the pirates of the new age Alien casinos

What were all those dreams we shared Those many years ago? What were all those plans we made now Left beside the road? Behind us in the road More than friends, I always pledged Cause friends they come and go People change, as does everything I wanted to