The secret messages are calling to me endlessly They call to me across the air The messages across the atmosphere They whisper in your ear, they're calling everywhere A moving stream of information That is floating on the wind The secrets never end And

But I ain't in Checotah anymore I'm in a world so wide It makes me feel small sometimes I miss the big blue skies The Oklahoma kind Where sixty-nine meets forty There's a single-stoplight town And back when I was really young A part of that burned down

I'll chase the dying of the light Our fellow man is now our enemy Can you taste the poison in the air? I swear it's everywhere, it's everywhere Hidden in plain sight Lost in black and white This is a failed state No love no empathy No love no unity

I will leave the light on If you look into the distance, there's a house upon the hill Guiding like a lighthouse to a place where you'll be Safe to feel at grace 'cause we've all made mistakes If you've lost your way The second someone mentioned you were

Crosses grow on Anzio Where no soldiers sleep And where hell is six feet deep That death does wait There's no debate So charge and attack Going to hell and back A white light

In an ordinary world? Ordinary world In an ordinary world Baby, I don't have much But what we have is more than enough Where can I find the city of shining light How can I leave a buried treasure behind The days into years roll by It's where that I live

I dreamt we were standing By the banks of the Thames Where the cold grey waters ripple In the misty morning light Held a match to your cigarette Watched the smoke curl in the mist Your eyes, blue as the ocean between us Smiling at me I awoke so cold and

Come be the therapy for me You look like therapy Exactly what I need And me for you, tonight And I came here You're where the darkness meets the light, yeah The perfect remedy To heal this hurt in me To remember what it's like

Oh, this is the greatest show This is the greatest show (oh!) Where it's covered in all the colored lights Where the runaways are runnin' the night We light it up, we won't come down Don't fight it, it's comin' for you, runnin' at ya It's only this

We won't burn out, we won't burn out In a smoke cloud, tryin' to find ground In the place where we belong We don't have to dream to make it beautiful Baby, everything we do is beautiful We can light a fire, watch it everglow Flash fire, I'm coming for ya