Shearwater - Wildlife In America lyrics

Back before Back in our school days You were wild-eyed Before the damage was done You tasted that fear in your mouth on Sundays But you know You know it's not living When the wildfires Were burning out on the lawn You held your arms out Primed for the ready line With your crusader cross And your small-dose amphetamine Gunning for the hours when the sparks rain down But you can't remember Which was the last war Or who it is now When every shadow is a Saladin Look at me You must be dreaming We must be dreaming Now they've gone, Scaled up and on the roads They roll their heavy ranks over "Stay away from old thoughts Old doubts and old feelings." But keeping it so far down isn't easy And you know it's too late Late for a last war And it's too late To back out of (your) real life Into firelight You must be dreaming We must be dreaming Billy's in position He's rolling into town Kicking in the doors That f**er's never coming down You feel the slightest murmuration A shiver in the heat Skinny dogs and safety gla** that's shattered in the street It looks like diamonds You must be dreaming We must be dreaming You've got your mother's eyes You've got your father's heart Look what it did to him