Proud swagger out of the school yard
Waiting for the world's applause
Rebel without a conscience

Martyr without a cause

Static on your frequency

Electrical storm in your veins
Raging at unreachable glory
Straining at invisible chains


And now you're trembling on a rocky ledge
Staring down into a heartless sea

Can't face life on a razor's edge
Nothing's what you thought it would be


All of us get lost in the darkness
Dreamers learn to steer by the stars
All of us do time in the gutter

Dreamers turn to look at the cars
Turn around and turn around and turn around
Turn around and walk the razor's edge

Don't turn your back
And slam the door on me


It's not as if this barricade
Blocks the only road
It's not as if you're all alone

In wanting to explode

Someone set a bad example

Made surrender seem all right
The act of a noble warrior
Who lost the will to fight


And now you're trembling on a rocky ledge
Staring down into a heartless sea

Done with life on a razor's edge
Nothing's what you thought it would be


No hero in your tragedy
No daring in your escape
No salutes for your surrender

Nothing noble in your fate
Christ, what have you done?