Good sleep is over-rated

and I know there are those who do not sleep for days and days

Maybe they’re on some drugs

At least that's what the man on my television keeps tellin’ me

You have your conviction

You have your conviction

You have your conviction

You have your conviction

I got your letter today

I guess it was the kindest way you could tell me you want me dead

As you can see I'm okay

I grow tired of dealing with all of your issues anyway

You have your conviction

You have your conviction

You have your conviction

In spite of your condition

You have your conviction

In spite of your condition

You have your conviction

Good sleep is over-rated

Good sleep is over-rated

You have your conviction

You have your conviction

You have your conviction

In spite of your condition

You have your conviction

In spite of your condition

You have your conviction

Little boy, little girl, with her curls inviting

him to play, then she walks and it looks exciting

but she needs him to want something un-enticing

Little boy, little girl, little boy

There’s a page of her mind where she’s prone to placing

fragile thoughts from the time she was so discarded

when her mum wasn’t there this may need erasing

Will you help little girl, little boy?

Oh, oh oh oh, Oh, oh oh oh

Oh, oh oh oh, Oh, oh oh oh

He didn’t know, but he didn’t take the time to wonder

No wonder she won’t fall in love

Every look, every air, every imperception

of her heart, of her mood, he’s desensitized

Will she help him undress, will it numb her feelings?

She’s a lone little girl, little boy

He’s so clever he’s so kind, he’s a big sensation

He’s a smooth little jack when he’s on overdrive

But she wasn’t hypnotized, and she kept her flower

Such a good little girl, little boy

Oh, oh oh oh, Oh, oh oh oh

Oh, oh oh oh, Oh, oh oh oh

He didn’t know, but he didn’t take the time to wonder

No wonder she won’t fall in love

She wouldn’t out, no she wasn’t gonna make the blunder

No matter how much she wanted love

Oh, oh oh oh, Oh, oh oh oh

Oh, oh oh oh, Oh, oh oh oh

He didn’t know, no he never took the time to wonder

No wonder she won’t fall in love

Steam is rising into the air

Cocktail dresses in headlight glare

Neon pulsing across limousines

The commotion--let’s make a scene

Heartbeat, we’re pulsing down, down

It makes a loud sweet sound

Heartbeat, when our eyes meet

It makes a loud sweet sound

Shoot past the bouncer's black velvet ropes

Notes sweep my body, like undertow

Your lips say something, I lean in to hear

“The night is thrilling, and so are we!”

So are we!

Heartbeat, we’re pulsing down, down

It makes a loud sweet sound

Heartbeat, when our eyes meet

It makes a loud sweet sound

Heartbeat, we’re pulsing down, down

It makes a loud sweet sound

Heartbeat, when our eyes meet

It makes a loud sweet sound

Heartbeat, we’re pulsing down, down

It makes a loud sweet sound

Heartbeat, when our eyes meet

It makes a loud sweet sound

He never understood what happened here

or what they prayed

Was it symbol was it dogma was it fear

or just well played?

Every weekend, so recited, so unrequited

If he seems happy, then he seems happy

and he’s so well behaved?

Hey now, people

look past your steeples

If one soul feels controlled

let that soul alone

They never wondered why he never lied

why he won’t sleep

They left him unprotected from their certainties

until he believed

and promises no longer spoken

were not unbroken

a little boy so regulated

decimated, amputated

Hey now, people

look past your steeples

If one soul feels controlled

let that soul alone

but when the children were ourselves

crushing vanities and hells

did we understand, a little hope, was not so bad?

Take it from the innocent

you gotta take your medicine

but everything is gonna turn

so never kill the mockingbird

just let it fly from the child’s eye

when it’s time

or you’ll be cryin'

Hey now people

let there be steeples

If one soul feels consoled

let that soul alone

(repeat)

but when the children were ourselves

crushing vanities and hells

did we understand, a little hope, was not so bad?

Take it from the innocent

you gotta take your medicine

but everything is gonna turn

so never kill the mockingbird

just let it fly from the child’s eye

when it’s time

or you’ll be cryin'

I remember so distinctly you avoiding me instinctively

your eyes however saying something more

So I started conversation but I found it no vacation

every glance I saw you studying the floor

You seemed like an apology, no virtue just pathology

immobilized and paralyzed and scarred

Together we’re apart,

we were doomed right from the start

your clumsy silent griefs were so bizarre

You killed yourself with reservation

killed yourself by never saying more

You killed yourself with trepidation

killed me when I knew I wanted more

Why don’t you try? Why don’t you

try to crush to kill this sick goodbye?

Why don’t you cry?

Why don’t you cry while I sing this twisted lullaby.

And I feel your pain...

of never tryin’ while you’re dyin’ from the fears

that killed the one who I adore

And I feel your shame...

of always sighin’ while you’re lyin’

to yourself about the phobia you abhor

You killed yourself with education

killed yourself by making life a bore

You killed yourself with expectation

killed me when I knew I wasn’t yours

Why don’t you try? Why don’t you

try to crush to this sick goodbye?

Why don’t you cry?

Why don’t you cry while I sing this twisted lullaby.

You killed yourself with reservation

killed yourself by never saying more

You killed yourself with trepidation

killed me when I knew I wanted more

You killed yourself with education

killed yourself by making life a bore

You killed yourself with expectation

killed me when I knew I wasn’t yours

Why don’t you try, try to kill the torment?

Why don’t you cry?

From this twisted lullaby, lullaby, lullaby, lullaby

This twisted lullaby, lullaby, lullaby, lullaby

Why don’t you try?

Why don’t you cry?

10-53, got one man down

it was the first time

and it’s his last time

take him home

take him slowly

Go call his wife

go tell his son

tell them it’s time

for ministration

he’s going home

he’s going slowly

Everybody tried

before they cried

after divine

anticipation was

bringing him home

bringing him slowly, after he said

“Everybody I need, came

after she married me

I’d take a bullet or three

I’d go down for my babies, ‘cause

They were my home

they were my only”

When will the innocent complain

When will the devil be restrained

Where will these villains strike again

When were our fantasies replaced

we rule the day, they rule the night

we were betrayed

got one man down

And while I’m sleeping,

on the road, on my own

Every morning, every evening,

I will see you, I’ll be listening to you

When will the innocent complain

When will the devil be restrained

Where will these villains strike again

When were our fantasies replaced

we rule the day, they rule the night

we were betrayed

got one man down

10-53, got one man down

it was the first time

and it’s his last time

he’s going home

he’s going slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly

10-53, got one man down

it was the first time

and it’s his last time

he’s going home

he’s going slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly

When will the innocent complain

When will the devil be restrained

Where will these villains strike again

When were our fantasies replaced

we rule the day, they rule the night

we were betrayed

got one man down

oh oh oh

oh oh oh oh

Did you put it away, this time

What it inspired,

would have started a double life, oh oh oh

Ah ah, ah ah oh

Were you playing it safe, this time but

feeling estranged

from the very thing you desire, oh oh oh

Ah ah, ah ah oh

And he’s coming

And I’m coming too

And he’s running

And I’m running too

You are stunning

This thunder’s rolling through

(It’s a strange love)

(It’s a strange love)

And you’re running

Where are you running to?

You had me coming

You had me coming too

You’ve got me bleeding

Now I’m becoming you

(It’s a strange love)

(It’s a strange love)

(Repeat)

oh oh oh

oh oh oh oh

oh oh oh

oh oh oh

oh oh oh oh

oh oh oh oh

Ah ah, ah ah oh

Ah ah, ah ah oh

And he’s coming

And I’m coming too

And he’s running

And I’m running too

You are stunning

This thunder’s rolling through

(It’s a strange love)

(It’s a strange love)

And you’re running

Where are you running to?

You had me coming

You had me coming too

You’ve got me bleeding

Now I’m becoming you

(It’s a strange love)

(It’s a strange love)

You know, they know, I know, you know this craziness inside my head,

(and) I know, they know, I know, you know there’s something I have not confessed

It’s not bipolar or the things you do inside my pretty head

It’s really not appropriate, I wanna know the color of your

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

The highway litter and the tear from deep inside the Indian

The Daddy and his little boy who wears a smile that never dims

And then a little girl who could not recollect her Mommy’s face

An icy footprint and Trans-Am button’s gonna make him know he’ll see his Dad again

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

Sometimes I go back to the place I went to kindergarten school

At show and tell I told them all “There is no Santa Claus, you’re screwed”

I never really acclimated to society that’s true

But I’ll be your scapular, I’ll be devoted to protecting you

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

love is strange, love is strange, love is strange

Tryna’ understand the crazy ways you quit making it real

If retrospect were spendin’ money baby that could get me killed

Heavy metal FDR innovation Geneva Steel

Now you’re spending next-gen money kicking cans and copping a feel

You’re the generations

of a lonely nation

You’re the causation

of the new inflation

and here comes the mail

Silents, Baby Boomers, Generation X I’m talking to you

You gave us Trump and Biden, now you’re hiden’ split our money in two

You start the wars we can’t afford then got the votes and sold us out

We trusted you, you screwed us now a nation’s debt won’t make you proud

You’re the generations

of a lonely nation

You’re the causation

of the new inflation

You’re the generations

of a lonely nation

You’re the causation

of the new inflation

and here comes the mail

Here comes the mail!

And here comes the mail!

You’re the generations

of a lonely nation

You’re the causation

of the new inflation

You’re the generations

of a lonely nation

You’re the causation

of the new inflation!

And here comes the mail!

I blur the details of my history

‘Cause women love a little mystery

I blur the details of my history

‘Cause women love a little mystery

I'm just pathologically shy

But I can tell a chronological lie

I can tell a chronological lie

I got a message from your number last night

I blur the details of my history

‘Cause women love a little mystery-ee

I blur the details of my history

My lovers want a bit of mystery-ee

I went to your function last night

And I woke up this morning – alright

I clearly couldn't function last night

but I woke up this mornin’

I blur the details of my history

‘Cause women love a little mystery-ee

I blur the details of my history

Your brother loves a man of mystery-ee

(So you love me)

Your mother called me last night

(So you love me)

n’ she was asking where you were

(So you love me)

Your father called me last night

(So you love me)

Asking about your mother...

Sharp looks, a stab in the eye

Strange love, an unusual crime

Sharp words on a well dressed guy

Your love, a strange way to die

I blur the details of my history

‘Cause women love a little mystery-ee

I blur the details of my history

Your mother called me last night