Oh wake me please when this is over

Oh when the ice is melted away

And the hunger returns

I will feel the same but older

And I'll be twice the man that I thought I was

Where have you been?

And what have you done?

I've been under the ground

Reading prayers from this old book I found

Under the ground

Saving it up

And spending it all

On moving pictures

Silent films

Moving pictures

Silent films

Oh is this the dream I've been saving?

Oh where the heart beats slower and slower

To almost nothing

Almost nothing

Almost nothing

I took care for longer

At least something beautiful

Out there in the spotlight

But turned around softly

Turned around squinting

It's all they heard was headlights

And then the truth

The truth was unbearable

Oh and iminent

Bearing down on these two shadowed animals

Called painting a dotted line

Called painting a dotted line

Where have you been?

And what have you done?

I've been under the ground

Reading prayers from this old book I found

Under the ground

Saving it up

And spending it all

On moving pictures

Silent films

Moving pictures

Silent films