[Verse 1]
Take out all the bad in the world, what's left in it?
Where's the next gleaming hope? Indefinite
I would like to take a stand but not alone
Gave you what I had to give, and it's not enough
I need a shred of purpose when living gets rough
I need a place unbroken to call my home

[Chorus]
Dark times of our war crimes
When the bombs we build come back down through the roof
We are live wires in the crossfire
And the pages of our lives aren't bulletproof
I'm a dead man in the wasteland
I'm a soldier fighting for superstition
Under search lights in the long nights
We've been written like dystopian fiction

[Verse 2]
Love exists in pain, even in our tragedy
When the world spins and we lose our gravity
Nobody can shoot me down, not just yet
Voices of the crowd, we're screaming into the rain
When those above us have long gone insane
Give me the strength I need to forget
[Chorus]
Dark times of our war crimes
When the bombs we build come back down through the roof
We are live wires in the crossfire
And the pages of our lives aren't bulletproof
I'm a dead man in the wasteland
I'm a soldier fighting for superstition
Under search lights in the long nights
We've been written like dystopian fiction

[Bridge]
I don't want to look back now
But I can't find the way out
I won't do it on my own
We are stronger now as one
We will never have to run
Or face the world alone

[Pre-Chorus]
Dark times of our war crimes
When the bombs we build come back down through the roof
We are live wires in the crossfire
And the pages of our lives aren't bulletproof

[Chorus]
Dark times of our war crimes
When the bombs we build come back down through the roof
We are live wires in the crossfire
And the pages of our lives aren't bulletproof
I'm a dead man in the wasteland
I'm a soldier fighting for superstition
Under search lights in the long nights
We've been written like dystopian fiction