[Verse 1]
What happened here? The butterfly has lost its wings
The air's too thick to breathe and there's something in the drinking water
The sun comes up; The sun comes up and you're alone
Your sense of purpose come undone; The traffic tails back to the maze on 101
And the news from the sky is looking better for today
In every single way, but not for you

[Chorus]
World citizen
World citizen

[Verse 2]
It's not safe; All the yellow birds are sleeping
Cos the air's not fit for breathing, it's not safe
Why can't we be; Without beginning, without end?
Why can't we be?

[Chorus]
World citizen
World citizen

[Bridge]
And if I stop and talk with you awhile
I'm overwhelmed by the scale of everything you feel
The lonely inner state emergency
[Verse 3]
I want to feel until my heart can take no more
And there's nothing in this world I wouldn't give
I want to break the indifference of the days
I want a conscience that will keep me wide awake

[Bridge]
I won't be disappointed
I won't be disappointed
I won't be

[Verse 4]
I saw a face, it was a face I didn't know
Her sadness told me everything about my own
Can't let it be, when least expected there she is
Gone the time and space that separates us
And I'm not safe; I think I need a second skin
No, I'm not safe

[Chorus]
World citizen
World citizen

[Bridge]
I want to travel by night across the steppes and over seas
I want to understand the cost of everything that's lost
I want to pronounce all their names correctly
[Chorus]
World citizen
World citizen

[Bridge]
I won't be disappointed
I won't be

[Verse 5]
She doesn't laugh; We've gone from comedy to commerce
And she doesn't feel the ground she walks upon
I turn away, and I'm not sleeping well at night
And while I know this isn't right, what can you do?

[Outro Bridge]
I won't be disappointed
I won't be disappointed
I won't be...