We're character actors from the Tower of Babel
   Bewildered, burnt out hardly able
   To sit astride the high wire cable
   It's hard to balance, a little unstable.
  
   Through broken eyes and contact lenses
   I watched you draw your future tenses
   See kisses of flame blow out of your lips
   You're back telling me your Apocalypse.
  
   Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong
   When the slowburn sunset come along
   You've gotta stay the night
   I gotta think that you might.
  
   We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills
   We've tried making movies from a volume of stills
   But the words fell like hailstones,
   bouncing at our feet,
   Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet.
  
   A chance to move, I take a shot
   I get cold - you get hot
   We look outside, lyin' awake
   See birds breaking surface on a silent lake.
  
   But don't get me wrong, I'll be strong
   When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon
   Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong
   When the slow burn sunset come along
   You've got to stay the night
   I've got to think that you might.
  
   Don't try to make it easy, it'll cut you down to size
   Darlin' we've got to trust in something
   We're shooting down our skies
   shooting down our skies