As he rubs his red-rimmed eyes
He says I've never seen her get this bad
Even though she seems so high
He knows that she can't fly
And when she falls out of the sky
She was raised in a small midwestern town
By a charming and eccentric loving father
She was praised as the perfect teenage girl
And everyone thought highly of her
Once barely taking a break
Now she sleeps the days away
All she wants to do is cry
No one ever knew she was so sad
Cause even though she gets so high
And thinks that she can fly
She will fall out of the sky
But in the face of misery
She resumed her frantic pace
We weren't there to mess around
A military victory mounted on innocent ground
Hearing voices from miles away...
(Saying things never said)
Seeing shadows in the light of the day...
(Waging a war inside my head)
Our mission was only to get in and kill
Of palmtrees and shrapnel
Trading innocence for permanent psychotic hell
Hearing voices from miles away...
(Saying things never said)
Seeing shadows in the light of the day...
(Waging a war inside my head)
Feeling strangers staring my way...
(Reading minds never read)
Tasting danger with each word I say...
(Waging a war inside my...)
IV. THE TEST THAT STUMPED THEM ALL
The smell of pure adrenaline
Intro tape begins to roll
Still they keep me between these hollow walls
Hoping to find in me the answers to the test that stumped them all
(Suffering from delusions)
We honestly think that maybe
(He might need an institution)
He lives in a world of fiction
(And really could use some help)
We have just the place to fix him
Curled up in the darkness
The smell of stale sweat and shit
Streaming through the night
Still they keep me between these hollow walls
Hoping to find in me the answers to the test that stumped them all
We can't seem to find the answers
(He seemed such a clear cut case)
We cannot just let him leave here
(And put all this work to waste)
Why don't we try shock treatment
(It really might do some help)
We have just the tools to fix him
Goodnight kiss in your nightgown
So innocent as you lie down
Sweet dreams that run through your head
Are you lonely without Mommy's love?
I want you to know I'd die for that moment
Afraid of this cruel world
It's been 5 years to the day and
My tainted blood's still the same
I can't help acting this way and
Those bastard doctors are gonna pay
I'm so lonely without baby's love
I want you to know I'd die for one more moment
Afraid of this cruel world
He seemed no different from the rest
Just a healthy normal boy
His mama always did her best
And he was daddy's pride and joy
He learned to walk and talk on time
But never cared much to be held
And steadily he would decline
As a boy he was considered somewhat odd
Kept to himself most of the time
He would daydream in and out of his own world
But in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic
Disturbed from time to time
He struggled to get through his day
He poured himself onto the page
Writing for hours at a time
As a man he was a danger to himself
Fearful and sad most of the time
He was drifting in and out of sanity
But in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic
Disturbed from time to time
VII. ABOUT TO CRASH (REPRISE)
The darkness far behind me
Despair will never find me
I've got a new sense of elation
Still it's hard to just get by
It seems so meaningless to try
When all I want to do is cry
Who would ever know I felt so sad
Even though I get so high
I know that I will never fly
And when I fall out of the sky
Will you be standing by..?
VIII. LOSING TIME/GRAND FINALE
She dresses in black everyday
She keeps her hair simple and plain
But no one would care if she did anyway
She doesn't recall yesterday
Faces seem twisted and strange
Only to find she'd been miles away
She had created a way to survive
She learned to detach from herself
A behavior that kept her alive
Hope in the face of our human distress
Helps us to understand the turbulence deep inside that takes hold of our lives
Shame and disgrace over mental unrest
Keeps us from saving those we love, the grace within our hearts, and the sorrow in our souls
Feeling the walls closing in
A journey to find the answers inside of our illusive mind...