Country Disappeared (Live at Hard Rock Hotel, Riviera Maya, Mexico, Jan. 18, 2022)

Wake up, we're here

So much worse than we feared

There's nothing left here

Our country has disappeared

With the winter trees bleeding, leaf red blood

And the summer sweet dreaming, April blush

But none of that is ever going to mean as much to me again

Hold out your hand

There's so much we don't understand

So stick as close as you can

To all of your best laid plans

You've got the white clouds hanging so high above you

You've got the helicopters dangling, angling to shoot

The shots to feed the hungry weekend news crew anchormen

So every evening, we can watch from above

Crush the cities like a bug

Fold ourselves into each other's guts

Turn our faces up to the sun

I won't take no

I won't let you go

All by yourself

I know you need my help

When the cold light shakes you like a chandelier

And the snowflakes break through the atmosphere

And melt on the blue breath of the auctioneers and disappear

So, every evening we can watch from above

Crush the cities like a bug

Fold ourselves into each other's blood

Turn our faces up to the sun