Comfortably Numb

How did I get here?

Sitting on this spinning sphere

When will I leave here?

We know death is always near

I try to understand but answers don't come easily

Friends always deceiving me

Is this what life's supposed to be?

Human animals, we roam the earth in search of blood

Hope for humanity? I don't think there ever was

We're in perpetual war, that's the only law

Can I change it? I doubt it

So I write songs about it

I was young once but now I've grown old

Right in front of your eyes you've seen my life unfold

I had no choice as I became the underdog's voice

A young black kid, look what the fuck I did

When I'm gone there'll be someone to carry on

We can give in, give up or we can stay strong

How accepting of the bullshit we've all become

This whole world is comfortably numb

Hello? Is anybody out there?

Can anybody hear me?

Hello? Is anybody out there?

Can anybody hear me?

You've got a TV, a computer, so you don't care

A roof, some clothes, some food, that's right, it's all there

Lock yourself in your house, try to forget about

The millions dyin' from wars, starvation and drought

You've got your own problems, yes, we all do

Nobody's free from stress, not him, or me, or you

But still we judge each other, we want to pick a fight

In the streets we kill each other, each and every weeknight

I don't want no drama but I carry a gun

I don't want no problems but they'll probably come

So we get high to wash away the pain

Self-medication, but that shit is all done in vain

We think that we can hide away from the misery

You can close your eyes but still can plainly see

There's nowhere to run

You're just comfortably numb

Hello? Is anybody out there?

Can anybody hear me?

Hello? Is anybody out there?

Can anybody hear me?

I spent half my life just trying to survive

And the other half trying to keep you all alive

For some reason I still care

I've done my dirt, it's amazing that I'm still here

There's true evil out there, I've been trying to warn you

You could meet the devil himself, then what you gonna do?

No time to pray, no chance to run

Listen, 'cause I've been on both sides of the gun

As you stand before me we're all here as one

We gotta come together or our chances are none

Maybe I'm just a dreamer, too many obstacles

The though of humans coexisting, that's impossible

Better to stay numb, live in denial

We're all going to hell and did it to ourselves

Too much religious beef, too much racist shit

And if there is a God, we probably make him sick

Hello? Is anybody out there?

Can anybody hear me?

Hello? Is anybody out there?

Can anybody hear me?