This Dark Town

Whoo

Whoo-hoo-hoo

You started playing on the wrong team

While we were playing a different game

You started pulling on the wrong strings

And you can pull till the levee breaks

Or spend a lifetime trying to heal the pain

Until the moment you fade away

And then your back breaks underneath the weight

And your moment just slips away

Storm chaser, come back around, oh

Stargazer, never to be found, oh

Yeah

We had to duck down, avoiding sure despair

While you were going over our heads

We turn the lights out, cause it's a dark dark town

And we can sleep till we all drop dead

We burn our minds out trying to fix mistakes

So we can drown out the bitter taste

We lay our guns down, try to settle the stakes

Cause we're all going down in flames

Storm chaser, come back around, oh

Risk-taker, never going down, no

Stargazer, never to be found

There were no stars

When the earth went black

It was such a dark, dark day

And such a cold, cold night

But in this dark town, we thought we saw a sign

And it looked like

No building shelter, just building fences

Start burning bridges and arming your defenses

More private prisons, cancel the pensions

Exploit the tension, ain't no need to question why

This dark town didn't have a light

No

Earth went black

Whoo

Dark, dark day

Bring it on

Alright

Cold, cold night

And they tell you

Pay no attention

Harbor resentment

For everyone who

Don't look just like you do

Communication don't mend a difference

Your civic duty is never ever listen

This dark town ain't got no stars

Stargazer, oh