All the Children

Calling home (You do not have a potentially violent person) Calling home, home, home (You have a person looking for someone to tell them what to do) Calling home, home, home Calling home, home, home Time stands still when you're always underage So we learned to fake it like actors on a stage And everyone we knew told us just what to do And how to feel about it All our illusions fell, we knew them so well Until we learned to doubt all of it All the children know if you jump, you fall And if you jump too high You fall harder than before All the children say, "Why'd you let me down?" Tell me, when you gonna come around? I can't live my life underground Tell me, when you gonna come around? Calling, mama Calling, mama Calling, ah-ah Calling, mama Blue lights and shadows We grew up way too fast They stole our future But they can't steal our past Everyone knows that's where you go if you have to run now If I'm not back by dawn Tell them I'll be gone and I'll stay gone somehow All the children know if you jump, you fall And if you jump too high You fall harder than before All the children say, "Why'd you let me down?" Tell me, when you gonna come around? I can't live my life underground Tell me, when you gonna come around? Hold your tongue Hold your tongue Hold your tongue Hold your tongue Hold your tongue Hold your tongue Hold your tongue Hold your tongue now Stop staring Stop staring Stop staring Oh, stop staring Stop staring Stop staring Stop staring Oh, stop staring Stop staring Stop staring Stop staring Oh, stop staring Everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone All the children know if you run, you fall And if you run too fast You'll fall harder than before Oh, oh-ho, oh Oh, oh-ho, oh Oh-ho, oh, oh, oh All the children say, "Why'd you let me down?" Tell me, when you gonna come around? I can't live my life underground Tell me, when you gonna come around? Calling, mama Calling, mama Calling, ah-ah Calling, mama