Nobody else awake

R-E-M hitting at daybreak

It's a pitiful display

In the unseparated days

I ask

What good is that throne that you're sat on?

When all that you love is a tad wrong

You're feeling that strain on your backbone

Holding on to things that you can't own

Said, How're you meant to move on chasing it back?

When you only ever want what you don't have

But alas, it is your birthright

Stay awake until the first light

It ain't ever gonna work

You're attached to a chance

Everything sounds so great

When it stays in your head

Following through is a grave mistake

But we all live with regret

Sentimental, those you stare toward, they only settle for the highest pedestal

Forgiving every flaw, despite the fallacies and all, no matter how intentional

I'm sick to death copy after copy, variations of an individual

Things and people, all the same, they all deceive. It's criminal

Check your balance, stay inside

Put a filter on your eyes

Know reality don't live up to

That pre-recorded lie, now

I tell you

You're going insane filling that hole

Cos all that you love is a tad wrong

You're feeling all that strain on your backbone

Holding o

Said, How're you meant to move on chasing it back?

When you only ever want what you don't have

But alas, it is your birthright

Stay awake until the first light

It ain't ever gonna work

You're attached to a chance