From atop your ivory tower
Through your clouded crystal ball
You've got the view, it won't help you when I am gone
Left with the folly and the ritual
Less afraid to die than to fail...
No different for you than it is for me
So let's make this harder than it has to be
Over your shoulder but you're not calling for me
We're never better but we quietly believe
We all know what you don't know
Don't ask, there's no tell
Don't take away your excuse to show
Your big desk, small mind, anything that you decide
We sweep the trails that you leave behind
Less afraid to die than to fail
Don't look inside this vapid empty shell
No different for you than it is for me
So let's make this harder than it has to be
Over your shoulder but you're not calling for me
We're never better but we quietly believe
Won't you leave this story you'll leave behind
We'll clean the bleachers from your sacrifice
Bright smiles, black tails, dirty hands from driving nails
Race, race until the end you've got no lines, no bed
No reason left now to pretend
Won't you leave this story you'll leave behind
We'll clean the bleachers from your sacrifice
Bright smiles, black tails...