Disturbance Called Man

Verse 1

Empty

Buildings scrape the sky

Painted tear

In a plastic eye

We scroll through lives we never meet

On a glowing slab

Of concrete

The prophet on the corner screams

About dreams

But all I see are hungry ghosts

Reflected

In the hosts

Televisions loud

Sell us shadows

A vacant stare

A silent prayer

For anyone who isn't there

Chorus

WHY DO WE BUILD THIS TOWER OF SAND

JUST TO WATCH IT WASH AWAY

A SPINNING WHEEL

A DYING BREATH

ANOTHER PERFECT WASTED DAY

ANOTHER PERFECT WASTED DAY

WE ARE THE SOUND

A HOLE IN HOLY GROUND

IS THERE A REASON

IS THERE A PLAN

FOR THIS DISTURBANCE CALLED A MAN

Verse 2

Spray

Chemicals on the vine

To make the colorless fruit shine

They sell us pills to stop the ache

Of every choice

We didn't make

A photograph

A plastic tomb

Preserving youth inside a room

The general

On the screen declares

A war against

Our prayers

He points his finger at the moon

Blames the tide

For coming soon

We are puppets on a string

Forgetting

We could cut the thing

Chorus

WHY DO WE BUILD THIS TOWER OF SAND

JUST TO WATCH IT WASH AWAY

A SPINNING WHEEL

A DYING BREATH

ANOTHER PERFECT WASTED DAY

ANOTHER PERFECT WASTED DAY

WE ARE THE SOUND

A HOLE IN HOLY GROUND

IS THERE A REASON

IS THERE A PLAN

FOR THIS DISTURBANCE CALLED A MAN

Bridge

The cockroach inherits the earth

He doesn't ask why

He doesn't ask why

He just eats

He just eats

He just eats

EATS

EATS

EATS

Chorus

WHY DO WE BUILD THIS TOWER OF SAND

JUST TO WATCH IT WASH AWAY

A SPINNING WHEEL

A DYING BREATH

ANOTHER PERFECT WASTED DAY

ANOTHER PERFECT WASTED DAY

WE ARE THE SOUND

A HOLE IN HOLY GROUND

IS THERE A REASON

IS THERE A PLAN

FOR THIS DISTURBANCE CALLED A MAN

Outro

Perfect wasted day

Perfect wasted day

Perfect wasted day

Another day

Wasted