From the top to the bottom 

Bottom to top I stop 

At the core of the rotten 

Stop and just what I thought 

The sun has escaped us 

So I'm bright in the sky 

And I'm far from awakeness

Thinking why I did try



From the top to the bottom 

Bottom to top I stop 

At the core of the rotten 

Stop and just what I thought 

The sun has escaped us 

So I'm bright in the sky 

And I'm far from awakeness

Thinking why I did try



From the thread to the needle, middle to end 

When skies cock back and shock that which couldn't defend 

The rain then sends dripping innocent 

Then with the eyes tightly shut looking thought the rust and rotten dust 

A spot of light floods the floor 

And pours itself upon a world of pretend 

Then the eyes ease open and its dark again 



From the top to the bottom 

Bottom to top I stop 

At the core of the rotten 

Stop and just what I thought 

The sun has escaped us 

So I'm bright in the sky 

And I'm far from awakeness

Thinking why I did try



From the top to the bottom 

Bottom to top I stop 

At the core of the rotten 

Stop and just what I thought 

The sun has escaped us 

So I'm bright in the sky 

And I'm far from awakeness

Thinking why I did try



In a minute you'll find me 

Eyes burn me up 

You say you'll never forget me 

But the lies have piled up 



Moving all around 

Screaming of the ups and downs 

Pollution manifested in perpetual sound 

And as the wheels go round the sunset creeps past the 

Street lamps, cars, chain-links, and concrete 

A wind open grows and captures the eye 

Crys out yellow light as it passes it by 

A small black figure sits in front of a box 

Inside a box a rock with the needles on top 



Nothing stops in this land of the chain 

The brains lose not knowing they were part of the game 

And the insides go but the box stays the same 

And shame, shovel up the pieces to the pain 

You could try to hide yourself in the world of pretend 

When the paper's crumbled up it can't be perfect again 



From the top to the bottom 

Bottom to top I stop 

At the core of the rotten 

Stop and just what I thought 

The sun has escaped us 

So I'm bright in the sky 

And I'm far from awakeness

Thinking why I did try



From the top to the bottom 

Bottom to top I stop 

At the core of the rotten 

Stop and just what I thought 

The sun has escaped us 

So I'm bright in the sky 

And I'm far from awakeness

Thinking why I did try



In a minute you'll find me 

Eyes burn me up 

You say you'll never forget me 

But the lies have piled up 



Yeah I got you got in the act 

You better step back 

Telling me that 

I seein' right through you 



Yeah I got you got in the act 

You better step back 

Telling me that 

I seein' right through you 



Yeah I got you got in the act 

You better step back 

Telling me that 

I seein' right through you 



Yeah I got you got in the act 

You better step back 

Telling me that 

I seein' right through you 



Yeah I got you got in the act 

You better step back 

Telling me that 

I seein' right through you 



Yeah I got you got in the act 

You better step back 

Telling me that 

I seein' right through you 



Yeah I got you got in the act 

You better step back 

Telling me that 

I seein' right through you 



Yeah I got you got in the act 

You better step back 

Telling me that 

I seein' right through you 



In a minute you'll find me 

Eyes burn me up 

You say you'll never forget me 

But the lies have piled up 



In a minute you'll find me 

Eyes burn me up 

You say you'll never forget me 

But the lies have piled up