We took the highway till the road went black?
We'd marked truth or consequences on our map?
A voice drifted up from the radio?
Some other voice from long ago??

Who'll be the last to die for a mistake??
The last to die for a mistake??
Whose blood will spill? 
Whose heart will break?
?Who'll be the last to die for a mistake???

The kids asleep in the back seat?
We're just counting the miles, you and me
?We don't measure the blood we've drawn anymore
?We just stack the bodies outside the door

Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes??
The last to die for our mistakes??
Whose blood will spill? 
Whose heart will break??
Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes???

The sun it sets in flames as the city burns
?Another day gone down as the evening turns
?And I hold you here in my heart
?as things fall apart??

A downtown window flushed with light?
and faces of the dead at five
?I see her martyr's silent eyes
?petition the drivers as we pass by

Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes?
?The last to die for our mistakes??
Whose blood will spill? 
Whose heart will break?
?Who'll be the last to die???
Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes?
?The last to die for our mistakes??
Tyrants and kings both meet the same fate 
strung up at your city gate?
Who'll be the last to die for our mistakes?