I'm playing the game with earthquakes around me 

Shaking my novice heart 

The pieces have have fallen, we've all forgotten 

Where we're supposed to start 



Well, you've got the guns and I've got the money 

Maybe we should make a stand 

We'll use the confusion, break all the rules 

And win it with a losing hand 



What I found was painfully enlightening 

Like a shot, right between my eyes 

Cos it hurts trying to do the right thing 

When the monsters are all on your side 



So I'm dancing on ashes, drinking and giddy 

High as a silver swan 

You got the guts and I got the glory 

How could anything go wrong 



Well one day you left me lost in the rubble 

Tapping out an S.O.S. 

The higher you drift, the swifter you crumble 

Crushed by your own success 



Now what I found was painfully enlightening 

Like a shot right between my eyes 

Cos it hurts just trying to do the right thing 

When the monsters are all on your side 



Yeah yeah yeah yeah 



Could you ease this hunger 

Why do I even wonder 



Still alive the quiet morning after 

The night, the night I should have died 

And I can't believe I've got my absolution 

Only to find I slept through half my life 



So I'd like to thank you for your kindness 

When you bled and severed all our ties 

Now my friends drag me from the ashes 

Of the monsters on my side 

On my side