Living in a gated flat,
Sharing walls with folks called neighbors
I hope they never stop to chat
You’re not supposed to talk to strangers
There’s a knocking at the door
And I feel like I’m living in danger
(chorus)
All together we’re lost and blind
The sun won’t shine and the love won’t bind
Separate lives of a kindred kind
Like broken strings of a rope untwined
Straining at the weight of a lonesome weary mind
Living in a cardboard box
Wrapping plastic round my socks
Carrying a sign of shame
People tell me I’m to blame
So hang me on a cross
And bless me in Jesus’ name
(chorus)
Living in a micro mansion
Following the latest fashions
With every kind of pleasure pill
Depression’s just a lack of thrill
But it’s lonely on the hill and I still feel rather ill
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