Under the Wheels

Walking around with your head bent down Complacent in a sedated state I wanted to hear what you had to say But there was too much talking over each other Find me some peace, a mindful heart A break in the tide when the fighting starts Power's down and the town goes dark When words fail we scatter Under the wheels Of the war machine Always someone else's scheme Show me a sign When the world falls apart From the core to the seams The threads that we seek All the way in and totally gone The panic button is dead to me now Changing your shape in your overcoat But somehow you manage to stay afloat Defy the system And avoiding the eyes that stay well hid Surrendered the words while the lovers leap Out of the fray and into the infinite Deep In the war regime Always someone else's scheme Show me a sign When the world falls apart Coming together from all of the corners tonight From the core to the seams From the threads that we seek The threads that we seek Find me some peace, a mindful heart A break in the tide when the fighting starts Power's down and the town goes dark When words fail we scatter Under the wheels Of the war machine Always someone else's scheme Show me a sign When the world falls apart Coming together from all of the corners tonight From the core to the seams From the threads that we keep