Finish Line

[Verse 1]

Wind blows snow outside my window

Crowd below runs wild in the streets

Two rented brothers race down two separate alleys

Heading for the finish line

[Verse 2]

Down in the train yard, out by the stockyard

Butchers with aprons hack meat in the snow

Blood has the brothers pulsing with envy

Heading for the finish line

[Verse 3]

Two rented brothers, their faces keep changing

Just like these feelings I have for you

Nothing's forever, not even five minutes

When you're headed for the finish line

[Verse 4]

Down in the depot, out by the meat rack

Down by the tunnels surrounding the jail

Prisoners are marching in squares and in circles

They're heading for the finish line

[Instrumental Verse]

Mmm mmm

Ah ha ah ha

Oh oh

[Verse 5]

They're lining up for Noah's Ark

They're stabbing each other in the dark

Saluting a flag made of some rich guy's socks

Heading for the finish line

[Verse 6]

Close to the line the ice is cracking

Two rented feelings sitting in the stands

Two mothers, two fathers and both of them are paid for

All of a sudden it comes back to me

[Verse 7]

Just up ahead is the finish line

Two rented referees and two checkered rags

Out of the corner of my eye comes a dark horse with black wings

Ooh ooh, headed for the finish line

[Verse 8]

I'm five years old, the room is fuzzy

I think there's also a very young girl

It's so hard to remember what happened exactly

As I'm staring at the finish line

[Outro]

Ooh first came fire then came light

Then came feeling then came sight