[Verse 1] The calendar demands a smile, a ritual of cheer But I am just a ghost inside the exit of the year The city wears a mask of lights, electric red and gold To cover up the ugly truth of stories being told I walk among the shoppers with their panic and their bags While history is burning down and waving little flags [Pre-Chorus] Is the signal fading out, or is my receiver broken? I cannot feel the spirit in the words that are spoken Everything is loud, but the meaning is gone We are singing silent nights while the war goes on [Chorus] Is it the world that’s crazy, or is it just my age? Trapped inside a bad dream, rattling the cage We’re dancing on a razor blade while the economy screams Selling plastic happiness to pay for broken dreams I want to feel the magic, I want to stop the hate But I’m staring at the ashes in the fireplace grate [Verse 2] Too much anger on the screen, venom in the vein Politicizing gravity, monetizing pain When I was young the winter felt like blankets made of snow Now it feels like nuclear ash falling in a row The innocence is stripped away, layer by heavy layer And no one’s looking up enough to hear a single prayer [Bridge] Take me back to ignorance, when cold was just the weather Before I saw the stitches that hold the world together The older that I get, the sharper is the lens And I can see the enemies pretending to be friends How do we stop the spinning? How do we stop the rot? I’m searching for a feeling that I fear I just forgot [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Is it the world that’s crazy, or is it just my age? Trapped inside a bad dream, rattling the cage We’re dancing on a razor blade while the economy screams Selling plastic happiness to pay for broken dreams I want to feel the magic, I want to stop the hate But I’m staring at the ashes in the fireplace grate [Outro] Is it me? (Just a malfunction in the head) Is it them? (The world is hanging by a thread) I just want to wake up. I just want to wake up. But the bells keep ringing. The bells keep ringing.
