The Surreal World

[Verse 1] Ash on the mailbox Glass in the sand I walk where the freeway Used to shake the land Kids trade bottle caps For a half-burnt map Dogs in the alleys And the sky went black Old church steeple Split like a bone I talk to the static Just to not be alone Soup from a can And a lock on the door Every face I see Looks like it lost a war [Pre-Chorus] And the loop keeps spinning Like it knows my name Same broken chorus In the rain, in the rain [Chorus] Surreal world Still turning Surreal world Still burning Surreal world We learn to breathe In the ashes, in the ashes Surreal world [Verse 2] Found a toy piano In a shopping cart Hit one dead key And it stabbed my heart Mama said pray But the roof fell in Now I keep her ring On a rope of twine People sell water In a busted truck Smile with no teeth Call that good luck I seen a man laugh At a cracked-up moon Then he cried in the dirt Like he already knew [Pre-Chorus] And the loop keeps spinning Like it knows my pain Same broken chorus In the blood, in the rain [Chorus] Surreal world Still turning Surreal world Still burning Surreal world We learn to breathe In the ashes, in the ashes Surreal world [Bridge] Under the overpass I found your scarf Faded red cloth In the dark I held it up Like a flag for the dead Then the sample came back And it filled my head [Final Chorus] Surreal world Still turning Surreal world Still burning Surreal world We learn to breathe In the ashes, in the ashes Surreal world (Still turning) (Still burning) Surreal world