let's go to the mountain
let's tell everyone
world war 3 is gonna be so dumb

when none of our questions revealed our condition
were we part of the story were we even omissions
were we bound by our badness were we misunderstood
did the future come save us did we think that it would
and when the darkness appeared as relentless
riding a gray horse vicious and headless
did i say anything
when they said they could fix it
did i say anything
when they said it's just business
when they said to get hungry
when they said to get rich
when they said to have fun
when they said to have kids
when they said to get happy
when they said to stay true
when they said to keep laughing
when they called it the blues
are there ways to be dying

she was kind when the captain came over
she was dead when they landed in dover
there's a dog in the kitchen looking up at the chef
says you know what i'm missing why are you making me beg
i don't understand why i'm so often surprised
by the lengths that we go so we don't have to try
when i spend all this time getting fooled by my mind
by these mumbling ghosts and these meaningless crimes
are there ways to be dying
i don't mean the evenings
i don't mean the fighting
or the traffic in cleveland
and i don't mean the walmarts
or the home before suppers
or the family we don't see
or the ways that you love her
i don't mean to be cryptic
i don't care about god
i'm not trying to fix this
i swear that i'm not
i just want to stop dying
i want to stop dying
i want to stop dying
for now just for now for now

let's go to the mountain
let's tell everyone
world war 3 is gonna be so dumb

i'm lying awake
there's a song in the wind
yesterday i thought i had nothing to say
then i heard what someone else was saying
she loves the mornings
she gardens for hours
she doesn't grow food
she only grows flowers
she feels like an idiot
then she feels like a hypocrite
then she feels if she's focused and lucky
she might just barely be good at this
then i go out walking
and i'm humming this song
and the chorus is stupid
and it's probably too long
maybe we thought it was a robbery
that was out of control
so the best we could do
was grab something and go
i lost didn't i
we lost didn't we
we're losers i guess
aren't there worse things to be
if you want to keep going
i'm here and i'm down
but i won't wait forever
i'm not even waiting now

let's go to the mountain
let's tell everyone
world war 3 is gonna be so dumb

i'm lying awake
there's a song in the wind
it's gonna break our hearts
we just don't know when
it's cold in the mornings
that's just like the weather
always getting worse
always getting better