Before the Lobotomy

Dreamin'

I was only dreamin'

Of another place and time

Where my family's from

Singin'

I can hear them singin'

When the rain had washed away

All these scattered dreams

Dyin'

Everyone's reminded

Hearts are washed in misery

Drenched in gasoline

Laughter

There is no more laughter

Songs of yesterday now live

In the underground

Whoo, ooh-ooh

Life before the lobotomy

Christian sang the eulogy

Signed, "My love, a lost memory

From the end of the century"

Well, it's enough to make you sick

To cast a stone and throw a brick

But when the sky is falling down

You burned your dreams into the ground

Christian's lesson's what he's been sold (hey!)

We are normal and self-controlled (hey!)

Remember to learn to forget (hey!)

Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes

Well, I'm not stoned, I'm just fucked up

I got so high I can't stand up

Well, I'm not cursed, 'cause I've been blessed

I'm not in love, 'cause I'm a mess

Like refugees (ooh)

We're lost like refugees (ooh)

Like refugees (ooh)

We're lost like refugees (ooh)

The brutality

Of reality

Is the freedom that keeps me from

Dreamin'

I was only dreamin'

Of another place and time

Where my family's from

Singin'

I can hear them singin'

When the rain had washed away

All these scattered dreams

Dyin'

Everyone's reminded

Hearts are washed in misery

Drenched in gasoline

Laughter

There is no more laughter

Songs of yesterday now live

In the underground