As the buildings crumble, tumble to the ground
And the dust-filled smoke rises in the air
You know that somebody somewhere looks with pride, they're satisfied
To all who think they know
To everyone that knows that they're right
D'you ever wonder why
D'you never ask the question even in the depths of night?
Now as the daylight fading ends another day
For too many life will never be the same
And it is all for the reason they will never understand
To all who think they know
To everyone that knows that they're right
D'you ever wonder why
D'you never ask the question even in the depths of night?
And on the morning after do you realise
See the ruined faces and the ruined lives
Inside your head do you never have the thought a moment of doubt?
To all who think they know
To everyone that knows that they're right
D'you ever wonder why
D'you never ask the question even in the depths of night?
There are only dreams one like any other
What means the earth to one or few means nothing to another
There are only dreams like any other
Drawing lines upon the sand, on the land, on the sea
Then dying to defend them seems quite meaningless to me
Don't you know what means the earth to some or only one
Can mean just nothing nothing nothing to another
There are only dreams like any other
There are only differences, worth living but not dying for
One man's joy makes another man weep
Nothing you can do is ever gonna change it
One man's saint is another man's fool
One man's hot is another man's cool
And when the war is over, won
Will there be peace for evermore?
Statues carved right out of stone, out of wood, made from gold
Praying for their mercy that won't save their souls
Don't you know what means the earth to some or only one
Can mean just nothing nothing nothing to another
There are only dreams like any other
Ththe same old loose lipped cannon
speaks for you today
alone without your talent
there’s not much to say
and all these arguements
are meaningless today
and the reasons why they’ve
vanished in the haze
(2*) calling downtown
no reasons do they owe you
tell me
how’d you think it came to be
(2*) calling downtown
how they come to love you
when you didn’t want to set
them free
we don’t forgive to know you
will you ever see
know reasons do we owe you
how’d it come to be
the leaves have lost their shadows
deep amongst the grey
i hope that you’ll be friendly
i heard someone say
(2*) it’s a stranger, calling downtown
the further away you get
its easy to start from the back of the line
where there’s no one to tell you you’re still behind
it’s a stranger the further away you get
and you never miss your friends
until you can’t relate to the people beside you
here today .
it’s a stranger the further away you get
calling downtown
calling downtown