Diminished and Dumbfounded

Live like your trust has never been forsaken
It may be bitter, but every sweetness leaves a stain
Don't hold a grudge because you feel that you've been shafted
Your pride is dented, but all your dreams remain
Your pride is dented, but all your dreams remain

You may be knotted up with questions
With days squinting into the wind
Make space for your guardian angel
On the back seat, as the drug kicks in

Just take each day as individually wrapped and gifted
Though your faith was seduced, then defaced
Try taking a boat and get to meet a few new strangers
The plane was hijacked and flown to a made-up place
The plane was hijacked and flown to a made-up place

Of course you feel diminished and dumbfounded
But keep singing with the chords that may sound wrong
Anyway, the neighbours are permanently howling
Another good reason not to keep a gun!

You've got to believe in a promise that can never be broken
Even when it lies in shatters on the kitchen floor
The carousel of slides will finally flash before us
You'd better blow the whistle as it has never been blown before
You'd better blow the whistle as it has never been blown before