Not The Way You Want

You got what you wanted
A slice of paradise
Better Homes and Gardens
Someone's storybook life
You're not worked to the bone
You're free to stay or to roam
You got what you wanted
But something's not right

It's not the way you want
It's not the way you want
Not the way you want
It's not the way you want

I dreamed of a mountaintop
All anointed with snow
The golden glow of the sunrise
Lifts me up from the fog down below
And I'll climb my whole life
Just to bask in that light
But when I get to the summit
I've never felt so alone

It's not the way I want
It's not the way I want
Not the way I want
It's not the way I want

Sleepless, anxious emptiness
I made my bed
But I won't lie here
And resign to it

Whispering in the night (sleepless, anxious)
Tossing and turning, I cry (emptiness)
Anger in dreams bleeds through (I made my own bed)
Calling us to the gloom (I won't lie here)

Whispering in the night (It's not the way I want!)
Tossing and turning, I cry (It's not the way I want!)
Anger in dreams bleeds through (Not the way I want!)
Calling us to the gloom

We built this machine
Out of Earth's blood and bones
And to grow like a tumor
Is the only life that it knows
So we toil and we fight
To appease its appetite
We built this machine
And we just can't let go

That's why it's not the way we want
It's not the way we want
Not the way we want
It's not the way we want

Sleepless, anxious emptiness
I made my bed
But I won't lie here
And resign to it