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