Choking

All my friends are vagrants

They wander 'round this dirty old town at night

Well the good ones are complacent

And the bad ones don't know left from right

But I've heard of a place now

Where the buildings won't cast shadows over us

Full of purple heather

And void of all the things that will destroy us

And I will run

While I'm still young

Oh far, so far away from here, from here, from here

And I will run downhill like water

I will run the hell away from here

So what is sleep and what is time

'Cause I don't get much of either, of either

But in this land of paradise

Oh, I know all my friends, they will be there, they will be there

And we'll keep our ears close to the ground

And we'll follow where they lead us, where they lead us

Leave behind this dirty town

Where they say that they don't need us

They don't need us here no more

And I will run

While I'm still young

Oh far, so far away from here, from here, from here

And I will run downhill like water, water, water

I will run the hell away from here

Oh, and let us all go someplace

Where we that know we are wanted

And let me be the ghost by which

That bridge Albert was haunted lord

And let the waters under her be dark and deep

And let us sing

Oh, let us sing, oh

And I have seen the beacon's light

I'll follow where she takes me, where she takes me

But I must be gone before daylight

Or the vision will escape me, it will escape me

Oh 'cause I can only see at night

When the others don't know where I have gone

When the streetlamps burn so bright

I will stand on rooftops and shout that siren's song

And I will run

While I'm still young

Oh far, so far away from here, from here, from here

And I will run downhill like water, water, water

Oh, I will run the hell away from here

Oh, and let us all go someplace

Where we that know we are wanted

And let me be the ghost by which

That bridge Albert was haunted lord

And let the waters under her be dark and deep

And let us sing

Oh, let us sing