War All The Time

<br>Standing on the edge of the palisades cliffs <br><br>In the shadow of the skyline very far away <br><br>A lightning rod that couldnt pull the storm from me<br><br>I was 5 years old my best friends older brother died<br><br>He fell from these cliffs<br><br>The river washed him away the current pulled him downstream<br><br>And our lives float in the headlines, so we parked these cars <br><br>Parents garage <br><br>Listen to the lullaby<br><br>Of Carbon Monoxide<br><br><br><br>War all of the time<br><br>In the shadow of the New York skyline<br><br>We grew up too fast falling apart<br><br>Like the ashes of American flags<br><br>If the sun doesn`t rise <br><br>We`ll replace it with an H-bomb explosion<br><br>A painted jail cell of blood in the sky like Three Mile Island<br><br>Nightmares on TV they used to sing us to sleep<br><br>They burn on and on like an oil field<br><br>Or a memory of what it felt like <br><br>To burn on and on and not just fade away<br><br>All those nights in the basement the kids are still screaming<br><br>On and on and on and on <br><br><br><br>War all of the time<br><br>In the shadow of the New York skyline<br><br>We grew up too fast falling apart<br><br>Like the ashes of American flags<br><br>And were blowing in the wind<br><br>We dont know where to land<br><br>So we kiss like little kids<br><br>We used to be very tall buildings<br><br>Weve been falling for so long <br><br>Now your eyes follow the sign on the edge of town<br><br>They offer a welcome when you are leaving <br><br><br><br>War all of the time<br><br>In the shadow of the New York skyline<br><br>We grew up too fast falling apart<br><br>Like the ashes of American flags<br><br>The pieces fall its like a last day parade<br><br>And the fires in our streets start to rage, <br><br>so wave, to the people that long to wave back, <br><br>from the fabric of a flag that sang "love all of the time"<br><br><br><br>War all the time War all the time<br><br>All of the time<br><br>War all the time<br><br>War all the time<br><br>All of the time <br><br>All of the time <br><br>War all of the time <br><br>War all of the time <br><br>War all of the time <br><br>War all of the time