step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the 
contrast of white on white. 
and in between the moon and you the angels get a better view of the [bad word] 
difference between wrong and right. 
i walk in the air, between the rain, through myself and back again where? i 
don't know 
maria says she's dying, through the door i hear her crying why? i don't know 

round here we always stand up straight 
round here something radiates 

maria came from nashville with a suitcase in her hand she said she'd like to 
meet a boy who looks like elvis. 
she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land just like she's 
walking on a wire in the circus. 
she parks her car outside of my house and takes her clothes off, says she's 
close to understanding Jesus. 
she knows she's more than just a little misunderstood, she has trouble acting 
normal when she's nervous. 

round here we're carving out our names 
round here we all look the same 
round here we talk just like lions, but we sacrifice like lambs 
round here she's slipping through my hands 

oohhh sleeping children [bad word] like the wind, out of the lightning dream 
mama's little baby better get herself in out of the lightning 

she says "it's only in my head." 
she says "sshhh...i know it's only in my head." 

but the girl on the car in the parking lot says: "man, you should try to take a 
shot. can't you see my walls are [bad word] " 
then she looks up at the building and says she's thinkin of jumping. she says 
she's tired of life, she must be tired of something. 

round here she's always on my mind 
round here (hey man)i got lots of time 
round here we're never sent to bed early and nobody makes us wait 
round here we stay up very, very, very, very late. 

i can't see nothing, nothing round here (oh) 
won't you catch me if i'm falling? 
won't you catch me if i'm falling? 
won't you catch me cuz i'm falling down on you. 

see i'm under the gun round here 
oh man i said i'm under the gun round here 
and i can't see nothing, nothing round here.