Future’s End

I went out to the restaurant
But they had closed, and I’d forgot
I went in search of our old haunts

Second hand bookstore, hidden cafe
Secret garden by the bay
We got our kicks at the arcade
How I wish we could have stayed

Home sweet home, a place where we can go
Home sweet home, a place we’ll never be alone

Sunset at dawn in an alien town
I tipped the waitress seven pounds
All she said was ‘c’est la vie’
As she slipped it back to me

After work, by the harbourside lights
I saw a couple guys locked in a fight
But they fell apart with one embrace
They were just looking for their place

And there’s a place that no one knows
It’s a place where I now go
Hold me tighter, and don’t let go,
In this place we’ll call our own

Home sweet home, a place where we can go
Home sweet home, a place we’ll never be alone
It’s home sweet home, and after all we’ve known
It’s still home sweet home, the place we’ll never be alone

And whenever the world’s too much to bear
We can always disappear
Because no one will find us here

Home sweet home, a place where we can go
And though we roam, they’ll never find out where we hide
We’ll never be alone
No matter where we roam
We’ll always come back home
Back to the place where we can go

2 AM and the DJ plays a ten year old song
For us jaded old kids
And we dance just like there’s nothing wrong
‘Cause for a moment nothing is

The green strobe lights, they blind our eyes
We are scandalised
While our feet slip on drinks on the floor
And the men in the corners drinking alone are trying to score

But hey, we’re all still having fun
The worst is yet to come
And we’re all still so damn young
Like the night, we’ve just begun
To have our fun

Out the door, we’re looking for more ecstasy
But all we see is lechery and sin
In the harsh city lights we realise
We couldn’t wait to grow up and be served harassment with a grin

So we strap on our Docs and we walk eleven blocks to the park
Huddle in the dark
And we play some truth or dare
Up the road in the safety of my home
We dance along to our ten year old songs
And no one stares and no one cares

And if we close our eyes
We won’t be surprised
To find we’re all grown up
And I can hold your hand
And tell you that I’m grand
While our friends are throwing up
And you tell me

Hey, we’re all still having fun
We’re still going out too much
‘Cause we’re all still so damn young
Like the night, we’ve just begun
To have our fun

A song we used to hear
Rewinds us back to yesteryear
Reminds us that we’re still having fun

We’re all grown up now, mum
And we’re here to have some fun
We’re all grown up now, mum
And we’re here to have some fun

Hey, we’re all still having fun
We’ve got a song that’ll still be sung
Cause we’re all still so damn young
Like the night, we’ve just begun
To have our fun

We’re still having fun
‘Cause we’re still so young
Yes, we’re still having fun
We’re still having fun
We’re still having fun
We’re still having fun

It’s gone 3 am, and your living room starts to spin
Between days, dimensions
The bed beckons, you pull me in
And you’re feeling so lonely
‘Cause all of our friends
Are so grown up
You know we’re at childhood’s end

But I promise you that time will never change my mind
Or the kind of love I have for you
And you promise me that life will get better once we find
Someone we can love
Someone right for me, and right for you

Remember the day
When we watched Neverland explode
And you cried on my shoulder
We wish on each sunset
The world will not end ‘til
We know which road to follow forever

But while we were waltzing
The world changed to four
And the life that we planned out
Is nevermore

But I promise you that time will never change my mind
Or the kind of love I have for you
And you promise me that life gets better once we find
Someone we can love
Someone right for me, and right for you
Right for you

I promise you that time will never change my mind
Or the kind of love I have for you
And you promise me that life gets better once we find
Someone we can love
Someone right for me, and right for you

A million dollars never looked so good
You’re like a superstar from Hollywood
Please let me take your picture
And refill
Drink up, you’re dressed to kill

Violet, crimson, emerald or indigo
What’s your shade of murder tonight?
And before the crime begins
Do you feel good in your skin?
Nevermind the toxic wine
The rules we tried to write

‘Cause when you start dancing, it’s a movie scene
Right off the silver screen

A million dollars never looked so good
You’re like a superstar from Hollywood
And I’m your paparazzi
Your shoe shine
Don’t ask me if you caught my eye

Because you’re dressed to kill
I’ll die tonight, I know I will
Pretending that I’m fine with you
Smiling daggers to my heart, I still
Want you, you’re dressed to kill

I’m not sorry for the murderous intent I wear
I’m fighting sadness with madness tonight
And you intoxicate me faster
Than any wine, I’d date disaster
If we’d not said never, ’cause I’m thinking I might

Turn the dancing dirty, just a little bit
Blame it on the top 40s hits

A million dollars never looked so good
You’re like a superstar from Hollywood
And I’m your jawline candy
Your theme song
Don’t ask me if there’s something wrong

Because you’re dressed to kill
I’ll die tonight I know I will
Pretending that I’m fine with you
Breathing arrows down my neck, I still
Want you, you’re dressed to kill

Ooh, if I kissed you I would die
But there’s a sparkle in your eye
Did you wear this for me tonight?
Damn the rules and damn the hindsight
Pull me close let’s have a tongue fight

You’re dressed to kill
I’ll die tonight I know I will
A poisoned lover’s kiss to lie so still
A happy tragedy, it’s death by thrill
Because we dressed to kill

Sixteen Armageddons on at Future’s End
Stacy’s burning blogs to reach her long lost friend
While I sing my daily prophecy
Of angels on the motorway
Right here on the edge of someday

There’s picket lines and neon signs in No Person’s Land
The devil doesn’t care if you are woman or man
Supreme has ceased to mean a thing
But the death of the modern world
So we draw swords, rally queens and kings
And fight a battle no one wins

But there’s C4 in the thoroughfare
Superman’s playing lie or dare
While our friends get burned for what they wear
And who they love, in hell, above
But I guess I’ll see you at the bar at the end of the world

Hey, stranger, how you doing?
A simple smile, there’s nothing to it
Wanna fight, let’s fight with kindness
Take a pint downstairs and find us
Singing that we’ll be fine in these trying times
These are trying times

We’re products of the peace talks in the ego war
Our cousins all are swimming home, but won’t before
They’re consumed by malnutrition
Or begging kids for ammunition
Right there on the edge of someday

40,000 years of evolution, well, it ends with me
‘Cause I wait at home for revolution, feigning sleep
And you say when we hadn’t lived
We loved life more
You do your subway wall graffiti makeup
Ready for a corporate shakeup

No, nothing’s like before
The decades that America thought
One guitar, two hands, three chords
Could save us all from a Roman fall
But I guess I’ll see you at the bar at the end of the world

Hey, stranger, how you doing?
A simple smile, there’s nothing to it
Wanna fight, let’s fight with kindness
Take a pint downstairs and find us
Singing, dancing, crying through these trying times

Like monuments reaching vainly for the sky
Down here, we try, we try, we try
We’re singing things too dangerous to say
Burning money we saved for a rainy day

Hey, partner, how you doing?
A simple smile, there’s nothing to it
Wanna fight, let’s fight with kindness
Remember all the ties that bind us
That’s how we’ll survive in these trying times

These are trying times
Oh, but we’ll be fine
In these trying times
‘Cause we’re trying

How do we go back round the bend?
Where do we go when we have seen the end?
And we gave our best
But our blows landed against the walls
Built for our safety, should the skies fall

We never wanted to end up this way
To barely know life before the end of days

But I recall how we laughed til we cried
And lay, drowning in sunlight

Where can I find the buried light?
When do I sleep when there’s no day or night?

But I recall
How we lived

We never wanted anything
Never needed anything less
Just to be our best
And we never needed to protest
Never needed a magical quest
Just to be our best
But our intentions, our hopes and our fears
They all fell, before the end of everything
And now it’s time for the new world to begin

At the end of everything
At the end of everything

We never wanted anything
Never needed anything less
Just to be our best
And we never needed to protest
Never needed a magical quest
Just to be our best
Just to be our best
Now we are lain to rest

I’m just your average architect
Laying cobblestone down over fighter planes
I cover up the wreckage of our intellect
So we can decorate and you’ll be entertained

I know you’re new here
But know there’s nothing to fear

‘Cause I’m glad you could make it
To my spaceship
Safe haven
For the misfits
Where everyone’s upset
Full of regret
But we don’t fret
Because we know we’re gonna be alright

In the post-post-apocalypse
At the end of the future and the start of a myth
In the post-post-apocalypse
We tell the stories of the old world to the kids

My children flew the coop, I’m all alone
Soon as they turned ten, it was childhood’s end
I strap on jet boots and I fly back home
To get lost in the stars with my robot friend

After the future
The present’s our new start

Hey! I’m glad you could make it
To my spaceship
Safe haven
For the misfits
Where everyone’s upset
Full of regret
But we don’t fret
Because we know we’re gonna be alright

In the post-post-apocalypse
At the end of the future and the start of a myth
In the post-post-apocalypse
Leave the mysteries of the old world for the kids

In the post-post-apocalypse
At the end of the future and the start of a myth
In the post-post-apocalypse
Leave the mysteries of the old world
For the kids
Life is good
In the post-post-apocalypse