We left a message for the masters It was too lonely for us undercover We found a coded sort of laughter When told "Choose one side or the other" Heartache won't show up on your face Freed from the concept of a mother We found a different kind of first base Trade one secret for another Oh when you hear the siren You ask a question I can't answer "How did we end up the martyrs?" Don't ask what you don't wanna know Oh, blinking sun A symbol of what we'd done The tower we had to climb To get the answer we knew we'd find It was no surprise We gotta put some space behind us Or else end up like the others Shake on things that should define us Love in a world without a summer Oh, will you be my island? Smooth the edge that divides us? Choose romance over violence? I can't make it alone, hmmm In spite of what I have shown Hope from despair In under twenty years Don't say it can't be real I've seen the reverse of that wheel It spins and so we can't pretend How small we've always been Just a blink in space and time Time Time (time, time) Ooh, just past the city limits I feel the flash of teeth I cannot see Fear is our last mirror image Our last turn of the wheel It spins, so nobody can pretend How tiny we've always been Only a flash in space and time But no one can say we didn't try Miles away I'm miles away Miles away I'm miles away Miles away I'm miles away Miles away I'm miles away