I only wanted such a little thing Only simplicity And now that I am who I was taught to be You have abandoned me But I held so tightly to every word you said That's the price of the respect you've always demanded And all those things I've gathered through the years Have no value here I need to find a place where I can breathe Somewhere high above this empty wasteland Where the air is clear And I need to find it while i still can In a world like this How can you wonder at my sadness? Now I hope for something beautiful But I feel trapped under your waves of wreckage And if I cannot claw my own way through I fear one day I will be just like you I need to find a place where I can breathe Somewhere high above this empty wasteland Where the air is clear And I need to find it while I still can In this land of vacant stars In the backseats of desperate cars In single-mother topless bars We ache for something more Your sons and your daughters are unwilling martyrs To devils, priests, and other thieves And their wars and rumors of war I need a handgun and a hand grenade To protect me from those who keep me safe Yet I remember your straight face Some day this will all be yours I need to find a place where I can breathe Somewhere high above this empty wasteland Where the air is clear And while I still can I need to find a place where I can breathe Somewhere high above this empty wasteland Where the air is clear And I need to find it while I still can While I still can