Nothing seems to shine when things fall apart The best lack conviction and the worst are full of passion Until a moment of hope or a moment of defeat When we are standing on our own, we're on our own What do we want to happen now When the center cannot hold and we are left out So what will lead our steps The very thing we seek What we are striving for We are the restless We are set apart from the dead, only dying now We are known by what we seek When the center cannot hold Is it the drug or the soberness? The failure that we feel inside when nothing seems to shine So what do we want to happen now If we are on our own and we are left out If we are left out So what will lead our steps The very thing we seek What we are striving for We are the restless We are set apart from the dead, only dying now And we are known by what we seek When the center cannot hold When the center cannot hold is there anything left I think we need to simplify it And if when we forget We can't find our way We are known by what we seek When the center cannot hold