Well, you'll never see me dying On screen or microscope I'll be the first to laugh it off To not be the brunt of your joke Let me make a mistake It'll pay for its own cost 'Cause regret is like an infant That won't let you sleep it off Checkin' in to a hospital Where the nurse is earth and sky Fighting against my flesh and blood There's nothing I won't try Even heartache looks so easy To a pair of grievin' eyes I am always one man down I am always one man down And dressed up I am an antenna A feeding tube and a hard drive Entertaining myself to death To maintain some sort of life Starin' up at a concrete roof thinkin' It could fall any minute The fault line can't be reasoned with No matter what the house has in it Checkin' in to a hospital Where the nurse is church and state The cure has got that oxygen We're all lookin' to taste With the face lines of a moth's wings I want more time to waste I am always one man down I am always one man down And dressed up If my mind's an orphanage You're not in the market to mind Livin' like this is Just no way to die Put it in terms I can understand This wound is all I've got But I can't disconnect my hand From the damage that it's brought Well, the straight face on this cruel place It just won't crack or break And I am always one man down I am always one man down And fed up