Everybody knows So everyone says It's built on your bones It's stacked on your stones And everybody tries To mean it for real Like who do you trust What do you steal And how many foreigners can i really feel You put away all your poems And you buried the box The day that you were rejected From the school of hard knocks And i took a permanent marker To my deepest desires Took a look inside and i cut All of the wires Hands up we got back to the questions Gave up on a better direction Hands up we go back to the scene I often wonder what the answers mean There's a place in the sky Where the canadians go They got a password that i I don't think i'll ever know So we keep a place in the corner Where we can stay for a while Just keep your hands in your lap Don't give a smile don't give a smile Hands up we go back to the questions Gave up on a better direction Hands up no it never ends Would you go country before all your friends Hands up we go back to the questions Gave up on another election Hands up with your heart on your sleeve Oh life before death - yeah oh yeah, i believe.