They were telling me it's not a waste of time They were laughing about the one who's on my mind It's the final thing I understood They took nearly all I had They were telling me it's just for my own good How does it bother Is that an ordinary way to bring me down Is there another Another way to let me know that I am out They were measuring the beat of all I had An alarm device next to my bed It was medicine I understood For what I didn't need to know They were telling me it's just for my own good How does it bother Is that an ordinary way to bring me down Is there another Another way to let me know that I am out The silence that I can't stand Someone just turn on the news to end it The city lights That I won't see again Someone just lost a lifetime How does it bother Is that an ordinary way to bring me down Is there another Another way to let me know that I am out How does it bother Is that an ordinary way to bring me down Is there another Another way to let me know that I am out