I used to see the future and now I see nothin'

They cut out my eyes and sent me home packin'

To pace around the kitchen for scraps of inspiration

Cryin' like cassandra, I

I used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue

And left me doin' laundry to think on what I've done

It wasn't me, it was the song.

I used to move into the future, bring it all back

Let it bleed through my fingers, a treasure in my hands

Now I creep out when there's no one about

'cause they put crosses on the doors to try and keep me out

The garden's overgrown

And I run in the middle of the road (ooh...)

Well, can you see me?

I cannot see you

Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view

In this blindness I'm condemned to

Well, can you hear me?

I cannot hear you

Every song I thought I knew, I've been deafened to

And there's no one left to sing to.

All the gods have been domesticated

And heaven is now overrated

And the churches, they all closed their doors

Well, you can take your complaints straight to the lord

I try to still look with wonder on the world

As the roses bloom

And the riot van still plainly in view.

Well, can you see me?

I cannot see you

Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view

In this blindness that I'm condemned to

Well, can you hear me?

I cannot hear you

Every song I thought I knew, I've been deafened to

And there's no one left to sing to.

(Ooh...)

(Ooh...)

(Ooh, oh...)

Take me back (ooh, ooh, ooh)

Oh, drunken gods of slaughter (ooh, ooh, ooh....)

You know I've always been your favorite daughter (ooh, ooh, ooh...)

Well, can you see me?

I cannot see you

Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view

And if I run fast enough

Could I break apart

As empires tumble and cathedrals flatten in my heart?