is this the new year

or just another night

is this the new fear

or just another fright

is this the new tear

or just another desperation

is this the finger

or just another fist

is this the kingdom

or just a hit and miss

a misdirection most in all this desperation

is this what they call freedom

is this what you call pain

is this what they call discontented fame

it'll be a day like this one

when the world caves in

when the world caves in

when the world caves in

I'm singin this one like a broken piece of glass

broken hearts and broken noses in the back

is this the new year

or just another desperation

you push until you're shoving

you bend until you break

'til you stand on the broken fields where your fathers lay

it'll be a day like this one when the world caves in

when the world caves in

when the world caves in

when the world caves in

when the world caves in

when the world caves in

is nothing here worth saving

is no one here at all

is there any net left that could break our fall

it'll be a day like this one when the sky falls down

when the hungry and poor and deserted are found

are you discontented

have you been pushing hard

have you been throwing down this broken house of cards

it'll be a day like this one when the world caves in

when the world caves in

when the world caves in

is there nothing left now

nothing left to sing

are there any left who haven't kissed the enemy

is this the new year

or just another desperation

does justice ever find you

do the wicked ever lose

is there any honest song to sing besides these blues

and nothing is okay until the world caves in

until the world caves in

'til the world caves in

'til the world caves in

'til the world caves in

'til the world caves in

'til the world caves in

until the world caves in

until the world caves in

until the world caves in

until the world caves in