Well I heard they built an island in the pacific Size of texas, made of plastic Well I heard they built a bomb that could mow us all down that won't make a sound Well I heard they built a monument to broken things To money, power, fame, all brings Where people gather 'round in their diamond rings Hoping things start spreading While another day goes by There's famous aimless and I don't know why On our screens, in our dreams, in our magazines, shine so bright like the stars in the sky So tell me what it is I know I must be missing something but I'm not so sure So tell me all the days, all the ways, all the time it takes All the real, all the fakes, where this show Will go? Well I heard they found a message written on the sun Said 'love's the only way to end what we begun' They're keeping it a secret, got a race to run More money to come Well I saw my baby born, saw my father die I felt a cold wind blow, heard my mother cry Stood in a hurricane, lay under the sky Found a road, kept treading While another day goes by There's famous aimless and I don't know why On our screens, in our dreams, in our magazines, shine so bright like the stars in the sky So tell me what it is I know I must be missing something but I'm not so sure So tell me all the days, all the ways, all the time it takes All the real, all the fakes, where this show Will go? If we keep running to escape Going in circles, finding ways To envy, conspire, covet, hate Then we'll just be wasting our time Falling in line, heeding no sign Stuck neither asleep nor awake