State of Mind Lyrics

Looks like another town is going down

Into the ground. You look around

And your first thought is to get away from here

This old forgotten place is a disgrace

Your smiling face has been erased

I assure you that it's much worse than you feared

No one wins 'cause no one's keeping score

Their lives are torn, they're looking for

Someone to take the lead or take the blame

Rise above it all to heed the call

And take the fall, so they can all

Live as if the world's not insane

Out of the lost and found, the King of Town

Has now been crowned. The trumpets sound

As he rises from the ashes of defeat

A walking casualty of culture wars

Waged long before the rich were poor

As we struggle to bring ourselves to our feet

Maybe over time, we'll realize

The more we try to say goodbye

The more of this place seems to follow you

It spreads like a disease from sea to sea

And in between is you and me

And there's really nothing more that we can do

Now we know the whole worlds going down

It's not just our god forsaken towns

There's no escape to make we're trapped inside

This misery is just a state of mind

Avenge the lives of the ones who died

And spent their lives in debt

Crowds surround unemployment lines

Issuing rain checks

Throw a brick through the shattered glass.

Until it rains concrete

Burning bridges to the past

And buildings to the streets

Show them all the whole worlds going down

It's not just our god forsaken town

There's no escape to make we're trapped inside

This misery is just a state of

Take my hand I'm not afraid of

Taking a stand, take back this state of mind