Standing on the edge of the palisades cliffs
in the shadow of the skyline very far away
a lightning rod that couldnand't pull the storm from me
i was 5 years old my best friends older brother died
he fell from these cliffs
the river washed him away the current pulled him downstream
in our eyes, floating in the headlights, so we parked these cars
parentand's garage
listen to the lullaby
of carbon monoxide
War all of the time
in the shadow of the new york skyline
we grew up too fast falling apart
like the ashes of american flags
the sun doesnand't rise
we replaced it with an h-bomb explosion
a painted jail cell of blood in the sky like three mile island
nightmares on tv they used to sing us to sleep
they burn on and on like an oil field
or a memory of what it felt like
to burn on and on and not just fade away
all those nights in the basement the kids are still screaming
on and on and on and on
War all of the time
in the shadow of the new york skyline
we grew up too fast falling apart
like the ashes of american flags
and weand're blowing in the wind
we donand't know where to land
so we kiss like little kids
we used to be very tall buildings
weand've been falling for so long
now your eyes follow the sign on the edge of town
they offer a welcome when you are leaving
War all of the time
in the shadow of the new york skyline
we grew up too fast falling apart
like the ashes of american flags
the pieces fall itand's like a last day parade
and the fires in our streets start to rage,
so wave, to the people that long to wave back,
from the fabric of a flag that sang andquot;love all of the timeandquot;
War all the time war all the time
all of the time
war all the time
war all the time
all of the time
all of the time
war all of the time
war all of the time
war all of the time
war all of the time
