Quiet Desperation-Rick Miller

[ti:Quiet Desperation] [ar:Rick Miller] [al:Dark Dreams] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Quiet Desperation - Rick Miller [00:03.96]The man who lives beside me [00:06.58]Wants to set the world on fire [00:09.52] [00:10.34]I'd worry more about it but I know that he's a liar [00:16.15] [00:17.65]The people across the street [00:19.96]Have moved their TV set outside [00:22.71] [00:24.52]They want the world to understand [00:27.36]They've nothing much to hide [00:29.61] [00:31.17]It feeds the seed in me [00:35.11] [00:51.54]I wander down the street [00:54.67]To get a taste of morning air [00:58.36]A snarling dog comes after me Awakened from it's lair [01:04.54] [01:05.73]The outside world has turned on me [01:08.92]I see it in their eyes [01:11.05] [01:12.17]I guess I'll stay inside for now until they realize [01:16.98] [01:19.10]It's time for them to see [01:22.78] [01:39.53]They live their lives in a haze [01:44.47] [01:46.59]Like rats they're caught in a maze [01:50.33] [01:53.87]Of quiet desperation and obedience [01:58.30] [01:59.93]I know that I'm just the same [02:04.18] [02:06.73]I need a chance to be free [02:10.98] [02:14.23]These darkened walls are killing me [02:18.29] [02:20.79]If I could rise above then I'd see [02:26.60] [02:28.10]The light beyond the trees [02:31.79] [02:48.70]The houses on this street were built [02:51.71]All facing the same way [02:55.20]The architect slept well at night for he'd collect his pay [03:01.96]Perhaps a stick of dynamite would liven up their lives [03:07.70] [03:09.45]But then again insurance rates [03:11.69] [03:12.44]Would surely have to rise [03:15.82]It feeds the seed in me [03:20.13] [03:58.11]They live their lives in a haze [04:04.17]Like rats they're caught in a maze [04:11.16]Of quiet desperation and obedience [04:17.28]I know that I'm just the same [04:23.91]I need a chance to be free [04:31.50]These darkened walls are killing me [04:35.31] [04:37.88]If I could rise above then I'd see [04:43.17] [04:44.74]The light beyond the trees