Running on Nothing

How could we have been so blind to the effects each time? Why keep watching when you know the end? Why make this journey again and again? We know it's just pain and lies Let's watch and feign surprise Afraid to admit that it's all a facade And we wind up alone in spite of what they laud I've been marching for so long I towed the line, so strong I kept holding until it tore me apart A hand thrust in my chest and ripped out my heart So mother, may I please submit, the notion That I no longer believe in this sh*t? Lay me on the consummation bed A fatal blow driven to the maidenhead We're running on nothing On the fumes of our dreams At another point in my life That was good enough for me Short plume, fades fast The petals fall and crash I believe one could put it best "We spend most of life dealing with the mess" The saddest joy is why I concede But bitter resolution is why I secede Sick of falling from the lowest low The higher the height, the further you go Pull myself back to bended knee Not just an emotion, it hurts physically Swans mate for life or so I've heard Which is fitting, because that sh*t's for the birds We're running on nothing The fumes of our dreams At another point in my life That was good enough for me They leave, it hurts If you see it coming, it's worse Stiff upper lip as we try to carry on Let's pretend that this is making us strong And we can only take so much Before our sense of decency is finally crushed And all that's left is a dried out husk With the belief that love isn't going to save us We're running on nothing Just the fumes of our dreams At another point in my life That was good enough for me Those better days ain't going to come Those better days have passed us by Those better days have all run out Because those better days were a lie Fall [x4]