Only Whispering

The secret codes, the marigolds

The twisted subway lines

The cheap motels, the dinner bells

The buzzing neon signs

The candy stores and filthy whores

The rotting picket fence

Somehow all this folderol

Is starting to make sense

The splintered rope, the microscope

I thought I had it all figured out

The magazine, the TV screen

The faces burned with doubt

It swirled and twirled, this tiny world

Until it somehow all made sense

This apple tree epiphany

This fleeting glimpse of common sense

And now I�m screaming on the crowded streets

I�m telling everyone I meet

But no matter what try to I say, I�m only whispering

The fire codes, the one-way roads

The government conspiracy

The thin fa�ade, the red man�s god

It all just seems to clear to me

The foreign places with the hungry faces

The broke-down Chevrolet

The race to see the ending

Past the stops on the way

And now I�m screaming on the crowded streets

I�m telling everyone I meet

But no matter what I try to say, I�m only whispering

But no matter what I try to say, no one is listening

All I got�s this same old plot

And a rusty set of strings

I�ll rehearse this same old verse

Until there�s nothing left to sing

But no matter what I try to say, I�m only whispering

But no matter what I try to say, nobody's listening

But no matter what I try to say, I�m only whispering