If I wait long enough someone might come outnIf I tried I could be somebody elsennSo I follow false prophets walking down my streetnTo keep, keep me busy so soundly I sleepnBut it's all in the downfall of me, all in the downfallnnDon't bury my feet so I can't runnI'll be your martyr in bellsnWell I've walked in your steps and held my breathnUntil your words reached the airnnThen I lied with the poets face first in the streetnWhen the world cast it's shadow I became it's sheepnBut it's all in the downfall of me, all in the downfallnnSo I follow false prophets walking down my streetnTo keep, keep me busy so soundly I sleepnI lied with the poets face first in the streetnWhen the world cast it's shadow I became it's sheepnnBut it's all been the downfall, it's all been the downfallnIt's all been the downfall of menAll in the downfall