Pick it up...nnGenerals give their orders to you,nExpecting you to not look bored.nKeep running forward,nThey'll fall straight through younNever know what we're fighting fornAnd when I'm without you,nI see younI see you...nAnd with or without you,nI see younI see you...nAnd when the conversation slips,nThere is no returning to thisnWithout a reason, I forget.nWithout a reason to be good to younTo be good to younnExploding bombs on television,nThey never do look quite the same.nThere's riots on down by the prison.nWe were dead and gone before we came.nAnd I don't see how I could be you.n(Could be you)nAnd why you would want for me to.n(For me to)nAnd when the conversation folds,nThere may be nowhere left to go.nOnly, the silent, they get old.nOnly, the silent, they get no control.nThey get no control.nnThe generals give their orders to you.nThe generals give their orders to you.