The I.V. drips, the days drag onnThe anesthetics' now wearing offnAdjust the light switch in the hallnnThis is the endnThese are the last daysnThese are the last DAYS!nnTAKE our hands in a roll of red tape, nGenetic information strands are tighter than ?trip? wiresnAnd we awake in the light of other lives, nThis can't be happening, ?sirens are for me, yeah?nnSomeone hurry to the hospital! (To cut the cost of collected health)nDying in the shadow of the hospital! (We got the city in our blood)nAND IT'S MAKING US SICKnnBut you stay alivenUntil their blood fills up your walletnBlazing up the skynnThese are the last daysnThese are the last DAYS!nWHERE WE ALL WAKEnWHERE WE ALL WAKEnnThe I.V. drips, the days drag onnThe anesthetics' now wearing offnAdjust the light switch in the hallnSomeone has left it onnAnd maybe the x-ray screen keeps it from getting darknThe bulb burns out when it gets too hotnAre we just a blink in the eyes of a pulse machine?nIt's lightning divorcing the stormnTry to shut it offnCodeine catchesnThe windows latched andnThe clock keeps circling the room 'tick, tock'nnWe lost control (____________)nIn what have we followed magnetic fields to the fire (___________)nOut of controlnFight currents in the water we can't let go to shorenWe lost control