No such thing as rock and roll
We just needed it to be
I was standing in the schoolyard
Waiting for you to happen to me
No such thing as a small life
You can't measure time in years
Every life gigantic, huge and romantic
Even greater than it appears

I wanna speak to the spirit
You can feel it, but you can't fear it
Be ye kings or queens or emperors of despair
We're not arguing the toss
We got some words for your boss
We're speaking to who speaks through you
To the prince of the power of the air

All these shimmеrs and these glimmers
Mirrors that must crack
All thе neon-fizzing flickers
We're grateful for some of that
The fiction of a nation
The stories we don't tell
We need the light of illumination
So you can go right back to hell

If the world is at war
We better not be
If the world is at war
We better not be
Some lights are trying to blind us
Some wanna help us see
Some truths are trying to find us
Some lies won't let us be
No such thing as certainty
But I sing this without a doubt
A light has entered the darkness
No darkness can put it out