I walked through the city limits
[Someone talked me in to try and do it]
Attracted by some force within it
[Had to close my eyes to get close to it]
Around the corner where a prophet lay
[Saw the place where she'd a room to stay]
A wire fence where the children play
[Saw the bed where the body lay]

And I was looking for a friend of mine
[And I had no time to waste]
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine

The car screeched, hear the sound on dust
[Heard a noise just a car outside]
Metallic blue turned red with rust
[Pulled in close by the building's side]
In a group all forgotten youth
[Had to think, collect my senses now]
Are turned on to a knife-edged view
[Find some places where my friends don't know]

And I was looking for a friend of mine
[And I had no time to waste]
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine

Down the dark streets, the houses looked the same
[Getting darker now, faces look the same]
I walked round and round, they nailed me to a tree
[No stomach, torn apart, had to think again]
Trying to find a clue, trying to find a way to get out!
[Trying to move away, had to move away and keep out]

Four twelve windows, ten in a row
[Behind a wall where a room to go]
The light shined like a neon show
[See the deep mellow warmth of the glow]
No place to stop, no place to go
[No time to lose, had to keep on going]
I guess they died some time ago
[I guess they died some time ago]