johnny get a hold of your life wherever i go your face is in front of me you aren t breathing holding up the end of the line if there ever was a crack in the ice you don t believe in it you are a diamond set on an immaculate height safe belly up and under the wire lying awake in the hours and the emptiness only to run from the days we are living in you only get a look at your life when you re leaving it and in the silences when you re arrested in flight when you lie on your back with your eyes on the firmament your burning mouth your blazing eyes come on if you believe in it it s a respectable life go police all the beats you ll find nothing is innocent johnny get a hold of your life stop at the edge till the animus drains away or follow the loneliest road run in the dark till a light comes screaming in through the silences you are alone on the ice and you stand on the brakes to find nothing is happening