tonight only the dead the tide turned easy it seemed and pulled the world from my feet i got some dollars though burned the house and took the gold it was always women first until the second verse well you see i had this plan drive out west with my calendar lass i know the ocean is cold and everywhere you been there before and if you would just face the facts deaths waiting for you and the deck is stacked she puts those ray bans on bumps in the car to the radio song concrete thoughts now a powdered dust to settle like the sun i can feel it come down tonight only the dead are safe and sound tonight only the dead are safe and sound take me if you want me youre allowed tonight only the dead are safe and sound it all came easy it seemed we never get what we need sunsets and liquor fights your cadillac driving through the summer night blurry and blue eyed in the starlight you were faking when i came and all these things worth giving up burn it in your spine you were one of us i know the wind blows cold and every city looks like your own you said see i have this plan leave and love every town with a gun in my hand so i put the record on as your hand feathers along your first was rock n roll but my champagne heart needs a little soul tonight only the dead are safe and sound tonight only the dead are safe and sound take me if you want me youre allowed tonight only the dead are safe and sound so take me if you want me we came here alone or set me up in fire we came here alone i came here alone bloody knuckles on concrete right in the sand where we come to life connects right on to our bones youre too high as we stumble home give up give in for the kicks touch me this is where we begin and end and end and end and end tonight only the dead are safe and sound tonight only the dead are safe and sound take me if you want me youre allowed tonight only the dead are safe and sound so take me if you want me we came here alone or set me up in fire we came here alone i came here alone i know the ocean is cold and everywhere you been there before if you would just face the facts deaths waiting for you and the deck is stacked but she puts those ray bans on just like the night we will settle at dawn till then live to let go the starlight will guide us home