Wake from sleep covered like a burial shroud Go do the best Go and make the family proud Live through waking dreams hidden here within the crowd Why is the sad truth no better than a simple lie? Here in the heartland awaken to here this cry Say all the right words and yet still you sigh Why is the sad truth no better than a simple lie? Shake from calm learning from a naïve child Find faith too late Too late to make the demons wild Need these waking dreams just to keep the fever mild Why is the sad truth no better than a simple lie? Here in the heartland leaving us high and dry Say all the right words and yet still you sigh Why is the sad truth no better than a simple lie? Stir from haze Angels light the empty way I'll carry on all through the final day Lose those waking dreams in the end I cannot stay.