Distant sirens at the break of dawn In the rubble that remains of who I was Walls that held stories and our dreams Walls that crumble in the face of fury Careful what you keep inside your heart When there seems to be no end and no start A spinning circle of revenge And it goes until the streets are painted red I'll see you in the summertime If I'm alive, alive Shattered hope beyond repair As the rockets rain down from the air A thousand years of ash beneath our feet Still the flowers grow along the battered streets And all the clouds that dance across the sky All the people left with promise in their eyes Wondering how long this will go on While they're staring down the barrel of a gun I'll see you in the summertime If I'm alive It's a strange world It's a strange, strange world It's a strange world It's a strange, strange world Careful what you keep inside your heart When there seems to be no end and no start A spinning circle of revenge And it goes until the streets are painted red All the clouds that dance across the sky All the people left with promise in their eyes Wondering how long this will go on While they're staring down the barrel of a gun I'll see you someday If we're still breathing It's a strange world It's a strange, strange world It's a strange world It's a strange, strange world