If you've a hollow life you cling to what you got,
and if nothing's blooming you gotta stop the rot
When the world is black, cloaked in despair,
don't head down come up for air

The world is falling apart in these desperate times,
no compassion in my heart in these desperate times
The world is falling apart,
no compassion in my heart in these desperate times

If there's another world locked inside your dreams,
don't use a pillow to smother all the screams
Just cry out in the night,
come out of the shadows and you'll see the light

From the cradle through to the grave,
no-one is saying we've all gotta' be brave
When the feeling's gone,
rev it up a little with an atom bomb