Daemon Hatfield - Palestine Hotel lyrics

[Verse 1] Let me tell you how I get to work I get into my car Drive it out to Arlington Don't even think about it anymore Sit in traffic with the other jerks Take exit forty-four Drive a half mile underground And then I go to war Got hired on a DARPA grant A monthlong fellowship That was 1999 Now I run the f**ing ship In my office there's a picture of The President and me He's smiling at the camera But only with his teeth [Chorus] I thought it would be different In the Virginia underground They said I'd make a difference They said I should be proud I wish I could remember But I'm not allowed You'll never know what hit you I'll never make a sound [Verse 2] Spent a year or two behind the sticks Just lighting up the map Started double-boxing it So they sent me to Iraq They put me up in the Sultan Suite At the Palestine Hotel Got some fiber and an M15 And I started raining hell Two Marines outside the door And another on the roof I never left the building once But it sure beat the commute By the time they shipped me home I wasn't sleeping anymore Got some pills from the Langley boys And I started seeing stars [Chorus] I thought it would be different In the Virginia underground They said I'd make a difference They said I should be proud I wish I could remember But I'm not allowed You'll never know what hit you I'll never make a sound [Verse 3] Last night I had a dream about you Same as all the rest Everything in black and white Except your summer dress Red dot on a field of static Moving down below You're smiling for the camera But I have to let you go [Chorus] I thought it would be different In the Virginia underground They said I'd make a difference They said I should be proud I wish I could remember But I'm not allowed You'll never know what hit you I'll never make a sound