Nomeansno - The World Wasn't Built In A Day lyrics

As I was driving around aimlessly, a waking dream occurred to me That everyone I knew had died that day That my friends, co-workers and loved ones, had all just suddenly pa**ed away Well, there were drunken car crashes, airline disasters, and suicides that were unexplained And as I drove past familiar scenes, streets and buildings that were a hundred times seen As a wave of contentment washed over me, I wondered what this could possibly mean As the sun spilled its warmth over the houses and trees I felt that I was finally free But you know what they say The world wasn't built in a day You know what they say The world wasn't built in a day (no way) I picked up a woman in the parking lot of the local Safeway Well, I had seen her face a hundred times but I never knew her name And as I drove her home she laughed and she sighed and the strain of the moment pa**ed away I explained how my father had died, how I had seen his body and never cried She let her hand fall on my leg and there she let it stray When I dropped her off she asked me up, I politely said I couldn't stay And as she walked to the door, as those bags of groceries gently swayed I turned the wheel and muttered to myself, "No way, man, no way" [Chorus] Sunset over the mountains and on the harbour that beneath them lay In long shadows the traffic lights gleamed, red and green, they traced the way Through a corridor of sidewalks, where people wandered at the end of their day I drove to my space on the waterfront, picked up my guitar and started to play Alone I sang for the people that I knew, for my friends and family, and for them I prayed That no storm would come and sweep them up, that no winds would bear them away I sang, "Your voice from my throat cries, your heart beats in my chest, From my head stare your eyes, for you I live and die! This loneliness is a lie! This loneliness is a lie!" [Chorus] The streets were empty as I drove home, the air was cool and the sky was dark Streetlamps cast their mockery of light over ghostly shapes in an empty night Should I believe in the things I see? Am I in you? Are you in me? What should I believe? Tell me. What should I believe? At home, on the porch, the wind in the trees murmured a background for my waking dream Where I drive through a city with labyrinth streets, where no one walks, where no voices speak Where empty towers above me rise toward an empty, starless sky Like a cold wind washing over me, I saw the meaning of this dream I felt that I was finally free, I felt that I was finally free [Chorus] You lie before me sleeping, your eyes flutter in a dream Am I in you? Are you in me? What should I believe? What should I believe? But you know what they say... you know what they say