Ain’t no love in the ways of man.
Look at the ways we live out our days
As long as it pays, that’s what we all say
As long as I get something better for me
You get to keep telling me how I’m really free.
Free to be lost and never get found
Free to work cheap til I’m under the ground
Free to go die fighting somebody’s war
But not free to ask what I’m fighting it for.
AIn’t no love in the ways of man.
I’m afraid of the police, I’m afraid of the phone
I sit in my house, in the dark, all alone
Waiting for the undead to come through the door
Waiting for a ghost to come out of the floor.
I watch the news and it scares me to death
I stumble and fall and can’t catch my breath.
Eyes in the skies and ears in the walls
A boot in the back to help the world fall.
Ain’t no love in the ways of man
From the top of the mountain I’m tumbling down
Drown in the fire and swim in the sound
Burn in the water, burst right into flames
Just remember my street and my face and my name.
I’m gonna try to do better than what happened before
Ignore the horror I keep fighting for.
Gotta turn it to love, gotta find a way through
I know I gotta spread peace, so I wish it to you.