I've been standing on the edge of the roof looking down   I've been looking at the people that are gathering around   I've been here for an hour or maybe even more   just looking at the people that I've never seen before   stupid little faces are all I can see   those silly little suckers are all laughing at me   no wills cheap thrills you're puppets to the master   your only satisfaction is my lonely disaster   you learned how to creep and you learned how to crawl   but you never really learned anything at all      when I was a boy everything was just fine   I learned how to talk and how to walk in line   I had to learn the rules that build our society   but I could never understand it didn't mean shit to me   everybody always told me I was out of my mind   but I never did kiss anybody's behind   I'm a lot older and I guess I should know   but I'm standing on the roof just watching the show   standing on the edge and my step belongs to me   but I'm telling you all I won't miss what I see      one foot over there's no time to turn around   both feet are over and I'm heading for the ground   I'm flying in the air and I can feel the cool breeze   the people on the pavement have gone into a freeze   no space no time it's like walking on the moon   my heart is still beating but it won't be soon   I can hear myself scream when I hit the street   I can't feel a thing from my head to my feet   I told you I would do it and I didn't even cry   I feel more alive dead than when I was alive