He saw flames in the department store   He tried to get the people to the safety of the door   There was no fire the voices were telling him what to do   You could see from his face he needs someone   To help pull him through      The voices are back they're telling him what to do   The voices are back they're telling him what to do      Ripping through the fabric between his world and the real   He's trying to protect you but   The knife will know that your flesh meets steel   Took him to an institution   And they helped the voices go away   But he didn't have the right set of papers   So they put this boy in jail      The voices are back they're telling him what to do   The voices are back they're telling him what to do      Six weeks turned to twelve   He was locked up for twenty-three hours a day   The warden found him in his cell   His only crime was that he was ill      The voices are back they're telling him what to do   The voices are back they're telling him what to do