I'm playing the game with earthquakes around me   Shaking my novice heart   The pieces have have fallen, we've all forgotten   Where we're supposed to start     Well, you've got the guns and I've got the money   Maybe we should make a stand   We'll use the confusion, break all the rules   And win it with a losing hand     What I found was painfully enlightening   Like a shot, right between my eyes   Cos it hurts trying to do the right thing   When the monsters are all on your side     So I'm dancing on ashes, drinking and giddy   High as a silver swan   You got the guts and I got the glory   How could anything go wrong     Well one day you left me lost in the rubble   Tapping out an S.O.S.   The higher you drift, the swifter you crumble   Crushed by your own success     Now what I found was painfully enlightening   Like a shot right between my eyes   Cos it hurts just trying to do the right thing   When the monsters are all on your side     Yeah yeah yeah yeah     Could you ease this hunger   Why do I even wonder     Still alive the quiet morning after   The night, the night I should have died   And I can't believe I've got my absolution   Only to find I slept through half my life     So I'd like to thank you for your kindness   When you bled and severed all our ties   Now my friends drag me from the ashes   Of the monsters on my side   On my side