I jumped off the top of a fifty story building   I was dead before I hit the ground   The air between the top and the bottom was serene   For awhile the world was pretty and   It didn't make a sound   I jumped off the top of a mammoth office building   I was dead before I climbed the stairs   A walk that took forever and at once no time at all   A moment in the life of an uneven legged chair   I jumped off the top of a concrete ravine   I was dead before I parked the car   An empty pile of flesh living paycheck to paycheck   A shame the next one always seemed too far   I woke up safe inside my bed, breaking into song   I woke up, I remembered   I let go of the tower made of money blood and glass   I was dead before I learned to breathe   The colors ran together and   They never looked quite right   I always hid my face, but wore my anger on my sleeve   I woke up safe inside my bed, breaking into song   I woke up, I remembered falling