[00:00.00]Quiet Desperation - Rick Miller
[00:03.96]The man who lives beside me
[00:06.58]Wants to set the world on fire
[00:10.34]I'd worry more about it  but I know that he's a liar
[00:17.65]The people across the street
[00:19.96]Have moved their TV set outside
[00:24.52]They want the world to understand
[00:27.36]They've nothing much to hide
[00:31.17]It feeds the seed in me
[00:51.54]I wander down the street
[00:54.67]To get a taste of morning air
[00:58.36]A snarling dog comes after me  Awakened from it's lair
[01:05.73]The outside world has turned on me
[01:08.92]I see it in their eyes
[01:12.17]I guess I'll stay inside for now until they realize
[01:19.10]It's time for them to see
[01:39.53]They live their lives in a haze
[01:46.59]Like rats  they're caught in a maze
[01:53.87]Of quiet desperation and obedience
[01:59.93]I know that I'm just the same
[02:06.73]I need a chance to be free
[02:14.23]These darkened walls are killing me
[02:20.79]If I could rise above  then I'd see
[02:28.10]The light beyond the trees
[02:48.70]The houses on this street were built
[02:51.71]All facing the same way
[02:55.20]The architect slept well at night for he'd collect his pay
[03:01.96]Perhaps a stick of dynamite would liven up their lives
[03:09.45]But then again insurance rates
[03:12.44]Would surely have to rise
[03:15.82]It feeds the seed in me
[03:58.11]They live their lives in a haze
[04:04.17]Like rats  they're caught in a maze
[04:11.16]Of quiet desperation and obedience
[04:17.28]I know that I'm just the same
[04:23.91]I need a chance to be free
[04:31.50]These darkened walls are killing me
[04:37.88]If I could rise above  then I'd see
[04:44.74]The light beyond the trees