This Isn't What We Meant

We dared to ask for more

But that was long before the nights began to burn

You would have thought we'd learned

You can't make promises all based upon tomorrow

Happiness, security are words we only borrowed

For is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?

Please understand this isn't what we meant

The future couldn't last, we nailed it to the past

With every word a trap that no one can take

Back from all the architects who find their towers leaning

And every prayer we pray at night has somehow lost its meaning

For is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?

Please understand this isn't what we meant

A long time ago when the world was pretty

Standing right here in a different city

They're not coming back any more

They're not coming back any...

Is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?

Please understand this isn't what we meant

THEN HE CLIMBED ATOP THE RUBBLE

OF THE FOUNTAIN IN THE SQUARE

AND HE TOOK HIS CELLO OUT

IN THE COLD NOVEMBER AIR

AND AS THE TWILIGHT STARTED SETTING

ON THE REMNANTS OF THIS DAY

AS THE SHELLS BEGAN TO FALL

THE OLD MAN BEGAN TO PLAY

AND IN THE DARKNESS OF THAT NIGHT

EACH ON THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE SIDES

THE MUSLIM AND THE SERB

WOULD WATCH THEIR COUNTRY'S SUICIDE

BUT NOW INSIDE EACH EVENING

THEY HAD FOUND A MOMENT'S CALM

WHEN THEY'D HEAR THE THOUGHTS OF MOZART

AS THEY FILTERED THROUGH THE BOMBS