Dearly beloved
We're gathered here to mourn
The death of the young one
The death of your first born
And he tried
Tried to understand
Why his lungs gave out
His last dying words went out from them
It isn't enough for your family
And isn't enough for your father
But is it enough
To break your spirits?
And he's breakin'
Like a thousand windows
But he's on the pane
That keeps the glass from hittin' the floor
He's the kind of guy you wish would just leave
He wears his heart on his sleeve
You won't see in pictures
With the whole family
He doesn't wait, he just goes
Out of control before the cops knows
A man who can kill
Two stones with one bird...
Please step back from that highway
Don't you see it goes my way?
Please step back from that highway
If you're number eight, then he's number nine
It adds up half the time
A teller with no fortune
A body left out to find
I once was told that white gold
Looks so pretty on your skin
The jewelery which covers up
All the rusting within
Please step back from that highway
Don't you see it goes my way
Please step back from that highway
It isn't enough for your family
It isn't enough for your father
But is it enough
To break your spirits?
He's kind of like the wind
You can't see it, but you feel it
And that's the only way
You know he's there
And how can you leave
A place you've never been to?
Or run away from something that's not chasin'?
And it never was...
Please step back from that highway
Don't you see it goes my way
Please step back from that highway
We're gathered here to mourn
The death of the young one
The death of your first born
And he tried
Tried to understand
Why his lungs gave out
His last dying words went out from them
It isn't enough for your family
And isn't enough for your father
But is it enough
To break your spirits?
And he's breakin'
Like a thousand windows
But he's on the pane
That keeps the glass from hittin' the floor
He's the kind of guy you wish would just leave
He wears his heart on his sleeve
You won't see in pictures
With the whole family
He doesn't wait, he just goes
Out of control before the cops knows
A man who can kill
Two stones with one bird...
Please step back from that highway
Don't you see it goes my way?
Please step back from that highway
If you're number eight, then he's number nine
It adds up half the time
A teller with no fortune
A body left out to find
I once was told that white gold
Looks so pretty on your skin
The jewelery which covers up
All the rusting within
Please step back from that highway
Don't you see it goes my way
Please step back from that highway
It isn't enough for your family
It isn't enough for your father
But is it enough
To break your spirits?
He's kind of like the wind
You can't see it, but you feel it
And that's the only way
You know he's there
And how can you leave
A place you've never been to?
Or run away from something that's not chasin'?
And it never was...
Please step back from that highway
Don't you see it goes my way
Please step back from that highway