Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Quiet Desperation, artist - Rick Miller. Date of issue: 10.04.2012
Song language: English
Quiet Desperation |
| The man who lives beside me |
| Wants to set the world on fire |
| I’d worry more about it, but I know that he’s a liar |
| The people across the street |
| Have moved their TV set outside |
| They want the world to understand |
| They’ve nothing much to hide |
| It feeds the seed in me |
| I wander down the street |
| To get a taste of morning air |
| A snarling dog comes after me, Awakened from it’s lair |
| The outside world has turned on me |
| I see it in their eyes |
| I guess I’ll stay inside for now until they realize |
| It’s time for them to see |
| They live their lives in a haze |
| Like rats, they’re caught in a maze |
| Of quiet desperation and obedience |
| I know that I’m just the same |
| I need a chance to be free |
| These darkened walls are killing me |
| If I could rise above, then I’d see |
| The light beyond the trees |
| The houses on this street were built |
| All facing the same way |
| The architect slept well at night for he’d collect his pay |
| Perhaps a stick of dynamite would liven up their lives |
| But then again insurance rates |
| Would surely have to rise |
| It feeds the seed in me |
| They live their lives in a haze |
| Like rats, they’re caught in a maze |
| Of quiet desperation and obedience |
| I know that I’m just the same |
| I need a chance to be free |
| These darkened walls are killing me |
| If I could rise above, then I’d see |
| The light beyond the trees |