I know all of my exits
I'm always planning my escape
It's the most aggressive symptom
Of this collective phantom pain
And the more that you ignore it
The more it makes you go insane
Just look around

It's the battle of the passwords
It's the trumpets on the hill
It's that constant paranoia
It's the final fire drill
And if you won't sing the anthem
They'll go find someone else who will
They're cracking down

We're living in the future, so shine a little light
It may not make it any better, I'm just hoping that it might
I'm not talking about forever
how about just getting through the night?
We're living in the future, so shine a little light

I'm always looking over shoulders
Not knowing what I'm looking for
Now that the feeling someone's watching
Isn't just a feeling anymore
Now that both sides of the aisle
Are this good at keeping score
We've crossed a line

But there's a madness to the method
There's a market for the fear
It's that dance out on the razor's edge
The wolf held by the ear
It's the man behind the curtain
It's the way of all frontiers
Since the dawn of time

We're living in the future, so shine a little light
It may not make it any better, I'm just hoping that it might
I'm not talking about forever
how about just getting through the night?
We're living in the future, so shine a little light

We're living in the future, so shine a little light
It may not make it any better, I'm just hoping that it might
I'm not talking about forever
how about just getting through the night?
We're living in the future, so shine a little light