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They deployed the cameras, and the world turned kind It's easy to be a saint when you got them judging all the time They wore their masks for hiding, we wore our own for showing And at 12:01 on New Year's morning, by God, it started snowing Remember when we weren't thinking, honey, Of consequences, of hidden fences, but everything but? They hid the truth until the truth turned pretty, then told it every chance they got Like playing cards at a filthy bar where the frescos tell of Camelot They studied dictionaries while we read obituaries Severed tales of ups and downs, neighbors we never cared about SongtexteRemember when we were jaded, honey? We moved like distant globes, and we always came around They found one facedown in the gutter with whiskey in his veins He slept for days and days and days until they tucked him in to stay With discount ink on ragged paper, creased up at the fold We wrote a letter with bloody prints, he was more than 54 years old Remember when we were outraged, honey? We'd pull the car into a parking lot and sort things out A flutter in the eye of the stranger in the casket As the sound of youth jingled around the room It mocked our civil decency, and sent us back home thinking About forgetting all our deadlines, at least for a day or two But we returned to yelling mindless insults sealed by rubber grips And we plotted the death of the man across the hall We dulled our senses and forced pretension, cursing petty things But sharpened words spoken out of turn did nothing to the government Remember when we were drifting, honey, Away from walks and dismal talks about who was better off? Remember when we were happy, honey? Neither do I Aus Songtexte Mania