Down by the lake
There's fish who break each wave
Break through
Who knows where to
Tides change, spray flies
No air, fish dies
Lay flat, skinned lean
It was never how it seemed
And it seems that ideals always let us down
To escape to the spray from the sky
Ideals are always at odds with what is real
Day to day
Down by the lake
There's a man who stakes his power to swim
Closes his eyes, dives in
Rivers change, spray flies
No air, man dies
Lay flat, skin gleams
It was never how it seems
And it seems that ideals always let us down
As he plunged in the haze of his fix
As he ground to another full stop
Ideals are always at odds with what is real
Day to day
Down by the lake
That's where we'll break
h***se screams, your cries
Look at all the passers by
Old timers gather round
Never went far out of town
Gather round and see this twisted wreck
This apathy
And it seems that ideals always let us down
As we grind to another full stop
Ideals are always at odds with what is real
Day to day
There's fish who break each wave
Break through
Who knows where to
Tides change, spray flies
No air, fish dies
Lay flat, skinned lean
It was never how it seemed
And it seems that ideals always let us down
To escape to the spray from the sky
Ideals are always at odds with what is real
Day to day
Down by the lake
There's a man who stakes his power to swim
Closes his eyes, dives in
Rivers change, spray flies
No air, man dies
Lay flat, skin gleams
It was never how it seems
And it seems that ideals always let us down
As he plunged in the haze of his fix
As he ground to another full stop
Ideals are always at odds with what is real
Day to day
Down by the lake
That's where we'll break
h***se screams, your cries
Look at all the passers by
Old timers gather round
Never went far out of town
Gather round and see this twisted wreck
This apathy
And it seems that ideals always let us down
As we grind to another full stop
Ideals are always at odds with what is real
Day to day