[Verse 1]
You attempt to board the train
Though the car is full of liars
Recognize the tendency
You're the great compromiser
Suppose sooner or later
We're all just survivors
Prayer becomes the heart's lost words
When you're too close to the fire

[Chorus]
If you get a patch of ground
Well, it's there you make your plan
If you get a soap box
It's there you take your stand
All the kingdoms that rise up
They collapse without a sound
Yeah, the driving rain is cleansing
The driving rain is cleansing
The driving rain is cleansing
Out here on
This proving ground

[Verse 2]
Well, I remember the summer
The shimmer and the laughter
We were lying to each other
About what we were after
And I'll admit that, just perhaps
The judgment is too stern
When your dreams have long been buried
And your bridges, they're all burned
[Chorus]
If you get a patch of ground
Well, it's there you draw your plan
If you get a soap box
It's there you take your stand
All the kingdoms that rise up
They collapse without a sound
Yeah, the driving rain is cleansing
The driving rain is cleansing
The driving rain is cleansing
Out here on
This proving ground

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Hear that there are secrets
Told that there are maps
Ah, but every one we've been privy to
Has closed on us like a steel trap
It leaves you full and noble
Those dreams, you never lost them
Stays with you forever
Long time after you're forgotten

[Chorus]
If you get a patch of ground
Well, it's there you draw your plan
If you get a soap box
It's there you take your stand
All the kingdoms that rise up
They collapse without a sound
Yeah, the driving rain is cleansing
The driving rain is cleansing
The driving rain is cleansing
The driving rain is cleansing
The driving rain is cleansing
Out here on
This proving ground
[Outro]
On the proving ground
Oh, oh