[Verse 1]
Wipe away the summer air
You don't wanna see
That's you in that photograph from 1973
And you don't even know me

[Chorus]
God only knows I wanna be
The other side of misery
Gimme a plate of fluorescein
I'm gonna paint an ugly scene
All of the things I wanna say
Can't get a word out anyway
Falling away after today
Nothing to lose so come what may
Don't wake me

[Verse 2]
You got away from me somehow
And all we tried to be
Everything is different now
The mind's eye fails to see
And all we know is TV

[Chorus]
God only knows I wanna be
The other side of misery
Gimme a plate of Fluorescein
I'm gonna paint an ugly scene
All of the things I wanna say
Can't get a word out anyway
Falling away after today
Nothing to lose so come what may
Don't wake me
Don't wake me
Don't wake me
[Bridge]
Inside, I rise above this shallow world
Inside, I rise above this shallow world

[Chorus]
God only knows I wanna be
The other side of misery
Falling away after today
Nothing to lose so come what may (God only knows I wanna be)
Don't wake me (The other side of misery)
Don't wake me (Gimme a plate of fluorescein)
Don't wake me (I'm gonna paint an ugly scene)

[Outro]
God only knows I wanna be
The other side of misery
Gimme a plate of fluorescein
I'm gonna paint an ugly scene