[Verse 1]
Wind blows snow outside my window
Crowd below runs wild in the streets
Two rented brothers race down two separate alleys
Heading for the finish line

[Verse 2]
Down in the train yard, out by the stockyard
Butchers with aprons hack meat in the snow
Blood has the brothers pulsing with envy
Heading for the finish line

[Verse 3]
Two rented brothers, their faces keep changing
Just like these feelings I have for you
Nothing's forever, not even five minutes
When you're headed for the finish line

[Verse 4]
Down in the depot, out by the meat rack
Down by the tunnels surrounding the jail
Prisoners are marching in squares and in circles
They're heading for the finish line

[Instrumental Verse]
Mmm mmm
Ah ha ah ha
Oh oh
[Verse 5]
They're lining up for Noah's Ark
They're stabbing each other in the dark
Saluting a flag made of some rich guy's socks
Heading for the finish line

[Verse 6]
Close to the line the ice is cracking
Two rented feelings sitting in the stands
Two mothers, two fathers and both of them are paid for
All of a sudden it comes back to me

[Verse 7]
Just up ahead is the finish line
Two rented referees and two checkered rags
Out of the corner of my eye comes a dark horse with black wings
Ooh ooh, headed for the finish line

[Verse 8]
I'm five years old, the room is fuzzy
I think there's also a very young girl
It's so hard to remember what happened exactly
As I'm staring at the finish line

[Outro]
Ooh first came fire then came light
Then came feeling then came sight