X-Patriate: Alan J. Lipman
All Fall Down
Chaotic butterfly
In the hospital hallway
Where the drone dropped through
An amazing light

Stutter steps
In the Capitol hallway
As the aides
Stumble out
Into the night

Beltway stream
A steaming scream
Of madness

Comes too close
To a traffic jam

As he stumbles cross the street
At the light
Mothers holding his hand

And all
Hold yourself up
And all
Bring your soul
Around

And all
Drink from
The cup
And all
Fall
Down

All
Fall
Down

Castles rise
And fall
By the seaside

As omnipotent streams
Babble on
With burning lust

And the baffled stand by
While he's making hay
With others' lives

And once steeled hearts
Are turning
Into rust

Turn around
Look at the shore
I saw it

A flame
That lit the night
For another day

There are ways
To get to
The very core of it

Then watch all just
Fall out and
Fade away

And all
Hold yourself up
And all
Bring your soul
Around

And all
Drink from
The cup
And all
Fall
Down

All
Fall
Down

Select your sight
There's a new day dawning
Violent crowd
Voices rising from the shore

You can find a new way
To make your sound
Echo down

Or you can find a way
To make something
Make something more

Sometimes
When you sleep
You think the world
Isn't a dream

Until you see
That's what you were
Dreaming of

And the weathered sight
Of the suffering seems
To be a fight for the worst
Better meaning of

And all
Hold yourself up
And all
Bring your soul
Around

And all
Drink from
The cup
And all
Fall
Down

All
Fall
Down

And all
Hold yourself up
And all
Bring your soul
Around

And all
Drink from
The cup
And all
Fall
Down

All
Fall
Down

All
Fall
Down

All
Fall
Down