[Verse I]
Free
As a driving wheel
Circling around your iron will;
See-
Only what you feel
Keeps you turning when you’re standing still

[Hook]
You tried to run from trouble; when it comes
You follow the drum
Keeping time with everyone

[Verse II]
High
As the light of day
Falling down across your lost highway;

Why
Does it hurt this way?
To come so far to find they've closed the gates?

[Hook II]
You’ve lost your tongue; when you fall from the pendulum
Your heart is a drum
Keeping time with everyone
[Bridge]
Everyone
If they drown from the undertow
Need to find someone
To show me how to play it slow
And just let it go

[Hook III]
Your eyes get stung by the rays of the sinking sun
You follow the drum
Keeping time with everyone

[Coda]
Going, “beat, beat, beat”
It’s beating me down
“Beat, beat, beat, beat”
It’s beating me down
Day after day
It’s turning me round
Till all my days are drowning out