[Verse 1]
The roads are paved with gold, they're paved with tin
The sky is splashed with worry, oh, but comfort lies within
I walk on through when the sky is bruised and stall
But herein lies the hiss of reality’s fission
I watch the lives of others from the comfort of bitumen

[Verse 2]
Oh, I watch your nervous steps, I note your griefs
I watch your joys, your tensions, your reliefs
I walk on through when the sky, it scrubs the sleep from its ducts
But herein lies the indignities of this sinning
I watch the lives of others from the safety of bitumen

[Bridge]
Amanuensis uninvited
Scribbles down all your detritus
We ain't all in this here together
There's the haves, the have-nots
The bleeding and the bruised
Oh, I’m bleeding now

[Verse 3]
It's not your entertainment I really crave
But I feed upon all your movements just the same
I walk on through if your desperation's quiet
And herein lies the depravity of this vision
Oh, it's the lives of others, yeah, the lives I'm living in
[Refrain]
The lives of others are the lives I'm living in
The lives of others are the lives I'm living in
The lives of others are the lives I'm living in
The lives of others are the lives I’m living in
The lives of others are the lives I’m living in
The lives of others are the lives I'm living in
The lives of others are the lives I’m living in

[Outro]
The lives of others, the lives of others
The lives of others, the lives of others
The lives of others, the lives of others