Heirs to errant sovereignty
Nothing but to need, guaranteed
Scavenging like common thieves
Time's detritus laid bare for thee
What nobody told you, when out on your own
Who wistfully thinks of why they are sinking
Never figure out to pull themselves out
And all you can do is forget about who is
Suffering when your means meet your ends
So wretched is the way of the wasteland
It's your turn to reap from what has been wrung
Welcome to the wasteland
What's there left to win when it's all been won?
Oh, ooh
Find what's fruitful from the heap
Notwithstanding those who compete
Cast them to the dusty ground
They knew what doom was to be found in the wasteland
It's your turn to reap from what has been wrung
Welcome to the wasteland
Nothing left to win when it's all been won
You're stuck in the race, man
Try to keep the pace or you're overrun
Oh, in the wasteland
Oh, it doesn't hurt if you know someone
One for one, all for nothing
And brick after brick, the house keeps crumbling down
Stone by stone, lost or abandoned
Then stolen or found, the house keeps crumbling down
It's a sullen thing (one by one, brick after brick)
How it's come to be that (stone by stone, all for nothing)
We've agreed to throw away (one by one, brick after brick)
The best parts of the dream (stone by stone, all for nothing)
That we used to dream (one by one, brick after brick)
When we still believed (stone by stone, all for nothing)
We would see no defeat (one by one, brick after brick)
From anything (stone by stone, all for nothing)
Will we see no defeat (one by one, brick after brick)
From anything? (Stone by stone, all for nothing)
What nobody told you, when out on your own
Who wistfully thinks of why they are sinking
Never finds a way to pull themselves out
So all you can do is try not to think about who is
Suffering when your means meet their ends
Oh, wretched is the way of the wasteland
Now you're in the wasteland
Nothing left to win when it's all been won
Oh, it's a race, man
Try to keep the pace or you're overrun