[Verse 1]
What happened here? The butterfly has lost its wings
The air's too thick to breathe and there's something in the drinking water
The sun comes up; The sun comes up and you're alone
Your sense of purpose come undone; The traffic tails back to the maze on 101
And the news from the sky is looking better for today
In every single way, but not for you

[Chorus]
World citizen
World citizen

[Verse 2]
And it's not safe; All the yellow birds are sleeping
Cos the air's not fit for breathing, it's not safe
Why can't we be; Without beginning, without end?
Why can't we be?

[Chorus]
World citizen
World citizen

[Bridge]
And if I stop and talk with you awhile
I'm overwhelmed by the scale of everything you feel
The lonely inner state emergency
[Verse 3]
I want to feel until my heart can take no more
And there's nothing in this world I wouldn't give
I want to break the indifference of the days
I want a conscience that will keep me wide awake

[Bridge]
I won't be disappointed
I won't be disappointed
I won't be

[Verse 4]
I saw a face, it was a face I didn't know
Her sadness told me everything about my own
Can't let it be, when least expected there she is
Gone the time and space that separates us
I'm not safe; I think I need a second skin
No, I'm not safe

[Chorus]
World citizen
World citizen

[Bridge]
I want to travel by night across the steppes and over seas
I want to understand the cost of everything that's lost
I want to pronounce all their names correctly
[Chorus]
World citizen
World citizen

[Bridge]
I won't be disappointed
I won't be

[Verse 5]
She doesn't laugh; We've gone from comedy to commerce
And she doesn't feel the ground she walks upon
I turn away, and I'm not sleeping well at night
And while I know this isn't right, what can you do?