[Verse 1]
You open your eyes, look around
You feel the earth, it wanders out
From under your feet
The ground is not firm but soft and weak
Like skin under the touch
Cannot stop to falter now
The damage is done, the certainties gone
The spirit's altered

[Pre-Chorus]
And now the angry morning
Gives the early signs of warning
You must face alone the plans you make
Decisions they will try to break

[Chorus]
Our hands are tied on the table
Maybe you should try at the back door man
While the helpless line up on the doorsteps
Ooh, 'cause it's all they can do

[Verse 2]
All of your life you've lived in a world as pure
As Eden's sixth day
Now, all you've been allowed is, is taken away
They will not let you be so proud
For you have felt the fear growing inside
Protest follows far and wide
They'll see how long it will take till you fall
From so much denied
[Pre-Chorus]
Your soul, it aches relentless
For the fear that they will never guess
So unfair that they will make you feel so small
And the fear you know is real

[Chorus]
Our hands are tied on the table
Maybe you should try at the back door man
While the helpless line up on the doorsteps
'Cause it's all they can do
Try to get through

[Outro]
Ooh
Oh, 'cause it's all they can do
Try to get through