Gunther told me it would take one week

I knew for sure that he was lying

How long

Well I went to see my doctor

Only she was crying twice as much as me

How long

They say suicide is painless

But I'd like to disagree

I've watched my country cut her veins

I've seen her civilized o.d.

And Thomas More he signals me

With foreign wars and razor-blades

All I can say is how long

How long

Forgive me this intrusion

You're my only consolation

As my people cry with me how long

I don't mean to be exploitive

But my God I know you're listening

And I know that you are crying here with me

When the vicar shot the stranger

We assumed his good intentions

When the stranger shot

We pronounced him dead

There's a part of me that's empty

When the world has stopped its shaking

There's a part of me that wants it all to end