Sixpence None the Richer Lyrics

Paralyzed
Music & Lyrics by : Sixpence None The Richer

I look out to the fields 
where blood is shed upon the ground 
I breathe in, breathe out 
change the channel, (mute) the sound 
I take a match, a cigarette, and a walk to clear my head 
stomach seething at the thought of all those (human beings dead) 

I breathe in, breathe out 
I'm going to an interview 
about a song, three minutes long 
that will mean nothing to you 
especially when your dearest friend 
was sent to cover Kosovo 
his last assignment brought a bullet 
and now he's gone, he's gone 

feels like I'm (fiddling) while Rome is burning down 
should I put my (fiddle) down and rise up from the ground 
God give me strength to pray that You will set things right 
'cause I'm paralyzed, I'm paralyzed 

there was a (Christian) in the office 
sent to tell the wife (the news) 
fell in shock, the baby kicked, shed a tear inside the womb 
I breathe in, breathe out 
soak the ground up with my eyes 
I try to say a healing word 
but my tongue is paralyzed 

feels like I'm (fiddling) while Rome is burning down 
should I put my (fiddle) down and rise up from the ground 
God give me strength to pray that You will set things right 
'cause I'm paralyzed, I'm paralyzed