the stripes are on fire the hands are tired   making plans to drink away   and all these words I can't escape   I have to try to make you stay   cause I'm alone   stay with me this time      cause what im feeling inside   troubled or maybe im blind   but I just can't see   how this is helping me   the stars are burning bright   like the light that lights your eyes   why I could not see   that you were leaving   cause im alone   i need someone   someone to be my friend   but i can't take   anyone who can't stay until the end   cause im alone   stay with me this time      and the stars are burning bright   the smoke is rising high   the stripes are on the stream   from the mountain to the sea   but friend you've done me wrong   left the spoils to the strong   and prey apon the weak   its an end to you and me   cause a friend can understand   that there's no trust to be had   your just bouncing on the strings   a puppet on the screen   im not sure when you left   but it started with that theft   it seems its been so long