Sniper

[Refrain]
Talk about me, talk about me, talk about me
Talk about me, talk about me, talk about me
She said, "Not now"
She said, "Not now"
She said, "Not now"
She said, "Not now"
Talk about me, talk about me, talk about me
Talk about me, talk about me, talk about me

[Verse 1]
It is an early Monday morning
The sun is becoming bright on the land
No one is watching as he comes a walking
Two bulky suitcases hang from his hands
He heads towards the tower that stands in the campus
He goes through the door, he starts up the stairs
The sound of his footsteps, the sound of his breathing
The sound of the silence when no one was there

[Verse 2]
I didn't really know him
He was kind of strange
Always sort of sat there
He never seemed to change
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 3]
He reached the catwalk, he put down his burden
The four-sided clock began to chime
7AM, the day is beginning
So much to do, and so little time
He looks at the city, where no one had known him
He looks at the sky, where no one looks down
He looks at his life, and what it has shown him
He looks for his shadow, it cannot be found

[Verse 4]
He was such a moody child
Very hard to touch
Even as a baby
He never smiled too much
No, no
No, no

[Verse 5]
"You bug me", she said
"You're ugly", she said
"Please hug me", I said
But she just sat there
With the same flat stare
That she saves for me alone
When I'm home
When I'm home
Take me home

[Verse 6]
He laid out the rifles, he loaded the shotgun
He stacked up the cartridges along the wall
He knew he would need them for his conversation
If it went as it he planned, then he might use them all
He said, "Listen, you people, I've got a question
You won't pay attention, but I'll ask anyhow
I found a way that will get me an answer
Been waiting to ask you 'till now
Right now!
Am I?
I am a lover who's never been kissed
Am I?
I am a fighter who's not made a fist
Am I?
If I'm alive then there's so much I've missed
How do I know I exist?
Are you listening to me?
Are you listening to me?
Am I?"

[Verse 7]
The first words he spoke took the town by surprise
One got Mrs. Gibbons above her right eye
It blew her through the window, wedged her against the door
Reality poured from her face, staining the floor

[Verse 8]
He was kind of creepy
Sort of a dunce
I met him at the corner bar
I only dated the poor boy once
That's all
Just once
That was all

[Verse 9]
Bill Whedon was questioned as stepped from his car
Tom Scott ran across the street but he never got that far
The police were there in minutes, they set up barricades
He spoke right on over them in a half-mile circle
In a dumbstruck city, his pointed questions were sprayed

[Verse 10]
He knocked over Danny Tyson as he ran towards the noise
Just about then the answers started coming, sweet, sweet joy
Thudding in the clock face, whining off the walls
Reaching up to where he sat there, answering calls (Talk about me, talk about me, talk about me)
Thirty-seven people got his message so far
Yes, he was reaching them right where they are

[Refrain]
Not now
She said, "Not now"
She said, "Not now"

[Verse 11]
They set up an assault team, they asked for volunteers
They had to go and get him, that much was clear
And the word spread about him on the radios and TV
In appropriately sober tones they asked, "Who can it be?"

[Verse 12]
He was a very dull boy, very taciturn
Not much of a joiner, he did not want to learn
No, no
No, no

[Verse 13]
They're coming to get me, they don't want to let me
Stay in the bright light too long
It's getting on noon now, it's going to be soon now
But oh, what a wonderful song!

[Verse 14]
Mama, won't you nurse me?
Rain me down the sweet milk of your kindness
Mama, it's getting worse for me
Won't you please make me warm and mindless?
Mama, yes you have cursed me
I never will forgive you for your blindness
I hate you!

[Verse 15]
The wires are all humming for me
And I can hear them coming for me
Soon they'll be here, but there's nothing to fear
Not anymore, though they've blasted the door

[Refrain]
Talk about me, talk about me, talk about me
Talk about me, talk about me, talk about me
(She said, "Not now", she said, "Not now")
Talk about me, talk about me, talk about me
(She said, "Not now", she said, "Not now")
Talk about me, talk about me, talk about me
(She said, "Not now", she said, "Not now")

[Verse 16]
As the 'copter dropped the gas, he shouted, "Who cares?"
They could hear him laughing, as they started up the stairs
As they stormed out on the catwalk, blinking at the sun
With their final fusillade, his answer... had come

[Outro]
Am I? (Am I?)
There is no way that you can hide me
Am I? (Am I?)
Though you have put your fire inside me
Am I? (Am I?)
You've given me my answer, can't you see?
I was! (I was!)
I am! (Oh, no!)
And now I will be
I will be! (I will be!)