Headin' in or headin' out Standing on the shore Pause a moment to reflect Which trip costs you more Between the ever restless crowdsAnd the silence of your room Spend an hour in no man's land You'll be leaving soonVictims come and victims go There's always lots to spare One victim lives the tragedy One victim stops to stareAnd still another walks on by Pretending not to see They're all out there in no man's land 'Cause it's the safest place to beBut sanctuary never comes Without some kind of risk Illusions without freedomNever quite add up to bliss The haunting and the haunted Play a game no one can win The spirits come at midnightAnd by dawn they're gone again And so it seems our destiny To search and never rest To ride that ever changing wave That never seems to crestTo shiver in the darkest night Afraid to make a stand And then go back and do our time Out there in no man's land
