The Way It's Always Been - Brandon Flowers

They shut down the golden hotel

Just because he says it won’t be long till they blow it all to the hell

She’s standing in the front yard cut off the skins

Me and her brother we been friends, since I can’t remember when

Ain’t that the way that it’s always been?

Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun to come again

A shift at the chemical plant, a white wedding dress

I wake up every morning and I wonder if I’m gonna pass the test

Just trying to live up to but she’s got in mind

Sometimes the pressure’s so heavy I feel like leaving it all behind

Ain’t that the way that it’s always been?

Laying low just long enough for the dust to settle down

The black and the white, the thick and the thin

And hoping that He’s really got the power to save us from these sins

Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun to come again

I took a long walk yesterday

To a field where I used to play

I saw myself in the corner of my mind

I was twelve years old and blind

To the big wheel and the grind

Ain’t that the way that it’s always been?

Standing at the water’s edge waiting for the fog to clear

Tackle or touch, you sink or you swim

And hoping that he’s really got the power to save us from these sins

Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun to come again

They’re waiting for the sun to come again