Lyrics
[verse]
I'm just a kid from a street with no name
Raised on the static of a TV flame
Soda and cigarettes, that's my daily bread
Living on the fumes of the things unsaid
[verse]
This town's a coma, everybody's half asleep
Counting all the promises they never keep
I'm the ghost of every kid who wanted out
Screaming through the silence, screaming through the doubt
[chorus]
Call me the saint of the boulevard of dust
Call me the kid that the whole town gave up on
I got nowhere to run and nowhere left to trust
So I'm making my religion out of being gone
[verse]
The malls are empty churches, the parking lots our pews
We pray to satellite signals for the latest news
Nobody's watching, nobody really cares
So I'll build my own kingdom out of empty chairs
[chorus]
Call me the saint of the boulevard of dust
Call me the kid that the whole town gave up on
I got nowhere to run and nowhere left to trust
So I'm making my religion out of being gone
[bridge]
City lights are calling out my name
Somewhere past the exit, somewhere past the shame
I don't need your blessing, don't need your applause
Just a one-way ticket out of all these laws
[chorus]
Call me the saint of the boulevard of dust
Call me the kid that the whole town gave up on
I got nowhere to run and nowhere left to trust
So I'm making my religion out of being gone