-Redecorate-

There was a wonderful structure to the cityAnd it put my cares to restOoh-ooh-oohOoh-ooh-ooh

Takin' inventory of his lifeSeein' snapshots chronologically in lineSomething told him he should look around and tidy upHe collected many things but never quite enoughTried lookin' at it from a new perspectiveFlat on his back but he still heard the directiveOrders from that corner where that shadow always livedNever asked permission, he just hopes that they forgive

I don't want to go like this (Ooh-ooh-ooh)At least let me clean my roomI don't want to leave like this (Ooh-ooh-ooh)'Cause the last thing I want to do isMake my people make decisions, wonderin' what to do, ohShould they keep it on displayOr redecorate?

Blankets over mirrors, she tends to like itShe's not afraid of her reflectionBut of what she might see behind itShe had plans to change her name, yeahJust not the traditional way, yeahHaunted by a couple big mistakesShe covers all the dents with the way she decoratesThen one night, she got cold with no blankets on her bedSo she ripped them off the mirror, stepped back and she said

I don't want to go like this (Ooh-ooh-ooh)At least let me clean my roomI don't want to leave like this (Ooh-ooh-ooh)'Cause the last thing I want to do isMake my people make decisions, wonderin' what to do, ohShould they keep it on displayOr redecorate?

With the bells and the whistles scaled backLike an isolated trackAnd he feels trapped when he's not inebriatedFair to say he's fairly sedated most days of the weekHe might have made it if he lived on a different streetI repeat, scaled back and isolatedHe says he likes an open schedule, but he mostly hates itIf you're running to his room, take a breath before you break inPut your ear up to the door, tell me, can you hear him saying?

I don't want to go like thisAt least let me clean my roomI don't want to leave like this'Cause the last thing I want to do isMake my people make decisions, wondering what to do, ohShould they keep it on displayOr redecorate?I don't want to go like this (Go like this)At least let me clean my room (Clean my room)I don't want to leave like this (Leave like this)'Cause the last thing I want to do is (To do is)Make my people make decisions, wondering what to do, ohShould they keep it on display (On display)Or redecorate?

Ooh-ooh-oohOoh-ooh-oohOr redecorate?Ooh-ooh-oohOoh-ooh-oohOr redecorate?