holding pattern

I've been in this holding pattern so long
I'm running out of gas
aren't you tired of having to be so strong
well, I'm glad you asked
'cause I've been down so long
that it looks like up to me
plus backwards and sideways
is the only path I see

we've been in this holding pattern so long
we're running out of steam
I don't know how we ever got so wrong
with our American dream
we all search our hearts
for some sense to make it through
but we're still gonna destroy our world
if it's the last thing we do
it'll be the last thing to do