歌詞：
Verse 1
A girl I knew grew up in an institution, she was an orphan and all alone.
She worked hard and made a contribution, went to Yale and now she has a home.
And now the girl seemed to have it all, picture perfect hanging on the wall.
She took a turn down the wrong way, no one knows where she's today.
Things are never easy or what they seem.
Are you stuck in a nightmare or living the dream.
Chorus
If you're running on empty the battery is low, you lost your sense of direction and you don't know where the hell you're supposed to go.
If you want to play it safe then just close your eyes.
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you and taking you by surprise.
Do you really want to wait until it is too late for your twist of fate.
Verse 2
You feel you've been raised in the darkness, they tell you how to be and how to live your life.
Reality can be painful 'cuz no one has a list of what's wrong or right.
They can neither love or harm you by placing it all right in your hand.
Or you can lose it in a second, they will never understand.
Things are never easy or what they seem.
Are you stuck in a nightmare or living the dream.
Chorus
If you're running on empty the battery is low, you lost your sense of direction and you don't know where the hell you're supposed to go.
If you want to play it safe then just close your eyes.
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you and taking you by surprise.
Do you really want to wait until it is too late for your twist of fate.
Bridge
You can build it up or break it down, turn the picture upside down.
Listen to your inner voice, it's your choice.
Now is now, make or break, take in life what you can take, but most of all be the master of your fate.
If you want to play it safe then just close your eyes.
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you and taking you by surprise.
Chorus
If you're running on empty the battery is low, you lost your sense of direction and you don't know where the hell you're supposed to go.
If you want to play it safe then just close your eyes.
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you and taking you by surprise.
Do you really want to wait until it is too late for your twist of fate
歌詞漢譯
第壹段
我知道壹個女孩
在收容所長大
她是個孤兒，孑然壹身
她努力工作，做著自己小小的貢獻
進了耶魯，現在她有了自己的家
現在女孩似乎擁有了壹切：
圖畫壹絲不茍的掛在墻上
可惜她選了壹條岔路
如今沒人知道她流落至何方
世事艱辛，不似表面
或許妳還困在惡夢中，或者在自己的世界壹睡不起
如果妳依然漫無目的走下去，
妳會迷失方向，以及妳將去往何方
如果妳只是想穩穩妥妥，那麽就把眼睛閉上
生活悄悄的藏在妳身後，然後殺妳個措手不及
妳還在等嗎？直到不能扭轉妳的命運。
第二段
妳感覺妳在黑暗中被養育
他們告訴妳怎麽樣，怎麽樣去生活
現實是殘酷的，因為沒有人擁有關於對錯的清單
他們不能真正的愛妳或傷害妳，僅僅通過將“所有”置於妳的手中
或者妳會在瞬息之間失去所有，只不過他們永遠不會明白
世事艱辛，不似表面
或許妳還困在惡夢中，或者在自己的世界壹睡不起
和聲
如果妳依然漫無目的走下去，
妳會迷失方向，以及妳將去往何方
如果妳只是想穩穩妥妥，那麽就把眼睛閉上
生活悄悄的藏在妳身後，然後殺妳個措手不及
妳還在等嗎？直到不能扭轉妳的命運。
過渡
妳可以創造，毀滅，或僅僅將圖畫底朝天
傾聽自己的心聲，那裏才是妳的選擇
現在就是此時，創造或毀滅
抓住妳可以抓住的機會
但是他們很多都是妳命運的主宰
如果妳只是想穩穩妥妥，那麽就把眼睛閉上
生活悄悄的藏在妳身後，然後殺妳個措手不及
和聲
如果妳依然漫無目的走下去，
妳會迷失方向，以及妳將去往何方
如果妳只是想穩穩妥妥，那麽就把眼睛閉上
生活悄悄的藏在妳身後，然後殺妳個措手不及
妳還在等嗎？直到不能扭轉妳的命運。