I saw the outside world and It’s a very scary place
With all that grand illusion It’s hard to see a trace
Of hope and Holy Spirit Behind each passing face
Silly human, silly human race.

I put bars on the windows to keep the world outside.
I put bars on the windows ‘cause I just want to hide.
I put bars on the windows; I’m keepin’ to myself.
I put bars on the windows (I don’t) want nobody else… in here.

And I can’t stand to wander through this great big lonely town
Without a mask to hide me and my eyes upon the ground
It’s hard to make it quiet When I can’t locate the sound
I hear those voices, hear them all around.

I put bars on the windows to keep the world outside.
I put bars on the windows ‘cause I just want to hide.
I put bars on the windows; I’m keepin’ to myself.
I put bars on the windows (I don’t) want nobody else… in here.

And I can’t help but wonder how all this came to be;
How anyone can make it and pretend that they are free.
I gotta get back in now... it’s an emergency
I’m only human, silly human — me.

I put bars on the windows to keep the world outside.
I put bars on the windows ‘cause I just want to hide.
I put bars on the windows; I’m keepin’ to myself.
I put bars on the windows (I don’t) want nobody else… in here.