Story Behind The Song

I wrote this a month after 9/11 on a night that the office I worked in was quarantined for several hours in a suspected--and false--scare of Anthrax contamination.

Song Description

Singer is describing his angst to a girlfriend at a time when the 9/11 attacks dominate every breath. He rages gainst the "madness"

Lyrics

Every time I kiss you I?m convinced that it?s the last
Time I?m ever gonna see you
?Cause there?ll be another blast
?Cause some suicidal sucker had to make a point
?Cause he couldn?t get his way
?Cause his noise was out of joint
All I think about are caskets when I see the flags unfurled
Kiss your ass goodbye, there?s a madness in the world

Madness in the world, madness in the air
A billion little particles floating everywhere
But it?s too late to say you?re sorry
It?s too late to bolt the door
Kiss your ass goodbye,
there?s a madness in the world

Half the world is crazy and the other half is scared
When it comes to dying, they?re religiously prepared
They cross the streets on red lights, they don?t look the other way
So confident they?re never gonna make it through the day
They used to love to greet the dawn, but nowadays they hurl
Epithets at sunrise, there?s a madness in the world

Madness in the world, madness in the mail
Buy another gas mask
just in case the first one fails
But it?s too late to say you?re sorry
It?s too late to bolt the door
Kiss your ass goodbye,
there?s a madness in the world

INSTRUMENTAL

Every time I kiss you I?m convinced that it?s the last
Time I?m ever gonna see you
?Cause there?ll be another blast
?Cause some suicidal sucker had to make a point
?Cause he couldn?t get his way
?Cause his noise was out of joint
All I think about are caskets when I see the flags unfurled
Kiss your ass goodbye, baby,
Kiss your ass goodbye

Madness, madness, madness, madness
Madness, madness, madness, madness

There?s a madness in the world
There?s a madness in the world