In the middle of the shot of the starting gun I didn't realize that the game had just begun And after hours starin' straight at the burning sun A double vision kept my eyes all wide Arrested by a feeling something was watching me I had a mind to keep from anyone and anything And on the verge of giving in to a losing fight I froze and faded in to bleak bright white The full moon told me not to run Watch your back you've got only one When in open air a siren was ringing out The earth falling through the cracks in the open ground And in the banging of the beat of a shooting round The day was faded into blank black night But when the fences and the chains all began to rust I saw the city through thick veil of valley dust And in the shadow of the shape of the overhang I heard the message and the words "no fate" No fate but what you make in the end There's no fate "No fate" she scribed into the incision, no fate And in the middle of the shot of the starting gun I didn't realize that the game had just begun And after hours starting straight at the burning sun And in the banging of the beat of the army drum And in the shadow of the shape of the overhang There was a message loud and clear calling out my name And in the middle of the shot of the starting gun I didn't realize it was half way over No fate No fate No fate but what you make in the end There's no fate No fate No fate