There’s a bullet in mid-air, I felt it run by my head
And as it passed I heard it call out a name
And I turned to see if my time had come to fall around dead

In the line of fire, blood ’n’ rain falls on all men alike
All fall on desperate days

Listen to the sound of life over death, ringing in my ear
An invasion of the brain, an intrusion of the heart
The hand that reaches out for he who cries for help

In the line of fire, blood ’n’ rain falls on all men alike
All fall on desperate days

There’s no hiding, no saying when destiny will point
And strike her hand

We all fall short on desperate days

In the line of fire, blood ’n’ rain falls on all men alike
All fall on desperate days
In the line of fire, blood ’n’ rain falls on all men alike

Lightning strikes in a split second
Earth shakes and feets tremble
Now is the time. In the waking hour
He will come like a thief in the night

We all live in desperate times. Blood and rain