I hold this hope with bloody hands Hands to protest, hands to reject Hold me up so I can stand Left my body here, broken, empty Let the fire burn Let
I'll leave nothing but a vapor trail When I take off and I fly away I see you waving from the ground I see you calling out But it's true, I gave it
Fear and firelight Bless my rest tonight Hear my fading cry Cleanse this blood from my hand No escape in sight From this sinner's plight Fear and firelight
Like a bad seed, missed your trial Light one up before your execution Firing squad arrives in single file Wish you had a chance to take it back You're
Disaster looms ahead, riveting Begins to seem so imminent You'll hear the sound when it ends Intractable, so anyway Too broken now to defend This false
You're just the way you used to be It was the weight of your regrets That brought you down You stepped into the deep end Yes you stepped into the deep
Gather courage from the ones beside you In tattered uniforms of canvas Waiting for their number to be called Their eyes fixed straight with hatred Stand
All the babies want to be just like you The infantile want to be what you are Packed up with cellophane overwrap Your light shines shorter than a shooting
This precaution ties us down From our ambition to be weightless Here we're tethered to the ground While our hearts lead us to fly And the unity we
Naked and bruised within Drain the bottle That's left on the table tonight Opening broken skin Now it's over and everything is all right Watch you come
It's like we've driven past a phantom tollbooth The brother watchdogs are counting time Rhyme and Reason held captive in a castle But we're doing fine
You're not the way you used to be Was it the weight of your regrets That brought you down? Step into the deep end, step into the deep end But don't
You've got to break that middle finger baby Pointing it at everyone Take stock in everything that you know You'll blister when you're thrown into the
