You said that you were with me 
You said you were my friend 
Did you really love the city 
Or did you just pretend

You said you loved her secrets 
And her freedoms hid away 
She was better than America 
That’s what I heard you say

You said how could this happen 
You said how can this be 
The remnant all dishonored 
On the bridge of misery

And we who cried for mercy 
From the bottom of the pit 
Was our prayer so damn unworthy
The Son rejected it?

So gather up the killers 
Get everyone in town 
Stand me by those pillars 
Let me take this temple down

The king so kind and solemn 
He wears a bloody crown 
So stand me by that column 
Let me take this temple down

You said how could this happen 
You said how can this be 
The chains are gone from heaven
The storms are wild and free

There’s other ways to answer 
That certainly is true 
Me, I’m blind with death and anger 
And that’s no place for you

There’s a woman in the window 
And a bed in Tinsel Town
I’ll write you when it’s over
Let me take this temple down