They put angels in the electric chair 

Straight-up angels in the electric chair 


And no-one knew or no-one cared 

But burning stars lit up their hair 

And burning stars lit up their hair

And crawled to heaven on golden stairs 


And oh! How we to and fro! To and fro! To and fro! 


This is our torched estates 

(and we are your sweet mistakes)


And all them vulgar kings on their dirty thrones

Who among us will avenge miss nina simone?


There's fresh meat in the club tonight

God bless our dead marines 


Someone had an accident 

Above the burning trees 

While somewhere distant peacefully 

Our vulgar princes sleep 

Dead kids dont get photographed 

God bless our dead marines 


The hungry and the hanged 

The damaged and the done 

Striving 'long this spinning rock

Tumbling past the sun 

Get through this life without killing anyone 

And consider yourself golden 


Lost a friend to cocaine 

Couple friends to smack 

Troubled hearts map deserts 

And they rarely do come back 

Lost a friend to oceans 

Lost a friend to hills 

Lost a friend to suicide 

Lost a friend to pills 

Lost a friend to monsters 

Lost a friend to shame 

Lost a friend to marriage 

Lost a friend to blame 

Lost a friend to worry and

Lost a friend to wealth 

Lost a friend to stubborn pride 

And then i lost myself 


I love my dog and she loves me 

The world's a mess and so are we 

She tumbles long green muddy fields 

Sick with joy and glee

And as she dreams sweet puppy dreams 

Whimpering gently 


There's fresh meat in the club tonight 

God bless our dead marines 

Someone had an accident 

Above the burning trees 

While somewhere distant peacefully 

Our vulgar princes sleep 

Dead kids dont get photographed 

God bless this century 


When the world is sick can't no one be well 

But i dreamt we was all beautiful and strong