Burn It Down

And now I wonder what's goin' on
And who's really in another world
While you're asleep, the makeup you're wearing
Runs down your face like so many tears

Watch them piss away
Any hope for change
Any hope for anything new
And watch them burn it down
Turn the hoses on
And announce a new beginning

Tonight we wave and give up a smile
As a flaming shuttle passes by
Outside the window, something is creeping
A burning skeleton beams with pride

Step over bodies
Past corpses in waiting, blank
It's just a human shell
It's just a memory
Your indecision is a contribution to
The cancer that infects the Earth

That impassioned speech
Almost provides the heat
To keep the people sleeping on the streets warm
Out there in the cold
In a burnt-out world

Tonight we'll drink champagne
And dance until it's dawn
Safe inside our fenced and guarded lawns
Let it burn down tonight
Ignore the blackened skies
Pouring down a bloody red rain

Your television's watching you
Watching a blank
Watching a slab of meat
You're just a memory
It's burning down tonight
For the rest of your life
It's gonna be so cold
It's gonna be so cold

It's gonna be so cold
It's gonna be so cold
It's gonna be so cold
It's always gonna be so cold