Shred all the coattails
Nothing else left to do
To hell with nonsense they sold
Oversized egos
And bloodless thin skins
Their children are more wronged than Job
Hypnotic connection
Electric devotion
Wasting away borrowed time
Urgently dragging
Their shoes through the ashes
They're cooking their souls
in the grime

House on fire
Truth denied
This world ain’t quite fatal
But it’s burning your eyes
Burning your eyes
Rain stuck in the sky
None when you need it the most
Water, water everywhere
Smoke from coast to coast

Consumed by their pleasure
Impatient desire
Look on their work and despair
Rapacious production
‘Til nothing remains
Their legacy, boundless and bare
More fearful of change
Than disaster itself
Turning their backs to the wall
They kindle destruction
Self-righteous inaction
The silent are the worst of them all

House on fire
Truth denied
This world ain’t quite fatal
But it’s burning your eyes
Burning your eyes
Rain stuck in the sky
None when you need it the most
Water, water everywhere
Smoke from coast to coast

An easy choice
Rule or ruin
Don’t say it ain’t all black or white
Seven-two and your all in
Stand up or get out of my sight
Look at the people in power
Wonder how they made
such a wreck
Nobody needs your hope
Mind the gap, mind the gap
Simple as that

Complexities fester
They've excelled in at least that
Catastrophe calling their bluff
Wisdom is weaponry
The rules have to change
Better than nothing's not enough
Exiled by honesty
Vilified saints
Courageously gasping for breath
Not fooled by the fairytales
Windbag buffoons
Determined to fight to the death

House on fire
Truth denied
This world ain’t quite fatal
But it’s burning your eyes
Burning your eyes
Rain stuck in the sky
None when you need it the most
Water, water everywhere
Smoke from coast to coast