[Verse 1] The black balloons line the graveyard fences Where the party is in swing And they've got a baton and a banner to wave But they don't know what it means And the women are in ski masks Because the burkas are dry cleaned The men point guns to the heavens baby It's the d**h of a great dream [Chorus 1] I used to hum with all the resonance I use to whistle when I skipped But it's just cotton candy under water It's a mask that's starting to slip I used to coddle the lame brains and hierophants All the supplicants undone Lilting out along the skyline No longer heard by anyone [Verse 2] Who shut the sea behind the doors when it burst forth from the womb? Who made its garments from the dark and sealed them up in doom? Who fixed limits for it and set barricades at the door? And said, "sure you've made it this far, but you won't make it anymore." [Chorus2] And there's a snake pit at the finish line Entitlement, remorse A chorus for the unfaithful Are we all gone? Of course There's no silver lining There's no clouds at all Just an endless sea of gone That echos on and on [Outro] Spent 18 years pushing a rock up a hill Trail of devastation, blood of insects, monumental will And I split the crocodile's tooth, blood suction, pop, hiss I wear the skulls of all my victims like a talisman of meaninglessness [X3]