Violins - Deify, Defy, Defile lyrics

In the end our proudest plans will join the pile Deify, defy, and then defile Better men with harder hearts, they came and went Ever true and broken before bent I am this girl I wanted to be mine I took her voice, I couldn't have her time I wear the clothes she left beneath my bed Speak for yourselves, boys, I'm too late Once deified, but there is no "I" in "defy" So I defy you And once defied, I seek the "I" we left behind And I defile you Let false idols lie and idle hands fly In the face of tradition now arousing such suspicions As the poster's coming down And all the posters coming down Mean we'll redecorate this town I mean we'll dance On open graves and empty threats Bettered still by babes in their barrettes Elevate the craft into an art again And obscure the who, they why, the when I am the earth, the end unmade I fear the sun, I seek the shade I cut the path, you lead the way I wanted to tell you what no man could ever say