Words

So to live life decent

you need some kind of belief

that’s not novel or recent

it’s just coppers and thieves

      and you know how much it hurts

      all the loneliness behind our words

If you tresspass you’re punished

if you’re good you’re redeemed

and your heaven comes furnished

with salvation machines

      refr.

               This is a story about the end

               about losing all your friends

               about the end of confidence

               this is a song about the end


1989