Burn It Down - Screeching Weasel

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 always gonna be so cold