Heart-Shaped Thorn

Don't need your help, yeah, we all scream it breathlessly
She said my blood tastes something like the rest of me
The banker locks the apparitions in
The politician points the finger of innocence
The choir man hums the hymn but ain't listening
It's all I've got to give and I'm giving it
Now the spray paints dripping on that furniture
Earth revolves leaving worlds upturned
Like straw we burn
We live, they learn
But we all live like we're living for somebody else
They kick their feet up while we bend a knee
But one day we will stand where the dust has fell

Thorns
Thorns
They cut them out their recipe
Line up
Afraid to face the penalties
Blood red
Petals kept up chemically
She said my blood tastes something like the rest of me

They say they love us but we're just the air they breathe
Strong reminders of superiority
She takes them all for as long as I keep giving em
But you can't play God til you snip the tongues
And the self righteous fall when the wicked come
Propped up, my scars just symbolic of your power march
I'm just assurance of how motherfucking proud you are
You know control's always been finest luxury
So y'all sit and scold from your lifted thrones
In the palms of the hands of those underneath like

Thorns
Thorns
We cut them out the recipe
Line up
Afraid to face the penalties
Revolt
We take away their weaponry
She said their blood tastes something like an enemy's

I don't wanna be another picture on your wall
We all got knees, and kings can crawl
Got the finest Venice mirror, let me gather all the shards
You use to see your own godliness, now see it all fall
Domesticated savages and revolution activists
The institutions choking on the breaths that they was laughing with
The Vaccutainers smashed
We give. You take
We live. Too late
Still got thorns though, bout time that we take back some shit

Thorns
Thorns
We toss em in their recipe
Line up
Prepared to face the penalties
Fists raised
Defiance is the melody
I think her blood tastes something like a remedy