We Raised a Monster

We fucked up, you and I
We raised a monster and now it's time
We dropped the act
And faced the facts
Never had a prayer for no one
No worse for wear under the same old slogan
With your shadow at arm's length
The world's a phantom limb
Self-righteous indignation
That's the medicine
Works like a charm
Keepin' the rats out of the barn

Over the rainbow
The burnouts and freaks
Reap what they sow
Ah, there's no place like home

There's nothing out there
Worth retrieving, worth believing
Just empty faces, derelict places
And dreams wearing thin
And the plague keeps spreading
You and I will soon be crucified
It's a suicide
A lifetime in the making
It's the sum of our denial
Scorched earth to scorned child
That lump of coal that broke the mold

Washed our hands of it
Just like old Pilate
Said well nevermind
It's just the ways
It's just the way of the world

And that's how
We fucked up, you and I
We raised a monster
Never stopped to wonder why
No reason or rhyme
Seemed like a good idea at the time

We've been scared sober
Still the song's not over
It's gonna keep on playing
Long after we're gone
As our bodies are decaying
"His truth is marching on"