What I see when I listen

[drowningicarus]

>>the car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
>>and the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
>>and a dark wind blows
>>
>>the government is corrupt
>>and we're on so many drugs
>>with the radio on and the curtains drawn
>>
>>we're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
>>and the machine is bleeding to death
>>
>>the sun has fallen down
>>and the billboards are all leering
>>and the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
>>
>>it went like this:
>>
>>the buildings tumbled in on themselves
>>mothers clutching babies picked through the rubble
>>and pulled out their hair
>>
>>the skyline was beautiful on fire
>>all twisted metal stretching upwards
>>everything washed in a thin orange haze
>>
>>i said: "kiss me, you're beautiful -
>>these are truly the last days"
>>
>>you grabbed my hand and we fell into it
>>like a daydream or a fever
>>
>>we woke up one morning and fell a little further down -
>>for sure it's the valley of death
>>
>>i open up my wallet
>>and it's full of blood