Burning Effigies

Dreamt I was second-best Just a passing interest A waste of true affection A face of pure complexion Under a pseudonym I dream of you again Two different types of dust Trapped inside a ticking clock Karma will kill us all Our charm is wearing off Our God's a made up fraud Our skies are full of scars And they'll be there until you're gone Until you're gone Until you're gone My burning effigy Black smoke in mid-November We burn in empathy Until we turn to ember In my dreams anxieties arise in me And pave the way for a truth denier in true denial With patience wearing thin I got myself arrested Our wasted hours spent Corrupt and disaffected In my dreams anxieties arise in me And pave the way for a truth denier The truth divides us all It's like I'm made out of stone When I reside in the broken memories That made you old When there was nothing left I heard you screaming murder We killed an honest man Just to remove a burden In my dreams anxieties arise in me And pave the way for a truth denier The truth divides us all It's like I'm made out of stone When I reside in the broken memories That made you old I've been trying so long Just to belong Under a pseudonym I dream of you again Two different types of dust Trapped inside a ticking clock Karma will kill us all Our charm is wearing off Our God's a made up fraud Our skies are full of scars And they'll be there until you're gone