Things We Tell Ourselves in the Dark

A fever dream reach across the streets
The streets of legacy
Encase a throat of gold
The things we tell ourselves in the dark

Never heard what was said
To weep alone in this racing madness
Bright-eyed with power
Prettiest at the ball, grandest dreams of all

Machine-like precision to rid me of concern
The empathetic creatures are hunted for reward
It's sorted
It's boring
Prosperity

Beggars worship in the street
Dropping flowers by my feet
As it is
What it was

To all the old egos we've sold
How does it grow?
Marigold

To all the old egos we've sold
How does it grow?
Marigold

Kiss the ring, miserable degrees
A figment of our nightmares

I'll have a little fun with a slightly loaded gun
Please, try and hear me out

Machine-like precision to rid me of concern
The empathetic creatures are hunted for reward
It's sorted
You're boring
Prosperity
Prosperity

Lift, place, proceed
I'm standing by your back door
Waiting to strike and capture
Machine-like precision

Lift, p-p-place, proceed
I'm standing by your back door
Waiting to strike and capture
The empathetic creatures
Machine-like precision

Blinded by my shining star
Lurching with my fat cigar
A showering of gold

Secretly smoldering
Can't find peace within
Secretly (secretly)
Smoldering (smoldering)
Can't find peace within (peace within)

Trapped in twisted spaces
Dissolve the crowd
Devour, la-dee-da
Trapped in twisted spaces
Dissolve the crowd
Devour, la-dee-da
Trapped in twisted spaces
Dissolve the crowd
Devour, la-dee-da
Trapped in twisted spaces
Dissolve the crowd
Devour, la-dee-da

As it is
What it was
Things we tell 
Ourselves 
In the dark (Things we tell)
In the dark (tell ourselves)
As it is
What it was

To all the old egos we've sold
How does it grow?
Marigold

To all the old egos we've sold
How does it grow?
Marigold

To all the old egos we've sold
How does it grow?
Marigold

To all the old egos we've sold
How does it grow?
Marigold