Brave Saint Saturn - Mercenary lyrics

rate me

I was the future,

In nineteen-ninety-five

I watched the flashbulbs burst,

Whenever I'd arrive

I'd tape my knuckles up

Cinched and tight; for the ring

Just beneath the gloves

Clenching white for the swing

I was a sellout

Before a sellout crowd,

I threw the fight in my head

Before the fat lady bowed

You want a tip-off

Some good advice for the brawl?

Just wear mouth-guard

To keep your teeth when you fall

And when you quit,

Make sure that you can

Wash you hands of it

Armed to the teeth

Score one for treachery

I am a mercenary

There's more lies here

Than we can all bury

I am a mercenary

I've seen the headlines

Swarming thick with flies

I've seen the Billboard Charts

I've heard them spitting lies

Here's to your lame award

Your phony Nobel Prize

Here's to the suckers lining up

To see us compromise

Let's light a campfire

We'll have a sing along

I'll burn some bridges.

You'll bring the crappy songs

And when you quit

Make sure that you can wash your hands of it

There's a part of me I've compromised

Buried somewhere under ghosts of lies

Make it quick, make it sick

Turn the crank and just play the greatest hits... sigh.

There's a part of me that I despise

Pull the curtain back and see what dies

Emerald spires of the near profound

Let's burn this lousy city down