Oh, sweet thing
Zion doesn’t love you
And Babylon don’t love you
But you love everything

Oh, you saint
America don’t love you
So I could never love you
In spite of everything

In the dark of this place
There’s the glow of your face
There’s the dust on the screen
Of this broken machine
And I can’t help but feel
That I made some mistake
But I let it go
Ya hey, ya hey
Ya hey, ya hey

Through the fire and through the flames
You won’t even say your name
Through the fire and through the flames
You won’t even say your name
Only I am that I am
But who could ever live that way?

Oh, the motherland don’t love you
The fatherland don’t love you
So why love anything?

Oh, good god
The faithless, they don’t love you
The zealous heart don’t love you
And that’s not gonna change

All the cameras and files, all the paranoid styles
All the tension and fear
Of a secret career
And I can’t help but feel
That you see the mistakes
But you let it go
Ya hey, ya hey
Ya hey, ya hey

Through the fire and through the flames
You won’t even say your name
Through the fire and through the flames
You won’t even say your name
Say I am that I am
But who could ever live that way?

Through the fire and through the flames
You won’t even say your name
Through the fire and through the flames
You won’t even say your name
Say I am that I am
But who could ever live that way?