Burn Me Down

Appears on Burn Me Down

Like ultraviolet in a motel room
Time reveals the messy truths
Every hero is burnished bronze
'Til melted down and the idol is gone

So take a stand or take a bow
Time to reckon, burn me down

With ivy wrappings on display
(Like a serpent traps its prey)
There's hidden anguish in its throes
But hallowed halls are soon foreclosed

So take a stand or take a bow
Time reckon, burn me down

Oh, time to reckon
Time to reckon
Oh, time to reckon
Oh, time to reckon

Take a stand or take a bow

So play again the forgotten songs
That echo out repeated wrongs
A heavenly herald to us all
Saying every empire is blessed to fall

So take a stand or take a bow
Time to reckon
Time to reckon
Time to reckon, burn me down

Oh, burn me down
Oh, burn me down
Oh, burn me down