HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

I cast a bloodstained painting
But they only see a work of art
I told them I plead guilty
Yet the jury let me walk

Despite the dissolution
These phantoms
They won't dissolve
I seek for resolution
But the ones who cast their judgment are all gone

Hands stained red
Is there anybody listening?
Hands stained red
Is there anybody listening?

So used to isolation, accustomed
A case for nihilism, causation
A lack of recognition, rejection
An empty jurisdiction, frustration

The red, stares back
Breathing in the ashes
(Anyone, anyone, anyone
Is there anybody listening?)
The red, stares back
Grasping at the cinders
(Anyone, anyone, anyone
Is there anybody listening?)

You call this retribution?
Delusions
This is the wrong conclusion
Illusions

The scythe is much too patient
With a shadow of it's blade around my neck
The gallows wait for eternity
It's waiting, oh it's waiting for me

Is this what they want from me?
Is this what they want me to be?

(Fever) what kind of toy do you want me to be?
(Temptation) we want to avoid more epiphanies
(The hunger) I struggled at first, but now I can see
(Alone) it doesn't matter as long as it's me

(The bloodshed) call it a fall off, I fall down from grace
(Partake) the man that you loved gone without a trace
(The demon) love me to death but could never embrace
(It calls) a change in a man you could never replace

(The fever) don't let me bore you with my frustration
(Temptation) I only lie to all generations
(The hunger) so I avoid that old conversation
(Alone) about all my violent inclinations

(The bloodshed) about all those outdated limitations
(Partaking) on ways we can bring our own ruination
(The demon) so what if you wanted a sweet damnation
(It calls) to end our parasocial relation

(The fever) the choir sing omens, get out of this place
(Temptation) the demon is coming to tear off your face
(The hunger) there's no way in hell you're surviving this chase
(Alone) wherever you run across all time and space

I'll give you a taste of immortal haste
Your future's effaced, your hopes are a waste
Your name is erased and forgotten apace
And the last thing you’ll see when you’re dead and gone and your body's encased
Is the face of the end of the whole human race!

Do you ever listen when a siren blares? Then
Think of the addition of a thousand stares, you
Don't hear what I gotta say don’t
Give a fuck about an exposé just
Tell me when you’re ready baby and we’ll finally meet while we’re buried under six feet-
The subject’s too heavy, maybe, sorry, I’ll- I’ll stop

I don’t remember what I did this for, I
Spent last November like I did before, I
Don’t wanna stress ya I wanna life
One where I’d let’cha call me your wife
On my knees, I surrender, did it all for you, don't wanna offend ya, baby
C'mon, let’s forget about those memories in ember

I'm listening, I'm listening!
I'm listening, oh I'm listening!

I wish we could go back
Back to a time when this shit wasn’t so serious
But then I might miss this feeling too
I wish there was another time, another place
Where I’d do this because I was happy, and not because I was scared

I'm wasting away
I'm wasting away
I'm wasting away, strewn rust, and ash, and clay
Dejected, dismayed, a hollow disarray
I'm wasting away. A purposeless decay
I've fallen astray, there's nothing left to say about my fate

If it's what they want they'll get it
If it's what they want they'll get it
If it's what they want they'll get it
If it's what they want they'll get it