Painted Faces by Tigers on Trains Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I flew out to see the valley get filled in
Plane of pavement where a gaping mouth had been
Who am I to label anything a sin?
I just watched and I am watching it again

[Verse 2]
Light up when you turn into a pine tree
Settle there is nothing but to be free
Too late to be worried for your safety
So long to the soldier you could not be

There is no ghostly honor to keep me facing straight
There is no balance for my dead weight

[Verse 3]
I saw a merchant lying flattened in a ditch
Crying curses in an ever falling pitch
Now I'm the conscience of the man pulling the switch
Though I see both sides I cannot tell which is which
[Verse 4]
Go down to where Helios is weeping
Your knife took his love while she was sleeping
Too late to be asking for forgiveness
Your shame is a never-ending sickness

{Verse 5]
I pulled the poison flowers from my grandfathers grave
And ground them into paint for my face
I felt Atlantic justice pulling my muscles down
To cut me into something unsound

[Outro]
Alexander, Alexander
Alexander, Alexander
Alexander, Alexander
Alexander, Alexander
Alexander, Alexander
Alexander, Alexander