It’s a hot and stinking winter
And we’re all out in the yard
Our faces to our palms
Getting those full coverage scars
cause it’s been such a pleasant day
and it’s been such a pleasant night
It’s such a pleasant way
To watch the world die
It’s a Hot and stinking winter
And There’s a not-so-distant light
It’s a burning lurid gleaming
Reflecting down off the skies
And it’s been such a pleasant day
It’s been such a pleasant night
It’s been so pleasant to forget
That the whole world is on fire
And I woke to distant sirens
the neighbours screaming bloody murder
The taste of you was still on my lips
Sweet cherry cyanide and sugar
And the sirens were getting closer
And the neighbours’ noises died
The taste of you is all that I’ve got left
You used to swear to me that you’d try
It’s a Hot and stinking winter
And We’re stripped down to the skin
The cancers won’t ever matter
Not with the storm clouds closing in
And the dogs outside are howling
And I’m showing the flood right in
I hope that there is a God above
I think we’ve all got words for Him
And I woke to distant sirens
the neighbours screaming bloody murder
The taste of you still on my lips
Sweet cherry cyanide and sugar
And the sirens are all around us
And the neighbours’ noise has died
The taste of you is all that I’ve got left
You used to swear to me that we’d try
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