All for Naught

Why do we grovel? Who says we're lost? There's no tomorrow, it's all for naught Why do we grovel? Who says we're lost? There's no tomorrow, it's all for naught Left my body on the street with my heart laid flat On the sidewalk near the uncut grass While my head now dormant still turning like a dancer In the depths of a secondhand loveseat I saw planes crashing down in a brilliant display of defiance With a stark correspondence of orange and red Now the cold earth's shaking with a hapless sigh enough's enough No one's home Left your remains in the sun while hearing cries of those you love They want loss Well show them loss Say goodbye to any good that's come from this depressing lot I came to on my knees with my eyes nailed firmly to the husk of these hallowed out bones Shattered beams bared teeth now swollen from decades of blood and mold I cried out, but the sound dissolved With the weight of my jaw crushing down on my lungs They found me huddled in a fugue state laughing "All you ever need is fucking love" Love is all Get me off this crazy thing before I peck out my own heart Is death the end ofour conquest Or is it simply saying sorry for years and years of waste Simply saying sorry for years and years of waste "Someone left the cake out in the rain" No horse, no king I'm never coming back from this again C'est la vie, so it goes C'est la vie, so it goes C'est la vie, so it goes C'est la vie, so it goes C'est la vie, or so it goes Platitudes of wisdom won't prepare you for the great unknown You only like me with my arms bent back You only like me with my arms bent back Prostrate against the ground, bootheels digging in my neck The neck contorts - the smile screams In the mirror, in the mirror, in the mirror, looking back at me I couldn't recognize the filthy remains of myself A horrible stranger was all that was left My eyes became the yellow of yesterday, those pitiful reflectors With a crooked fracture of a grin that said "I am the bed and I am the match I am the flame and I am the embers" So when you finally see The scorched earth for the trees Will the sacrifice be all for naught? It's all for naught, it's all for naught In the end we'll all grovel If we're all lost, it's all for naught If there's no tomorrow Then why do we grovel So let it flood Just let it flood If it's all for naught Just let it flood