The Only Home We Know

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Small stains on a rental tuxedo

Watching the tide pull the boardwalk out to the deep

Tumble like a coin in a storm drain

Wait for the wave that stays

Pre-Chorus

Pour the dregs

Pour the dregs

Till the cellar is dry

Chorus

Wet your throat for the grand finale

Stagger down the hall for the show

Grin as the clock tower melts like sugar

Drink for the only home we know

Verse 2

Rats are wearing jewelry in the gutter tonight

While a cloud of feathers rains down from the scorched balcony

Swap your last cigarette for a cracked bottle

Wait for the furnace to roar

Pre-Chorus

Pour the dregs

Pour the dregs

Till the cellar is dry

Chorus 2

Wet your throat for the fire and water

Sing to the rats and the rubble below

Gulp as the horizon starts to fracture

Drink for the only home we know

Bridge

Broken belt

Broken bed

Broken sky

Drink until your lungs turn white

Drink until the morning fails to climb

Chorus 3

Wet your throat for the quiet coming

Laugh at the circus that decided to go

Bathe in the ruin of the temple

Drink for the only home we know

Drink for the only home we know

Verse 3

Found a corkscrew stuck in a ledger

Tied my shoes to a lamppost that is bending south

Chew on a piece of the velvet theatre curtain

Wait for the ocean to boil

Verse 4

Silver silt covers the piano keys now

Under a moon that looks like a bruised plum

Tear the label off the empty jug

Wait for the silence to stay