The Television Queen

Verse 1

Pale glare

Glassy eyes stare

Seventy-three years of cold and bitter air

Blue light washing over your face

Tracing every line of your long fall from grace

Still complaining

Always blaming

Never looking at your own dirty hands

Chorus

You did it for us

You did it for us

That is the lie you scream when we leave

The television queen on a throne of debris

You did it for us

You did it for us

A hollow crown for a heart made of stone

Verse 2

News flash

Soap opera trash

Volume at the limit while the minutes all crash

Finger pointing

Oil anointing

Judging every choice that I ever had to make

Nothing for the hungry

Nothing for the lonely

Nothing for the boy who just wanted to be loved

Scowling

Howling

Empty rooms where the memories should live

Chorus

You did it for us

You did it for us

That is the lie you scream when we leave

The television queen on a throne of debris

You did it for us

You did it for us

A hollow crown for a heart made of stone

Bridge

Look at the screen

Look at the mess

Look at the ghost in the floral print dress

You gave nothing

You took plenty

You left the well of our childhood empty

No truth

No grace

Just the static reflecting on your face

Guitar Solo

Chorus

You did it for us

You did it for us

That is the lie you scream when we leave

The television queen on a throne of debris

You did it for us

You did it for us

A hollow crown for a heart made of stone

Post-Chorus

Heart of stone

Heart of stone

Sitting all alone

On your throne

Outro

The news is over

The screen goes black

You can't get those seventy years back

Nothing left

Nothing left

Just you and the silence

Just you

Alone