Verse 1
Old man in the hallway
Watching shadows stretch against the stone
Gold frames on the wall stay
But he’s feeling chills deep in his bone
Winter wind is coming
Furnace rattling like a broken lung
Tsar whispered it coming
A different song that should have been sung
Pre-Chorus
Savings crossing the ocean tide
Nothing left on the inside
Wait for the tide to turn
Watch as the candles burn
Chorus
He’s selling paintings just to pay the heat
Barefoot walking on a golden street
The mansion’s grand but the air is cold
Trading the new for the crumbling old
Selling the paintings just to stay alive
Waging a war just to try and survive
Oh oh
Pay the heat
Drop
Dead weight
Break the gate
Verse 2
Mittelstand is shaking
Factories silent under heavy gray
Rules are all we're making
Choking every seed we plant today
Pensions for the silent
Innovation buried in the sand
The decline isn't violent
Just a slow sinking of the land
Pre-Chorus
Savings crossing the ocean tide
Nothing left on the inside
Wait for the tide to turn
Watch as the candles burn
Chorus
He’s selling paintings just to pay the heat
Barefoot walking on a golden street
The mansion’s grand but the air is cold
Trading the new for the crumbling old
Selling the paintings just to stay alive
Waging a war just to try and survive
Oh oh
Pay the heat
Bridge
Three hundred billion
Walking out the door
Waiting for a million
Lying on the floor
He sold the Rembrandt
He sold the light
Anything to make it
Through one more night
Chorus
He’s selling paintings just to pay the heat
Barefoot walking on a golden street
The mansion’s grand but the air is cold
Trading the new for the crumbling old
Selling the paintings just to stay alive
Waging a war just to try and survive
Oh oh
Pay the heat
Post-Chorus
Flow not a stock
Tick of the clock
Heat
Just to pay the heat
Oh oh
Selling paintings
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