Streetlight Manifesto "They Broke Him Down"

Did I mention we were dreaming When the devil came to town? I was awoken by the screaming But nobody heard a sound

And the lies we told at breakfast Won't match the lies we had for lunch And the lies we said for dinner, yeah, for dinner They’re the tallest of the bunch

Did you notice he was cold When he finally lost control long ago? And the epilogue I dreaded Was unlikely to console And I'm still not understanding The things he did before he left And the one thing that will haunt me, it will haunt me Right before his final breath, he said

And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down He said, "I'll never be your saint, you see, 'cause I won't be hanging around." So they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down So I stood there and I held my breath 'cause I know that it wouldn't be long 'Til they broke me down

Did I mention we were flailing When the angels came around? And they just sat there they we were waiting For the first of us to drown And I started going under But I didn’t hold my breath 'Cause the last thing that I needed, oh I needed Was to owe a holy debt Oh no

And no one holds a grudge, dear, Like I do, I see it through And you may not remember It was nothing much at the time But I kept it bottled inside

Oh and we all know how that goes Yeah, I’ve given up on letting go So here we are, with nothing left here And now you left me here And I was last to know

And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down So I can't be your saint, you see, 'cause I won't be hanging around And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down So I stood there and I held my breath 'cause I knew that it wouldn't be long

Holy smokes Some say we’ve given up the ghost But I think he's in the background (somewhere in the background) Hiding in his favorite photographs And he's living as a beggar Or a millionaire But the one thing that I'm sure of, I am sure of Is he found some comfort there?

[2x] And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down So I can't be your saint, you see, 'cause I won't be hanging around And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down So I stood there and I held my breath 'cause I knew that it wouldn't be long