Rebel Without Applause

Hey!
Sound the bells
and take to the streets in arms.
We're descending fast,
a pox on your house of cards.

Dry your eyes,
your daughters have lost their faith
and started feeding upon the bait
that we wear on our sleeve.
Promise us
you won't tell the public the fury
with which we despoil.

I've got a wife and kids and a hybrid car.
I've got a good life and I can't risk losing.
If you can keep it a secret then me and the boys
will bring pale hell to this town.

We're trouble bound
and we summon the devil electric.
Prey on the faint of heart.
We sing praises of the rebels
who went by the book.

Gravitate to teenagers artlessness'
and sing it aloud.
The content is trivial.
its pillow talk is plagiarized
by the gadgets of lust.

Just go to sleep,
leave the gestures
and customs to us.
Cry fraud
and let play the anthem of war.
Cry fraud
and let play the anthem of war

boys stand your ground.
Keep the delicate fingers
but wrath in your white knuckled grip.
The film is loaded
and it's aimed at the whites
in their eyes.

You put out to get in,
and we slipped right past
the guards in the belly of a horse.

We sunk our fangs
into the pulp of
a desperate angst.
We're powerless just until we're invited inside.

If you can keep it a secret
then me and the boys
will bring pale hell to this town.
We're trouble bound
and we summon the devil electric.

Prey on the faint of heart.
We owe thanks to the revels
who went by the book.
Don't give up the ship.
We'd rather sink than admit it.
Don't give up the ship.
We only have one night in town.