An Ocean’s Monument

We put the fear of God into this world
We lost the war on the non-existent
We fought the greed of men among the dead
Altruistic, systematic

Down your love so I can drown, so I can drown my shame
Bring the drugs so I can numb, so I can numb my pain

You cried out the pain in words like plagues
A serpentine monument for the lambs
O’brother what made us fall from grace?
Destructive, systematic.

An ocean
Of broken glass
An ocean
To drown the rats

Down your love so I can drown, so I can drown my shame
Bring the drugs so I can numb, so I can numb my pain
Drown your thoughts to let me dream, to let me dream again
And go with all the guilt and shame a thousand times in vain

An ocean’s monument
An ocean’s monument
An ocean’s monument
An ocean’s monument
An ocean’s monument
An ocean’s monument
An ocean’s monument
An ocean’s monument

Down your love so I can drown, so I can drown my shame
Bring the drugs so I can numb, so I can numb my pain
Drown your thoughts to let me dream, to let me dream again
And go with all the guilt and shame a thousand times in vain