INRIhab

I tied the devil to the tracks

(Can you hear the train coming?)

I served him papers with a seal from the governor

The spoiler throwing voices

The vapors that they built this city on

But he don't write much for me anymore

When we keep hell in our hearts

We make no excuse for our genius

So what's my excuse now that hell has abandoned me?

I enticed the devil out with a bottle

But maybe it was he who lured me out instead

When we slept in penitent beds

We awoke in the loving arms of attrition

So what's my excuse now that hell isn't courting me?

Give me the strength to be widowed

Now that the honeymoon's over

Grant me the privileges saved for the sailors

Condemned with you all

Goddamn you all

Condemned with you all

Goddamn you all

I marched across the muddied stream

Illuminated from beneath

And the lock was picked with the church's key

We found on the belt of the veteran

And to open bar tabs in the taverns

Assembled in levels by the damned and fanatic for me

We never loved ourselves so well

As when we lusted after another

We hummed along to electric guitars

And the standard, whoa oh oh oh's

And we drank each other under the covers

I eased the devil back with the throttle

'Cause I'd rather live my life in regret than not take part in it

Ooh, if the devil don't mind, well it's alright with me

So what do I do when the devil don't notice me?

Give me the strength to be widowed

Now that the honeymoon's over

Grant me the privileges saved for the sailors

Condemned with you all

Goddamn you all

Condemned with you all

Goddamn you all

And in my 27th year

I was dragged kicking and screaming into light

And I looked at God in the face and I said

I said, ?God?, I said, I said ...

I tied the devil to the tracks

Can you hear the train coming?

And I tied the tracks in a lover's knot

Around the finger of a beautiful girl

I'll keep hell, I'll keep hell

I'll keep hell if hell will have me

I'll keep hell, I'll keep hell

I'll keep hell if hell will have me