Time has taught us That they're sending out their sons To take away our guns and our daughters We are all cowards now Rivers rising Darkness fell upon People blotting out the sun Disguising how We are all cowards now At least the Emperor Nero had an ear for music But that's history Caligula said "God's speed, my steed" But that's his story They're coming for our Peacemakers Our Winchesters and Colts The rattle of our Gatling Guns Our best cowboy revolts and threats and insults We are all cowards now The emptiness of arms The openness of thighs The pornography of bullets The promises and prizes can't disguise We are all cowards now They're draping stones with colours And a roll of stolen names Except those we never cared about And those we need to blame We'll extinguish that flame, just the same We're all cowards now Arms are empty The pornography of plenty Count commands from one to ten Number sins from ten to twenty There's an illusion we believe in There is honour in their need Pretty confetti, chemical debt And a necessity to bleed My fears too fleet to scupper My prayers too thin to scream On my lover's back a zipper On her limb a straightened seam So, close the windows tightly Lower lamps and shades On the screen, silent rehearsals For tomorrow's parades For tomorrow's parades For tomorrow's parades We are all cowards now

Meia-noite no meu quarto, ela vai subir Ouço passos na escada, vejo a porta abrir O abajur cor de carne, o lençol azul Cortinas de seda, o seu corpo nu Menina veneno, o mundo é pequeno demais pra nós dois Em toda cama que eu durmo só dá você Só da você, só dá você, iê-iê-iê-iê Seus olhos verdes no espelho brilham para mim Seu corpo inteiro é um prazer do princípio ao sim Sozinho no meu quarto eu acordo sem você Fico falando pras paredes até anoitecer Menina veneno você tem um jeito sereno de ser E toda noite no meu quarto vem me entorpecer Me entorpecer, me entorpecer, iê-iê-iê-iê Menina veneno, o mundo é pequeno demais pra nós dois Em toda cama que eu durmo só dá você Só da você, só dá você, iê-iê-iê-iê Meia-noite no meu quarto, ela vai surgir Eu ouço passos na escada, eu vejo a porta abrir Você vem não sei de onde, eu sei, vem me amar Eu nem sei qual o seu nome, mas nem preciso chamar Menina veneno, você tem um jeito sereno de ser E toda noite no meu quarto vem me entorpecer Me entorpecer, me entorpecer, iê-iê-iê-iê Menina veneno, menina veneno (iê, iê) Menina veneno, menina veneno (iê, iê) Menina veneno (menina veneno), menina veneno (iê, iê) Menina veneno, menina veneno (vem me entorpecer) Menina veneno, menina veneno (iê, iê) Menina veneno, menina veneno (iê, iê) Menina veneno (menina veneno), menina veneno (iê, iê) Menina veneno, menina veneno (vem me entorpecer)

Nothing is perfect but your imperfections are quaint And your love is worth it and for that I will wait And though you hate me, when you have a turn I drive you crazy but you always return If I fall short If I break rank It's a bloodsport But I understand I am all yours I am a man I'm on all fours Willingly down Loving you is a bloodspot Fighting in a love war Although you love me, sometimes we meet Things can get ugly but we're still a team We are an army, the brakes are within But that's why we're stronger, and that's how we'll win If I fall short If I break rank It's a bloodsport But I understand I am all yours I am a man I'm on all fours Willingly down Loving you is a bloodspot Fighting in a love war It's not what I'm in love for, I know But I don't know if you can't help it Baby, I'm just being selfish Loving you is a bloodspot I've got your back and though it's stacked against us I've got your hand, it's us against consensus And I will burn the people who hurt you the most and I will not learn 'Cause I am too young and too dumb to consider the terms I'm breaking the law and I'll curse the day that they return With a smile on my face as their heads hit the floor And it's done, now it's curtains, the blood lost, it's the cost, it fucking hurts But it's working and even if you ask me to stop it's too late Because I've already decided that faith is not a distaste, it's pure hate And it pulsates and it works its way around my brain And anyway, what I'm tryna say is I'll protect you till the day I'll meet my maker So don't fight me now 'cause you might need me later Loving you is a bloodspot Fighting in a love war It's not what I'm in love for, I know But I don't know if you can't help it Baby, I'm just being selfish Loving you is a bloodspot

I never ask for easy love But you didn't need to make it hard For me, you keep it breezy You underestimate my trust You think I'm weak, but you are half Of me, you complete me Sometimes I pretend that we're still friends There must be a line where I begin and you end Don't wanna fight Just wanna make it right You don't have control of me But I will not be your enemy 'Cause you're a shadow, you're a shadow Of who I used to be You hold the fire inside Oh you can be so hard to please You won't be hurting me I will not be your sacrifice I will not feed your energy You don't deserve me Sometimes I pretend that we're still friends There must be a line where I begin and you end I don't wanna fight Just wanna make it right You don't have control of me But I will not be your enemy 'Cause you're a shadow, you're a shadow Of who I used to be Sometimes I pretend that we're still friends There must be a line where I begin and you end Don't wanna fight Just wanna make it right

I stood in a lonely room Of a mother old and gray Her voice so weak, she could hardly speak I brushed a tear away She was watching the little snowflakes falling on her window pane She breathed a sigh and then replied, "I'll be gone to be with Jesus Come spring" Before the roses bloom in my garden I'll be gathering flowers in a better land Before the fields are green, before the robin sings I'll be gone to be with Jesus come spring There's a big gate standing open A gentle voice calls me home Soon I'll be in God's country In a garden of my own With my troubles far behind me And my body free from pain When the sun melts the snow and the warm winds blow I'll be gone to be with Jesus, come spring And now the roses bloom in her garden And she's gathering flowers in a better land She's gone where angels sing Earth's loss is Heaven's gain But we'll meet when God gathers flowers, come spring I know we'll meet when God gathers flowers Come spring