The Dead Flag Blues Lyrics - Singles - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

The car is on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel 

And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides 

And a dark wind blows 

The government is corrupt 

And we're on so many drugs 

With the radio on and the curtains drawn 

We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine 

And the machine is bleeding to death 

The sun has fallen down 

And the billboards are all leering 

And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles 

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It went like this: 

The buildings tumbled in on themselves 

Mothers clutching babies 

Picked through the rubble 

And pulled out their hair 

The skyline was beautiful on fire 

All twisted metal stretching upwards 

Everything washed in a thin orange haze 

I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful - 

These are truly the last days" 

You grabbed my hand 

And we fell into it 

Like a daydream 

Or a fever 

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We woke up one morning and fell a little further down 

For sure it's the valley of death 

I open up my wallet 

And it's full of blood