Killing The Thing That You Love Lyrics - Cyclorama - Styx

Brick by brick you built a mansion 

Piece by piece it seems 

You're tearing it down 

Once you walked so tall and handsome 

Now nobody even wants you around 

Now you're just some kind of 

Leftover clown 

Now you're like Quasi Modo crying 

As you look in the mirror 

At what you've become 

Killing the thing that you love 

Like Lennon's assassin 

Lennon's assassin 

Reaching for Venus De Milo 

But she's never gonna hold you tight 

You plant plutonium silos 

Then you blister from the sun that's too bright 

Like a vampire stepping into the light 

Just a victim of your own greed as you 

Look in the mirror 

At what you've become 

Killing the world that you love 

Like Lennon's assassin 

Lennon's assassin 

The genius of a generation 

Blown away just like a leaf on the wind 

And now you're looking for salvation 

But you can't forget the places you've been 

And you can't erase a lifetime of sin 

And you can't escape the answers as you 

Look in the mirror 

At what you've become 

Dredging the river for what you have done 

Killing the thing that you love 

Like Lennon's assassin 

Lennon's assassin