We gather here to pay our respects,
and promise that we'll never forget,
and then we wonder what's coming next.

I'm gonna build something so that I can just burn it all down.
I'm gonna build something so that someone else can burn it all down.
We're gonna build something just so someone else can burn it all down.
We're all building something so that someone can just burn it all down.

Gonna burn it down. Gonna burn it down.
I'm making a new one.
I'm gonna take this town. I'm gonna take this town.
But why would I want it?

I, once upon a time, held a belief.
I called that hope a lie and put it to the test with fire.
I saw two paths before me in stark relief.
I left a heart's desire smoldering there on the pyre.

Burn. Yearn.

I'm gonna build something so that I can just burn it all down.
I'm gonna build something so that someone else can burn it all down.
We're gonna build something just so someone else can burn it all down.
We're all building something so that someone can just burn it all down.

Gonna burn it down. Gonna burn it down.
They're making a new one.
You wanna wear my crown. You wanna wear my crown?
Then come on and take it.

I, once upon a time, held a belief.
I called that hope a lie and put it to the test with fire.
I saw two paths before me in stark relief.
I left a heart's desire smoldering there on the pyre.

I, once upon a time, held a belief.
I called that hope a lie and put it to the test with fire.
I saw two paths before me in stark relief.
I left a heart's desire smoldering there on the pyre.

I'm gonna build something so that I can just burn it all down.
I'm gonna build something so that someone else can burn it all down.
We're gonna build something, baby maybe we'll just burn it all down.
We're all building something so that someone can just burn it all down.

Gonna burn it down. Gonna burn it down.
She's making a new one.
Gonna burn it down. Gonna burn it down.
She ain't messing around.
Gonna burn it down. Gonna burn it down.
It's time for a new one.
Trite and profound. Burn it down.