On a Thursday in July Yet another passed us by Yet another chance to make amends
Walking ashen through the smoke Coughing up the last of hope A city surfaced silent and exposed
And we live like monsters Though our fathers and mothers told us to be good
So gather up your precious things Take the slate and wipe it clean There’s time enough for all to be redeemed
And tell me why it boils down To this game of chess and how We can all be taken for the pawns?
We live like monsters Though our fathers and mothers told us to be good These clockwork disasters Leave all that matters disregarded
Take the slate and wipe it clean There’s time enough for all to be redeemed Take the slate and wipe it clean In this life we’ll be redeemed Take the slate and wipe it clean There’s time enough for all to be redeemed Take the slate and wipe it clean I swear to g-d we’ll be redeemed
And we live like monsters Though our fathers and mothers told us to be good Well it should be simple More days of dimples And more time to make amends ‘Cause in ways all around us Goodness has found us And how it becomes us in the end