I'll say it straight and slain
I've always been afraid
Let's just chalk it up

as one more mistake
I wanted you to know
I always stole your glow

So you'll never burn
you're never burning out
Monuments, built just to be refused

So settle down and fade away
So beaten up, so beaten up and bruised
Over time we'll fade away

Never could refrain
Live under my reign
Waging wars on innocence again

When you defray
And waste away
This I promised you

you'll love me in the end
Monuments built just to be refused
So settle down and fade away

So beaten up, so beaten up and bruised
Over time we'll fade away
To live in the comfort of a stolen sun

To live in the shadow of what's been
done
Monuments, built just to be refused

So settle down and fade away
So beaten up, so beaten up and bruised
Over time we'll fade away

I'll say it straight and slain
I've always been afraid...