[Verse 1]
See the world through an empty shot-glass
Shake order on the rocks of chaos
Liberty is the ripest fruit
That if, not eaten, shall rot and bruise

[Verse 2]
See a saint succumb to sin
I bet I'll return again
To find rage in passion and fear in love
Poverty in wealth above

[Chorus]
Give me life and oh, sweet pain
The knives of truth are hope and rain
Savage beauty and the fiery planes
Show me dawns, never tame
To think we live on bread alone
Betting on angels to carry us home
I'll take some flesh and bone

[Verse 3]
Heard a priest condone the bombings
You heard a cop condemn the shootings
But first look bad and the scholars gone mad
Was the strangest meal I've ever had
[Verse 4]
And you long for a steady churning
Stable country, simple morning
But the evening of a ruthless knife
But the sweetest sunrise of you life

[Chorus 2]
Give me life and oh, sweet pain
The knives of truth are hope and rain
Savage beauty in the fiery plains
Show me dawns, never tame
To think we live on bread alone
With fear of devil's fire and stone
I'm fearing flesh and bone

[Bridge]
Hey!

Give me life and oh, sweet pain
The knives of truth are hope and rain
Savage beauty in the fiery plains
Show me dawns, never tame
I curse in devils, fire and stone
I curse in flesh and bone!

[Outro]
Flesh and bone!
Away , away, away with purity
Away , away, away with purity
Away, away!