[Verse 1]
What ghosts exist behind these attic walls?
There's got to be a simpler explanation
'Cause I scrimped and I saved just to find
That they've been splicing my inventions
Cold skin and bones at this latitude
We ain't paying 'til the heat comes through
So you slept in a stocking cap
A wool scarf and the...

[Chorus]
Promises of payments were
Upon your shoulders constantly
But don't forget to entertain
'Cause this is your first defense

[Verse 2]
Four-year offense to the devoted type
I may have got an invitation, but I wasn't invited
But I thought that this meant something more
Than broken hearts and new addictions
We'll leave our sins within the carpet twine
Our bodies will dissolve the chemicals in due time

[Chorus]
Promises of payments were
Upon your shoulders constantly
But don't forget to entertain
'Cause this is your first defense
This is your first defense
[Outro]
This is a first defense
This was a first defense
This is my last defense