They Broke Him Down

Did I mention we were dreaming

When the devil came to town?

I was awoken by the screaming

But nobody heard a sound

And the lies we told at breakfast

Won't match the lies we had for lunch

And the lies we said for dinner, yeah, for dinner

They’re the tallest of the bunch

Did you notice he was cold

When he finally lost control long ago?

And the epilogue I dreaded

Was unlikely to console

And I'm still not understanding

The things he did before he left

And the one thing that will haunt me, it will haunt me

Right before his final breath, he said

And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down

He said, "I'll never be your saint, you see, 'cause I won't be hanging around."

So they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down

So I stood there and I held my breath 'cause I know that it wouldn't be long

'Til they broke me down

Did I mention we were flailing

When the angels came around?

And they just sat there they we were waiting

For the first of us to drown

And I started going under

But I didn’t hold my breath

'Cause the last thing that I needed, oh I needed

Was to owe a holy debt

Oh no

And no one holds a grudge, dear,

Like I do, I see it through

And you may not remember

It was nothing much at the time

But I kept it bottled inside

Oh and we all know how that goes

Yeah, I’ve given up on letting go

So here we are, with nothing left here

And now you left me here

And I was last to know

And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down

So I can't be your saint, you see, 'cause I won't be hanging around

And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down

So I stood there and I held my breath 'cause I knew that it wouldn't be long

Holy smokes

Some say we’ve given up the ghost

But I think he's in the background (somewhere in the background)

Hiding in his favorite photographs

And he's living as a beggar

Or a millionaire

But the one thing that I'm sure of, I am sure of

Is he found some comfort there?

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And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down

So I can't be your saint, you see, 'cause I won't be hanging around

And they broke him down, yeah, they broke him down

So I stood there and I held my breath 'cause I knew that it wouldn't be long