An Ocean's Monument

We put the fear of God into this world
 We lost the war on the non-existent
 We fought the greed of men among the dead
 Altruistic, systematic.
 Down your love so I can drown, so I can drown my shame.
 Bring the drugs so I can numb, so I can numb my pain.
 You cried out the pain in words like plagues
 A serpentine monument for the lambs.
 O'Brother – What made us fall from grace?
 Destructive, systematic.
 An ocean
 Of broken glass.
 An ocean
 To drown the rats.
 Down your love so I can drown, so I can drown my shame.
 Bring the drugs so I can numb, so I can numb my pain.
 Drown your thoughts to let me dream, to let me dream again.
 And go with all the guilt and shame a thousand times – in vain.
 An ocean's monument.
 An ocean's monument.
 An ocean's monument.
 An ocean's monument.
 An ocean's monument.
 An ocean's monument.
 An ocean's monument.
 An ocean's monument.
 Down your love so I can drown, so I can drown my shame.
 Bring the drugs so I can numb, so I can numb my pain.
 Drown your thoughts to let me dream, to let me dream again.
 And go with all the guilt and shame a thousand times – in vain.