Mercenary Lyrics - Brave Saint Saturn

I was the future, 

In nineteen-ninety-five 

I watched the flashbulbs burst, 

Whenever I'd arrive 

I'd tape my knuckles up 

Cinched and tight; for the ring 

Just beneath the gloves 

Clenching white for the swing 

I was a sellout 

Before a sellout crowd, 

I threw the fight in my head 

Before the fat lady bowed 

You want a tip-off 

Some good advice for the brawl? 

Just wear mouth-guard 

To keep your teeth when you fall 

And when you quit, 

Make sure that you can 

Wash you hands of it 

Armed to the teeth 

Score one for treachery 

I am a mercenary 

There's more lies here 

Than we can all bury 

I am a mercenary 

I've seen the headlines 

Swarming thick with flies 

I've seen the Billboard Charts 

I've heard them spitting lies 

Here's to your lame award 

Your phony Nobel Prize 

Here's to the suckers lining up 

To see us compromise 

Let's light a campfire 

We'll have a sing along 

I'll burn some bridges. 

You'll bring the crappy songs 

And when you quit 

Make sure that you can wash your hands of it 

There's a part of me I've compromised 

Buried somewhere under ghosts of lies 

Make it quick, make it sick 

Turn the crank and just play the greatest hits... sigh. 

There's a part of me that I despise 

Pull the curtain back and see what dies 

Emerald spires of the near profound 

Let's burn this lousy city down