You will sever the last of your ties once you see where they've led you
As your student who picks all your fights cannot stay to defend you
Your brother’s name rings through your head as if it's worth something
So you throw up your hood and pretend that they'll all second guess you

But your friends cannot help you
They will all lie with winners
Who will drown in their pools
Out swam by beginners
And their flesh will turn cold so to touch them would cause you to freeze

Your laugh used to rise with the tide now it's so discreet
And you've lowered your mirrors and incessantly stare at your feet
The villain you have waited for now raises hell at your doorway
As the corner men call out the hour at the foot of your street

And the news comes in color
And it comes by the hour
To remind you there are people
Living up in those towers
And they're fearing the worst
But it's love that's been shaking their knees

There was a call to the hillside but the banner was torn
There was a chance of redemption but the heir was not born
Your animal listeners are boldly marching through
To the bridge they built right over you , Mama
The bridge they built right over you

To the heart of betrayal there’s a key that was never your virtue
The beast on your trail has been warned it is only to hurt you
As the world comes to terms with the eyes that now stare in your absence
The mothers or peril hope their lies can find forms to turn into

Your followers are drifting
They once were so many
Call out to them now
Are there any
The antagonist swears you’ll awake
But really, how can he?

I was alone in the distance when they brought you to kneel
I did not see what you have seen I do not feel how you feel
I don’t want to walk on you but they’re bleeding me too
On the bridge they built right over you, Mama
The bridge they built right over you

Now you are dead and your children are growing up useless
The crew at your funeral speak of rain as if they could choose it
The parlor maid calls to the priest who is unnerved from drinking
Could you please shut the door so I don’t have to hear all that music

The best kill is acknowledged
By free grazing losers
They beg when they want
They are still choosers
They’re waiting in line for their bow
Like all of your users

What’s left of all nature allows is now at its peak
The actors and waifs choose their vows from words you would speak
An apology slipped through the cries while no one was listening
And the last witness to your demise holds the truth in it’s beak

Farewell prayers rise above you but they do not take form
Your last chain of resistance it was gentle and warm
Their victory plague is spreading from the avenue
To the bridge they built right over you, Mama
The bridge they built right over you