"People Watching" lyrics

I could be like you
I could halt the applause with a hollow point too
With a bleaker view, I could speak my truth
Until I'm used to threading my noose with a burning fuse around the neck
A wire barbed to fasten it to
I could do that too
I could be like you

I'm happy to leave but I want them all to come before me
With every favor offered out to faltered saviors
I'll be there to count them all before people watching

It seems as if I've angered all the angels
They don't want to let me fly with the fleet
The piss darkened their candles
No wonder all of you are acting this way
I've been living in a dangerous haze
You lead by an example
You lead by an example of exactly what I don't want to be
I'm bred for the future collapse of faith
I'm bred to be left to bleed in the street
I'll be fortunate to be in a grave
I'll be fortunate to be in a...