"Pyrrhic Victory" lyrics

Confetti rains on a parade
Of gurneys and tourniquets
Stained with the blood
Of those caught in my wake
We all celebrate
While she's walking away

I wouldn't let you drown
And yet I dragged you down
I couldn't hear the sound
Of your stifled breath
Over my cries for conquest

I wouldn't let you drown
And yet I dragged you down
I couldn't hear the sound

Brace for the moment
When you get everything you want
Does it look like you pictured
Or did bleeding for more
Only leave you with less
When your eyes adjust
To the settling dust
See what you have done
To the ones you love
For your one true love
There's blood under my fingernails
But it isn't mine
But it isn't mine this time

I wouldn't let you drown
And yet I dragged you down
I couldn't hear the sound

It's a shame how you toil
Leaving love to pick up the scraps
While you're fed and you're spoiled
A sad kid in a party hat
Was her care and affection
Just not enough for you
Was it all a distraction
Like you got better things to do
Are you really so blind
Have you forgotten
Who stands behind
Every great man
Every great man
Every great man
Well the greatness that you seek
Is a Pyrrhic victory
All is vanity
All is vanity

What a shame
How you just watched your love
Wither away
In the name
Of your vainglorious bid
All for some greater escape
Don't wanna bleed for nothing
Don't wanna bleed for nothing
Don't wanna bleed for nothing
But who sacrificed in the end?
Don't wanna bleed for nothing
But who sacrificed in the end?