"Goon Show" lyrics

There's a small town with a long past
And an old panopticon
Where the bodies of the screws hang from extension cords
I see a company of crisis actors run lines on the lawn
Making misery porn to warm the halls of ivy

It's the golden age of arseholes
And the triumph of disgrace
Howling winds turn cornfields into rags
Yeah, I've seen the cell phone footage
And it's raining cats and dogma
You can rob a bank but you don't really rob the bank

'Cause if they lose they win
And all they need's the wind
That blows where people wave their flags at people waving flags

(Hold me forever, a sign of the cross and the sun)
(Holding forever, a shadow that we can't outrun)

It's like being at a party where the party's always right
And I was not planning on going out tonight
But I'll grab some pepper spray from Kmart
Chuck a ski-mask in my bag
And then scream an incantation
Change the colour of the sky

And admiring my complexion in the shop window reflections
I go where people wave their flags at people waving flags
You gotta face the hits
Roll with the uppercrusts and hunches
Left-rights, goodnights, and all the other kinds of punches

'Cause if you lose you win
And all you need's the wind
That blows where people wave their flags at people waving flags

(Hold in forever, making a fist of your thumbs)
(Hold me forever, don't let them cut out your tongue)

See everybody scream and shout
You don't know what you're missing now
They don't know what they're missing

(Hold me forever, a shadow that we can't outrun)
(Hold in forever, say you won't block out the sun)

See everybody scream and shout
They don't know what they're missing now
They don't know what they're missing