we have followed our leaders into the vault of a burning bank we raised our children on dead end roads waiting to death in the summer win looking for answers that i was never meant to find i swallow my tongue in defeat before i drown face down in the street waiting for the ambulance to arrive i saved myself from you gagging to death on these prayers my agony is self inflicted burn my body at the stake my love in effigy my songs are gasoline in the mouth of a coward shouting fire i swallow my questions down in fear before i know too much of myself trying to explain what keeps me falling to my knees the burden of living proof i saved myself from you in case of a new emergency i saved myself from you when nothing moves in the wake of regret i saved myself from you i saved myself from the arms of corruption