I Will Return

Lyrics

[Verse 1] And the city stood In a glowing splendor 'Til her ashes were laid in an urn Beneath a fast-food counter [Chorus] I will return [Verse 2] The descendants were born And they danced their dances Then the sound of their stumbling was great Tilting the world on its axis [Chorus] I will return [Bridge 1] And the women gazed in their mirrors Suitors brought them vials of perfume (Quiet lives of desperation) Then golden-haired locusts with the faces of angels Sealed each of them up in a metal cocoon [Verse 3] And the life ran out Just when it all seemed better Here is a display in a granite museum A shame on view forever [Chorus] I will return I will return [Bridge 2] And the birdcage was eventually opened A great flock of nuns flew away (Meeting no one's expectations) And the saints who had slept on a head of a pin Came down from the sky at the end of all days [Verse 1] And the city stood In a glowing splendor 'Til her ashes were laid in an urn Beneath a fast food counter [Chorus] I will return [Outro] I will be coming like a thief in the night I will be coming like a thief in the night I will be coming like a thief in the night I will be coming like a thief in the night I will be coming like a thief in the night I will be coming like a thief in the night I will be coming like a thief in the night I will be coming like a thief in the night