The Architect

Lyrics

Father tell me, what am I to do I watched everything I love forsaken you Gun powder burns the temple, exit wound to paint the sky Wash my sins in the river, this American Lie Now it comes in waves of blue Straight from the heart of you I can see, I can feel, I can reason I can exercise the demon I am the architect of your design I can bleed, I can pay for my treason Time out of mind and season Down from the mountains, we are ghosts of your design Mother, love me like you used to do It took a generation to kill the god in you Black elevators carry you beyond the sky Make me wonder where the chaos ends behind your eyes Now you dream in ocean blues In your churches empty pews I can grow, I can turn with the season I can die without a reason I'm the apocalypse of your design I can die in the peace I been living I can live in the war you've given My rage now crystalized in your design I can see, I can feel, I can reason I can exercise the demon I am the architect of your design I can bleed, I can pay for my treason Time out of mind and season Down from the mountains, we are ghosts of your design Because I am