Carte Blanche
by Jon Eric
The fires are burning brightly
And the sirens sound so clear
Tonight
With the violence mounting quickly,
Every conflict feels so near
Tonight
They'll place their gifts at your feet
And then burn you in effigy, effigy
How can you live
With a gun in your face
And the mutilated world inside your eye?
How can you stand
Anything in your way?
Either live carte blanche or die
There's a clarity that comes
From being so high off the ground
Up here
You can feel the brink of bedlam,
How we're all so tightly wound
Up here
Our moment of reckoning
Thanatos beckoning, beckoning
How can you live
With a gun in your face
And the mutilated world inside your eye?
How can you stand
Anything in your way?
Live carte blanche
Throwing your life away
For something you don't understand
Building to something great
A master plan
How can you live
With a gun in your face
And the mutilated world inside your eye?
How can you stand
Anything in your way?
Either live carte blanche or die
How can you live
With a knife at your throat
And the scars of every injury in mind?
How can you stand
Anything in your way?
Either live carte blanche
Or die
Or die