They sterilized the angels and they put them on display
Gave us pretty little pills to smile the truth away
We're the product of the godless, in the church of the mundane
Washing down our sanity with novocaine and rain
Every screen's a stained-glass window, every headline is a prayer
Breathing in the atmosphere of manufactured air
I'm another empty specimen, a bug inside a jar
Just a smiling, dead celebrity… without the fancy car.

Oh, this beautiful sickness is divine
Drink the poison, baby, it tastes just like wine
Let the rot set in, it’s a glamourous decay
We will love you better when you’ve faded all away.

I cut myself on razor-wire fences made of fame
And learned to love the bleeding just to hear them scream my name
The freak show needs a new messiah, a martyr for the bored
I'm the hole inside of holy, I'm the devil they adored
You can paint my skin with diamonds, you can fill my head with lies
But I've seen the maggots crawling in your "perfect" paradise
This is the new religion, the sacrament of the numb
Bow your head and take your medicine until the kingdom comes.

Oh, this beautiful sickness is divine
Drink the poison, baby, it tastes just like wine
Let the rot set in, it’s a glamourous decay
We will love you better when you’ve faded all away.

I am the virus in the clean room.
I am the glitch in your design.
I am the scream in the operating theater…
AND THIS FLAW IS MINE!

OH, THIS BEAUTIFUL SICKNESS IS DIVINE!
DRINK THE POISON, BABY, IT TASTES JUST LIKE WINE!
LET THE ROT SET IN, IT’S A GLAMOUROUS DECAY
WE WILL LOVE YOU BETTER WHEN YOU’VE FADED ALL AWAY!

Faded away…
Pretty and faded…
Perfectly faded…
…gone.

Soul Siblings

Perfectly faded

Silent Pyre

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