Body for the Pile

Lyrics

And it's stains in the wainscotting, cracks in the baseboard
 Arachnid in the corner serving up face
 Like whose house you think this is?
 Prism vision in low light
 Scan prison tats on the back of a low-life, lifeless
 And a broke nose might just be done drippin'
 Wet all night, it dries deep red on the off-white carpet
 And a soft light arcs just above arm height
 All white Vans placed on the floor, pack of Pall Mall lights
 Bite marks on a half sandwich with no crust
 Mustard and mayonnaise, lettuce and red cold cuts
 Moonlight streams through window dust
 It floats up to the ceiling fan that
 Creaks from rust as it labors to go 'round
 Trying to catch that feeling
 And the paint on its base is peeling
 And the taste in the air is faint but
 There, just enough that the rats are nearing
 'Cause where there's blood,
 There's feast and famine, makes murder a meal
 And the cheap wall clock will stop at
 One shot, so he knew it was time to kill
 Bust one shot if your blood's still pumping
 Bust two shots if you're really 'bout something
 Three little pigs and they can't do nothing, for the last time
 You can't run, you just a body for the pile, body for the pile
 Body for the pile, body for the pile
 You just a body for the pile, body for the pile
 And you should probably take your last breath right about now
 Office highly decorated
 Plastic frames around diplomas, all the commendations
 Accommodating swivel chair where the blue-suited sir sits slumped
 Brains splattered, wall stained, grey matter runs
 Badge with his name makes blood on the tongue
 'Cause it's pinned to his right cheek
 Right where the gun must have first
 Flirted before it was stuck in his mouth
 Officer *bleep* with his brains blown out
 Water pitcher with the ice, two glasses, one either side
 Of the desk, the lipstick left on one appears to smile wide
 And the slanted blinds are squinting just enough for the sunrise
 To zebra stripe the room with light,
 He would have had to shield his eyes
 But they wide open, no motion, no, he never flinched
 Palms flat on the table, didn't seem to move an inch
 Fishbowl on the far side of the room where goldfish swims around
 Suspicious of the gun that now sits in the bowl with him
 Bust one shot if your blood's still pumping
 Bust two shots if you're really 'bout something
 Three little pigs and they can't do nothing, for the last time
 You can't run, you just a body for the pile, body for the pile
 Body for the pile, body for the pile
 You just a body for the pile, body for the pile
 And you should probably take your last breath right about now
 Red and blue lights spinning on the
 Corner by the new fried chicken spot
 Cop car hopped the curb then
 Absurdly hit the hydrant, which wouldn't stop
 Spraying water that's dripping over the
 Face that's made its way through the windshield
 And cuttin' bleedin' the people leaving
 The scene and saying they never seen him
 Coming but he must have run the light, he never broke (Broke)
 Hand is reaching for the gun but couldn't get a hold (Hold)
 So it's sitting limp up on the dash and all the
 Flashing of the cameras is lighting up the noontime cold
 Overcast, broken glass on the concrete, the scent of gasoline
 Hovers over the motor smoke and the single broken bicycle spoke
 Wheel still protruding,
 The medics moving the little twisted body to bag it up
 Detective notices the traffic camera
 Then calls the station to back it up
 And somewhere the screams turn into sobs
 And the sirens mix with the howls of dogs
 And from the water, the rolling fog
 Scented wet as the breath of God
 They say in the greyscale city where the skies
 Are scraped and the days are pretty much shaded
 You never know the faithful,
 They walk and they pray and there's
 One less lung sucking air today, so
 Bust one shot if your blood's still pumping
 Bust two shots if you're really 'bout something
 Three little pigs and they can't do nothing, for the last time
 You can't run, you just a body for the pile, body for the pile
 Body for the pile, body for the pile
 You just a body for the pile, body for the pile
 And you should probably take your last breath right about now
 

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Duration
04:24
Key
1
Tempo
86 BPM

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