Notorius Lightning

Oh, notorious lightning
 Yes I had to ride you
 And crash the crystal jets they kept in storage inside you
 I was told never to quesiton it
 Now I'm facing twenty years for every night I tried to ingest the snow so lightly, huh?
 You simply couldn't put down the black book
 You dreamt the dreams of the self-taught man
 You warn the ladies not to be corrupted by their looks
 But your voice comes out soft and slanted
 And you're living off what the government granted you
 Amnesty from the true thing
 Now, Sandra, slowly remove the ring
 And watch notorious lightning surround you
 I lay myself down to observe your gilded jeans hit the ground and have not grown from this worship
 I lay myself down to surrender
 Watch the trust funds gorge us again
 And have not grown from this worship
 So, great pretender, pull a face
 Let's see the best forlorn you know
 Just don't sing Barricades in the Morning
 It's been three days in a row
 And it never comes off like you planned it
 Something once was delivered, then you banned it
 But oh, there is a key to this thing, notorious lightning
 There is a monument
 There is a place within it that I have won
 And there is victory at sea
 And then there's the sun
 Crashing down upon us
 Faithful readership of the old warden, we beg
 No, not another ode to the garden
 You've let the book of appeals pile up
 So, child of the east
 It's time to shrug off the beast
 And take a look at what you've done
 The half-breed jury agrees you're okay
 But what they never seem to say
 Is that it's never the defense's witness
 And someone's got to fall before someone goes free