the party song Lyrics

I went to a party

Stayed there 20 years one night

There were bright balloons

A pale monsoon of decadent delight

The people at this party were alive or seemed to be

Pretty hearts percuss as coconuts

And gentle was the sea

And I know you've got to pine a little

Find your mettle

Tenderly

May the fire burn brighter than the blade

Luminate through spires and the shroud

As a silence settles on the big parade

The day that party burns into the ground

Eyes of Hiroshima

All those melted ears and chins

The world was relieved and still agrees it was worth it in the end

It meant the fight was over

The explicit one at least

As the streamers fell we bid farewell to war and welcomed peace

And I know you're bound to mind the weather

Time will tether faithfully

May the ashes flower from the flame

Coat the smoldering pyre without sound

As we dash upon the vast ash-covered plain

The day that party burns into the ground

Nothing comes from nothing and I was not twice naive

But where innocence meets common sense

There's far too much to grieve

You who stood for nothing

Now you will not stand at all

Whispered epitaphs and laughing gas come right before the fall

And I know you've got to strive forever

A fine endeavor

Heavenly

Peals of laughter scatter after war

Stealing through the rafters of the town

Though we stumble on the unfamiliar shore

The day those tower walls come tumbling down

May that party burn to the fucking ground