If you come to find me affable And build a replica for me Would the idea to you be laughable Of a pale facsimile? So will you come to burn an effigy? It should keep the flies away And when you long to burn this effigy It should be of the hours that slip away Slip away It could be you, it could be me Working the door, drinking for free Carrying on with your conspiracies Filling the room with a sense of unease Fake conversations on a nonexistent telephone Like the words of a man who's spent a little too much time alone When one has spent too much time alone So will you come to burn my effigy? It should keep the flies away If you long to burn an effigy It should be of a man who's lost his way Slips aways It could be you, it could be me Working the door, drinking for free Carrying on with your conspiracies Filling the room with a sense of unease Fake conversations on a nonexistent telephone Like the words of a man who's spent a little too much time alone When one has spent too much time alone

Where I stand, the winds have always blown Dust to sand, the way I've always gone Another man is there when I come home What I miss isn't this, I didn't want it We'll never change, never could At least I'll take the long way No remains, no one should Where I've been, the prison I've been shown To burn again, to leave it all alone All these plans are left with all these bones All of this I won't miss, I didn't want it We'll never change, never could At least I'll take the long way No remains, no one should Left with me in effigy, hey I won't wait, I won't see straight for another year on Shout out for hate, it's a police state And I don't want a way out No, you don't wanna catch me Now that I've gotten in too deep And I don't want an apology I want an effigy Here I stand, the rest has all been shown When it comes to this, another miss I didn't want it We'll never change, never could At least I'll take the long way No remains, no one should Left with me in effigy I won't wait, I won't see straight for another year on Shout out for hate, it's a police state And I want a way out No, you don't wanna catch me Now that I've gotten in too deep I don't want an apology I want an effigy I want an effigy I want an effigy I want an effigy Hey!