The snakes and arrows a child is heir to Are enough to leave a thousand cuts We build our defenses, a place of safety And leave the darker places unexplored Sometimes the fortress is too strong Or the love is too weak What should have been our armor Becomes a sharp and angry sword Our better natures seek elevation A refuge for the coming night No one gets to their heaven without a fight No one We hold beliefs as a consolation A way to take us out of ourselves Meditation, or medication A comfort, or a promised reward Sometimes that spirit is too strong Or the flesh is too weak Sometimes the need is just too great For the solace we seek The suit of shining armor Becomes a keen and bloody sword No one gets to their heaven without a fight A refuge for the coming night A future of eternal light No one gets to their heaven without a fight No one Confused alarms of struggle and flight Blood is drained of color By the flashes of artillery light No one gets to their heaven without a fight The battle flags are flown At the feet of a god unknown No one gets to their heaven, heaven No one gets to their heaven without a fight Sometimes the damage is too great Or the will is too weak What should have been our armor Becomes a sharp and burning sword No one gets to their heaven without a fight A refuge for the coming night A future of eternal light No one gets to their heaven without a fight No one No one gets to their heaven without a fight

Cigarettes and champagne You break through the outside and look right into me Now nothing feels the same I guess I should have learned this long ago But I always kept my eyes on the ground This world just got too loud We've got friends, we've got places to go But I can't take my eyes off of you We've got time, we could take this slow But I can't keep my hands off of you No one knows me quite the way you do Cigarettes and champagne I want to sleep beside you at the end of the world When there's no one left to get in our way Your cold hand clings to mine, walking home And your eyelashes catch the snow You know I love you so The freckles on your shoulders and this burning in my eyes When I just can't find the right words to say All these blurry eyed mornings and confessions in the night I love the way you keep me awake We've got friends, we've got places to go But I can't take my eyes off of you We've got time, we could take this slow But I can't keep my hands off of you No one knows me quite the way you do No one loves me quite the way you do

Says the law, you have no land Says the Lord, you have no worth Says the Lord, I'll tax all you have Well says I, we'll fight for all we're worth Come the morn, we'll meet at the spot Come with wood, the briar and the knot Ban all the swords, our spirits to cull They won't be laughing when I break their skull Bring the pain, bring the sorrow Fight for your life, fight for tomorrow Battle cry, fight the hoard To the death, the briar and the sword Assemble all who can stand and fight We storm the camp, in the middle of the night Shillelagh fly in the face of their ban We'll kill them all, down to the last man The briar and the sword Stand up to the law and lay down your life Don't you want to be free? Kill them