Due to Adverse Weather Conditions All of My Heroes Have Surrendered

Make your way to the basement, say hi to the queen She's grateful for your sacrifice but it won't be how it seems Her love is stashed away in tins Her teeth are chipped but clean Since the revolution came, that's just the way it's been Every day she begs the truth and every day I lie On maps I chart where thousands march though we number 25 See the trees and see their branches Burning bright with palace stanchions I will not tell lies to you, I would love her here today Sometimes when her eyelids fall, I don't know what to say The queen is here crowned in complaisance, an empty throne astride Please entertain her vanity and its many blushing brides I close my eyes and it's here in me And ornate frieze and glaze break down into my heart Break down into my heart All the freezing days break down into my heart beneath the ground I conceal you here but you are far from free or safe and sound All the days break down into my heart All the days break down into my heart You're hiding nothing here to warm my heart For I am not the same man now Who once mistook your mess for a work of art That only he could read somehow I feel less lonely when we're apart But I am not the same man now Who once mistook your mess for a work of art That only he could read somehow Warm and warm and warm my heart For I am not the same man now Make your way to the basement, say hi to the queen If she feigns an interest, don't dwell on where she's been See the trees with burning branches Defy the night with palace stanchions I cannot tell lies to you, I would love her here today The queen stands brooding in the basement, a hunger in her eyes The weight of every move she makes will help your world capsize I close my eyes and she's here in me And ornate frieze and glaze break down into my heart Break down into my heart All the missing days break down into my heart beneath the ground I am concealed in here with you but dare not move or make a sound All the days break down into my heart All the days break down into my heart You're hiding nothing here to warm my heart For I am not the same man now Who once mistook your mess for a work of art That only he could read somehow I feel less lonely when we're apart But I am not the same man now Who once mistook your mess for a work of art That only he could read somehow Warm and warm and warm my heart For I am not the same man now Warm and warm and warm my heart For I am not the same man now Summer come and warm my heart For I am not the same man now Warm and warm and warm my heart For I am not the same man now Summer come and warm my heart For I am not the same man now Warm and warm and warm my heart For I am not the same man now Summer come and warm my heart For I am not the same man now