I need this to stop, you can't keep coming back
This cyclical nightmare, an altered state under attack
An unwelcomed distraction, I was spent so long ago
You are not welcome in this space any more

There is no escape from our mistakes
As you won't admit one ever took place
There is no escape from our mistakes
The Shrike, The Shrike, The Shrike

I do not want to feel this way
Sometimes you are left behind, sometimes there is no way out
This designed collapse of civil dignity
Is this not progress? This is where you'd have us be?

There is no escape from our mistakes
As you won't admit one ever took place
There is no escape from our mistakes
The Shrike, The Shrike, The Shrike

Crushing in its loss
I don't care
This isn't for me
Crushing in its loss
I don't care
This isn't for me
Oh