Melancholy Parade

[Verse 1]
I saw lines of soldiers returning home
Wearing wooden overcoats
Melancholy Parade
Can you see the difference that they've made?

[Pre-Chorus]
No more gods and no more masters
Take the deaths and put them past us
Scattered voices strike a chord
Put your guns down and sheath your swords
Put your guns down and sheath your swords

[Chorus]
I began to look
Closely at my skin
And realised the stars and stripes
Were seeping in
I saw a bunch of colours
And they did my eyes some harm
Only then did I comprehend
That I was in charge

[Verse 2]
I saw towers fall
And people die
I saw the hunt for terror
And the terrified
Melancholy state
People moving constantly afraid

[Pre-Chorus]
No more gods and no more masters
Take the deaths and put them past us
Scattered voices strike a chord
Put your guns down and sheath your swords
Put your guns down and sheath your swords

[Chorus]
I began to look
Closely at my skin
And realised the stars and stripes
Were seeping in
I saw a bunch of colours
And they did my eyes some harm
Only then did I comprehend
That I was in charge
I was in charge
I was in charge
(Hm)

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
I began to look
Closely at my skin
And realised the stars and stripes
Were seeping in
I saw a bunch of colours
And they did my eyes some harm
Only then did I comprehend
That I was in charge

[Outro]