Did I mention he was dreaming
When the devil came to town
I was awoken by the screaming
But nobody heard a sound
And the lies we tell at breakfast
Won't match the lies we share for lunch
And the lies we serve for dinner
They?re the tallest of the bunch, yeah
Did I mention he was cold
When he finally lost control of the ghost
And the epilogue I dreaded
Now seemed likely to console
And I'm still not understanding
The things he did before he left
And the one thing that will haunt me
Is right before his final breath, when he said
"Oh they broke me down, yeah they broke me down
So I can't be your saint you see, cause I won't be hanging around
And they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
So I stood there and I held my breath cause I knew that it wouldn't be long
Till they broke me down
And no one holds a grudge dear
Like I do, I see it through
And you may not remember
It was nothing much at the time
But I kept it bottled inside
Oh and we all know how that goes
I'd given up on letting go
So here we are, with nothing left, dear
And now you've left here
And I was last to know
Holy smokes
Some say he'd given up the ghost, but he wouldn't do that
I think he's hiding in the background
Of his favorite photographs
And he's living as a beggar
Or maybe a millionaire
But the one thing that I'm sure of
Is he found some comfort there, that's fair
Because they broke him down, oh they broke him down
So he can't be my saint no more, he won't be hangin around
Oh no
And they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
He said "I can't be your saint no more because I won't be hangin around"
And they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
So I stood there and I held my breath because I knew that it wouldn't be long
Before they broke me down
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