The Dear Departed

[Verse 1]
This is not the start of something grand
This is not the beginning of a beautiful friendship
I could look you in the eyes, I could take you by the hand
The heartwarming tale of two lovers and a vice grip

I was the patient, I was patiently dying
I purchased a [?] I was tired of buying
The doctor said "All right, let's get this party started"
Pencil in the paperwork

[Chorus 1]
On the dear departed
The dear departed

[Verse 2]
Making up the contracts, crawling on the tiles
I was in the castle waiting for the trial
Hofstadter said we've got a paranoid style
And I like style

Some things you keep for yourself
Some things you take to auction
Sometimes you do it private
But you like the public option

You think that it's all over
You've no idea what you started
No one's gonna cover for

[Chorus 2]
The dear departed
The dear departed

[Verse 3]
Abandoned homes and empty stores
Broken highways, flooded sewers
Global ruin, foreign wars
One day this will all be yours

The Woodstock nation, the fucking boors
Robbed the coffins, nailed shut the doors
Tenement towns for the poor
Inside all men fell through the floor

Viruses and open sores
Nostalgia acts and world tours
I don't know how clever and I don't know how it started
No one will ever say amends

[Chorus 3]
For the dear departed
The dear departed
The dear departed
The dear departed