Down in Flames Together - Tyrants in Therapy

There was this mother and this father

Ungrateful for what they had

So they tried hard to return it

But God wouldn’t take it back

So then they tried to burn it

On their dirty kitchen floor

They met their fate one night late

Tryin' to rob a liquor store

Down in flames together

They went down in flames together

Brother Henry had a pair of most curious hands

He liked to fondle the sweet contents of little boys' pants

But a vigilant mom learned about his predilection

And she nailed his balls to the wall in a shotgun crucifixion

She was dissatisfied from the day she was born

She prayed every birthday for a new body part

So this unhappy virgin got herself a surgeon

Who made her a version of her new improved self

But there was something he left behind, and that was her mind

…filled with the same old pictures now she wished she was blind

He didn’t really like the way things were goin cuz

He wasn’t making enough money

She was as unhappy the last day of her life as she was the first

So they looked at one another

They made a video of their vows

They swallowed a bottle of pills and said goodnight forever

That’s all for now (bye-bye !)

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They said their vows, they swallowed pills

They lit candles, drew the curtains

Had their fill, had their thrills

Their lives were finished they were certain

And no one tried, to get inside

To stop the tears they never cried

And so that day, they did away

With their pointless little burden)

She wanted a great big house… and a great big life

So he took a knife.

and he turned a card

He juggled some numbers on a few ledger sheets

He didn’t realize he’d wind up between the sheets

Being identified by his child bride

Who thought he would give her it all

That’s how he paid for the ride

What was that thing they threw off the Talahachie Bridge

Did anybody ever figure it out?

Well what I think is they knew and it put their whole lives in doubt

Cuz the coroner’s office never would unseal those papers

They felt that forgetting it all would be a whole lot safer

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