Destroyer - Notorious Lightning lyrics

Oh, Notorious Lightning! Yes, I had to ride you And trash the crystal jets they kept in storage inside you! I was told never to question it. Now I'm facing twenty years for every night I tried to ingest the snow so lightly! (huh?) You simply couldn't put down the Black Book. You dreamt the dreams of the Self-Taught Man. You warn the ladies not to be corrupted by their looks, But your voice comes out soft and slanted! And you're living off what government's granted you: Amnesty from the true Thing. Now, Sandra, slowly remove the ring and watch Notorious Lightning surround you. Watch Notorious Lightning surround you. Watch Notorious Lightning surround you. I lay myself down to observe your gilded jeans hit the ground, And have not grown from this worship. I lay myself down to surrender, Watch the trust funds gorge us again, And have not grown from this worship. So, Great Pretender, pull a face! Let's see the best 'forlorn you know!' Just don't sing, "Barricades In The Morning" - it's been three days in a row And it never comes off like you planned it! Something once was delivered, then you banned it But, oh, there is a key to this thing... Notorious Lightning... There is a monument. There is a place within it that I have won. And there is victory at sea. And then there's the sun Crashing down upon us Faithful readership of the Old Warden. We beg - "No not another ode to the Garden! You've let the Book of Appeals pile up!" So, Child of the East, it's time To shrug off the Beast and take a look at what you've done. The half-breed jury agrees you're OK, But what they never seem to say is that it's never The defense's witness... and someone's got to fall before someone goes free.