Intervention - Intellectual

[Verse 1: Win Butler]

The king's taken back the throne

The useless seed is sown

When they say they're cutting off the phone

I tell 'em you're not home

No place to hide

You were fighting as a soldier on their side

You're still a soldier in your mind

Though nothing's on the line

You say it's money that we need

As if we were only mouths to feed

I know no matter what you say

There are some debts you'll never pay

Working for the Church while your family dies

You take what they give you and you keep it inside

Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home

Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"

I can taste the fear

Lift me up and take me out of here

Don't wanna fight, don't wanna die

Just wanna hear you cry

Who's gonna throw the very first stone?

Oh, who's gonna reset the bone?

Walking with your head in a sling

Wanna hear the soldier sing:

"Workin' for the Church while my family dies

Your little baby sister's gonna lose her mind

Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home"

Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"

[Verse 3: Win Butler, & Régine Chassagne]

I can taste your fear (Taste your fear)

It's gonna lift you up and take you out of here (Take you out of here)

And the bone shall never heal;

I care not if you kneel

We can't find you now (We can't find you now)

But they're gonna get their money back somehow (They're gonna get their money back somehow)

And when you finally disappear

We'll just say you were never here

[Chorus: Win Butler, & Régine Chassagne]

Been workin' for the Church while your life falls apart

(Your life, it falls apart)

Been singin' hallelujah with the fear in your heart

(The fear, it's in your heart)

Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home

Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"