[Intro]

Now it's time to wrap our fears in the night

And on the first day I'll dress this city in flames

After all the things you say

You hate me for being this way

Still you won't let go of old ideals

There is no headline to read at night

When the record skips and you're not holding the needle

[Chorus]

We all sing the songs of separation

And we watch our lives bleed out through our hands

That's how it was on the first day

When we saw Paris in flames

[Post-Chorus]

Rain, rain down

I think it's going to rain, rain down

I think it's going to rain, rain down

I think it's going to rain

I think it's going to rain, rain down

I think it's going to rain, rain down

I think it's going to rain, rain down

I think it's going to rain

[Verse 1]

Here in this collapsed lung of a borough

There is no sunlight

The sunlight is manufactured in a windowless room

Distant and incoherent

Businessmen hang themselves

[Chorus]

We all sing the songs of separation

And we watch our lives bleed out through our hands

That's how it was on the first day

When we saw Paris in flames

[Verse 2]

The lower east side is a jukebox playing the deadman's crescendo

The needle is a vector

An intersection that we all must cross

A dimly lit hallway where shadows of moths decorate the walls

Discard this message, discard this message, discard this message (Burn this city down, down)

Burn your heart

Now burn it with this song

You were on the first day

[Bridge]

Discard this message

Throw this bottle back into the ocean

Rip this page from the history books

Smash all the street signs

Erase all the maps

Forget my name, forget my face

Forget my name

Because it's going to rain, it's going to rain

And it never ends

[Chorus]

Rain, rain down (We all sing the songs of separation)

I think it's going to rain, rain down

I think it's going to rain, rain down (And watch our lives)

I think it's going to rain (Bleed through our hands)

I think it's going to rain, rain down (That's how it was)

I think it's going to rain, rain down (On the first day)

I think it's going to rain, rain down

I think it's going to rain (When we saw Paris in flames)