[Intro]
Are we the ones left behind by those who weave cords that bind?
They draw the marrow from our very bones and we in turn, turn on our own

[Verse 1]
Stood in line in horsehair shirts we queued up to eat the dirt
We traded lumps on narrow streets, can’t bite the hand when you’ve no teeth

[Chorus 1]
And it’s a standing ovation for the shadow of a stone
As we dig into the soil beneath our homes
The future’s further day-by-day as our fathers turn away
And leave us clinging to a mother who eats her own

[Verse 2]
The granite gaze upon us now, a skulking mass recalling how
To plant a secret and tell no lies for now we own those same stone eyes

[Chorus 2]
And it’s the last gasp of wonder for a cretin on a throne
As our daughters sneak away across the foam
The future’s just a thing we say to keep the sordid past at bay
Still we cling on to the mother who eats her own

[Instrumental Bridge]
[Outro]
We are the ones left behind in swaddling bound with bailing twine
They stole the marrow from our very bones and we in turn, turned on our own