Legs of a cat
Head of a man
Eyes on the camera
Shaking everyone's hand

Vultures circle
and smack their lips
The sky goes black
As the lightning rips

Stars are new
Born without pity
as waves of blood
Roll over the city

It's not a rehearsal
or special effects
It's the end of a story
It's what happens next

If I say, and I say
It's coming in a second
If I say, and I say
In the blink of an eye
And I say, and I say
With a bang and a whimper
And I say it's OK
if you never say goodbye

Son of a child
Son of a beast
As it slouchers and slithers
It's way from east

I dreamt a dream
But what can it mean
Angels and more
Devoured the queen

All the people danced
And tore at their clothes
The sky caught fire
And the oceans froze

It wasn't a fable
It wasn't a hoax
The servants and the devil
Keep making up jokes

And I say, and I say
It's coming in a second
And I say, and I say
In the blink of an eye
And I say, and I say
With a bang and a whimper
And I say it's OK
If you never say goodbye

I saw a chapel
Lain of God
The light was so blue
And the air was so cold

It sounded high
On a microphone
As the rats kept rhythm
On a chicken bone

People wept
And swallowed their jewels
Entered like soldiers
Departed as fools

It isn't a sentence
It's not a reward
It's a black parachute
With a noose for a cord

And I say, and I say
It's coming in a second
And I say, and I say
In the blink of an eye
And I say, and I say
With a bang and a whimper
And I say it's OK
If you never say goodbye

And I say it's OK
If you never say goodbye
And I say it's OK
If you never say goodbye
And I say it's OK
If you never say goodbye

Writer : WAS, DAVID/CORDES, ATTRELL/CARTER, CHRIS
Copyright : Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group