Television

Back when I was young enough to know from where I came

I saw my love be spat upon and shouted down in shame

Well I hung my head and shed a tear, when I went to change my name

But his honor told me don't 'cha fear, because it always ends the same

It always ends the same, he said, always ends the same

Ah, remember dear this too shall pass, and it always ends the same

Well I was feeling so alone, when the congregation sang

Of Jesus Christ and Lucifer, and the price that I would pay

But the preacher told me not to fear, for they know not what they say

Yeah the history is on your side, and it always ends the same

It always ends the same, he said, always ends the same

Ah, remember dear this too shall pass, and it always ends the same

Now the fishes on the TV fly, in circles all the same

Like little children terrified of what they can't explain

But when the suburb and the sky, are both awash in flame

Oh the television won't survive, and it always ends the same

It always ends the same, you know, always ends the same

Oh, remember dear this too shall pass, and it always ends the same

And when I'm finally old enough to learn to play the game

Oh the dinosaurs will roam the earth, and resume their bloody reign

But when I hear their victory song, I will hum the old refrain

No life can live forever on, and it always ends the same

It always ends the same, you know, always ends the same

Oh, remember dear this too shall pass, and it always ends the same

It always ends the same, he said, always ends the same

Oh, remember dear this too shall pass, and it always ends the same