What's so bad about the way you live? Haven't you been scared of the dark too long? Wouldn't you like to know what's left? Don't start 'Cause I felt it second-hand And it hurts to know I can't Don't you feel the smoke? It's filling up your lungs But go tell me please: Why not smell the roses while you're here? Don't wander till you're carbon again Don't wonder where you should've been Sweeter than honey, blood in the fire Follow the money sent over wire Smoke in the hallway, funeral pyre Call me a liar again Don't wander Ashes to ashes, sing me a prayer now Ready or not 'cause everything's there now Tell me it's fair now to cry And stay up at night Telling me something about the storm That's fun Wouldn't it be easier to just give up But there's something they're not saying You know how long it's taking For someone up above to know what's wrong But go tell me please: What's so bad about the way you live? Don't wander till you're carbon again Don't wonder where you should've been Sweeter than honey, blood in the fire Follow the money sent over wire Smoke in the hallway, funeral pyre Call me a liar again Don't wander Sweeter than honey, blood in the fire Follow the money sent over wire Smoke in the hallway, funeral pyre Save me the words, give in to desire Ashes to ashes, sing me a prayer now Ready or not, 'cause everything's there now Copy his word so everything's fair now Everything's dead, 'cause you always stare down Into the hallway crawl on the floor Witness the man who's locking the door Flooding the garden forevermore That's what government's for! All of the branches that stem from the center Fall to the earth by the time you surrender And all of the kids will never remember The times that you cried and you failed to defend her Don't wander till you're carbon again Don't wonder where you should've been Sweeter than honey, blood in the fire Follow the money sent over wire Smoke in the hallway, funeral pyre Call me a liar again Don't wander till you're carbon again Don't wonder where you should've been Sweeter than honey, blood in the fire Follow the money sent over wire Smoke in the hallway, funeral pyre Call me a liar What's so bad about the way you live?