In this sinless city, we wear calluses on our hands From empty vain hand-shaking, we see the guilt has rise again And all will fall with or without our good will So we fool them all, who pray for those who never will Never been much for pity Never been much for wishing them well But I can? t help but sever the ties they tied so tight, so well And on one side they? re holding on to what we were And here we are holding the hands that we severed And we both let go And we both let go The fire burns like cancer, the scarring lasts forever We all play tricks on fools that see us as their sinless answer The fire burns like cancer, the scarring lasts forever We all play tricks on fools that see us as their sinless answer The fire burns like cancer, the scarring lasts forever We all play tricks on fools that see us as their sinless answer And over and over again And over and over again And over and over And over and over, and over Don? t say this isn? t what you? re used to I know followers like you I? ve let down followers like you Don? t say this isn? t what you? re used to I know followers like you I? ve let down followers like you The fire burns like cancer, the scarring lasts forever We all play tricks on fools that see us as their sinless answer The fire burns like cancer, the scarring lasts forever We all play tricks on fools that see us as their only answer