Rain on the cables, mud on my boots The night hangs low like a noose Cheap neon lights flicker purple and blue I looked into the crowd and peered through it Your pretty mouths, your holy noise Your paper hearts, your painted joys Something in the air began to congeal A sweet little fever, a crack in the world I felt it creep where the pulse weakens A black omen under the skin And the summer wind came in and tasted wrong Like a curse with a chorus Like a love long gone I held one hand on the mic stand Like it was the throat of a god And all the sweetness in the darkness Already beginning to rot Tonight there's salt in the blood Poison in the kiss, neon light They came here young, they came here loud Now the moon hangs sick on the crowd Tonight there's salt in Blood A broken romance with the end of the world Hold me tight like a ruin, hold me tight like a spark The end doesn't come It blooms in the darkness A girl with flowers in her hair laughed too loud A boy stared into the darkness A song later, the whole place tipped over Like the sky was drunk and the edges were withering The drums pounded like a marching heart The bass hit deep and the seams ripped open Someone fell near the lights And nobody moved for a second, too white I sang anyway, my mouth full of storm My voice cut clear, but my soul stayed warm There's a kind of love that lives in decay A hand in the fire that still won't pray I saw panic twitch in the glow of the corner Saw the first wrong step before the first blood flowed Still, I leaned on the wire As if I wanted the burning As if the pyre wanted to fuck me Tonight there's salt in the blood Poison in the kiss, neon light They came here young, they came loud Now the moon draws the crowd sick Tonight there's salt in the blood A broken romance with the end of the world Hold me like ruins, hold me like a spark The end isn't coming It blooms in the darkness You can call me cruel You can call me cold But I know the smell of an old world I know when the song Stops meaning 'stay' And starts to sound sweet In a carrion-like way All our little halos All our festival skin All our cheap devotion Collapses I loved the night Before it broke Because it finally fit The shape of my heart Teeth in Summer rain Smoke in the lungs again Hands on the barricade Bodies begin to change Sing, my love, sing While the last lights sway While the first dead grin opens its mouth and sings Tonight there's salt in the blood Poison in the kiss, neon light They came here young, they came loud Now the moon draws the crowd sick Tonight there's salt in the blood No escape when darkness falls Hold me like a ruin, hold me like a scar The end isn't coming It's already here Rain on the stage Mud on my name One last note And nothing remained as it was Salt in the blood Smoke in the vein I sang into the darkness And she sang back (c) Kai Nanjou