Styx

Killing The Thing That You Love

Styx


Brick by brick you built a mansion 
Piece by piece it seems 
You're tearing it down 

Once you walked so tall and handsome 
Now nobody even wants you around 
Now you're just some kind of 
Leftover clown 
Now you're like Quasi Modo crying 

As you look in the mirror 
At what you've become 
Killing the thing that you love 
Like Lennon's assassin 
Lennon's assassin 

Reaching for Venus De Milo 
But she's never gonna hold you tight 
You plant plutonium silos 
Then you blister from the sun that's too bright 
Like a vampire stepping into the light 
Just a victim of your own greed as you 

Look in the mirror 
At what you've become 
Killing the world that you love 
Like Lennon's assassin 
Lennon's assassin 

The genius of a generation 
Blown away just like a leaf on the wind 
And now you're looking for salvation 
But you can't forget the places you've been 
And you can't erase a lifetime of sin 
And you can't escape the answers as you 

Look in the mirror 
At what you've become 
Dredging the river for what you have done 
Killing the thing that you love 
Like Lennon's assassin 
Lennon's assassin