Call me when the fire,
From the preacher's burning
Guilt's in your eyes,
And you need someone to take the blame,
Once more, like you've done before

So when you need a scapegoat,
Just place the blame on me
I never asked be anyone's hero,
I never asked to carry the torch

I'm here for you to [bad word] 
Waiting for your lies,
To save me once more

So let me take that cross from you,
I'll bury it like I always do

Out of the night and into the light
Where I swear my allegiance
I'll stand by your side,
And I will ease your sorrow and greed

Your burden, I will bear,
Your pain, I will share
To you I will surrender

But in the end,
I know I'll have the last laugh,
I'll smile at the dawn of solace,
And laugh on the reckoning day

Once more, the fool will return,
To parade you and mock you,
Until they hate you for what you've [bad word] And you call me

But I am overburdened,
And I can take no more
I am what I am, but never before,
And no matter what, it'll settle the score

Deep in the night, I'll hide from the light
Where I swore my allegiance
I'll stand by your side,
And I won't ease your sorrow or pain

No burden to bear,
I've suffered my share,
Now gone, this feels so tender

And in the end,
I know I'll have the last laugh,
And smile at the dawn of solace,
And laugh on the reckoning day

And dream, if only for a moment
For we are of a dying kind

You! You disparate me, rate me, hate me
'Till there is nothing left worth saving
My heart is cold and growing colder
Now be a man, just wake me when it's over

Deep in the night, I'll hide from the light
Where I swore my allegiance
I'll stand by your side,
And I won't ease your sorrow or pain

No burden to bare,
I've suffered my share,
Now gone, this feels so tender

And in the end,
I know I'll have the last laugh,
I'll smile at the dawn of solace,
And laugh on the reckoning day

And dream, if only for a moment
For we are of a dying kind