The Foundations of Decay
My Chemical Romance Lyrics

See the man who stands upon the hill
Observe the man who stands on top of the hill.

He dreams of all the battles won
He dreams about the battles he's won.

But fate had left its scars upon his face
But his face is scarred with the wounds fate has given him.

With all the damage they had done
With all the damage fate has done to him.

And so tired with age, he turns the page
And now, with old age, he turns to a new chapter of his life.

Let the flesh submit itself to gravity
Let the body be affected by gravity's pull.

Let our bodies lay, mark our hearts with shame
Let our bodies rest, while our hearts feel guilt and remorse.

Let our blood in vain, you find God in pain
Our blood is spilled in vain, and you find God through suffering.

Now, if your convictions were a passing phase
If your beliefs were temporary,

May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays
May your ashes become part of the river in the morning sun.

And as the vermin crawls, we lay in the foundations of decay
As the vermin crawls, we lie in the decaying foundation.

He was there the day the towers fell
He was present when the towers collapsed.

And so he wandered down the road
And then he walked down the road.

And we would all build towers of our own
And we all build our own towers.

Only to watch the roots corrode
Only to watch the foundation decay.

But it's much too late, you're in the race
But it's too late for you, you're already in the competition.

So we'll press and press 'til you can't take it anymore
So we'll keep pushing until you can't take it anymore.

And if, by his own hand, his spirit flies
And if he takes his own life,

Take his body as a relic to be canonized
Take his body as a sacred item to be celebrated.

Now, and so he gets to die a saint
So he gets to die as a saint.

But she will always be a whore
But she will always be seen as a prostitute.

(You look stressed out)
(You appear to be showing a strained demeanor.)

Against faith (cage all the animals)
Opposing religion (restrain all animals).

Against all odds ('cause the message must be pure)
Fighting against all probability, because the message must remain uncorrupted.

Against change (you can wander through the ruins)
Opposing change (you can roam through the remains).

We are free (but the poison is the cure)
We have the freedom to choose (but the poison can cure).

You must fix your heart
You need to heal your heart.

And you must build an altar where it swells
And you need to construct a place of worship where your heart beats.

When the storm, it gains and the sky, it rains
When the storm intensifies and the sky pours down rain,

Let it flood, let it flood, let it wash away
Let the rain flood everything and wash it all away.

And as you stumble through your last crusade
And as you struggle through your final mission,

Will you welcome your extinction in the morning rays?
Will you embrace your end in the morning sunlight?

And as the swarm it calls, we lay in the foundations
And as the insects come, we lie in the foundation.

Yes, it comforts me much more
It makes me feel much more comfortable.

To lay in the foundations of decay
To rest in the decaying foundation.

Get up, coward
Get up, you coward.