Mike Mangione

Lyrics

The Killing Floor

Tonight I’m coming back for you
To free the dove like you want me to
All good draws pain without birth she fly’s in vain
And I see we’ve been running for the killing floor

The pure we’ve twisted till profane
I’ll break the tide if you blow out the flame
To fill these hearts full we reach and grab for more
But I’ve found we’ve been reaching for the killing floor

But we can sing Halleluiah

And the vulnerable have been crowned insane
We hide our burns in the colors of the flame
And the consensus conceal what these tender wounds reveal
And were surprised when our knees feel the killing floor

And the night my love has had its ways
My eyes have seen the secrets of where we lay
Wrapped deep in pride we take what’s never been denied
And with each step we bandage our sides to the killing floor
With each step we abandon our sides to the killing floor

But we can sing Halleluiah