Beautiful Ruins

[Intro] [clean electric guitar arpeggio] Beautiful ruins Beautiful ruins [distorted guitar power chords enter, heavy drums] [Verse 1] [drums and distortion drop out, clean guitar arpeggio continues] You held the phone up to the smoke Said the color looks unreal Framed the burning hospital Like a wound that learned to peel Everybody found an angle Everybody found a face Everybody looks so grateful For the end with better lighting [snare roll] Don't move The ash looks good on you Don't breathe You're ruining the view [Chorus] [full band, heavy distortion, belted vocals] Beautiful ruins Smile while the skyline breaks Beautiful ruins Make the horror look arranged We called it art, we called it death We called it anything Except the truth [Post-Chorus] [clean guitar arpeggio, bass and drums drop out] [Verse 2] [clean guitar, light percussion] There were flowers in the crosswalk There were filters on the dead Captions full of mercy For the things nobody said [bass and drums enter] I kissed you by the crater Said we looked alive in blue Then the building moaned behind us And the camera worshipped you Don't move The ash looks good on you Don't breathe You're ruining the view [Chorus] [full band, heavy distortion] Beautiful ruins Smile while the skyline breaks Beautiful ruins Make the horror look arranged We called it art, we called it death We called it anything Except the truth [Bridge] [half-time feel, palm-muted guitar] I don't know when the horror started looking clean I don't know when the blood got cropped out of the scene I don't know when the silence found a prettier frame I just know we look beautiful And that should make us ashamed [shouted vocals] Pose, pray, repeat Pose, pray, delete [Guitar Solo] [distorted lead guitar, rapid drum fills] [Chorus] [full band, maximum intensity] Beautiful ruins Smile while the skyline breaks Beautiful ruins Make the horror look arranged We called it art, we called it death We called it anything Except the truth [Outro] [clean guitar arpeggio, atmospheric reverb] Beautiful ruins Beautiful ruins Don't ruin the view [feedback fades]