Ashes Video (MV)

Today I met a lawyer
Young but ready to retire
Trashed and tripping through the avenue
With eyes of sunken lead

He was choking on the past
And he was asking for a fire
So I lit his trembling cigarette
And this is what he said

Let the ashes speckle my workclothes
At last the day is done

When it started shit was golden
There was promise there was purpose
But the people disappoint you
You disappoint yourself

And the frames of my existence
Once were vivid with desire
But the sequence soon eluded me
And emptied me of want

Let the ashes speckle my workclothes
At last the day is done

And I dreamt I saw the mushroom
Looming heavy in the skyline
And I watched it rumble and flicker and run
Until the scene went black

And the only thought that soothed me
In the Technicolor rubble was
If we could start this over again
We'd f*ck it all up twice

Let the ashes speckle my workclothes
At last the day is done

Let the ashes speckle Armani
Let the ashes speckle Versace
Let the ashes speckle my body

At last the day is done
At last the day has come