The Menzingers – Freedom Bridge lyrics

[Verse 1]
Amy was a waitress at The Fire Street Grill
Up route 6-11, she was slaving for the pill
Oxy's got her pupils pinned up, a junkie centerfold
With grey hairs and a death wish, she was 22 years old

[Pre-Chorus]
Had it all, took the fall
Had it all, took the fall

[Verse 2]
Specialist Jeg, a much more honest man than you
Came back from the desert where he never found the truth
Now he screeches tires, fills his head with alcohol
While the morbid brown faces hang like portraits on the wall

[Pre-Chorus]
Had it all, he took the fall
Had it all, they took it all

[Chorus]
Something happened on the way to hell
The new guard, they took my sister
Something happened on the way to hell
The old guard, they took my brother away
Something happened on the way to hell
The same greed, it took our parents
Something happened on the way to hell
The west wall, it took us with it

[Verse 3]
McTiernan was a good ol' boy, he cheated and he skimmed
"A favor for a favor, it can't be called a sin"
Some may see it different, and some don't see at all
When the papers started calling, he closed his eyes and took the fall

[Pre-Chorus]
Had it all, took the fall
Had it all, took the fall

[Verse 4]
Now we're standing on the ledge and we're looking at the ground
I feel my body breaking on the asphalt, hear the sound
Red and blue lights screaming saying step up off that ledge
So we wrap our hearts up in our heads and take the fall instead

[Pre-Chorus]
Had it all, took the fall
Had it all, took the fall

[Chorus]
Something happened on the way to hell
The new guard, they took my sister
Something happened on the way to hell
The old guard, they took my brother away
Something happened on the way to hell
The same greed, it took our parents
Something happened on the way to hell
The west wall, it took us with it
Something happened on the way to hell
The west wall, it took us with it