Before The Admin

Standing there in the glow

Before the Great System Administrator

Hands in our pockets, eyes on the floor

We wore our mistakes like badges

We called it living, we called it youth

We laughed so hard at the warning signs

But every small lie kept its seat

And every good deed missed its train

Now the screen goes white

And the room goes still

I can hear my name

In the hollow chill

We never knew the line

Between good and evil

We danced right over it

We danced right over it

Still, we had a good time

Still, we had a good time

(we had a good time)

You had that look like you already knew

Every choice we made in the dark

The sugar, the sparks, the borrowed faith

The way we bit through our own hearts

And I’d confess it all, if I could

Every half-truth, every stupid grin

But truth came late to our little parade

And virtue never learned our names

Now the screen goes white

And the room goes still

I can hear my name

In the hollow chill

We never knew the line

Between good and evil

We danced right over it

We danced right over it

Still, we had a good time

Still, we had a good time

(we had a good time)

If mercy comes, let it come

With a trembling hand

If the door stays shut, I’ll know

We were never saints to begin

We never knew the line

Between good and evil

We danced right over it

We danced right over it

Still, we had a good time

Still, we had a good time

(we had a good time)