[Intro] Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain [Verse 1] I held the door while the house caught fire White sheets, black smoke in my hair You smiled for the camera, bright as a choir I swallowed the siren there There was blood on the tile But not on your name I learned how to vanish So you could stay clean [Pre-Chorus] I was the broom I was the bruise I was the backstage prayer No one prayed to You got the window I got the wall You got the mercy I got the call [Chorus] Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain You get the white room I get the blame Smile for the picture Say I was strange Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the pain You get the halo I get the chain All of your angels Know my name Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain [Post-Chorus] Clean hands Clean hands Look at you with your clean hands Clean hands Clean hands I was born for the dirty work [Verse 2] Soap in the sink and rust in my mouth I learned your language: yes, no, not now The garden stayed quiet because I ate the noise You called it peace when I buried my voice I carried the plates I covered the floor I fed all the ghosts Then you asked me for more [Pre-Chorus] I was the rope I was the room I was the laugh track Under your wound You got the story I got the scar You got the altar I got the dark [Chorus] Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain You get the white room I get the blame Smile for the picture Say I was strange Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the pain You get the halo I get the chain All of your angels Know my name Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain [Post-Chorus] Clean hands Clean hands Look at you with your clean hands Clean hands Clean hands I was born for the dirty work [Bridge] Tell the saints I did the dishes Tell the gods I missed my cue Tell the choir I kept singing With a mouth full of glue Tell the children not to worry Tell the house I played my part Tell the mirror I was useful Tell the knife I had a heart I don’t need your golden doorway I don’t need your holy light I just want my shadow back From the corner of your life [Final Chorus] Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain You get the white room I get the blame Smile for the picture Say I was strange Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the pain You get the halo I get the chain All of your angels Know my name Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain [Final Post-Chorus] Clean hands Clean hands Look at you with your clean hands Clean hands Clean hands I was born for the dirty work [Outro] There was blood on the tile But not on your name Keep your clean hands I’ll keep the stain
