Wait ‘til you’re announced… Wueit til yior anauns’d
We’ve not yet lost all our graces… Wuiv not yiet lostol awr greices
The hounds will stay in chains… De jaunds wui’ estey in cheieeeens
Look upon Your Greatness and she’ll send the call out… Luk apon Yio’ Greitness an’ shil sen’ de col au’ sen’
(Send the call out) [15x]… De col au’ sen’  (15 veces)

Call all the ladies out… Col ol de leidis aut
They’re in their finery… Deer in deer fainerry
A hundred jewels on throats… A jandred yiuls on tdrouts
A hundred jewels between teeth… A jandred yiuls bituin tiitd
Now bring my boys in… Nao brin’ ma’ boooys in
Their skin in craters like the moon… Deer eskin in creiters laik de muun
The moon we love like a brother, while he glows through the room… De muun wui lov laik a broder, wuail ji glous tru’ de ruum
Dancin’ around the lies we tell… Dansin’ arraun’ de lais wui tel
Dancin’ around big eyes as well… Dansin’ arroun’ big ays as wuel (aah)
Even the comatose they don’t dance and tell… Iven de comatous dey don’ danz an’ tel
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We live in cities you’ll never see on screen… Wui liv in ciiiris yiul neve’ sii on eskriin
Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things… Not verry priry, bot wui shor nou jao ‘u ran tdings
Living in ruins of a palace within my dreams… Livin’ in ruuins of a palas wuitdin ma’ dshriims
And you know, we’re on each other’s team… An’ yiu nou, wuer on itch oders tiim
I’m kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air, so there… A’m kain’ of over gue’en’ tol’ t’ tshrou ma’ jands ap in di eer, so deeer
So all the cups got broke shards beneath our feet but it wasn’t my fault… So ol de caps gat brouk shards biniitd awr fiit berit wuasen’ ma’ folt
And everyone’s competing for a love they won’t receive… An’ evrywuans compirin’ for a lov dey wuon’ riciv
‘Cause what this palace wants is release… Coz wuat dis palaz wuants is riliis

[Chorus:]
We live in cities you’ll never see on screen
Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things
Living in ruins of a palace within my dreams
And you know, we’re on each other’s team

I’m kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air… A’m kain’ of over gue’en’ tol’ t’ tshrou ma’ jands ap in di eer
So there… So deeer
I’m kinda older than I was when I revelled without a care… A’m kainda olde’ dan ay wuas wuen ay reveld wuidau’ a kieer
So there

[Chorus:]
We live in cities you’ll never see on screen
Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things
Living in ruins of a palace within my dreams
And you know, we’re on each other’s team
We’re on each other’s team… Wuer on itch otders tiim
And you know, we’re on each other’s team
We’re on each other’s team
And you know, and you know, and you know… An’ yiu nou, an’ yiu nou, an’ yiu nou