This paint has been tasting of lead And the chips will fall as they may But it's not just my finish that is peeling And it is not alone fleeing these
Breathe in for luck, breathe in so deep This air is blessed, you share with me This night is wild, so calm and dull These hearts, they race from self-
I know that yesterday is gone and it won't come back to me But I miss it after all it never really lasts as long as we meant for it to be There'll be
Down in a local bar out on the Boulevard The sound of an old guitar Is saving you from sinking It's a long way down, it's a long way Back like you never
We went rolling up the coast til there was no more coast to wander We tried every different road just to see which took us further We were living on the
I made my slow way home Limping on broken bones Out of the thickest pine Across the county lines On to your wooden stairs I know you can repair I know
I lay down, I cant sleep My mind drums on repeat I stare at the ceiling from my side I reach out you're right there But you're lost in the details I wait
This is where I say I've had enough And no one should ever feel the way that I feel now A walking open wound, a trophy display of bruises And I don't
A line of strands to mark the trail, No one said it would be easy. I must admit I'd thought the risk was better waged in younger seasons, all these years
From small pins to fiery burns, These are the signals of my dying nerves Singed by the heat of your lines and curves Into a fire that could scorch the
It was the year I crashed my motor bike I think it was the summer I think you whispered When you gonna wake up? When you gonna wake up? Dear Slip these
Even now, I can smell your clothes Freshly from the wash Still hot from the dryer Even now, I can smell your skin As I wrap you in a towel Lay you on
Well I know the trouble when the trouble starts. I know the signals of a straying heart. I know the stirrings of a double-cross. I see suspicions arise
I believe in clean breaks I keep the old troubles away But you're making sure I was lying when I said I can't leave this behind I need you to ruin me
Don't act like you've been silent I know how you spread that web of contradictions Wide like so much cover fines Keep watch for the mines Keep watch
Slip out the back before those Handlers get too tight on you I light my own fires now I light my own fires now Slip in this town like it was Measured
How can you ask for forgiveness? So now you think that your crimes are victimless I know you and your sins, your retributions So how will you lay your
Fever dreams Can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They