{Verse 1}
The line breaks are what takes it
From a sentence to a song
Like the light from the hills
To the lake it plays on
Makes a day, say it's May
Say it's noon
I can see it so clear
{Verse 2}
Like your shoes were what made
You so naked, it's true
That your blues and your bruises
The aching you knew
They make you you
Which is all that you can be with
It's been I don't know how many years
{Verse 3}
In the flecks of white paint
On the face of a Mexican
Saint statuette in the dark of a Texas
Launderette
I saw my whole future appear
{Verse 4}
I saw sun bursts and blazes
My vision, it flew
To the most decent places
Saw you, you had numerous
Faces
You were hiding, but I saw you clear
{Verse 5}
Oh, girl, throw me down
Roll me home, show me your heart
Who you secretly are
Get me off, sing me songs
Show me stars
How they're swooping down, nearer and nearer
{Verse 6}
You're a raw apparition
My vision goes solar and splinters
I'll hold you through summers and winters
Don't wither
Just like everything living down here
Well, you wanted me to be sincere
{Verse 7}
With your eyelashes glued on
And long fingernails
On the couch that was screwed on
The street where we all failed
To make it new
I can see it
{Verse 8}
I'm up, I jump from my chair
And I claw and I swing at the air
My imagined pursuers can flee
Or can stare
Or can come out, come closer, come here
Well, come on
{Verse 9}
'Til your faces fall down
As your days all burn past
In a blaze {?}
That feeling feels safe
Honey, you've got to know that that's wrong
Should I come by? I know it's late in the day, just to wave goodbye?
{Verse 10}
Like a line in a guestbook
It's only to say
That an old song is best
At the end of the day
Hold your breath
Close your eyes, just halfway
Doesn't that feel like living?
'Cause it feels like we've got no clue
What we're given