I spent a nighttime chasing poltergeists and I fell down
You told me to stay put till you could bring the car around
I'm waiting in a pitch-black parking garage by the side of the Vegas Strip
I'm paying for an oversight
That you won't admit
And I'm not sure who I'm talking to right now
It could be you or it could be him
Yeah I think it's him
Come on, a lifetime chasing poltergeists, you just break out?
It's a cop-out, I didn't stop you
Though I was ordered to
Who's gonna watch over you now you're out there without us?
You took an out and it nearly broke me in two
If I tell it true
Little brother
Is it a bother
That I've been calling you?
Oh Western Nevada in the summertime
Is hot and ungodly dry
I see heat shimmer up off the pavement
Like a failed goodbye
Rock salt, highways, and sh** to k**
We pretend it's all the same
He'd pull a trigger in a heartbeat
But he can't say your name
The ghosts of miners whisper down in the tunnels
That are stretched beneath the desert sand like rivers
They belonged to men who hunted silver down in the darkness
I'm a man who hunts the dark down with silver
I fell further than a person should fall
But I'm tough and I pulled through
Just before I hit the ground I thought of you
I didn't try to stop you but I wanted to
Shotguns, road maps, and roach motels
We pretend like nothing's changed
He'd pull a trigger in a heartbeat
But he can't say your name
It's like every mention of you is an act of violence
He can't say your name so I'll say it in silence
If he really won't say your name then I'll say it in silence