It's a harder way to heaven on the rope you swing And the night ain't filled with gentle things It's a harder way to heaven on the rope you swing And the night ain't filled with gentle things The night ain't filled with gentle things, no way Was your shadow on fire on the night your burned And the ashes all filled with the lessons you learned? You try to fly away on your burnin' wings
The night ain't filled with gentle things The night ain't filled with gentle things, no way You make your way across the desert for a sorry drink Your daddy set fire to the christmas tree He's a man with a funeral song to sing The night ain't filled with gentle things The night ain't filled with gentle things, no way --- .