[Verse 1] Hold me like a child In your warm, warm arms Whisper parables Keep me safe from harm Oh, my sagging skin Oh, my burning sky I will close my eyes (x2) [Verse 2] There was laughter once There were pretty songs Pull the metal shards Thin my clotted blood Oh, my rotted skin Oh, my burning sky I will close my eyes (x2) [Instrumental] [Outro](x3) Oh, the jaws of life