[Verse 1] No one knows you quite the way that I do No one owes me, not especially you So find a river and deliver my remains to it soon This I request of you
[Verse 2] Said a person that I knew from my sleep 'Savage, I'm free, but I ain't cheap' The thing you ache with has a function, either beat it or bleed What could I say to them
[Verse 3] Man on fire, and he's heading for Throop Watched him burning as I sat on my stoop A couple seconds felt like hours 'til I finally moved To beat the flames from him
[Verse 4] Most religion is as far from faith As the sun is from the shadows it shapes Well I can hardly say for certain if I'm trapped or escaped When I'm away from you
[Verse 5] When the summer draws the bugs in the house And an acquaintance takes the form of a spouse I need you wildly, as the bluejay needs a tune it can sing Into the afternoon
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[Interlude] Like my mother she reminds With the ashes on her head Dancing drunkly to the radio as she welcomes back the dead
[Verse 6] Twenty hours and I'm twelve in the hole With thoughts of lightning as a beautiful doll Across the island they are floating slow in luminous bulbs Inviting me to cross
[Verse 7] Started drinking to meet strangers and folks Who'd listen to me, who'd nod when I spoke But these days when I'm thirsty I don't mind staying home Drinking away the blues
[Verse 8] Started smoking to keep up with my friends I learned to love the feeling when I'm breathing it in But I'm a lonely lighthouse shining by the sea on a cliff Dragging in solitude
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[Outro] Of all the pieces I've combined Still the cruelest mixture yet Is the softness of a thawing dawn And the hardness of regret