I watch the rain spill on the floor
I’m walking down to the corner store
The soap-skinned man at the counter understands
I feel safe when the rain has dried
I think of things I haven’t tried
The planes uncurl their feet and then they land
My drink it keeps me company
Now that the rain’s abandoned me
In my head I see the things I’ll never be
Because I have no resistance
Resistance
Resistance to you, baby
No resistance to anything anymore.
There were days when I was sure
That I could find a magic cure
To get some resolve into my head
I tried the drink, I tried the smoke
I tried Jesus, but that’s a joke
Maybe I’ll be stronger when I’m dead.
She talks and it lights up the world
Her boyfriend’s gone, her hair is curled
But please, don’t smile at me, girl
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I glance at her when she arrives
I know that tonight I won’t drive
When the thunder joins the chorus of the crowd
And the light it falls upon her face
She sees the world I can’t erase
As the music goes from haunting up to loud
In a downtown bar to an unknown song
She says we know it would be wrong
But I know I’m not the one who will be strong
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