I tend the scars from the olive branch
The splinters trapped beneath my skin
No broken bones, just a broken world
The pattern doomed to repeat again
and again...
This is the gift that just keeps on taking
This is the heart that just keeps on breaking
The snake lies coiled inside the dove
The hand outstretched, stick or twist
The fist inside the glove
[The fist inside the glove]
Will I take this gift of poison?
Sugar-coated poison
Sugar-coated poison
Love lies bleeding from toxic shock
In a run-down motel on some forgotten road
Meanwhile conscience is checking into rehab
Under a pseudonym claiming no fixed abode
I'm just a paper rat, just a shattered foil
Washed up on the shore in the light of dawn
It's the same old world, the same old sun
Picking itself off the floor again
And Again...
Crashing in solitude
[No grovelling to Jesus]
Crashing in solitude
[No last-minute resus]
Crashing in solitude
[No laconic bravado]
Crashing in solitude
[Goodbye El Dorado]
Crashing in solitude
[No aces hidden]
Crashing in solitude
[No saviour unbidden]
Crashing in solitude
[No glib superhero]
Crashing in solitude
Just tending to zero
Builder of bridges
Burner of lands
Scorches the earth
With kerosene brands
Sear the bones
Of the common man
Save me if you can, you can, you can.
