A say's he's glad to be here B's chasing storms in the lightning state Where everyday above ground is a good day And life is great A's got cocaine body
Stood here At the edge of the world, dear Three wishes for you As the tide turns Salt water Meets with the skies, dear Meets with your eyes my dear
Tell all my friends I have gone to the moon Tell all my friends I will write them soon And tell them If you see them That I am better left alone 'Cause
The city misses you But I?m just fine And I?m not writing this for you I?m just killing time And I?m by the water now Where we used to meet And last
So Mr. Heartbreak you?re back, Is the dream showing cracks Come back older, come back changed But still chasing the rain With a lightning tattoo Proof
Welcome back Says the voice on the radio But I never left I was always right here In your hand all the colours You thought were kings At the turn of
Baby I went back to funeral row Kicking through the old streets In a place I once called home Not long ago Searching for an omen Looking for a sign
She will be all over you Like dust, like rain Smoken mirrors are miracles She's still your flame Your flame Roll the polls for the candidate So
Coming back to the city That I never quite leave Picture you be the ocean Picture me coughing into my sleeve Like a snake eating snake you confuse me
I'm gonna leave any minute See the skyline disappear Head out of the city Burn my clothes bury my fears Oh you will never know I was here Tell me now
The snakeskin bracelet on your wrist always came undone And it?s strange the little things the mind remembers When the big things in love have gone
Change the locks on the door. Put out the light in the hall. I do not live here anymore Put the world in a box. Turn the sign to the street. Aim for
If you won't Carry a gun And if you won't Learn to run Hide from the world It will come for you You have no place in this time If you won't Carry a
You wake up to the sound of alarms and your Driving your fabulous car Listening to the music that reminds you You used to be young you used to be young
Look here comes Houdini Handcuffed, blind, and bound Here comes a girl now Slips a key into his mouth He says I?ve been under the water I?ve been under
The picture is burned at the edge And you're looking away Looking for what's next And strange how through time we look the same Your eyes and mine looking
Sunlight beats down hard here Count the cracks in the ground And we sleep through days of flood and fire At night we fly above this town Now we'
Light me a smoke I'll tell you a story Of how the west was won Flew over diamonds East river shining A city sinking in the mud And in a second
