Stay What You Are

I said i'd walk you home after our third round of pouring whiskey down the barrel of our guts
And i grabbed hold of your hand. we're up and we're out and we're yelling through the streets
And i'm out of my fucking mind
And i know you're next to me but i must confess what's in my head.
Keep pumping now, legs to beat the ground, and our hearts to beat the band.
The sky's on fire again. run down this alleyway.
Lightning bolts again and we become fireflies just flashing at the air.
Rattle garbage cans. prepare to be ravaged by our lust burning mad, the fire that we've become.
And i know you're under me but i must confess what's in my head:
To me you are the light from a light bulb that breaks sometimes
And the tender warmth inside is released into my life
And it smothers me in flames that lick and scorch my face.
As the smoke reaches the sky know i'm burning tonight.
Know i'm burning tonight.
Know i'm burning tonight.
Know i'm burning tonight.
Know i'll burn for you tonight.

Tonight will be the night that we begin to ease the plugs out of the dam.
And we still stand knee deep in the flow, the undertow will grab our heels and won't let go.
Abd while we hold, our legs quivering, the water rises now to our teeth when we just let go
And sail belly up to the clouds, the rocks scraping our backs.
To breathe in the air will be the only thing that we have
And all the wasted nights and empty moments in our lives are flushed away as we sway with the rhythm of the waves bobbing us up.
Crests fall to troughs as we feel our gills open up
And sail belly up to the clouds, the rocks scraping our backs.
To breathe in the air will be the only thing that we have.
And if the hook set in the bottom of our lungs, we'll rip it out and lick the blood off with our tongues.

Despair could ravage you if yo turn your head around to look down the path that's lead you here, cause what can you change?
You're a vessel now floating down the waterways.
You can take your rudder and aim your ship, just don't bother with the things left in your wake.
Just sail belly up to the clouds, the rocks scraping your back.
To breathe in the air will be the only thing that you have
And your love will be warm nights with pockets of moonlight
Spotlighting you as you drift, the actor in this play.
You walk across the stage, take a bow, hear the applause,
And as the curtain falls, just know you did it all
The best that you knew how and you can hear them cheering now.
So let a smile out and show your teeth cause you know you lived it well.

If you've got a quarter you can stick in my neck
And i'll sing whatever song you want for whatever mood you're in.
Isn't that what you expect? i can sing you to sleep.
I've got a mouth full of blood.
Well i'll carry this casket if it's what i have to do.
So bring on the dark sky and let it cover me entirely.
Isn't that what you expect? i can sing you to sleep.
And all you want from me is a broken heart.
And i'll run down to the river and grab five buckets of water.
Wait right where you are and i will serve you at your table.
I hope you like my restaurant and the lighting is right.
The jukebox is in the corner. my mouth is the speaker.
It plays your favorite songs and you know where the coin slot is.
Isn't that what you expect? i can sing you to sleep.
And all you want from me is a broken heart.

And i will flail under these lights that seep down from the bitter sky tonight
And i will kick and beat my wrists together and feel an ocean breathing waves, feel them licking at my face.
Ceilings don't exist and there are no floors beneath me.
If i were king of this night, would you become my queen?
And i hope, your majesty that you like your position.
I'll do everything i can to keep you by my side
And i'll stare off through the darkness to find us a kingdom.
Just kiss me before i go.
I'll have to walk a thousand miles just to find the ground deserving of your feet.
You could throw me down and walk on me and i'd just look on through my love and through the haze.
And i hope, your majesty that you like your position.
I'll do everything i can to keep you by my side
And i'll stare off through the darkness to find us a kingdom.
Just kiss me before i go.
The nightingales are singing now.
They're calling out our marriage to our subjects on their knees.
Their jewelery is thrown into the air.
They sigh at their release as their shackles hit the ground.
The trumpets call out now.
We're home at last.
And i hope, your majesty that you like your position.
I'll do everything i can to keep you by my side
And i'll stare off through the darkness to find us a kingdom.
Just kiss me before i go.

And now i finally see that the further we go we're only treading ground that we already know.
I could write you a song, send you a note, or empty out your trash and buy a bucket full of diamonds but
Even the most beautiful of all roses must someday crumble to dust and fade away.
It's a certain tragedy.
So it's on into the lonely nights and all the rest of it.
The empty space between me and the sunken walls and feeling someone's hand around my neck
Choking away the life that i have left.
And i can finally see that the further i go i'm only treading ground that i don't wanna know.
I'll probably hang upside-down from wooden rafters in my home and look at old photos of you.
So it's on into the lonely nights and all the rest of it.
The empty space between me and the sunken walls and feeling someone's hand around my neck
Choking away the life that i have left.
I miss the warmth of the summer when we were on our own, but now it's winter and my bones are cold.
And now i finally see that the further we go we're only treading ground that we already know.
I could write you a song, send you a note, or empty out your trash and buy a bucket full of diamonds but
Even the most beautiful of all roses must someday crumble to dust and fade away.
It's a certain tragedy.