1. burnin'
I burned down a house for you
And tore all my idols in two
The poster on the bedroom wall, remember
Staring down the ceiling stars alone at night
For ten years glow they gave me light
I asked for a hand to end it
But those little white fingerlings bent
The curling trust of a helpless infant
Two brothers’ dreams to take the world laid sound to sleep
And this is the best you’ll ever be
Wipe away every tear
There’s nothing left to feel but joy here
Place to lay, green forgotten shade
A new soothsayer divining all the ways
Green forgotten shade
Green forgotten shade
Green forgotten shade
Green forgotten shade
I poured out my heart in the drain
Thought it would change the pain
And turn me into somebody that I could live with
But we’re four months deep in storytime land and he holds my head
A spirit in the mirror or a knife in bed
Wipe away every tear
There’s nothing left to feel but joy here
Place to lay, green forgotten shade
A new soothsayer divining all the ways
Green forgotten shade
Green forgotten shade
Stumble hot through Sumer rumble
Tablet cabaret
Green forgotten shade
Green forgotten shade
Tarot cards and olive oil
Taste and see the flame
Dancers interlock and load, tip-totem off in dissonance
Burning down, it’s fate, I’m flaming out, I’m finally getting it
Pair of eyes to carolize two terribly surprise adrift
Heaven, earth, and hell between us
I’m burying the myth
I’m burying the myth
I’m burying the myth
So I’m brushing my teeth for you
Growing my hair and singin’ more too
I don’t want to spin in a teacup forever
But you’re grabbing the wheel and you’re turning it slow
And you look at me
COMMENTS: a headshrinker nods off to his client's ego death