Low Album

Lent you my favorite dictionary
Came back with ripped out pages
Stopped by so uninvited
Wasted good silverware on you
You can't trust violence

Once you felt alive
Present for a time
Those below you whore themselves
Those above you know

You're a friend of mine
Bound by chains and wires
Those below you whore themselves
Those above you know

A long time you waited
You thought it had abated
Shame of it all
The harm that it causes
Pours down like a faucet
Shame of it all

Throw out the line
Man overboard
Passenger fall
Maybe the angels will take him
Come back no more

Bride of my thoughts and anger
Nothing to show
Patience and strength come springtime
Where will you go

Throw out the line

Don't look up
I'll have to dictate from the ground
Don't mind the sound
It's all familiar by now
And I'm swingin' so high

Unforgiven
Unimpressed by my first draft
She's a sinker
I should have taught her how to swim
And I'm swingin' so high

You were discovered bended over the dead
Only to find out you were not even in the room
See through but solid, holy but complete
All will be followed
Seen to, tended none the least

I never thought you took me seriously
I never thought you'd be the one to turn me in

I thought you saw me on the roof
I didn't think you'd be the one to turn me in

Caroline, we don't have much time
Mercy lies in the one you hide
Caroline, we don't have much time
Mercy lies in the ones we hide

You don't need to be outside
You can stand with me in line

If I could get you alone
Would you take me back home

You remind me that I'm weak
You remind me I can fly
You remind me I can't read
You remind me so I try

And you can see her
Before it cracks and goes out
She throws rocks at streetlights
Keeps the streetlight changer busy

It's much too late for the action
You've made this place unbecoming
Do I have to stay

These eyes have one more discovery
Will it be wasted on monday
Do I have to stay

And then they take it all away
How many years have I been away