A Quiet Darkness

Well Heaven rode my back And the angels dragged my throne. Only yesterday. Only yesterday I carved out your name. Only yesterday I built you a shrine On the side of the road. And I shut my eyes And laid my hands to rest. In dreams There's a way To di

I watched the house As it fell right to the ground I was away from you I was away from you And I watched the birds As they fell out from the sky Into the hands of decay I wish there was a way for you And I felt your voice As it carried with the wind

There's some gold In my bones That I told you about. So I'm pulling out my teeth and Burying them deep under ground. There's some lights In your eyes That I follow about. But they're dimming quick, and you're getting sick, so now I wander out alone.

I was stuck in the ground Trying to cover my eyes Trying to move all this light I spent all night Trying to remember your face Like trying to get blood from a stone But there was nothing to save And no one to lie to And I watched as the bone dust hun