Houses stand What are we, left in sand? Flush my cheeks Wear me out
Keep me clean Keep me longing Keep the quiet company Wear me out
I heard a voice telling me Like your smoke waving And my eyes repine Wear me out
That wick won't burn away It's giving uneven [rings?]
Wear me out Like a sistant heart in absence Like a sister who's finally hiding Like a room left open Just for being kept like some lonely facet Like the promise of a place in nowhere You're neither here nor there Wear me out
And the tree tops Like crooked beliefs The crosshatch cross feed Reaching for the bell to mourning And I repine
Faster and faster Faster and faster now Faster and faster faster and faster
Your wick won't burn away Your wick won't burn away Your wick won't burn away Your wick won't burn away
And what are we without regrets? What are we? Wear me out And what are we without that end; Without that death and darkness? Wear me out
There's so many parallels from then to now We tried to believe we can turn it ourselves It's a fraud that can't be faked I heard a voice passing through And I know it's never you And I know what I'm looking to find And I repine
Faster and faster Faster and faster now Faster and faster Faster and faster
Your wick won't burn away Your wick won't burn away Your wick won't burn away Your wick won't burn away