On and off, the cylinders burn With the fading heart of youth And the sun slips below the treelike Just out of view Back and forth across the sky The stars are hanging from a wire (Machine guns still firing in the corners of our eye)
But in the light of the day we'll disappear Just like the little sparks against the sun No one remembers where they begin or where we end
In and out, the days escape the damages of dawn Still our dreams lie in broken pieces Rustin on the lawn
But in the light of the day we'll disappear Just like the little sparks against the sun No one remembers where they begin or where we end
The first step's got me lying on the floor By the second step, I hear a knocking at the door Three: I put my life in your hands By the fourth step how much light is left? Five six seven-I can see my dark and the harm I've done, I've left Eight, nine ten- I'll take it back again Eleven twelve: I'm putting out fires in hell...