broken constellations

turn the night sky red, oh

like vultures losing patience

they're flying overhead, oh

i can feel vibration

below the flowerbed

coming down to break us

not over yet

in a bar, kaleidoscopic

asking people if they come here often

try to change the subject if they ask about my day

arguing with strangers on political opinions

i never figured out how to get these circles off my face

call yourself an arsonist but

really you're just burning old assignments by the river with a couple of your friends

couldn't tell a story well to save a stranger's life

so i think i'll stick around, maybe see how this one ends

reach into your glove compartment, fumble for a pill

you've been complaining about your head ever since we had our little talk

cut off all your hair, or maybe dye it phthalo green

read an article on how you should be going for a walk

write another journal entry, maybe about me

but only if my name has earned repeated tension in your hand

give me your opinion, i'll gladly disagree

or you can tell me how you're doing and i'll try to understand

and when i see you in the corner of my eye

the frenzy of the light show fades into a technicolor background

playing infinity on high

i sit and sing along with a psyche that's impossible to track down

i've got a body and a mind in a struggle to keep up

and a scar on my right leg from when i was younger

i think i'm staying in tonight

there's water at my door

and you know that i'm afraid of going under

hardwood floor calls to me

like open doors

they're ought to be

something more

than all of these

agoraphobic words

interpolate internal doubt

as something you can't go without

prevent yourself from going out

the cages need their birds, oh

press against the window pane

and watch the world remain the same

would anybody know your name

outside of these four walls

come apart at shredded seams

a tower fan white noise machine

you pull your teeth out in your dreams

and wake up as you fall, oh

but you take another step

and you take another

falling out of touch with everyone you know

or maybe used to

break your body down to manageable parts

just wings and carrion now

talking to yourself alone in your room

the walls won't answer

and if you'd rather leave

open your cage and pick yourself back up

clouds, dark grey

coming down in sheets and

i could never sleep in

tidal waves

wandering the streets

clothes clinging onto me like

cellophane

preserving all my insides

an architect at low tide

night and day

couldn't tell the difference if i wanted

and driving down through storm

like exit wounds

your hands are coming down in streaks of light

stand up straight

my legs begin to waver

i'd like to ask a favour

id that's alright

i'm looking for a reason for everybody leaving

and i just might

follow in their footsteps

but i know i know i know i know

i'm so polite

so i thought i'd let you know before then

and lying on my back

a borrowed mattress

like a makeshift raft inflated high

as i connect the dots

and pray you're listening

change around the stars with your reply

so i've

been staring at the bathroom floor

for quite some time

don't know what i've been looking for

closing time

they're knocking on the bathroom floor

i wouldn't mind if i had somewhere to be

and oh my love

if you're leaving i'll be right behind

i don't think that many people mind if i go with you

and oh my love

give it everything you've got

not even a single thought to who you left behind

alive

from everything that i can tell

been up all night

cause none of this is going well

over time

left you hanging like a drying rack

i'm hiding in a skull that's cracked is starting to cave in

and oh my love

if you're leaving you could change your mind

if it's okay with you i'll wait behind and see how this plays out

and oh my love

like water through an idle hand

the castle that was made of sand is disappearing

a clearing in the tide

and this is goodbye

an evergreen branch is thrown across a city street

the rest of his friends are several blocks away

the smell in the air of petrichor and gasoline

it seems mother nature has some words to say

and when the sun alights on all your work

through eye of storm above

we didn't want reminder, no

the carnage is enough

bringing the world through second storey tempering

the feeling of safety has begun to pass

a parking garage redecorated, wavering

a beautiful galde adorned with broken glass

lying down

watch the perseids as they're approaching

solid ground

watercolour trails behind

all around

an orchestra of engineering

coming down

to rubble in a forest clearing

forest clearing

(instrumental)