i'm stopping this slow death. by letters never sent. i'm killing one way romance. and its words never read. i'm leaving love's lost battles. to the vulture's need to feed.
It's breathin' time. In Christmas Valley. Herons fly by night. And crash into the pines. . And when we're gone. From Christmas Valley. No one will remember you.
You're an open gate. On a barbed wire fence. Swingin' back and forth. You know it scares me half to death. Funny how it moved. From a blessin' to a curse.
I go to sleep, before. The devil wakes. And I wake up, before. The angels take. . All my worldly desires. All my yardsticks of fear. . All my secrets untold.
I don't care how long it might last. don't care anymore. don't care about that. I don't care how long it might take. I'm still wide awake. out walkin' late.
Gettin' stupid ... crooked feet. A pinball on ... Scott Walker Street. Gettin' stupid ... in a bar. Not goin' home ... til the band plays "Superstar".
We need a better idea, here quick. Before the sun's beatin' down on our necks. We need a better idea. Watch us speed, to the end of the world. Promise all, that we've already heard.
don't wait any longer. not a second more. don't wait for the century to click. ya' never can be sure. put my hand just where you want it. been movin' much too slow.
our healin' mark was reached. above this floodlit street. beneath a sliver moon. undone. leaning with intent to fall. your gaze a perfect blade. my hand, a shadow.
Behind the bric and brac. There will be no lookin' back. And between Hell and hello. There will be no lettin' go, no there won't. . And you can't be serious.
When you burn your kingdom. Through the ashes I will come. I know it makes no difference. But I can't leave ya to your fun. Usin' up your torch song gifts.
Gathered by the riverside. The current pulls one hundred years. Each way. . Savin' souls and singin' songs. They beg and smile, but. Murder just the same.
Said this was our town. The joke it was on us. We were just passin through'. On the way to givin' up. Joked this was our town. That someday we'd be thrilled.
These are your last tears for the century. Don't cry them for me. These are your last tears, before the. Party starts. Don't throw them away. . Use em' wisely, use em' large.
Been a lot of rain out there. Rainin' blind. Summer's comin' slow ... this year. It's rainin' blind. If ya come back tonight. I'll let it...fall away.
The city's shiverin'. Shivers in the heat. That we call summertime. And I'm deliverin'. The one piece of the puzzle. That you could not find. . Follow me an angel.
See my silly watch. Every second lost, hm. Lost in a strange arcade. Got drunk on girls' night out. . If they're the good years, I don't know. What you call the hard years.
This is where it starts. This is... where it stops. And when it finally stops. I hope, starts right up. Walk the glitter mile. Past hotels of sand. People say'n lots of things.
hightimes, undermine. tell me somethin' I don't know. hightimes, can chase em 'til your blind. tell me somethin' I don't know. . now you're lyin' next to me.
Black light fades. Headlights switched off. The engine burns. As we're rollin' to a stop. Let's get out here. Lie down in the middle of road. Ain't no cars comin'.