Burn and shine, son And keep your spirit clean For this is not a dress rehersal Junior Phoenix With your ash-filled eyes Who will harbor your misfortune
A boy once was frozen All guarded and closed in Before he had chosen A beauty to behold The cream of creation A red-wine sensation The power of persuasion
Sacred pictures With which she will fortell the future Expert witness A wound that won't believe in sutures 'Cause she's earlier than expected A little
Lights out Lights out Goodnight, shuteye That's a good guy Soothing seething, brooding Are you breathing? Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? New day
Something 'bout the whiteness of the phone Something 'bout the genius of modern music How can i think How can i fail you? Something 'bout the distance
When mute tongues can speak And relate their need I make fun of skins laying in a dark room In a piglet's eye If the dream had wings Then the nest of
Shimmering was she And loveliness to see The found her when she was three Where she lied We talked within a wave Of things we could not crave But circumstances
I've got a lot of thoughts Got a lot of plans I lost a lot of sleep Trying to understand I could dream all day... In a blackened room Staring into space
Say goodbye to your friends and family Pack your promises silently Leave a note on your kitchen table This is all you will ever be So hope for a better
Cry as if to say you're sorry Sight a life and hate your own Try to think of what to mention Leave the television on... And please be strong You don'
Can you hear it?-like an invitation Can you feel it?-it's a revelation (chorus) The flavor of the month is busy melting in your mouth Getting easier
be left behind So won't you read sister Carrie Jean, sister Carrie Always the patient one I'll call you sister Carrie I won't breathe a word Frosting on the beater
