Empty

lyrics

"empty"

headlights roll along rain wet streets
ten-thirty-five western avenue
the golden curtain is never pulled aside

cat curls up on a shabby couch
we have chains instead of shelves
draw our signals on cinderblock halls
trace our outlines on hollow walls

now you hear it
now you don't
here it is
there it was
wherever it takes you
you'll bear it
empty

a melodica from five feet down
we're snake charmers brought you
from behind the bar to dance
to lay down the aftermath

we forego the crummy weather
a golden state keeps up together
winter dies in the open door
three filmstrip pictures lie on the filthy floor
our faces
making faces

now you hear it
now you don't
here it is
there it was
wherever it takes me
i'll share it
empty

we laid our table in ink
no speaking
you eat so neatly
and so thoroughly you might've married it
and prayed for it
and buried it

now you hear it
now you don't
here it is
there it was
wherever it takes you
you'll bear it
empty
i won't stop to
look if you fight it
fight to deny it
full on empty
bottles you're breaking
pull away and look for the green room
look til you're full and you don't know what you could do
do it at last pull it up take it fast
til you open a door til you pull back the curtain
and laugh til you cry and sing til you die
this is it
this is it
this is it
this is worthless
indeed it's worthless
indeed it's worthlessness
health and beauty and billie
list the stars til you collapse
and laugh til you cry and sing til you fly
into tremors and plates move the earth spins you still lose
you fall as you climb you rift as you rhyme
is this it
is this all the work you did
is this it
is it the right thing to do
do you
the end makes noises
do you
makes choices
do you
feel empty
do you
repent it
i do
i do
i do