i am the reason that you run piss drunk with the one giving faith to you you say you drank her eyes like wine they played like violins led you to the truth the medium she paints with has blossomed in your eyes like the freedom songs that slaves sang to drown away their cries she s taken your heart from you the city it holds a certain smell gets trapped inside your lungs gives you peace of mind she holds a piece of your mind and says you ll have it back if you stay with her awhile the harpist chord she plays she plays without a miss you have felt nothing like it since the days that we were kids the art of confusion kept our feelings hid she has opened you up somehow now your drink doesn t call your name you have given up destruction for a brand new game she s leaving for the heavens you d better catch her if you can some images are sure to shake you up blessed is the man who hasn t had enough i am sure you will try and press your luck but she will bring you down from the ninth cloud to the ground she will write you sonnets on a napkin stained with kicks you ll say you haven t got yours she will show you what you ve missed and point to a man in the corner clenching his fists wasting his life away you will feel better if you sleep the sandman s heroin will bring you deep she will be waiting there for you to take your withered hands and in her hands she ll keep she will tell you stories of those singers in her day before those fakers came and took it all away she will smile and her eyes will seem to say do you remember when times were good nothing will ever be the same again you will never find a closer friend she s leaving for the station you d better catch her if you can the midnight madness will eat you up chew you up and spit you out she will pick you off the ground off the sidewalks of this town she will take you to the river and she ll baptize you with her grace you will find a cure to sadness in the valleys of her face she will make something of beauty from this filthy place and lay it by your bed you will feel like you ve just been born deep inside you there s this aching warmth she s leaving for the city you d better catch her if you can