i ve been sitting up drinking all the words i said there s a shark on my ceiling and a salesman in my head you re a hypnotist like a highway in the night i know there s red outside but i m stuck in black and white if i could talk to you if i could get to you if i could break the beast who s taken you i d give back the ghost of winter to the snow all these fallen leaves i have tried to wish away but i cannot move what time cannot decay you know my love is here in these shards of broken glass still i cannot see the woman from the mask if i could talk to you if i could get to you if i could break the beast who s taken you i would make a deal with someone down below but either way somebody s got to go i see this veil has covered up your eyes baby i ache to see what you re doing on the other side you ve been hiding in the corals of your mind i ve been looking for the truth without a light now i left my sacred book out in the rain i gave all my bread to a bum without a name  if i could talk to you if i could get to you if i could break the beast who s taken you i would win what mortal men could never know oh but either way somebody s got to to