hold me hard i ve been let loose sift me clear of all i do if by a third degree you feel a guilt for me then i ve been a villain all my life and if by a melody you stay and sway with me i ve been a salesman on the side kindness be conceived when we wake in the california light there is a concrete stuck between how we breathe and why we die why we breathe and why we die who wouldn t hold a wounded bird with anger stuck in time i told you i would hold no more it weighed too much like mine you and i and i alone oh kindness be conceived when we wake in the california light there is a concrete stuck between how we breathe and why we die why we breathe and why we die hold me hard i ve been let loose sift me clear of all i do kindness be conceived when we wake in the california light there is a concrete stuck between how we breathe and why we die why we breathe and why we die2