nervous john rescues all the whores
bleeding nose and all
taste of metal, when you're hit straight on
frozen dimes and throwing flashes
clouds of angels
liquored pink and underage

steal your sweet decline, this is the longest goodbye

loose breaks on a one eyed continental
engine willing
interior stained
china rattles wish
cold pacific shallows
spells and fits resurrected
calls you in, calls you in

steal your sweet decline, this is the longest goodbye
aching to get your pocket picked
bottles and bones, shade and sympathy
kick the glass out of your path
calls you in, calls you in, calls you in

traps for your fingers, fire for your mouth
stones for your passage, brass for your jaded
underneath the baking clouds and hardening starless skies

lick your collarbone clean
cold pacific shallows
spells and fits resurrected
calls you in, calls you in

steal your sweet decline, this is the longest goodbye
aching to get your pocket picked
bottles and bones, shade and sympathy
kick the glass out of your path
calls you in, calls you in, calls you in


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    my goodness...incredible.

    deathcabdriveron December 16, 2006   Link

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