No Traffic

[Verse 1]
You flush a fish down a toilet
And look down to see your second hand is dead still
You think them somehow connected
But you can't be sure and it's just as well

[Pre-Chorus 1]
What to do next when the shit piles up?
You can't decide, you go outside
Stand in the moonlight drinking coffee from a paper cup

[Verse 2]
You'd almost swear you hear voices
But you know it's nothing but a noisy, guilty conscience
You hear monotonous noises
It's that time of night, it's so predictable

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Oh, what a feeling to listen to your blood
The way it feels as it congeals
Like someone sucked you dry and pumped you full of rocks and mud

[Chorus]
Close your eyes
No traffic in and out
Tired eyes
No traffic in and out

[Verse 3]
You won't decide anything tonight
No need to rush things, they'll keep until tomorrow
Just make a fresh pot of coffee
And stay up all night and get nothing done

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Don't you hate preference?
I know you hate choice
Just hang your limbs out in the wind
And clear your throat because you don't know when you'll need your voice

[Verse 4]
You hope it won't be long before
You're back in the action like a moth around a light bulb
But who gets to say when the switch flips
And the light goes off, and you fly away?

[Pre-Chorus 4]
You could be standing and watching city lights
But where you'll be is where you'll be
And what you do is up to you
Stand still, you've got the right

[Chorus]
Close your eyes
No traffic in or out
Tired eyes
No traffic in and out

[Outro]
I think I see the East, I swear I see the East
And as I face the East, I swear I taste the East
I got to go back, I got to go back East
Where there's no traffic in or out