River Of Youth

[Verse 1]
I'd rather be stoned than stray
I'd rather be stray than in love
'Cause love is the crutch and the broken leg
A sober hell when it walks away
I'd rather be drunk than damaged
I'd rather my choice than yours
So cheers to the fear and the center stage
'Cause after the encore, the high begins to fade

[Chorus]
And I know all the rules
I don't have one good excuse
Yours and mine in the rouge
Here's to the river of youth

[Verse 2]
Say someone could break you picking
The hurt locker there in your chest
But God is a cruel kid laughing
While the fool's smoking his cigarette
'Cause even on Salvation Mountain
The closest to heaven you can get
It's tough to find grace in this world
To last any longer than a body could stand to give

[Chorus]
And you know all the rules
You don't have one good excuse
Yours and mine in the rouge
Here's to the river of youth

[Post-Chorus]
Keep me here under your moon
Bare in a light that consumes
Lost, but I will be home soon
Here's to the river of youth
Here's to the river of youth