Thawing Dawn

[Verse 1]
No one knows you quite the way that I do
No one owes me, not especially you
So find a river and deliver my remains to it soon
This I request of you

[Verse 2]
Said a person that I knew from my sleep
"Savage, I'm free, but I ain't cheap"
The thing you ache with has a function, either beat it or bleed
What could I say to them

[Verse 3]
Man on fire, and he's heading for Throop
Watched him burning as I sat on my stoop
A couple seconds felt like hours 'til I finally moved
To beat the flames from him

[Verse 4]
Most religion is as far from faith
As the sun is from the shadows it shapes
Well I can hardly say for certain if I'm trapped or escaped
When I'm away from you

[Verse 5]
When the summer draws the bugs in the house
And an acquaintance takes the form of a spouse
I need you wildly, as the bluejay needs a tune it can sing
Into the afternoon

[Instrumental]

[Interlude]
Like my mother she reminds
With the ashes on her head
Dancing drunkly to the radio as she welcomes back the dead

[Verse 6]
Twenty hours and I'm twelve in the hole
With thoughts of lightning as a beautiful doll
Across the island they are floating slow in luminous bulbs
Inviting me to cross

[Verse 7]
Started drinking to meet strangers and folks
Who'd listen to me, who'd nod when I spoke
But these days when I'm thirsty I don't mind staying home
Drinking away the blues

[Verse 8]
Started smoking to keep up with my friends
I learned to love the feeling when I'm breathing it in
But I'm a lonely lighthouse shining by the sea on a cliff
Dragging in solitude

[Instrumental]

[Outro]
Of all the pieces I've combined
Still the cruelest mixture yet
Is the softness of a thawing dawn
And the hardness of regret