In The Headlights He

And in the headlights he looked 4 or 5 years younger

Was then you knew you'd never satisfy the hunger

What a state you have become pulled from the wreckage smoking

I laugh until my teeth fall out, you fool I was only joking

All apologies,

forgot my place for a moment.

One eye for sympathy,

one eye for atonement.

Stop the crying if you want them to believe you.

Should you ever come around I promise I could teach you

two things you should know by now; patience was the virtue

and anything that could be cared for had the might to hurt you

With a nose of gasoline, a clutch of twenty sovereigns,

forced the lock that held the church from godless wasters wandering in

and from the steel and alloy tower we reached a height so scary

and though the view was worth it it was only temporary

All apologies,

forgot my place for a moment.

One eye for sympathy,

one eye for atonement.

Oh that aching heart!

Oh these brittle bones!

Barely did we start,

before ending up alone.

Whats it like there in the winter?

Does the air get cooler?

We were once explorers

I'm the same hands maybe older