Bed of the Lake

His bedroom's a mess, there's dirty clothes everywhere And there's dishes in the kitchen like the empire state building Oh he ain't taken out the rubbish in a couple of months now But when she comes around there won't be a speckle of dust to be found His soul looks like a pretty deep blue sea And you can swim in it for as month or so But when the summer sun bakes all the water evaporates And the cracks begin to show in the bed of the lake Oh the cracks begin to show in the bed of the lake His family is broken, nobody has spoken in God knows how long Though there's an elephant in the room, nobody knows what to do So they sit there silently sippin' their wine But when the neighbors drop by they all get along just fine And his home looks like a pretty deep blue sea And you can swim in it for as month or so But when the summer sun bakes all the water evaporates And the cracks begin to show in the bed of the lake Oh the cracks begin to show in the bed of the lake No one or nothing is perfect, I know I am certainly not When you scrape below the surface When you gaze behind the curtain What you will find is just a person His smile is wide and his eyes shine bright And everybody falls in love with his charm Though his laugh is the loudest and everybody says how proud they are When the people take their leave, Like a baby he cries himself to sleep And his soul looks like a pretty deep blue sea And you can swim in it for as month or so But when the summer sun bakes all the water evaporates And the cracks begin to show in the bed of the lake Oh the cracks begin to show in the bed of the lake Oh the cracks begin to show in the bed of the lake Oh the cracks begin to show in the bed of the lake