Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

She awoke on the fifth day of April And went to the grocery store In the air with a radical hum Stand clear of the closing doors Late at night as she's in and out of consciousness Drifting from the sand to shore There comes a voice from the deep beyond And cries "What are you waiting for?" Blue light of an empty bodega A rat chews an electrical line And through the grace of a chain reaction A life sets a spark and ignites And that's right There's no going back You can't go back now Eden's in trouble and it doesn't look good 'Cause you're locked in a struggle that you barely understood And lover all they say is, "What are you waiting for?" I don't believe you were one to take sides But your mic is on and if you don't wanna fight in the war Stand clear of the closing doors People change like the slow boat to China They drift from the sea to the shore They'd rather die than to have to think about How you get nothing and nothing more So she awakes on the 17th day of June Just a little incised Brushes her teeth and sees a face in the mirror Like a match sets a spark and ignites And that's right There's no going back You can't go back now Eden's in trouble and it doesn't look good And you're locked in a struggle that you barely understood And lover all they say is, "What are you waiting for?" I don't believe you were one to take sides But your mic is on and if you're not gonna fight in the war Then stand clear of the closing doors That's right There's no going back You can't go back now You can be sure that you'll never be pure In your family's eyes In their Christian cries But who cares She awoke on the fifth day of April And went to the grocery store In the air with a radical hum Stand clear of the closing doors And that's right There's no going back You can't go back now Eden's in trouble and it doesn't look good And you're locked in a struggle that you never understood Lover all they say is, "What are you waiting for?" I don't believe you were one to take sides But your mic is on and if you're not gonna fight in the war Then stand clear of the closing doors I don't believe you had any idea that you'd ever have to think or feel But here you are Stand clear of the closing doors