Oceanside

Oceanside is slower in the winter You told me on the drive that you could not remember The last time that she asked you anything about yourself Cannabis, tattoos of mascara Said the accident changed her life forever And she told me about her cancer and I called her a survivor And I thought back to that paper about a fawn trapped in a fire Overcast, she calls you just to tell you That he's drunk again, slander masked as virtue And I watch the ember burn your mouth with nothing to atone Prophesy, stare daggers at the ceiling Wake me in the night to ask me how I'm feeling About just going back to Phoenix About the cost of only giving About the boxer and his weakness The epitaphs of those still living About the strings tied to the puppet About the web and its great weaver About the price of staying above it About the price of trying to leave her Don't pretend to be a stranger when you're not I know you have to keep the piece of that girl that she forgot Don't pretend to be a stranger when you're not Don't pretend to be a stranger when you're not Don't pretend to be a stranger when you're not I know you have to keep the piece of that girl that she forgot I know you have to keep the piece of that girl from giving up