The revolving door
I'm stuck in it, my love
Your cold cold heart that never opens
And never tires
What chance do I have?
Your meteor shower, my love
Did you want to wish on some lucky star
Or did you just want to watch them fall
And burn out
What chance do I have?
Your disappearing act my love
That's an old stand by
And I just want your touch
To never tire
What chance do I have?

Now your sleep is over
You can't remember
Why you spent the whole night proving
What you'll be losing
The dream is gone
Do you want another one
Time to join the chorus line
Sing into the safe design
You don't want more than this
You don't want more than this
Time to take the easy way out
Alone not a hope or a doubt
Finish the dream that brought you so much bliss
Sails filled with wind and the joy deep within
Finish with the light that holds the . . .
You don't need it anymore

When I spend too much time alone, I get afraid
Afraid that youÂ’re gonna leave me breathing
Afraid of what theyÂ’d throw in the way
In the way of something simple like leaving
"Forgive me if you can," said the sad cashier
"For the dollars and cents our love has become.
I didnÂ’t sell you anything my dear
You were a scarecrow looking for a bonfire to sleep on."
"Believe me if you can," said the pile of bones
"I think that this is all there is left to see.
Just waiting for my perscription to come
‘Cause every sec in hell dissolves more of me."
And all of heavenÂ’s ten thousand whores
Are on a partyline to his big toe
Singing Ooooo I just canÂ’t do it anymore
So donÂ’t bother asking now you know
DonÂ’t bother me with little things
Pennies, nickels, quarters, and dimes
TheyÂ’ve all taken me as far as IÂ’m gonna go
So donÂ’t bother asking now you know
Believe me if you can

Take the velvet line for comfort
High above the water, feel disconnected and free
Tired of hopes that I just can't run from
I travel in secret, I know they're pursuing me
Morning that falls represents a weak link
After is after night's work is done
There's no sun, just a grey horizon
Hiding from heaven another frozen world
Watch the ship hold to its course
As an act of devotion
And me, i'm lost at sea
Going through the motions
Gave all my passion to the ocean
She holds it for me in reserve
My word is gone into remission
Your love's a tragedy that I don't deserve
She said, "you're only growing now."
She said, "soon have we begun, then she can have you.
But until then, you're mine."
I watch her hold to her course
As an act of devotion
And me, i'm riding high
Going through
Seems like every flash in her eye's
An act of devotion
And me i'm lost in her hands
Going through the motions
Shore far away off the port side
Shore far away off the bow
Shore far away off the starboard side
Shore far away from now

The price of your soul is less than the cab fare
That gets you home before the living end
The dead part of you leaves me with a blessing
From a destruction of your beauty
Your self-hatred your self-pity
There's so little of you left
The dead part of you takes me out
And says the beast in me is fading fast
And leaves me with a great big goodbye hug
It's busy clinging to the dead part of the past
You only love one thing
And there's so little of it left
He has taken everything
And there's so little of you left
You're just a baby in the back seat
That a door slam sends crying into the world
And a cab driver's in a hurry that matters more than
More than anything we can hope for from the world
You only love one thing
And there's so little of it left
He has taken everything
And there's so little of you left

Did you see me in your shifting curtain
I was busy taking a furtive peek inside
At the lovely lights of your unprotected city
At your lovely freeways burning with innocence
At your lovely chain stores levelling horizons like a-bombs
At your run-down streets' long abandon
By the few that claim that they saw me
By the few they claim their eyes were opened
No close friends
No close friends
No close friends
And I swear no one saw me
The boy scout badge I got for not feeling a thing
My golden future with its wild cherry flavored hole
My yellow ribbon, my yellow streak
My big stick
My big time with the pony's oldest trick
Won't keep the grains of my soul
from passing through the safe
Won't keep me begging for something
I know you'll never give
And anyway, I'm probably just gonna steal
I guess I might be okay if all I wanted was a thrill
No close friends
No close friends
No close friends
Yeah, I might be okay if all I wanted was a thrill
I saw a light in your shifting curtain
I saw you tighten up the drama
Your fate, it'd get away
I watched with pain
I watched with lust
Your lousy acting, you're a cloud of dust
And whenever you speak, oh it's so wet down at sea
Saying eventually you're gonna have to give up
No close friends
No close friends
No close friends
Yeah I swear I will never give up

Now that we've perfected the art of love
Now all the lights shine on me and misery
My good friend misery
You can be cured by a single touch
You can get up and walk away
Anything that you say
The drive of the road again
'Cause I'll be your only friend
Right before we touch the ground
The night asleep, loving sound
Sweet loving sound

I'm sick of food
So why am I so hungry
I was sick of you
But I don't mind seeing your little face
I was sick of love
So I just stopped feeling
But I couldn't find anything to take its place
What'll I do with my time?
I'm sick of drink
So why am I so thirsty
I must have been born on the planet mercury
I just called to ask you what I said last night
I just called to ask you what I did last night
So what'll I do with my time?
Now I wake up and I don't have any gravity
Now I wake up still walking in my sleep
Now I wake up feel the world drawing away from me
And now I wake up still walking in my sleep
I'm sick of food
So why am I so hungry
I'm sick of feeling the world draw away from me
And now I wake up
Yeah I remember
Feel the whole world draw away from me
Now I wake up what good is it
Another bright nothing
Another day

She's all dressed up and waiting for a bus
in the hot sunshine
She just wants to kill some time
But it looks like time's gonna kill her first
So she goes to the cocktail lounge to lounge and says
"I'm gonna have a real good time."
As she sinks into the capitalist chair
I don't think that she really cares
If somewhere there's people living
She finally gets on the bus
and sinks next to a very nice lady
Who just got out of the hospital
She had a major operation
The doctor left a knife in her throat
And now it picks up radio waves
You can turn the dial 'til it comes up in your hand
Maybe you'll pick up a populated land
Somewhere there's people living
C'mon let's go out and really drunk tonight
You can be Miss Bottomless pit of 1983
And I can be Mr. Out Like a Light
C'mon we got a lot to lose
So maybe we can lose it all tonight
And then when they shoot us down
We won't be around
We'll be somewhere where there's people living

How do you live traveling like this
You laugh too much like things used to be funny
And now it's all a big state of bliss
We had a little party somewhere outside memphis
We hid a six-pack under the seat
It's never too late to forget
I can see them all standing around the bar
With big crowns of gold on their heads
And they're all blind to who you are
At the royal cafe
If you keep laughing, i'll forgive you anything
Watch the towns pass by like tears
After all the scenery is just a blur
And the world is just ringing in our ears
Hey princess,
This passage suspended between now and then
Make no problem don't worry about anything
Hurry hurry make sure there's no time
For them to get their claws in us
Raise a toast at the end of the line
At the royal cafe
But the harder your pain
You got to find a way to survive
With all your pain
You got to find something to keep alive
Don't worry about the magic kingdom
They wouldn't even let us near the gate
Yeah we're just a couple of anchors
Dragging an empty slate
Are you ready to go
You'll be happier I know
Are you ready to go to the royal cafe

Pale and skinny girl lives in the middle of a mountain
Long golden hair, someone pull her out
She walks across a parking lot
with two quarters in her hand
She just wants to take a little break from nothing
Never sees the daylight
Never needs the daylight
Outside the air pocket, there's no one around
She's frozen with terror like an animal
Baby take your first walk out into the wasteland
On every horizon, nothing
Never needs daylight
Never sees the daylight
Never needs daylight

The things you love don't give us too much hope
When you've lost your appetite and you're sick and tired
Maybe what you need is some food for your eyes
To make them rise
Don't tell me how to tell the truth
You're like a store that only sells guns and knives
Tell me how to make something beautiful
Flash before your eyes
Let them make you rise
It only costs a buck for three tries
Though money never buys enough of anything
And i'm a moving target trying to shake some lead
From your eyes
Let them make you rise