[Verse 1] The kettle whistles in the hall But you don't move at all A cigarette burns your lips Between your frozen fingertips The morning light is cold and gray (Cold and gray) Another year just slipped away [Chorus] One minute you were summer rain The next a heavy iron chain You loved me like dying wishes Then threw a glass and broke the dishes The water pools around your feet (Round your feet) While sirens wail out on the street [Post-Chorus] There's a line drawn in the dust Between the loathing and the trust The bridge is burned and the tide is high (So high) We're waving from a different sky You're reaching out then pulling back Watching all the colors fade to black (Fade to black) [Verse 2] The telephone is off the hook You're reading from a hollow book The words are there but they don't rhyme Just the heavy beat of passing time You scream to see if you still feel To check if any of this is real Oh, it's real [Guitar Solo] [Post-Chorus] The doctor says the wires crossed A dark forest where the map is lost You're building walls and stay inside Then weeping for a place to hide I'm standing right across the floor (The floor) But I can't find the handle on the door [Chorus] There's a line drawn in the dust Between the loathing and the trust The bridge is burned, the tide is high (So high) We're waving from a different sky You're reaching out then pulling back Watching all the colors fade to black (Fade to black) [Outro] Just a shimmer (Yeah) A shimmer Wait for the dial tone The sun is coming up I think
