[Verse 1] I watched the shadow slide Beneath the midday glare A sudden, steep divide Upon the marble stair The trap was neatly set Before a word was spoken A debt already met A promise quickly broken [Instrumental] [Verse 2] The sun was sharp and hot Across the parlor floor The sun was sharp and hot Across the parlor floor I bartered what I got Beside the open door A cool and calculated sin Disguised in golden light The web was spinning in To drag me to the night [Chorus] And down the track we fly Where absolute dark resides Beneath a painted sky Where every phantom hides [Instrumental] [Verse 3] The hours slowly crawl Within a hated room A draft across the hall That whispers of the tomb I weave a subtle thread To break the heavy chain To leave the living dead And wash away the stain [Chorus] And down the track we fly Where absolute dark resides No teardrop in the eye While every phantom hides [Instrumental] [Interlude] The clock forgets the hour The sweet surrenders sour A witness made of stone To leave the dark alone [Verse 4] I sit beneath the office light where spinning reels record the shame The dictaphone catches the blood that drips from my divided heart The midnight air is thick with smoke, and Keyes is calling out my name While every paper on the desk demands to tear my life apart I thought I bought a piece of heaven wrapped in gold and silver thread But now the honeysuckle rots against the cold and sweating glass I’m riding on a phantom train beside a man who’s already dead And watching every line I crossed into the heavy shadows pass
