Slowburn
We're character actors from the Tower of BabelBewildered, burned out hardly ableTo sit astride the high wire cableIt's hard to balance, a little unstable.
Through broken eyes and contact lenses(I) Watched you draw your future tensesSee kisses of flame blow out of your lipsYou're back telling me your Apocalypse.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be strongWhen the slowburn sunset come alongYou've gotta stay the nightI gotta think that you might.
We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pillsWe've tried making movies from a volume of stills(But) the words fell like hailstones,bouncing at our feet,Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet.
A chance to move, I take a shotI get cold - you get hotWe look outside, lyin' awakeSee birds breaking surface on a silent lake.
But don't get me wrong, I'll be strongWhen I'm back on the Isle of AvalonDon't get me wrong, I'll be strongWhen the slow burn sunset come alongYou've got to stay the nightI've got to think that you might.
Don't try (to) make it easy, it'll cut you down to sizeDarlin' we've got to trust in somethingWe're shooting down our skiesshooting down (shooting down) our skies(shooting down our ...)