[Verse]
Through the wall in a soft spring rustle
Street-side selling some summer hustle
Across the Maple Street Bridge in a bristling fall
Just whistling all s a balled up riddle
Just a high snowball on a curve-and-fall
Through a parking lot at Christmas
I heard her whisper
I heard him call
Here s what the gist was:
[Chorus]
Only wary in our lives
Open-eyed and half-ashamed
That is to sa y
Afloat on a ferry
Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste
That s where the spirit left us
[Verse]
Underneath the house just like a flameout teen
Who smells like sweat and gasoline
Kid, I stand with you
And when you get hard and your eyes get mean
Cause you re on the march
Well, I could almost kiss you
Don t let them twist you
Here, have this song
You can take it with you
[Chorus]
Stay lonely, open wide
Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame
Don t be disgra ced
Loose of limb, unlionized
While all liars fade to gray
I know you feel detested
[Bridge]
Did a silence drop? Did your Walkman stop?
Did the air turn cold? Was the message just so close?
But did you choke it?
Oh, kid, I know
I know where this is going
Because we always blow it
[Chorus]
Only wary in our lives
Open-eyed and half-ashamed
It s just that wa y
Afloat down that river
Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste
That s where the spirit left us
[Outro]
Only wary in our lives
Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame
Don t be disma yed
As this sobbing world goes screaming by
I swear that if I had my way
You know I would have blessed it
