Vermillion - Kill the Vultures

It’s hard to believe we’re both under the same moon

Feeling the same winds, the season’ll change soon

And I’ll still be here, right where we left off

Next to the street light gathering dead moths

I’m on dirt roads, it’s thousands of miles home

You said we should stop talking and then came the dial tone

I’ve played that scene over and over a dozen times

Why’s it hard to let go of something that wasn’t mine?

When it falls, let it fall right there

Over the north shore, under the night air

When it drops let it drop right there

Somewhere between Vermillion and nightmares

Nothing’s the same now, I honor the difference

I’m used to the silence, I’m used to the distance

I’m used to the long night, I’m used to the fall

But I ain’t used to not having nobody to call

I call her gypsy woman, watching me sink

Down to the bottom of a bottomless drink

Call her gypsy woman, watching me sink

Down to the bottom of a bottomless drink

Fade to a film strip when everything felt right

Clutching your sketches under a flickering cell light

Made sense that I held tight, so tight you can’t breathe

Spoon-feeding a dead body, keeping it clean

Ashes to ashes, whatever’s been said’s done

Twisted and hung high, prince of the bread crumbs

I sleep with a bad heart, I ache and my head’s numb

Memories are dry bones under a red sun

When it falls, let it fall right there

Over the north shore, under the night air

When it drops let it drop right there

Somewhere between Vermillion and nightmares

When it falls, let it fall right there

When it drops let it drop right there

I look to the West, I see nothing but fire

Black smoke in the sky, burnt parts of desire

Drops of black blood that lead to the junk yard

It’s covered by one guard, he’s drunken and unarmed

It’s hard to believe we’re both under the same moon

Singing the same song, cleaning the same wounds

Watching the crows eat, hearing the phone ring

Running on no sleep and doing our own thing

Rolling from my mouth into the thick air

Whispering your name, watching it stick there

Passing your old house, living in what was

Watching the sun crawl, just like my blood does

Moving through hard snow, hearing the plants die

Carving a new mask, knowing I can’t hide

Walking the cliff’s edge, looking down the side

Dropping all I know, knowing all my life

When it falls, let it fall right there

Over the north shore, under the night air

When it drops let it drop right there

Right there