Nothing and Everything - Mark Eitzel

The night falls like a chain

Nothing and everything

Takes the blood from your vein

Nothing and everything

His lightning bolt hands

Only fill the room with ash

Makes impossible demands

Accepts credit cards or cash

Won’t suffer your confession

Less you bend to his will

Relies on your compassion

To always get the bill

The chain weighs a ton

Nothing and everything

Freedom’s a gun

It’s nothing and everything

And because you love him

You’re the punching bag

He’s just a big child

It’s just a game of tag

When he reaches for you

Like a demon from a spell

Hopes drown in their blood

Wishes die in the well

The chain shakes you out

Nothing and everything

When a coward’s not found out

Nothing and everything

Behind him slow you follow

Dogged, tired and pale

Just like history’s shadow

Spun out, cold and frail

When he beat your face in the taxi

And the driver called the cop

You said don’t worry, it’s the culture

And it’s never going to stop

His smoke takes all the air

It’s nothing and everything

Don’t let yourself care

Nothing and everything

You forgive and forgive

Cause he puts on a show

He needs you to live

So with him you go

Where all hearts are frightened

And all hands are weak

To a marching drum

You can never speak

The chain pulls your collar

Nothing and everything

When the cage gets smaller

It’s nothing and everything