Birchwood

Lyrics

[Verse: Crescent Moon] Won't you speak what's on your mind I may be deaf, but I ain't blind Misery comes right on time While you stand at the station The flesh hangs loosely from your words They beg for change out on the curb With both hands out they have the nerve To ask me for more patience Your silence is a killer's knife A killer with a lovely wife A bride who threw bouquets of ice That I caught quick as lightening The air is thick and I can't breathe I wish you were off overseas Instead you're burning next to me And trying to read my writing A pen has more to say right now Than two kids who are wondering how They got here under toxic clouds Fuck you and your forecast My summer never felt so cold Your winter nights are getting old But legally I can't let go Once your bedroom door's latched You'll have a drag, but you don't smoke You swim in lies, but you don't float No, you can't be blamed and you don't vote You're perfect as a train wreck You crawl back in your shattered shell Collecting all your parts that fell Then climb back up to the top shelf You jump and make the same mess I've seen the world in broken parts I've fallen down, collected scars I have my theory where it starts And you will surely end it The jesters tell you you're the king The foolish one believes these things Stop looking at your diamond ring And save your sinking friendship One angel on your shoulder sits With broken heart and open wrists She tells you what your problem is She tells you all of mine, too I reached for you and you were gone Like smokey moonlight in the dawn I'll look back to where I went wrong And I know there I'll find you And I know there I'll find you And I know there I'll find you And I know there I'll find you Birchwood [Hook: Crescent Moon] So won't you speak what's on your mind C'mon, I said won't you speak what's on your mind Please, won't you speak what's on your mind I may be deaf, but I ain't blind