Slowly Opening Fist Lyrics

Where has that supple ripple

Of smooth skin

Careened itself to

Why have my lips and fingers

Frozen blue

And these shoes are growing holes

From these giant

Footsteps

My eyes are turning red

From a major lack of rest

And this test

That I'm involuntarily

Taking

Is blowing my hair

In my face

And I hope you don't see

This connection

As another necessary waste

Looking though past dysfunctions

There's crying memories

Begging to be erased

With all the places and races

Coming in last

I'm still seeing them all in my mind

Go past

Like a flash of tonic ingested

At my lowest ebb

I long for that feeling of you

In my bed

And though I'm fed

I won't sit kindly

I'll follow you down

Through fire and ice

But I won't follow blindly

I'll run out

In the middle of the street

When it's raining outside

In my bare feet

But my frame rate

Is starting to lag

And my heels

Are starting to drag

Oh my little darling

You didn't have to bring me here

I don't think I ever saw you

Shed a single tear

And though this road is windy

With a touch of rain

No matter how it ends

I have a lot to lose or gain

But it's all the same to you

Whether I've got ashes

In my hair

Or if I go blind

And I have nowhere to stare

And it's very rare

To find something such as this

But with the way things are going

I'm a slowly opening fist

And it's a lot of weight

To carry

And if it don't come off

I'll be buried