Priest Lake Lyrics

At the edge of Priest Lake where the water meets the land

I sat down on a stone by the feathers and needles you left

I came out to complain to the stillnesss but I lost my nerve

Now I'm searching the sky to tell

If there's a heaven to cover our bets laid in hell

Whether i should go home or stay out here and hang myself

These 29 years Im stuck down here I should know more than this

It's all bought and sold from the start if you're losing just quit

It's all bosses and landlords and bankers and presidents

There's no such thing as changing luck

If someone's holding the clover someone's getting fucked

The hunter the hound the cape rush and the reeds or the duck

Corner lots of oblivion we built our houses upon

A chorus of idiots we sing to the saint hangers-on

Promises of disaster just after the praises are sung

The cancer has nothing to say

Just whittles you down and throws you away

And nobody's selling a new disease anyway

The edge of the water is no place for feathers and dope

A whisper to nobody testing the strength of the rope

I came out to complain but there's no one around that I know

And I don't need to see how it ends

What's crooked today will be crooked again

Forever and ever and ever and ever amen